TK Cafe & Hawaiian BBQ

1st class treatment! Nice staff ! Great hot food . Fresh ! Busy enough place to be safe all food is fresh and good . Quality and delicious

TK Cafe Hawaiian BBQ in uptown Monrovia provided a satisfying experience all around. It’s a small family-run counter serve operation with great Hawaiian inspired plate lunch comfort food, especially for meat lovers.

The place is tucked in a corner of the Vons mall at the southwest corner of Myrtle and Foothill, so plenty of free parking. The chef and manager Ken took my order and was very friendly and helpful to recommend certain specialties on their menu.

I ordered the Chicken Combo (BBQ Chicken and the crispy Katsu Chicken) and the Hawaiian BBQ Mix (BBQ Chicken, BBQ Beef, and substituted Teriyaki Chicken in place of Kalbi Beef). Both plates come with two scoops of white rice and a scoop of Mac Salad. See images.

Their BBQ Chicken is definitely a specialty, flavorful, and both combos I received were a generous serving of the moist and flavorful chicken.

I would go back the next time I’m in the mood for Hawaiian plate lunch and would recommend 5 stars compared to other local counter serves in Monrovia.

This place is really great. The portion sizes are very good and the food is delicious. The service was amazing and the restaurant was super clean. Would highly recommend this place.

10/10 SO GOOD! Chicken katsu, mac salad and crab rangoons and Thai tea were all amazing, very fresh food and good flavors. Fast & friendly service too :)

An Asian family owned Hawaiian BBQ Cafe. I have been here a couple of times during the past year. It is truly a great cafe, the foods taste great, large portion for the price. They even have some dim sum on the menu and some boba drinks selection too. Today, I ordered the Mahi & BBQ chicken combo for 7.99, spam musubi 2pcs for 3.58 & sausage musubi 2pcs for 3.58. They are so good that even my 2 year old son loves the Mahi Mahi. So happy that I find this small cozy Cafe. It is located at the Monrovia plaza where Vons market is. I will definitely recommend to my family and friends.

A total 5 out of 5 at TK Café & Hawaiian BBQ!

Come on Wednesday for their $2.58 Spam musubi special and in addition the chicken katsu ($10.48 total!) Portion-wise, I’m assuredly going to have enough to take home for leftovers.

Tastes great and not the best I’ve ever had but this is just as solid as any other Hawaiian place I’ve been to and probably about $2-3 cheaper.

I love supporting small businesses, and TK’s got a fan in me whenever I stop by Monrovia now!

Large portion and great Thai tea!!!!

This is my favorite place to satisfy my dim sum cravings... the shop is clean and the staffs are very friendly. And the price is very reasonable. You won’t get the same price elsewhere

Food was hot and delicious. Service was professional and kind. Atmosphere was a little small but most people got to-go orders. Will be going back, thank you

Great food and big portions for a great price! My son loves their beef bowl and it feeds both of us for two meals at least!

Good food and portion size at a good price. Take out order was prepared quickly. Some might not like that it is takeout only and you cannot go into the restaurant.

Came for lunch, the food is oh so good

Family meal for the win! Lemme say before I ordered the pakalolo in my system was strong, so I went hard. Katsu chicken - amazing. Kilua pork - you gotta order when going Hawaiian if you eat pork, shredded so good, seasoned excellent, added with the sauces they provide and home run! Real family level volume, real family level pricing. We’ll be back!

Honestly an awesome experience, getting to cook the food and you can eat as much as you like for a decent price. Not to mention the food is absolutely delicious.

This is one of those unexpected little places that you will pass by if you blink. Well, we were looking for food a little different from our usual places and found the TK Cafe to be a nice place for a bite to eat.

The food is fresh, hot, and delicious. If you enjoy great fries then you have found the right place. Seriously, you will adore theirs!

The prices are great and the owners and staff are friendly and always smiling and kind. Check them out. They have become one of our new go-to places for take out. Enjoy!

I love the food here! People are friendly and very covid safe. It's takeout only currently, call your order in and pick up. Good selection of food and dim sum choices. They have daily specials as well look out for those. I had their spam musubi special on Wednesdays. Can't wait to go again.

A Hawaiian BBQ place that also sells good boba milk tea? They also have huge portions and it is really affordable. I would say two plates here could definitely feed 3 people, maybe even 4 if they don't eat alot. I recommend the Chicken Katsu plate, garlic shrimp, bbq short ribs and spam musubi. For drinks, the sea salt teas are all good and the milk tea smoothie is a must-try. The owners are really nice and the service is always great!

The food is always good and fresh to order. The portions are bigger than ono and taste better. My lunch usually feeds me for two days. The service is nice and fast with a great price.

Just ate here for the first time as we were in town. Host was super friendly and nice. We ordered loads of food; Hawaiian BBq chicken, pork shumai dumplings, chicken pot stickers, spring rolls and steamed veg. All were steaming hot, fresh and amazing.
My favorite was the Hawaiian chicken, juicy and tender, absolutely delicious.
Maybe exterior could be better, almost didn't go inside but so so glad I did! I have 3 boxes of food left for dinner!

I always order the #1 Chicken Teriyaki. It comes with a ton of chicken. It's easily enough for lunch and dinner.