Loco moco is a plate lunch fixture across the valley's Hawaiian rooms, and the rice, patty, egg and gravy formula gets tested against a real Filipino and Hawaiian population that knows the standard. These ten rooms span Las Vegas and Spring Valley, from strip-mall counters to late-night plates, and the loco moco holds up at all of them.
№ 01
Zippy's Arroyo Crossing
5.5Solid
Spring Valley $$
7095 Badura Ave · (808) 973-0880
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Zippy's brings its Honolulu plate-lunch pedigree to the corner of Arroyo Crossing, and the loco moco follows the original formula: two scoops rice, a beef patty, gravy, egg over easy. The room runs counter service with a full local plate menu behind it, chili and saimin included, and the loco moco reads as the benchmark against which the valley's other versions get measured.
What to orderChili, mini rice, saimin
№ 02
Unko Frank's Hawaiian BBQ
7.1Great
Enterprise $$
7780 S Jones Blvd · (702) 405-8822
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The loco moco at Unko Frank's comes stacked on a full mound of rice with a hand-formed patty and gravy that doesn't skimp, the kind of plate that anchors a counter-service Hawaiian BBQ menu built around volume and value. It sits alongside the kalbi and the mac salad as the order regulars default to without checking the board.
What to orderMac salad, Hawaiian BBQ plate, kalua pork
№ 03
Poke Poku Hawaiian Poke Bar
5.9Solid
$$
7460 S Rainbow Blvd · (702) 333-1900
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Poke Poku built its name on poke bowls on Rainbow, but the loco moco on the side menu holds its own, rice and patty and egg under a brown gravy that's peppery rather than sweet. The counter-service room moves fast at lunch, and the loco moco works as the plate-lunch option for anyone at the table who wants rice over raw fish.
What to orderahi tuna poke bowl, spicy salmon bowl, Hawaiian-style poke bowl
Spring Valley $$
6496 Medical Center St
Las Vegas, NV, 89148 · (702) 201-1816
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Antidotelv runs a Hawaiian menu with a loco moco that leans into a thicker, more savory gravy than the corridor standard, ladled over a patty sized for the plate rather than the bun. The room operates counter-first with quick turns, and the loco moco is ordered as a full meal, not a side, given the rice portion that comes with it.
What to orderPoke bowl, Hawaiian plate lunch, musubi
№ 05
Ohana Hawaiian Bbq
5.8Solid
Enterprise $
7435 S Eastern Ave · (702) 676-2098
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Ohana keeps prices low and the loco moco simple: rice, patty, fried egg, gravy, no upsell needed. It's a budget plate in the truest sense, the kind of order that works for a solo lunch or a family splitting plates, and the counter-service pace means the wait rarely outlasts the drive over.
What to orderBBQ Chicken Plate, Kalua Pork, Grilled Mahi Mahi
№ 06
Pacific Island Taste
7.9Excellent
$$
545 E Sahara Ave · (702) 366-1109
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Pacific Island Taste is known valley-wide for its pork hash, generous and fragrant enough to draw people back on its own, but the loco moco earns its place on the same tray. The strip-mall room runs counter service with a short wait even at lunch, and the kalua pork and lau lau on the same menu make it worth ordering around the loco moco, not instead of it.
What to orderpork hash, kalua pork, lau lau
Spring Valley $$
6870 Spring Mountain Rd · (702) 272-2790
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Paina Café's loco moco gets less attention than the Garlic Chicken Bucket and the mochi donut happy hour, but it holds the same standard: rice, patty, egg, gravy, no shortcuts. The Spring Valley counter room has built a following over years on quick turns and consistency across a menu that spans poke bowls to dessert, and the loco moco fits the same pattern.
What to orderGarlic Chicken Bucket, poke bowl, mochi donuts
№ 08
Aloha Kitchen & Bar
5.2Solid
Spring Valley $$
2605 S Decatur Blvd · (702) 364-0064
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Aloha Kitchen keeps the kitchen going late, and the loco moco is the plate that makes sense after a night out, rice and gravy built for a bigger appetite than lunch usually calls for. The Sahara-corridor room runs counter service alongside the pork laulau and the local plate, and the loco moco holds up whether it's ordered at seven or at midnight.
What to orderpork laulau, local plate, kalua pork
№ 09
LEFTY-J’S ISLAND FAVORITES Restaurant #2
$$
4550 S Maryland Pkwy, Ste D, Las Vegas, NV 89119 · +17027804610
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Lefty-J's is known first for its garlic chicken, fried to a crackling batter and dipped in a garlic-sweet-soy sauce that draws people from across the valley. The loco moco on the same menu gets less credit, but the fried patty and gravy match the kitchen's frying standard, and the counter-service room turns plates fast enough that the loco moco never sits waiting.
What to orderGarlic chicken, fried chicken, adobo
№ 10
Matiki Island BBQ
$$
3430 E Tropicana Ave, Ste 1, Las Vegas, NV 89121 · +17028660944
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Matiki Island BBQ built its reputation on beef ribs sized for two, but the loco moco on the same counter menu is the quieter order, rice and patty under a gravy that leans savory rather than sweet. The room makes no claim to décor, it's a plate-lunch counter first, and the loco moco reads as an honest plate rather than a showpiece.
What to orderbeef ribs, kalua pork, grilled chicken
Frequently asked
What is the best loco moco near me in Las Vegas?
It depends which part of the valley is closest. This guide covers rooms in Las Vegas proper and Spring Valley, from counter-service Hawaiian BBQ spots to a Filipino kitchen that added its own version. Each entry names the actual city, since Henderson and North Las Vegas rooms would be listed separately.
What makes a loco moco good?
The formula is fixed: white rice, a beef patty, a fried egg, brown gravy. What separates the plates on this list is the gravy's balance between savory and sweet, the sear on the patty, and whether the kitchen treats it as a core order or an afterthought next to poke and plate lunch.
Are these restaurants ranked by real reviews?
Yes. Every restaurant on this guide carries an Insider Score built from its public review record on file, not a paid placement. No restaurant pays to appear in this guide or to rank higher within it.
Is loco moco Hawaiian or Filipino food?
Loco moco originated in Hawaii, and most of the rooms on this list are Hawaiian kitchens. Lefty-J's is a Filipino kitchen that includes it on the menu alongside garlic chicken and adobo, which reflects how much the two cuisines overlap in the valley's southeast corridor.
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The data first, then the verdict
We start with the review record, not a press release. Every room here is a real kitchen with a strong rating across a meaningful number of reviews, ranked on our 10-point Insider Score. We weight consistency over time and the rooms locals return to, not the ones tourists pass through once. The list updates as the data does. How we work →
Danny Ocampo
South Valley Editor
Danny grew up in Henderson and covers the valley people actually live in: the strip-mall kitchens off Eastern, the family rooms in Green Valley, the Filipino and Hawaiian places that have fed this side of town for two decades. He writes the south valley beat the way locals eat it, on a Tuesday, without a reservation.
