Iwalanis Hawaiian Catering

They had an amazing service and amazing set up. Char and her staff were just so delightful and welcoming in their presence of celebrating my goddaughter first birthday. Our theme was lilo and stitch so we wanted to really bring the island style to our backyard. They helped out so much by cooking and prepping all that wonderful island style food; rice, chicken, potato Mac salad, sushi, Lumpia and etc. The food was hands down very amazing and I love how they had set up the buffet with plumerias. We are island girls and I for one love plumerias. They also had the coconut leaves set up on the tables and it just went with our background theme. Thank you so much Char and staff. Remember us in North Hills and we will eventually have them cater for us in more than one occasion.

Excellent food and amazing customer service. I called at the last minute for our New Year’s Eve party and they totally took care of us. My ohana loved everything! Can’t wait to use them again!

What an awesome catering company!!! Char was so helpful every step of the way from picking the menu to serving it. Her crew came and set up everything, served everything, passed around desserts and tore everything down with no help from me at all. Her prices were great, she even comped me a few items because she wanted us to try things! The presentation was beautiful, the food was delicious and the price was extremely reasonable. My company of 40 people all raved about how great her food was and everyone was very happy with her service, I will definitely be using her again! Also, I have had a few employees ask me to give them her business cards to use her. Thank you Char, I am very very happy with your service!

I turned forty this year and I’m a full time yoga therapist, so my big birthday party had to be fun and healthy at the same time! I love Hawaii and thought that Hawaiian food would be the perfect way to entice my guests over to my house. I found Iwalanis Hawaiian Catering on Unilocal and immediately called Char based on the excellent reviews. I really wanted something healthy, fresh, and with options, since some of my friends are gluten free and vegetarian. Char was so sweet and helpful, and confident that she would make the food unforgettable. She absolutely delivered on that! Char and her daughter came over to my house with fresh flowers and an awesome amount of food! We had the pork, chicken, white rice, baked beans with bacon, and two ridiculously perfect salads; chinese chicken and kale. My guests raved about the spread and indulged in the food. Char’s cooking was delicious, and brought me right back to Maui! The food was fresh and displayed beautifully. I couldn’t have asked for a better birthday and Char was the reason why it was the best birthday yet! Mahalo!

I am so happy to have found Char & Iwalani’s Catering! I was looking for authentic Hawaiian food for my family reunion. I reached out to many caterers who either never answered my inquiries or I could tell weren’t authentic. Char answered my email very quickly & told me she was from Hawaii & uses her grandmother’s recipes. Sold! So we set up a tasting for the following week. She made a whole spread of many of her most popular dishes & for my event I chose the BBQ chicken, Kalua Pork, Macadamia Nut Crusted Mahi Mahi, Mac salad, rice, the Kale Salad & Strawberry/​mixed greens salad. Char was so friendly & kind. She threw in fruit & desserts & even brought potato salad on the day of the event in addition to everything. She & her team set up a beautiful buffet that made you feel like you were in a luau in Hawaii. Everything was amazing. My family was so excited & happy with the food. I got a lot of compliments about that night of our 3 day reunion. I highly recommend Iwalani’s Catering. The food is amazing & so very affordable! Char is now considered part of our ohana for sure!

Char is wonderful to work with. My order was probably small compared to the major events she caters but she still made me feel like her #1 customer from the beginning. She was a like familiar auntie who I can chat easily with. She made great suggestions on changes to my order.
I ordered for the first time just based on her stellar Unilocal reviews!
My order: Full trays of kale salad, mac salad, coleslaw/​cabbage salad with pineapple, chinese chix salad, and strawberry spinach salad. Then, the piece de resistance, a whole roast pig.
Her salads were fresh, crisp and perfectly lightly dressed.
The pig was superb — tasty, awesome flavor, moist.
In addition to her delicious food, she is just great to work with. Organized and all-​about-​service. She delivered on time and set-​up the food for me. She cares about presentation and asked multiple times what else she could do.
I recommend her Iwalanis highly and wouldn’t think twice about ordering again and again and again.

I needed a caterer very quickly for my dad’s memorial for about 150 people. I called at least 10 different caters. I only got a response or quote from 4 of them. 2 of them were priced at about 8000. The other 2 were in the 4000.range. Char suggested a food tasting at our house and I thought that was a good idea. Char brought over enough food to feed 5 people and she wanted us to taste everything. It was all really good but we loved her chicken, beef ribs and garlic butter shrimp.
To sum it up and say that our whole food set up, service and taste was EXCELLENT. Thank you Char. I hope we can use your services again for a different type of party.

Today, My Store Angelito’s Market Celebrated 25 Years Anniversary. We hired Iwalanis, and Their Foods Are Very Delicious. All My 150 Guests Are Saying Their Foods Are Excellent. I Am Very Good at Tasting Foods, and This Is What I Would Say,
I Chose The Best Caterer Ever In Terms Of Excellent Foods, Service and The Feeling of True Family Spirit Of Taking Care Of Their Customers. I Will Always Recommend Them If Ever You Need Catering. Thank You Very Much Iwalanis, You Made My Twenty Five (25) Years In Business A Success.

