Hula Bar And Kitchen

Hawaiian restaurant · Historic District

Hula Bar And Kitchen

Hawaiian restaurant · Historic District

30 E Santa Clara St #110, San Jose, CA 95113

Highlights

Discover a chill spot in downtown San Jose where flavorful Filipino Hawaiian eats and friendly vibes reign, perfect for a casual bite or a cold brew.

30 E Santa Clara St #110, San Jose, CA 95113 Get directions

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"Family-owned Hula is a longtime food truck and stadium concession stand that recently added a brick-and-mortar to their empire. Their Filipino and Hawaiian classics like lumpia, poke, and lechon are all here, plus new additions like kalua pig (pork shoulder roasted for more than 14 hours), garlic shrimp, and chicken adobo. The downtown spot’s breezy, leafy vibe reflects its island origins, as do the tropical-toned drinks like guava mimosas and a local mai tai IPA. " - shoshi parks

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Brendan

Google

This is an island themed small little restaurant/bar in the middle of San Jose. this restaurant serves a variety of island themed food, beer and wine. They do not serve hard alcohol despite saying that they are a bar. That means you won’t be able to cocktails that aren’t made with wine as a base. Hoping to get a Mai Tai, and were disappointed. The food here is good, but if you’re planning on drinking anything other than beer or wine, do not expect to find anything here. The parking situation is decent. You’ll probably have to park two blocks away because this is a busy downtown area. we were only able to find parking that allowed for one hour but this is also closest to San Pedro Square and there is a large parking lot there. Overall, I recommend coming here if you’re looking for a quick bite to eat or want to stop by for a beer or two. if you’re looking for restaurant experience with cocktails (something a Bar would have), you might not find it here

Gilberto “Gil” Hernandez

Google

Food: Looking at the menu the place seems more of Filipino cuisine than Hawaiian or a fusion of both with the Filipino side having a bigger influence. The taste was a little bland and simple on the burrito. The Ube Horchata tasted like cinnamon toast cereal. Atmosphere: Chill atmosphere but tables we were at, were sticky.

Nerissa Maria Ward

Google

If there were 10 stars, I woule give this spot 10!! I absolutely love this place. I've been a fan from the time they had started as a food truck. Congratulations, and keep doing what you're doing, everything was exceptional.

Karen Hamilton

Google

Enjoyed my first visit here and would return the next time I am in the area for work. The adobo omelette was delicious and was just as good as breakfast leftovers as it was as a fresh lunch. Tried the spam musubi—personally prefer a better ratio of spam and sauce to rice, so wouldn’t order this again. I wanted to try the made-to-order chicharron but they happened to be sold out. Would love there to be a sample platter of bbq, lechon, tocino, etc: if that option existed, would happily spend $20 for the chance to try a bit of everything. Looking forward to a return visit to SJ, which means a return visit to explore more of this menu.

Andy Jan

Google

Hula Bar and Kitchen is one of my favorite new restaurants right now. The price is right and the flavors are fantastic. We ordered lechon sisig and da situation with tocino. The proteins were cooked perfectly with the meat being juicy and the fat rendered down just right. The onions and peppers in the sisig were great. The hot sauce was *chef’s kiss*. I can’t wait to come back with a bigger group so we can also try the halo halo and turon with ube ice cream. I hope you enjoy Hula as much as we did!

Tammy Fang

Google

What a find!! I was craving garlic shrimp, but wasn't willing to fly out to get some. Hula bar came through with their HEAD ON spicy garlic shrimp and it was AMAZING!! For those of you who can eat right through the head and shell, you are in for an amazing treat. If you like to get dirty, feel free to peel them both away, but you have to lick your fingers to get all that delicious spicy sauce🥵 We also got Da Situation with Kalua pork. The portion was MASSIVE and basically vacuumed it all. It's so tender, soft, and perfectly balanced. We're coming back for more, that's for sure.

Carl Foisy

Google

New spot in downtown, and it’s hella good. We ordered freshly made chicharones with a crazy tasty Asian chimichuri sauce, lumpia, hamachi collar, adobo rice, short ribs and some fried pork….all super tasty. Plus, the two dudes workin the kitchen were very nice and made us feel right at home. We’ll be back. Bravo….a great addition to SoSA DTSJ.

Melissa Herrera

Google

I am a foodie, If I had a food page I would delete it right now because Im not going to another restaurant for a long time. This restaurant was so good and exceeded my expectations! Not only was the food DELICIOUS but the staff was so friendly. Ryan was the best and offered me a guava juice which I really appreciated! Love this restaurant, definitely going to be our go to