Review of Wauwatiki Bar & Grill

Called ahead to confirm & they are a 100% gluten free kitchen. (Not the bar). Great atmosphere as soon as we walked in. My wife & I also have to avoid corn (in all forms except starch) as well as soy. In addition, she needs to avoid diary.

Upon arrival it turned out they use a lot of soy. However, our server Teiko (who was excellent) spoke to us about our allergies and the chef was nice enough to come to the table and talk to us about options. Happy to modify anything we needed in order to stay healthy. While the fryer was off limits to us because of the soy deal (cross contamination), the chef was kind enough to heat up some fresh oil on the kitchen stove top since he wasn’t very busy and we were ordering fries as well as two orders of coconut Shrimp.

The fries are called crack fries and there is a reason. They are freaking good!!! We both also enjoyed our coconut shrimp with sweet chili sauce. I even got to have a virgin Pina Colada (not allowed to have alcohol at the moment).

The real stars of the show were the main dishes Chef Ekwe produced for us. Staci went crazy for the Pork Loco Moco and my Tiki Beef with Sesame oil was dynamite.

Very grateful for this experience. We are on the road traveling and when you don’t have a kitchen where you can control your own food a place like this is a beacon of light. We will return and we suggest you come and enjoy for yourself. Check this joint out. Food allergies or not everyone in the place seemed to be having a great experience as well really enjoying their meal.

Celiac friendly?

Yes