Amazing. Food — 5 stars. Service — 100 stars! Char is an amazing caterer, personable, and such a sweet lady. She wants the event to by classy, authentic, and beautiful and helps in any way asked. She went above and beyond to help us add special touches to our party. Plus she is from Hawaii, so you know you are getting the real deal!
We hired Char for a company luau after finding her on Unilocal.I met up with her and she is very easy going with a flexible menu. She is not someone that is going to stick you with an overpriced bill at the end of the day.
Order:
We had BBQ Chicken, Kalbi BBQ Beef, Kale Salad, Mac Salad, Potato Salad, Beans (no pork), White Rice, and Spam Musubi. My favorites were the kalbi beef, kale salad and spam musubi!
She also picked up some cases of Hawaiian Sun Juices and cut-​up pineapples for us to add to our centerpieces. She brings PLENTY of food! I believe we had more people show up than planned and still had large bowls of leftover food. Pricing was around $ 18−20/person.
I will be hiring Char again, not only for the delicious food, but I love that I could stop by her place and bounce ideas off each other to come up with some great decorations and ideas. Plus, after the party everyone wants to know when we will be ordering from her again!

For my birthday, I decided to have a luau /​murder mystery party. I didn’t want to spend a fortune, so I checked into a few possible options for food. I sampled food from some of the local restaurants and spoke with a couple of caterers.
From the beginning, I was very impressed with Char. I left a message for her indicating what I was planning, and she immediately returned my call and proposed a menu for the party.
I had seen all of the wonderful reviews, so I went ahead and booked Char based on the reviews and the phone conversations that I had with her. And I wasn’t disappointed.
She and her assistant showed up own time and set up everything. And the food was delicious! All of my guests raved about it. The Hawaiian BBQ chicken was extremely moist and tender. I have the pickiest eater in the world for a son, and he kept wanting more! The kalua pork was perfect… so flavorful! Everything was amazing!
We are trying to find an excuse to have another luau just to have Char cater it again.

Char and Dano catered my grandson’s going away to college luau this past Sat. and it was a huge success.
The menu included tasty beef, BBQ chicken, garlic shrimp, traditional white rice, tasty kale salad, tangy macaroni salad, and my personal favorite, Char’s potato salad.
Everyone loved the wonderful food.
Char also came over the night before and taught my daughter and me how to make real leis from carnations. These were a big hit as well.
Thank you, Char and Dano, for a perfect luau!
I love you both and recommend your catering business to anyone!

I have travelled to Hawaii over ten times in my life and my husband grew up on Oahu and we can unequivocally say that Iwalanis Hawaiian Catering is wonderfully authentic and outstanding! Char, the owner is lovely and definitely Hawaiiana. The kalua pork was perfectly smoked and the poi was fresh and tangy. We ordered for 17 people and had enough food for 20. I highly recommend Iwalani. If you can’t get to Hawaii, this is a perfect substitute. You will not be disappointed. It’s so ono!

I wanted authentic Hawaiian food for a very special couples shower as the groom is from Hawaii. Wow was I lucky to find iwalanis… Char was so great working with my crazy schedule we set the whole thing up via e-​mail and text which works perfectly for me. The food was amazing 32 people and most important the groom loved every bite and raved all night! The Kalua pork was mouth watering, BBQ chicken so tender, traditional Mac salad I could go on and on. Honestly everyone went for seconds and thirds. We actually had party crashes the next night to enjoy left overs sadly the Kalua pork was all gone. Several of us are trying to figure out a reason to book them again… oh and we will.

Attended a «100 days old» celebration and greatly enjoy the delicious Hawaiian fare. MAHALO. Will definitely consider hiring Char when I need a caterer.

We used Iwalanis for my son and niece’s 100 day celebration. Thanks to Char our party was a great success. There is no substitute for grilling the food fresh on site. We had BBQ ribs, chicken, poke (super yum!!), mac salad, potato salad, garlic shrimp, and mixed greens. Her Kale salad was also good. Definitely a must for any luau or Hawaiian themed party.

Another perfect event thanks to Char! We had Char cater our wedding this weekend and all of our guests absolutely loved the food! She is so easy to work with and provides the most amazingly delicious foods. I had no worries about the food on my wedding day because I knew Char was in charge. Thank you and we will definitely be calling you for future events!!!

Thanks again for such an amazing event! Char and Dano are so helpful and really helped make my husband’s 50^th Birthday Party the event of the year! The food is absolutely delicious, especially the salmon and the BBQ chicken! My husband’s favorite was the Kalua Pork! I highly recommend Iwalani’s Hawaiian Catering for your catering needs!

We used her catering services for my daughter’s first birthday. Char, the owner/​caterer was wonderful. She went out of her way to make sure everything was perfect. The portions were more than generous and there was plenty of food leftover. She was very prompt and also helped set up the catering area. The food was delicious!!! The BBQ chicken was moist and tasty and the sweet and sour pork was a huge hit! My husband and I are so glad we decided to use this catering service. thank you Char for everything!

Char made my wife’s surprise party one for the record books! Best BBQ chicken I’ve ever had. Can’t wait for the next luau

Just had Iwalanis catering at a birthday party and I thought I was in Hawaii at a family gathering! The food was amazing! From the potato salad to the fresh grilled meats, everything was perfectly cooked with care. If you don’t have them cater your next Hawaiian theme party, you are missing out!