Hula Girl Bar & Grill

I'm always up for trying out new restaurants, so jumped at the chance to check out Hula Girl Bar and Grill located in Shirlington. Hula Girl features traditional Hawaiian dishes and a modern Hawaiian cocktail list. They started as a food truck and now have their own brick and mortar store.

I ordered Today's Catch because the catch of the day was ... shark! The waitress said the shark is similar to swordfish. Dinner dishes come with two sides so I got the Mac Salad and the Kitchen Sink Fried Rice with Char Sui & Spam.

I didn't love the shark, but as I ate it I also remembered that I'm not a huge fan of swordfish. So if you like swordfish you would probably like this dish. The sides were good, nothing amazing but I did finish them all. We also ordered as appetizers the Lomi Salmon Poke and the Waialua Root Beer Sticky Ribs (which can also be ordered as an entree). The ribs were good, but the Lomi Salmon Poke was delicious. I want a plate of that to myself.


They also have an interesting cocktail menu. I had a sip of the Say Pineapple 5x Fast which was delicious. Pineapple infused rum, roasted pineapple puree, sparkling pineapple wine, pineapple-sugar rim, pineapple air. N thought the drink was advertising it would make you 5 times as fast, but depending on the amount of alcohol in it, it might easily make you 5 times slower. :) Aloha!