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Pork and veggie lumpia (four for $7)
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Variety of skewers
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Business owners Sharla Viernes and Loreto Macadaeg
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Halo halo ($12)
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Waialua Special ($9)
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Choose between two- ($14) or three-skewer plates ($18) with pork, chicken or beef teriyaki.
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If you’re craving flavorful barbecue skewers, look no further than Waialua BBQ, a family-owned business that opened in June 2019.
“I started Waialua BBQ because I was tired of working long hours for a company where I never felt appreciated for my hard work,” says business owner Sharla Viernes. “We came up with the business name because I was born and raised in Waialua. My grandparents came to Hawaii to work for the Waialua sugar plantation in June 1946. They arrived on a boat from the Philippines. Waialua is my home and where my heart is.”
The biz is known for its variety of barbecue skewers, including pork, chicken, beef teriyaki and bacon-wrapped shrimp.
“Each skewer is marinated with a different sauce, including our shrimp,” Viernes says. “We are also known for our Waialua special ($9), which is marinated barbecue pork belly served with a scoop of rice and a tomato-and-onion blend.”
Popular dishes include pork with vegetable lumpia served with sweet-and-sour vinegar sauce (four for $7) and three-barbecue skewer plate ($18) with side shrimp and bacon ($6). The skewer plate comes with two scoops of rice and potato mac salad. Finish off your meal with a refreshing halo halo ($12) dessert.
“Our halo halo blend is served with fresh cantaloupe and bananas with ube ice cream; it’s topped with lychee jelly and drizzled with condensed milk,” Viernes says.
For updates on the business’s location, follow @waialuabbq808 on Instagram.
Waialua BBQ
Various locations
Call: 808-392-0558
Instagram: @waialuabbq808
How to order: In person only
How to pay: Cash and credit cards accepted