Clau & Chui's Mexican Cocina

A Mexican food gem in Hawaii Kai! We’ve passed by this spot so many times but never ventured in, and I’m so glad we finally gave it a shot! The carne asada tacos were delicious and the service was great. We will definitely be coming back! It was nice and quiet on a Sunday afternoon.

Nice little low key spot by the water with traditional Mexican fare. The queso birria tacos are amazing and the best I’ve had on Oahu. It also comes with some consume for dipping or sipping! Highly recommend, will be back to try the rest of the menu soon.

I'm sorry to say the food and service here on a Saturday early evening was just plain AWFUL. Ordered a chicken quesadilla $18 a street chicken taco for $5 and fish tacos for $19. Soft drink dispenser was out of diet coke. It took about 15 minutes for the bland sparse and flat quesadilla to arrive, quite tasteless and unsatisfying. Cheese was barely melted and hardly any meat inside with no sides. It took another 21 minutes for the fish tacos to be delivered after having to ask about my meal twice. Something wrong was obviously was going on in the kitchen. The meat had a very fishy smell, texture was like rubber and tasted like chum. (CHUM: a type of food made from ground-up fish parts, used as bait to attract fish) Imagine someone giving you one large fish stick, microwaving it to death and then literally breaking it into many small pieces and spreading it out into three soft tacos.The tacos were mostly cabbage and radishes. I suspect they ran out of fish and instead of just saying so, they served subpar servings of whatever fish they could scrounge up. I'm sure the restaurant business, especially in Hawaii can be a challenge but serving this kind of food does their establishment no favors. The only good thing about the meal was the little fiery hot sauce they served with the food. I couldn't wait to get out of the place and would never go back.