I've been traveling around the world for four decades, and I've been traveling to Japan three times a year for the past 25 years. Over the years, my palate has become accustomed to experiencing different flavors, seasonings, and textures, so I really appreciate food that is well prepared and thoughtfully seasoned. The food here was awesome, and the seasonings were definitely there! Our waiter was attentive, knowledgeable, and very friendly. He even gave us a kamaʻāina discount since we were born, raised, and live here in the islands. I thought that was such a wonderful gesture. It's always nice when a restaurant takes care of and appreciates the local community. The left side of the restaurant was beautiful, with a gorgeous mural of a woman surrounded by flowers. The view was also spectacular and really added to the overall experience. The only disappointment I had was with the menu. There were items listed on the online menu that were not available on the menu at the restaurant. In fact, the main reason I went there was because I wanted to try the calamari I had seen online. Unfortunately, it wasn't on the current menu. I really wish they would keep their online menu updated so customers know what is actually available. I also ordered the seared scallops, which were $44 for three scallops and a scoop of fried rice. For me, that felt quite pricey for the portion. Overall, I enjoyed the food, service, atmosphere, and beautiful view. I just hope they update their online menu and reconsider some of the pricing and portions. read more

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I'm not sure that I have ever felt the need to talk about a hotel restaurant before but much to my pleasant surprise, this place, to me, warrants it. Over our time in Hilo, we ate here a few times trying both lunch, dinner and late-night bar stuff. Let me start with some links: 1. Is the link for dining at the Doubletree in general 2. The current lunch menu 3. The current dinner menu They do have a menu for their lobby bar, but it is not online and then a separate late night bar menu after 9pm which is just a salad and three or four pizza varieties which cannot be ordered at other times. www.grandnaniloahilo.com/dining-bar.htm www.grandnaniloahilo.com/files/7344/Ka_Lihikai_Lunch_Menu_8.2026.pdf www.grandnaniloahilo.com/files/7344/Dinner_Menu_5.2026.pdf The one noteworthy quirk here is that between 4pm and 5pm the only things you can order are the few small light bites from their Happy Hour menu. Lunch stops at 4pm and dinner starts 5pm just like at the bar late night, technically it says the kitchen is open until 11pm but the bar staff will tell you to get your orders in by 10:30 at the latest. We tried a wide range of things such as the pizza (basil-pesto was great), edamame from the happy hour menu, north shore garlic shrimp, lamb chops and the seared scallops. All were good with the only real knock being that the scallop dish only had three scallops which to me is an app, not an entree. No issue with anything in terms of quality or flavor and if you're sitting close to the rear windows or out front when the doors are open, the breeze and ambiance are great. There is also live music a few nights a week which was an added bonus. It goes without saying that the pricing is definitely island/hotel pricing but all of the staff we encountered were great and the food was more than good enough that we enjoyed spending a meal in. No problem coming back. read more

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Ka Lihikai has really ono Acai! Im not too hot on breakfast so I try to go for the light stuff and their acai was perfect! Not too sweet. Not too rancid. Juuuuuust right. read more

Ka Lihikai - Acai - Cocktail Bars Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Underrated at 3.9 stars; compliments to the chef and staff for great service and food. We enjoyed breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus and of all the dishes, they were consistently delicious. Highly recommend açaí bowl and Broke Da Bridge for breakfast. Garlic shrimp with their macadamia salad is also great for something light during lunch/evening. Carrot cake for dessert is one of my top 5 hands down (and I really love carrot cake). read more

Wanted something light and some fries so I ordered a Caesar salad and some fries. The fries I crave every day now think about them all the time if you get anything from here get the fries! Also I went back recently to order the Caesar salad and they said they took it off the menu and replaced it and I am so distraught. That was a top 3 best salad I've ever had pleaseeee bring it back and I'll change my review to 5 start. Also the staff is so friendly I love chatting with them all! read more

