Stopped by Tin Roof and honestly left a little disappointed. The chicken had decent seasoning on top, but the sauce was not it, really heavy and the kind of flavor you get sick of very quickly. The rice was fine, but overall the bowl just didn’t come together the way I expected.
Also, there’s no actual seating area or inside space. You order at the window outside, grab your food, and that’s about it. Not very comfortable if you were planning to sit and eat there.
I’d heard about this place since it’s run by Sheldon, the chef from Top Chef, which made me curious to try it. But honestly, the food didn’t live up to the hype.
Not the worst, but definitely not something I’d go back for.
Karen Ma
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October 26, 2025
We were starving from our 6 hour flight. Thought we would try this place before driving another 45 minutes to our hotel. We got the garlic shrimp, small garlic noodles and the fish sandwich. The fish sandwich was cold and hard. Also found a hair in it so they remade it for me. Hoping I would’ve gotten a hotter sandwich since they are making a new one. Sadly the 2nd one was even more cold and hard compared to the first. I didn’t think the garlic noodles or the garlic shrimp was good either. Extremely disappointing. You would think food tastes better when you’re starving but everything was just that bad.
Jonathan Szeto
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October 31, 2025
Great food, no line up when I went. You can order online and schedule to pick up. Convenient! Had the mochiko chicken with garlic noodles, fish sando, and pork belly with spicy noodles. The garlic noodles and spicy noodles were bomb! Definitely add this or get a side order of to try!
Sean Sisco
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July 24, 2025
We really, really wanted to love this because we have watched Chef Sheldon on Top chef and he was so genuine and amazing. Our experience however was not great. We did order closer to closing, which may have impacted the experience, but the food quality was sub par. First, they forgot two of our add ones, egg and spam in one dish. Next, we had four dishes and 1 desert, with only one of the dishes being really great (Mochiko Chicken - Highly recommended!). The spicy chicken sandwich was good enough, but the bun seemed stale and the chicken was a little on the chewy side without any real juiciness. The chopped steak had really good flavor, but had quite a lot of fat on most of the pieces that had to be cut out. The Poke bowl was good, but didn't really stand out in any way from any other poke spot. The desert, Chocolate Birthday Babingka was actually fantastic with great textures and great flavor.
Hopefully, this was a one off experience because the reviews here are generally off the charts and he seems like such an incredible person. When we return to Maui next year we will try again and hope for the best.
John Arzadon
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June 07, 2025
Small to go spot with outdoor seating, no indoor seating. We ordered online, and it was quick. We ordered the garlic shrimp and the spicy chicken sandwich animal style (animal style adds pork belly and a 6 minute egg). It was a huge sandwich. I couldn't even hold it right because it was so big. It's definitely worth the wait, and the prices are affordable.
Stopped by Tin Roof and honestly left a little disappointed. The chicken had decent seasoning on top, but the sauce was not it, really heavy and the kind of flavor you get sick of very quickly. The rice was fine, but overall the bowl just didn’t come together the way I expected. Also, there’s no actual seating area or inside space. You order at the window outside, grab your food, and that’s about it. Not very comfortable if you were planning to sit and eat there. I’d heard about this place since it’s run by Sheldon, the chef from Top Chef, which made me curious to try it. But honestly, the food didn’t live up to the hype. Not the worst, but definitely not something I’d go back for.
We were starving from our 6 hour flight. Thought we would try this place before driving another 45 minutes to our hotel. We got the garlic shrimp, small garlic noodles and the fish sandwich. The fish sandwich was cold and hard. Also found a hair in it so they remade it for me. Hoping I would’ve gotten a hotter sandwich since they are making a new one. Sadly the 2nd one was even more cold and hard compared to the first. I didn’t think the garlic noodles or the garlic shrimp was good either. Extremely disappointing. You would think food tastes better when you’re starving but everything was just that bad.
Great food, no line up when I went. You can order online and schedule to pick up. Convenient! Had the mochiko chicken with garlic noodles, fish sando, and pork belly with spicy noodles. The garlic noodles and spicy noodles were bomb! Definitely add this or get a side order of to try!
We really, really wanted to love this because we have watched Chef Sheldon on Top chef and he was so genuine and amazing. Our experience however was not great. We did order closer to closing, which may have impacted the experience, but the food quality was sub par. First, they forgot two of our add ones, egg and spam in one dish. Next, we had four dishes and 1 desert, with only one of the dishes being really great (Mochiko Chicken - Highly recommended!). The spicy chicken sandwich was good enough, but the bun seemed stale and the chicken was a little on the chewy side without any real juiciness. The chopped steak had really good flavor, but had quite a lot of fat on most of the pieces that had to be cut out. The Poke bowl was good, but didn't really stand out in any way from any other poke spot. The desert, Chocolate Birthday Babingka was actually fantastic with great textures and great flavor. Hopefully, this was a one off experience because the reviews here are generally off the charts and he seems like such an incredible person. When we return to Maui next year we will try again and hope for the best.
Small to go spot with outdoor seating, no indoor seating. We ordered online, and it was quick. We ordered the garlic shrimp and the spicy chicken sandwich animal style (animal style adds pork belly and a 6 minute egg). It was a huge sandwich. I couldn't even hold it right because it was so big. It's definitely worth the wait, and the prices are affordable.