Luquins Mexican - Pahoa CDP

I don't think I've ever left a 1 star review of any restaurant, but there's a first time for everything.I guess I'll start at the very beginning, ordering. I went to the website and looked at the menu. I chose 3 ala cart items: a bean burrito, an al pastor burrito, and flauta carnitas. According to the online menu (from THEIR website) it should've come out to around $35 dollars, but to my surprise it came out to $45 plus tax.So onto the food. We were expecting a completely different product. We'd hoped for the type of burrito that comes wrapped in parchment and foil, the kind you can pick up and eat with your hands. (See photos for what we actually got) To be sure we were disappointed, but if the food is as good as the reviews say it would be a total loss ... if only.Food quality was abysmal.I started by trying to extract the flauta from the guacamole by eating the guacamole. It was a challenge.Apparently, they're real big on salt here. I've never had salty guac, in fact I'm not sure I've eaten anything this salty that didn't come out of a plastic bag with a touch of vinegar it've been on par with some Kettle Chips flavors (with a little less salt it'd be similar in flavor to soggy fried with extra salt)So, eventually, I got to the actual flauta. Not crispy, not seasoned (except salt), and just meh.awful, but the flavor profile of baby food has more depth.The al pastor was no better, flavor wise, and the tortilla was like leather. The plastic fork (part of the $1.50 per plate to go fee) just didn't cut it (no pun intended), so as much as could be stomached, eaten like slop.Again, this food had no flavor. The lettuce had a little lemon, which was nice, but no cilantro no fresh onion or green onion no chilies just salt.The bean burrito didn't get touched.The portions were huge, which was nice, but a ton of food that isn't great isn't an incentive. Dietary restrictions: If you're limiting sodium don't eat here.

Friendly ambiance. Delicious food. Great little place.

A place for excellent Mexican food that came out of your grandma 's kitchen ?.Service great and staff welcomes customers and then asks them how their meal was kind like talk story: ? after you ate. We will be

Food was great, gotta love fresh tortilla chips. It was a bit loud, but all the locals seemed fine with it.

Ordered chili relleno. I asked if the chili was small she says it was big. I had to find it in this thick soggy pile of batter. Bummed me out. A hundred bucks including the tip for two adults and a child. Bummer. Waitress acted like whatever. It’s all good. No wonder I usually cook at home.