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It wasn't amazing. It's in a hotel near the pool. We went at 8 PM on a Sunday and the pool was packed with screaming kids. Just an FYI. We were sat immediately. But took another 10 minutes to take our drink order- then another 10 for drinks to come out-then another 30 for the appetizer. Second round of drinks- 10 minutes later. We were so hungry by the time the main hit the table. The specials sounded amazing, but we went with the regular menu items. Steak and Shrimp: Steak was overcooked. Scallops: perfectly cooked and seasoned Gnocchi was tasty. Shrimp Dumplings: they were okay- no additional sauce- just what's at the bottom of the dumpling. read more

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Came here for breakfast and it was pretty decent. Best to come early enough while the coffee is still free. I had the Da Broken Bridge loco moco and it was one of my favorite dishes of the trip. Kimchi fried rice? yes please! The french toast was fine, tasty butter, but not as memorable as the loco moco. read more

Ka Lihikai - Da Broken Bridge loco moco - Cocktail Bars Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

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Great setting, underwhelming food & drinks The location is beautiful--right on the water--with friendly, fast service. Unfortunately, the food and drinks missed the mark. The Mai Tai tasted very watered down. Buffalo wings used good-quality meat but were coated in an extremely salty sauce; the fries were similarly inedible from salt. The pesto pasta was decent, but without a protein option it felt heavy--nothing to balance the sauce. Bottom line: Gorgeous waterfront vibes and kind staff, but the execution on cocktails and seasoning needs work. read more

Ka Lihikai - Buffalo chicken wings and pesto pasta - Cocktail Bars Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

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Perched right on the water on the ground level of the Grand Naniloa, Ka Lihikai impressed during each meal. The servers, hosts, hostesses and bar tenders were all very friendly. The food was much much than when I stayed in the past. We tried versus items at different times and everything was cooked perfectly. The happy hour clams are delicious. The fisherman's stew was the highlight of dinner but everything hit perfectly. Not too expensive compared to many other Hawaii eateries. Definitely be back again. read more

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The food tasted great. I loved the outside seating overlooking Hilo Bay. The service was great because the people we interacted with were super nice! The issue was it took a while to get water and put in our order. The food took a little longer than expected but in the end, we will definitely come back. read more

Ka Lihikai - Short rib kimchi loco moco over fried rice - Cocktail Bars Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

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Cool oceanside bar located downstairs in the Naniloa hotel next to the pool. Nice service. One of the best frozen Mojitos ever! We did a take out breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast and rice which was a good breakfast. The weather was gray and rainy as is pretty common for Hilo. read more

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We decided to have lunch here because the lunch offerings looked good. We also noticed that Kalihkai's keiki (kids) menu is especially good. The keiki food was well prepared, portions were generous and there are healthy options. We enjoyed the salad with Mahi Mahi and Bao with mushrooms. Great views as usual. Service was friendly this afternoon. read more

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Just moved to this side of island. Thought I'd try this place for breakfast. It's a bit pricey, but it's in a hotel, so there's that. I had the one waffles and a side of eggs, coffee. Service was decent, nice local kids working there. The ube waffles were ok. Hardly any ube sauce though. I asked for more so it was no problem. Wait, I feel like there was supposed to be Mac nuts on the waffles too and there weren't. Maybe I misread the menu though. They have complimentary coffee, and no flavored creamer(I need my coffee to taste like Disneyland) so don't pay the 6$ for their served coffee. And...maybe don't order 7$ eggs on the side. They were cooked just right, but damn 7$. It is a Hilton hotel, so who knows if that's what ups the price. read more

Ka Lihikai - Ube waffles with a disrespectful amount of ube sauce. Dont call those ube waffles, please. - Cocktail Bars Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

I ordered the fish and chips today and was able to take advantage of the resort's food credit if you charge the order in the room. It hit the spot for the dinner and getting ready for the following day! I took it out for dinner in the room for a relaxed experience. read more

Ka Lihikai - Dinner menu - Cocktail Bars Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Food and service, plus the view is always great! Can't get enough of that Kalbi plate! read more

