Most barbecue chains run a deal calendar — rib night, two-for-Tuesday, a Sunday family bundle. Ono Hawaiian BBQ works differently. There is no dependable national weekday special, and chasing one is a waste of a lunch break. The value here is structural: it is priced into the menu itself, and once you see it you will not order any other way.
Ono Hawaiian BBQ prices at a glance
The prices referenced on this page, collected up front. They vary by location and change without notice.
| Order | Price | Why it is a deal |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian BBQ Mix | $14.99 | Three proteins, $1.50 under a kalbi plate |
| Any Island Favorites combo | $13.99 | Second protein for $1.50 |
| BBQ & Katsu Mix | $14.49 | The two best proteins together |
| Grilled Spam & Eggs | $11.49 | Cheapest full plate on the menu |
| Family Meal | $46.99 | Feeds 4–5, under four plates at $12.49 |
| Keiki Meal | $5.49 | Cheapest kids meal in the category |
The best standing deal: Island Favorites
The Island Favorites section is the value engine of the entire menu, and it is not close. Ten combinations between $11.49 and $14.99, each putting two or three proteins on a single plate — with the same two scoops of rice and scoop of macaroni salad every other plate gets.
The arithmetic: a single-protein plate is $12.49. A combo is $13.99. You are paying $1.50 for an entire second protein. Per gram of meat, nothing else on the board comes close, and the mini meals — often mistaken for the budget option — are the worst value on the menu at roughly a third less food for about two dollars off.
The single sharpest price on the menu
The Hawaiian BBQ Mix at $14.99 contains BBQ chicken, BBQ beef and kalbi short ribs. A Kalbi Short Ribs plate on its own is $16.49. You are getting the most expensive protein on the menu, plus two more proteins, for $1.50 less than the kalbi alone. There is no discount code anywhere that beats a negative upcharge.
Group and family value
The Family Meal at $46.99 feeds four to five with multiple proteins plus large rice and large macaroni salad. Four individual plates at $12.49 would run $49.96, so the package is marginally cheaper and considerably more varied — the variety is the reason to order it, not the three dollars. For groups past that size, the Ono Hawaiian BBQ catering math takes over.
The Keiki Meal at $5.49 deserves its own mention. It is the cheapest kids meal of any major barbecue chain on this site by a wide margin — City BBQ charges $7.19 and Mission BBQ $8.49 for the equivalent. Feeding two children here costs less than one adult plate.
Limited and seasonal items
The rotation is small, and being honest about that is more useful than pretending otherwise. The one genuinely seasonal plate on the board is Grilled Mahi Mahi, whose price is not fixed nationally and varies by location and season — when it is on, it is the item most worth breaking your usual order for. The Young Coconut ($5.49) comes and goes by store as well, and Hawaiian Sun ($2.99) island fruit drinks rotate flavors more often than most people notice.
Beyond that, promotional plates and holiday offers are announced by individual restaurants rather than through a national calendar. With roughly 90 locations, most of them in California, the reliable source is the specific store rather than any aggregator.
The cheapest real meal here
Grilled Spam & Eggs at $11.49 is the lowest-priced full plate on the menu — a breakfast plate that sits inside the Island Favorites section, with the same two scoops of rice and mac. Below that, the value play is not a plate at all: two Spam Musubi at $6.49 each make a genuine lunch for less than most combos, travel better than anything else on the menu, and are the most underrated item the chain sells.
What is not a deal
- Mini Meals ($10.49–$10.99). Two dollars off for a third less food. A portion-control tool, not a saving.
- Steamed Rice ($2.99) as an add-on. Every plate already includes two scoops.
- Delivery-platform promotions. The markup usually exceeds the offer.
Order the combos, add a musubi, and you have extracted essentially all the value this menu has. The full price list lays out the rest.