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    Cafe Kai

    4.8 (142 reviews)
    InexpensiveCafes, Hawaiian
    Closed Closed
    Updated 3 weeks ago

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    CAFE KAI ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Trendy
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Cafe Kai located at 1100 Perry ave suite D.

    New location( 1100 Perry Ave suite D) their food is great. Their customer service is so professional. If you guys are looking for great food, great environment, or just casual dining I highly recommend this place. 10/10 must try again.

    Their Bacon Avocado Musubi is so freaking delicious. Drive-thru is always so fast and friendly. Thanks for the yummy musubi's and Dirty Matcha Coconut and Oatmilk.

    CUTE!
    Vee S.

    LOVE musubi! Service was GREAT. Drive through ONLY, but you can walk up to the window. Coffee is great. They have no decaf-oh well. HiGHLY recommend the Li Hing treats! LOVE the window painting!!!

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    Rose Y.

    I followed yelp recommendations and tried this cafe. I'm a musubi novice so unsure of how I'd like it. I went with the spicy tuna and tofu options as spam doesn't appeal to me. The spicy tuna one was tasty with the sauce. The tofu kimchi one was really just tofu as I didn't taste any kimchi. Plantation Icd tea - never has that before either - a pineapple flavored ice tea. Very sweet. For $12 it was a tasty and filling lunch. Young lady who manned the drive thru only service was friendly and efficient.

    Michelle P.

    Decided to drop by Cafe Kai as my daughter told me about this place but she hadn't had the opportunity to try it out. I'm so glad I could pick up some musubi and drinks for us to try! We had the Plantation Iced Tea and Redbull Mango Lihing drinks. Sooo tasty. Not to mention the stars of the show, the musubi! It was hot, fresh, and so ono. Mahalo nui to the kind store owner. Loved our chat and her customer service reminded me of home. We will be back again.

    Special spicy tuna musubi
    Meralina M.

    This place is really quaint and cute and the staff is really nice. The prices are decent. I got the spicy tuna musubi (at first it seems expensive but it's two huge musubi, so actually a good price). It was really good; canned tuna and spicy sauce. I also got the spicy chicken, which after recently returning from Hawaii I kind of expected katsu chicken, but it was just canned chicken, so extremely similar in taste to the tuna. Still really good and a huge serving. My husband got the teriyaki spam musubi and Portuguese sausage Musubi and said they were great! A caramel Mac nut coffee and it was AMAZING!!!! There are no places to sit here, it's a take out place for sure. I will definitely come back for more musubi :)

    Teriyaki Spam Musubi, Spam Bacon and Avocado Musubi, Caramel Mac Nut
    Nikole A.

    We (husband and I) were looking around for something new and different and we came across Cafe Kai. Definitely not ideal location but the food and coffee are 10/10. Just one of the Teriyaki Spam Musubi (bottom left) that I ordered was enough to satisfy my hunger. It looks so small like I'd have to order 5 to feel full but surprisingly not the case. My husband got the Spam Bacon and Avocado Musubi, we also got the Caramel Mac Nut iced coffee and it was very nutty but that was my own doing with flavor choices. I highly recommend you to try this place just once and let the food do the talking. Thank you mama Jamie

    Shantel B.

    Drove over an hour with my son to check out this place after finding it on YouTube. My son tried three different musubis and loved them all. He ordered spicy chicken, teriyaki spam, and the avocado/bacon/spam musubi. I tried the spicy tuna and a bite of his avocado musubi. Both were so so good! My only regret is not buying more . The guava oat milk tea was amazing and so was the plantation black tea! Will definitely be going back and next time I'm definitely ordering more for later. Customer service was amazing as well. We got lucky - made it when there was no line, but after we ordered there was a line of six cars!

    Pumpkin Haupia pie special
    Jordyn R.

    One of my favorite places ever. I've tried musubi in Hawaii a LOT and on different islands and Cafe Kai still has the best I've ever had. The avocado bacon is my favorite, and with the mustards and a pink starburst redbull, so good! I drive about 45 minutes just to reach this place and it's worth it every time. To top it off, the girls working are always very sweet.

    Rocco approved

    The bacon avocado is my favorite. Very good size for the price and the staff are super friendly.

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    Great place, felt like home to me, being from the island, sure gonna miss this place now that I moved

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    There is a bit of a wait in the drive through due to its popularity, but I really love their spam musubi and sauce, it's so good.

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    The BEST musubis! Very popular place, make sure to get there early or they might run out!

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    Perfect amount of everything. Service was fast and friendly. It's a drive through so you cannot sit in. Food is ono

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    Ask the Community - Cafe Kai

    Is there such a thing as vegetarian musubi?

    they offer tofu kimchee musubis now !! keep updated on their instagram !!

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