This is the second time I've gone there and they closed early. I even called to say I was on my way and was told they would be open until 9:30... and yet, CLOSED. EARLY! They clearly didn't want my business. Disappointing!!!! read more

Zero stars. Can't even cook rice correctly. All of my four plates had mochi instead of rice. And drove all the way to Waimea on an empty stomach because of the crap food. read more

Seemed to be the place where locals went for a quick bite. I grabbed a large nutty cone for $4. A very fun Hawaii treat! Stop here and skip the shave ice if you are looking for something a bit different! read more

Holy moly nutty cones. That is all you need to know. Like for serials...it is a MUST stop whenever I'm in Hilo. I'm not even a dessert/sweet tooth type of person, but this is a must. Creamy vanilla soft serve with finely chopped macadamia nuts...good lawd! Although I haven't tried anything else, what crack me up is that they have regular fast food/burger joint fair...but also serve up random local plate lunch like fried akule. #akulequeen #ifyouknowyouknow read more

Kozmic Cones - NUTTY M'FKN CONE. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

2 months ago, November '20, I made my usual once a year trek to Hilo. My go to is ALWAYS Kozmic Cones and I've never been let down. Order a large Oreo Orbit, it's to the top of the cup, choke Oreo orbit. So ono...loved every bite. Get lucky and head to Hilo again, late (January 29th) this time, COMPLETELY different story. I order my Large Oreo Orbit...get attitude from the cashier after waiting 15 minutes in line. I get it, they're popular. Attitude and wait aside, the orbit I order is well below the top of the cup. Then, the amount of Oreos is decent, but they're ALL at the top and swirled in the center. Nothing at the bottom. Nothing to the sides...my guess is the blender was used once and was a quick swipe up and down for the orbit. No pride in the effort or care about the customer. I shouldn't be doing your job with a weak spoon to mix the ice cream I ordered from their store. Pretty pissed, this is the lazy lack of care I expect from Dairy Queen, NOT my Kozmic Cones....fine, whatevahs. One bad experience does not mean their quality is taking a dump. Give them a second chance(January 30), know that with the large too much ice cream and maybe a smaller size will mean everything is mixed better and they were just too busy the day before to give the usual care in the food prep. Ordered medium Orbit butterfinger and a small slush float. The slush float turned out okay, never had before so didn't know what to expect. But the butterfinger orbit was was unmixed. Couldn't see a piece of butter finger, two spoonfuls of ice cream no butter finger anywhere. Dug the spoon down and find a SMALL ball of butterfinger in the center of the Cup. Again, I'm forced to mix the ice cream I ordered as a mixed treat. AND the amount of butter fingers was even less than what should have been mixed into a small orbit. What happened to you guys?! I'm out. Two nights in a row and you can't manage to make your own treats properly. Your customer service is Shit. And the treats aren't worth the money anymore. I'll let everyone I know my opinion of your establishment. read more

I just wanna say.. this place use to be my favorite growing up but I just went there today and it's absolutely not the same anymore! Bugs in my drink, ice cream was old or something didn't taste good at all! the cone was soggy! idk I can only image what the food will be like now! nasty it's a no go! no stars for me! read more

Customer service today was awful. The Japanese male employee was rude, slammed my ice cream sundae on the counter, nuts flew out of the sundae when I asked him to put a lid on it so it wouldn't spill out when I was driving. The owner, saw this all go down, apologized for his behavior and rectified the problem by making another sundae and putting a lid on the container. The old timers held that place together....the new employees need a lesson in customer service. After all, without customers, they would have no job. read more

Ordered and picked up through drive through. Items were missing from my order. The kids always want to go to Kosmic Cones. The food is usually good. Unfortunately, no one ever says thank you when the transaction is completed. read more

Their Shrimp with Teri Plate, Gravy Burger and Strawberry or Coke Slush Floats are good!! Got the Drive-Thru Window if your to lazy to get dressed and go out....thats a plus for me! Sometimes.....lol! read more

Kozmic Cones - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

This review is based solely upon their desserts. We were visiting rainbow falls and on our way back I noticed this place that had a massive line wrapping around it's tiny building. I told my husband well that place must be good look at all the people! He asked if I had wanted to go and even though we just ate I figured there's always room for ice cream. Needless to say, on our 4 day trip to Hawaii island, we were there 3/4 days. Their menu is compiled of many local favorite plate lunches and desserts. I had the Oreo orbit, our Keiki had slush floats, soda floats, and one a single serving of vanilla soft serve. All of us drove away with happiness in our hands. The soft serve is so deliciously creamy. They have several different flavors of slushee (strawberry, coke, blue vanilla, and melon). My husband got the large slush float with strawberry, coke, and blue vanilla. Each time we were asked, "you want all the flavors in one cup!?" Haha! You all should name it the "Mike special". We were a bit surprised no one really requested more than one flavor in a cup for it to seem so out of this world, but it is soooo good that way. Needless to say, were back on Oahu and every night I have to hear...I want a slush float! read more

Kozmic Cones - "The mike special" - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

I got the Macadamia nut cone. Service was quick and friendly. Get the macadamia but cone

