Alley Restaurant Bar and Grill

Alley Restaurant Bar & Grill

Aiea Bowl
99-115 Aiea Heights Dr, Ste 310
Aiea, HI 96701

(808) 486-3499
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Vitals:
Sunday - Wednesday: 9:00AM - 9:30PM
Thursday - Saturday: 9:00AM - 10:00PM
** Breakfast served 7:00AM - 10:00AM **
kid-friendly


We went here because we had heard about the lemon crunch cake. From what we heard, it's a must try. It's out of the way from the regular places, a bit hard to find (and not in a great area), but it was an interesting place to have dinner. Who would have thought about going to a restaurant in a bowling alley?

We were not disappointed with the food here. We tried the mixed plate with Furikake Ahi, Alley Fried Noodles and salad (pictured above, around $14) and I tried the oxtail soup ($13.50). The fish was fresh and flavorful, the noodles and salad were typical.

The oxtail soup. It's an interesting dish and quite good but a bit on the salty side. The soup base was a bit heavy on the soy sauce, but it wasn't too overpowering. While there isn't much meat, it is very soft. The condiments it came with was nice, so that I could make it my own.

Now on to the dessert. We tried the lemon crunch cake and the pumpkin crunch cake (each, $4.75). The lemon crunch cake had a butterfinger type crunch topping with a whipped cream frosting. I couldn't really taste the lemon, but there was slight hint of it and the cake was was pretty light and not too dense. It was really good, but even better? The pumpkin crunch cake. It had a thick topping of whipped cream, a pecan type crust and a pumpkin pie like filling. It was sweet but not too sweet and decadent. You can't go wrong with either of these choices, but if I had to choose, I'd have to favor the pumpkin crunch cake.