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About Us & Team

Like the locals say in Hawai'i

Saimin is life. To Franco, Saimin is pure. Saimin is the definition of being a local.

Palani’s is pleased to bring you the original Saimin bowl. Saimin, a blend of many cultures, is a noodle dish that is unique to the Hawaiian islands and dates back to the sugar plantation era in Hawai’i. In the late 1800’s, workers from the many ethnic camps would gather together and bring various ingredients to share and eat. The Filipinos made pansit, the Chinese brought mein noodles and the Japanese shared ramen noodles. All of these flavors blended together to create the Saimin bowl. In today’s traditional bowl the Saimin noodles are topped with Cantonese style slices of sweet barbeque roasted pork char siu, mild savory Japanese style Kamaboko, followed by sweet, fresh chopped green onions. These textures and flavors blended together make the perfect Saimin bowl.

When you enter our restaurant you will be met with the Spirit of Aloha, a smile, and a feeling of “OHANA!” Come and enjoy some “ONOLICIOUS” Hawaiian comfort food and experience the spirit of ALOHA with our family.

MAHALO!

Our Chefs

PALANI

MAKOA

KALANI

Contact Info

Address

5903 Goldview Pkwy, Unit #105
Wesley Chapel, FL 33544

Phone

(813) 501 8830

Email

palanishawaiinoodles@gmail.com

Business Hours

Monday: 12pm to 9pm
Tue to Thu: 11am to 9pm
Fri and Sat: 11am to 10pm,
Sundays: 11am to 7pm

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What our clients say

Testimonials

      EXCELLENT  
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   Alex Mayfield 
 
 
 
  Absolutely delicious. Really hit the spot.
  
 
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   Riley Richards 
 
 
 
  Love this place!! Everything’s so great!
  
 
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   Jim Smenda 
 
 
 
  Great experience and tasty food. Customer service was great and they take pride and keeping their space clean. Highly recommend, will come back!
  
 
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   Brandon Castle 
 
 
 
  Very delicious food with a super friendly owner. Myself and another customer were chatting with him for a while shortly after they opened. I ordered the pork, and you get a big portion of very juicy and flavorful pork served with fluffy rice and a macaroni salad. Everything was cooked fresh in front of us and the inside is very cozy and well-maintained.

Will definitely come back in the future, I think it’s my favorite restaurant in the Krate. Would highly recommend if you’re visiting.
  
 
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   Leon Fisher 
 
 
 
  Wow! Food was fantastic. Highly recommend the teriyaki beef. Had almost made it back to our car and decided to go back and get 2 of the teriyaki beef to go. Did I mention that the teriyaki beef is awesome. Also the owner took it over the top by putting on music and playing his guitar and singing while we had our lunch. He also shared a lot of the history of how they got their business going. Made for a very memorable lunch, thank you.
  
 
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   Sally Moon 
 
 
 
  Hands down, fantastic service,  staff, and food!
Never have I had a bad meal here.
Very popular place now.
Overall, it is a great concept and additional to our community!
  
 
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   Jill Gladnick 
 
 
 
  Great food, but very small portions of meat. Mostly rice or noodles.  Still very tasty.