Rutt’s Hawaiian Cafe on West Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles’s Mar Vista neighborhood has been serving the Hawaiian plate lunch tradition to the LA community since it opened, building a menu around the loco moco, kalua pork, and the island comfort food that earns a Los Angeles Hawaiian restaurant its loyal following among the Hawaiian community and the curious eaters who discovered it and couldn’t stop coming back. It appeared in Season 20, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “California Cruisin’,” which aired September 5, 2014. Guy Fieri found a Los Angeles kitchen doing Hawaiian comfort food from scratch with the authenticity that earns a mainland Hawaiian restaurant its reputation among people who know what the real thing tastes like.
Quick Facts
Restaurant: Rutt’s Hawaiian Cafe
City: Los Angeles, California
Cuisine: Hawaiian
DDD Season: 20
DDD Episode: 1
Episode Title: California Cruisin’
Original Air Date: September 5, 2014
Address: 12114 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90066
Phone: 310-398-6326
Website: http://ruttscafe.com
Status: Open
What to Eat
The Loco Moco — rice, hamburger patty, fried egg, and house-made brown gravy — is the Hawaiian comfort food classic that earns Rutt’s its Los Angeles reputation. The Kalua Pork Plate with slow-cooked Hawaiian pork, two scoops of rice, and macaroni salad is the plate lunch tradition done with the quality of a kitchen that understands what the islands actually taste like. The Spam Musubi — the Hawaiian snack of grilled Spam on seasoned rice wrapped in nori — is the island comfort food item worth ordering as a snack before the plate lunch arrives. Find a Los Angeles hotel on Trivago.
Plan Your Visit
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Address: 12114 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90066
Phone: 310-398-6326
Website: http://ruttscafe.com
Status: Open
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Rutt’s Hawaiian Cafe appeared in Season 20, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “California Cruisin’,” originally aired September 5, 2014.