Ka Lihikai - Kalbi Beef plate - Cocktail Bars Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Corn beef is the best I have eaten. Food with ocean view, relaxing music is speechless. read more

Ka Lihikai - Corn beef Dish & Kimchi Fried Rice - Cocktail Bars Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

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What could improve? Everything. Food was terrible. We ordered a burger, the chicken club wrap and the fish and chips. Burger had zero seasoning and was pretty rare even if we asked for medium well. My kid loves burgers and didn't even eat a quarter of it. Club wrap had a weird texture to the tortilla like it was fried or greased. More mushy bacon than anything else. Fish and chips was greasy and fishy and portion size was small but literally the best out of the 3 items. Two stars for the excellent service and attentive waiter. He was pleasant, friendly and even offered to take off the wrap because it was so bad. We ended up tipping him what we would've paid for the wrap. Wasn't his fault. Appreciated the customer service. We went for convenience but it wasn't worth it. Go somewhere else to eat. Even Millie's and Verna's was better than this overpriced disaster. read more

The food taste so good! The atmosphere is Beautiful! The service is outstanding! Loco Moco was the best I ever had. The Kalihikai Restaurant is Outstanding!!! read more

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Good food, good service, nice views. Lunch time is great but dinner usually never disappoints.

The Ka lihikai tai cocktail is delicious! Spent an afternoon at the bar here and really enjoy edit. They have a happy hour menu from 3 to 5 PM. And that cocktail is five dollars off. read more

We were staying at the Hilo Hawaiian hotel and were extremely disappointed with every aspect of it. We decided to walk on over to the Hilton hotel and eat at Ka Lihikai because it had good reviews. When we entered, we were blown away and heartbroken to see what we could have been staying in. We like resort vibes and everything about this place was giving off those vibes. We were kicking ourselves for not booking here. Anyways, we ate dinner here and it was very tasty. We had the burger and tacos. Our waiter was very attentive and quick about bringing us our food and drinks. We enjoyed eating our food with this gorgeous view and we were close to the pool. If we come back to Hilo, we will be staying here! Definitely stay here and eat here! read more

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The service was very friendly and helpful natural powerful supplement created very nice. They had come kamaaina discounts, which was very nice and the food was fabulous. When we mentioned we were sharing our dishes they actually separated them for two people that were sharing them. read more

Went for brunch my sister had the tacos and I, the poke nachos. Our highlight were the yummy Bloody Marys! Not just celery... I added the shrimp, bacon, olives and a lemon and lime wedge. The servers were very pleasant and efficient. Didn't have to wait long. Sitting poolside with lovely views of Hamakua coast, portion of upper Hilo and Hilo Bay is so nice and relaxing! Will be back! read more

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I had two meals here, one to go and one dined in the poolside seating. Ambiance was nice, section of the property where the restaurant is overlooks Hilo Bay. Unfortunately both time I saw a hostess stand but no hostess, tables and people but no servers anywhere. When the servers finally appeared, it took a while before anyone acknowledged me. My server was friendly. The first meal I ordered to go, it was appetizer kalbi, it tasted ok, portion was super small for the $20+ price range, included a scoop of rice and kimchi and pickled vegetables. The second meal was breakfast and I ordered the avocado toast which was absolutely disgusting. I kept eating it hoping it would at some point taste better. read more

Ka Lihikai - Avocado toast - Cocktail Bars Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Great Food and Adult beverages options. The Customer Service is outstanding and just enjoy the ambiance

Under-rated restaurant. Ate here for breakfast and 2 dinners during my stay and each meal was perfectly prepared and delicious. The service was friendly and very attentive. Highly recommend this restaurant. read more

We loved the short rib loco with Korean fried rice. Ordered it every morning! The view is amazing and we got great service! read more

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Yummy! Service was great too, there are no pictures of the white pizza so I'll clip one. It was so good with the truffle and the truffle garlic fries were great!! Don't really recommend the garlic shrimp it wasn't that good. read more

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The hidden gem in Hilo. We are local and usually don't frequent banyan drive hotels, but the ambiance and food here is incredible, especially breakfast. The Korean braised shot ribs Loco Moco is probably the best loco on island. It is unreal. Really love this place. read more

Upon waking up this morning, I was so excited to have some avocado toast and coffee. I walked down to the restaurant and stood there and waited for about 5 to 7 minutes for the hostess to reappear, as three wait staff passed by. One of the wait staff acknowledge me and said the host will be back shortly. Finally, upon the hosts return she sees me. I sit there for another five minutes as the same three weight staff walk around me past my table and no one acknowledges me. Water was not even delivered. At this point, I get up and walk out. As beautiful as the view was I couldn't sit there a second longer. I thought how awful their customer service is, and being Kamaʻāina, I was more disappointed. Seriously all I wanted was a cup of coffee and avocado toast As I walked out someone from the restaurant says " thank you". And I'm thinking thank you for what? you did nothing for me other than make me wait and not acknowledge me while I was there. I walked back up to the front desk and spoke to the manager Nigel to see if there's somewhere I could grab coffee I explained what happened at the restaurant and he said he was going to follow through by speaking to the manager of the restaurant. I thanked him and went about my day because at that point I was hungry, and frustrated and really needed some coffee Ultimately, I would give this place zero stars, however, in order to post this review, I must give them at least one star. Seriously you all can do better. read more

This is at the hotel the Grand Naniloa Hilton. The location is on the waterfront but it drizzles rain daily in Hilo and so the water and skies are gray blue. The beef and rice dish for breakfast has a Korean sauce which was good. The avocado toast had a dry sourdough bread with very salty avocado. There is no oatmeal option. The açaí bowl was okay with three scoops of açaí blend and a sprinkle of granola and a few blueberries and strawberries in there. It could have looked better if they had put cut fruit like bananas across the top. Vegan options are limited to the açaí bowl and avocado toast. read more

Went here tonight to find it's no longer Hula Hula's. It's still nice with the same vibe, but also with the same early closing hours. The biggest disappointment was there is no more parking. Hula Hula's did have some customer parking just outside it's restaurant, but that has been taken away and is now all valet. So, I went across the street to the junk unpaved unlit parking lot to find that it is also now only reserved for valet. If you want to visit this establishment or the hotel, expect to pay for valet. If you have friends or family coming to town, do them a favor and don't recommend this restaurant or hotel as it's a price gouge. read more

Good food good service, excellent Loco Moco that is a little different in the best of ways.

It's really pretty good for a hotel restaurant! Bartender is very attentive, drinks are good, hamburger and tacos were fine.

The breakfast and the burger I had were both quite a lot better than I used to get at the old restaurant

The Ulu fry basket is always "out" found out it's discontinued so just put a sticker over the item or something. Since it was not available I had the queso dip. It was the worst queso dip I have ever had. Super greasy, heavy, bad flavor. A jar from the supermarket is better. Service was good and I was not charged for the queso so that is a plus. Came here the other night with my wife and everything else was great but that really was the worst queso I have ever had hence the low stars. read more

We returned today and gave this place another try. We were greeted by Kau with a big smile and sit us right away in a table. Our waitress was very friendly and polite. We ordered the sunrise omelette and it came perfectly done. The ambience was nice. We are leaving for today and before we left Kau gave us some final recommendation to make this trip more amazing. Thank you read more

This place was the best! The food was excellent and the server Emma was amazing. thank you so much for a great morning breakfast!

Nothing special. Service was very slow. Fries were cold and mushy/ not cooked all the way and rushed us to order desert before we even had our food. It's an okay place if you're in a pinch and don't want to leave hotel. Wouldn't seek out that's forsure! read more

A mixed review. Breakfast was fine. At dinner, their teriyaki hamburger looked and tasted like it was cooked in the microwave with no discernible teriyaki flavor. The chef came out to apologize which was appreciated. If you eat there, skip the burgers. read more