I really want to give them 4 stars, hell even 5 stars but they are lacking in certian areas that's basic fundamentals. For one, I've tried to give their hamburgers a fair shake ordering them on 3 now 4 seperate occasions. Each time they are like over cooked hockey pucks. Dont get me wrong, they have really good food, the fried chicken sandwhich I had was slightly above average. But how do you mess up a burger? I'm not sure at what point in the process there needs to be change implemented with the burgers but damn please do so. There ice cream portions are always good and generous. Service is a bit hit or miss. A lot of places on this island have horrid customer service like it's the norm. Overall I enjoy and look forward to eating here, they just need to step it up a notch on the most basic of food items and they would be a 5 star establishment all day. read more

Kosmic Cones is out of this world! Sorry for the cliche, but you know what they say; cliches are mini truths revealed! Tucked away across the street from the Hilo Public Library is this popular local joint that serves plate lunches and local grinds. There's a drive thru too. But it's the sweet treats that will have your tummy singing great praises, especially the slush freeze, which is essentially a blended slush float with a milkshake consistency. Never tried their food, but I always make time for the coke slush freeze when in Hilo! Yum! read more

Loved Kozmics when I was in high school, love it now. My absolute fave is the chicken katsu snack. It's a cute size for an amazing price. I actually would consider getting a regular order now because I would probably eat the whole thing :) Kozmics is very fast on service, great reasonable prices, with amazing food! I would definitely recommend it to local or visitors! read more

Kozmic Cones - Chicken Katsu snack! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Kozmic Cones your fries used to be the best, what happened? It's gross now. It's like most places in Hilo now. Sad. This is not an isolated incident it's always soft and half cook. Gross. Never was this way before. What happened you guys lazy now? Caught Hiloitist? Go back to making crispy fries then I'll come back. Till then adios. read more

Wow! That melon slush freeze was awesome! Thanks fellow yelpers! Be warned, the short tiny girl that works the front counter is not very friendly, but not bad enough to ruin my 5 star rating. read more

I only get a few things from here: - Chili & rice bowl with fries - Teri Hamburger Martian Meal - Strawberry Slush Float These are my absolute favs! Def comfort food for me. However the chili has changed over the years (in my opinion) and it's just not as good as it was when I was younger LOL. I get the Martian Meal a lot and I always get the token instead of the sundae, so I have a bunch of tokens stockpiled somewhere for free sundaes :P The bf likes their hamburger steak plate and nutty cone. Oh and note - their chicken katsu is not really traditional style chicken katsu at all... it's more "American" style (if that makes any sense :P) with a thick seasoned breading. So overall I just come here when I want something fast and yummy. I rarely dine-in but the place is clean and kid-friendly. Lots of parking, usually good & fast service. read more

What can I say?! I LOVE this place! The chicken katsu is my favorite and the nutty cone! Definitely some place to come if you want to try local food and treats read more

Kozmic Cones - Nutty cone - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

We got 3 large cones with sprinkles. They were exactly what we wanted. Place is a little worn down but that didn't bother us.

So gooood! The BEST potato mac! Slush floats are the bomb. Gotta try aunty sweeties lau lau!

This would be the ideal place to grinds if you are on a low budget. read more

Kozmic Cones - If you gotta chain up the stools, probably get choke chronics ova hea. Blahaha - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Nutty cones = a must! Vanilla soft serve coated with crushed macadamia nuts! That's all we had. read more

There burgers taste like deep fried imitation meat, and they put tartar sauce on the chicken sandwiches, why would you do that? Nasty read more

Kozmic Cones - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Great atmosphere, fastest service around, affordable and best of all DELICIOUS food! It's s place the locals like coming to for their vanilla ice cream cones rolled in macadamia nut chunks. Their snacks are a fun food option. Meat and rice with a tiny salad. We got the asian chicken. It was basically fried chicken wings in a teriyaki sauce. Their ice cream Sunday's are delicious too! read more

Came to this place after visiting someone at the hospital. I had the grilled chicken sandwich. Let me say that it wasn't the greatest. The grilled chicken sandwich was just a bun, ranch, a piece of lettuce, and the grilled chicken. The ranch was bland and the grilled chicken was tough. Maybe I'll try some other food next time. The fries, on the other hand, were very good. I would definitely order that with my next meal. And to top off dinner, my meal came with a sundae. Ordered a butterscotch sundae. It was decent. I'd order that again if I'm in the mood. Im definitely going to try their other flavors next time. All in all, customer service was great. Nice people to talk to and good fries to come back to. read more

Friend of mine highly recommended going here for ono food and was sorely disappointed with their burger and loco moco which used meat type patties which were previously frozen with fake looking grill marks on them like the ones you see in a white and yellow box in the typical supermarket frozen meal section. It's just terribly awful tasting meat. It's like some sort of synthetic meat substitute. If they are least used Banquet frozen meat hybrid patties (pork chicken beef) they'd be edible and I wouldn't complain. I really hate to waste food so I forced myself to eat them doused with a lot of salt and pepper and ketchup and shoyu. They were the absolute worst burger and loco moco I have ever tasted in my life. Even the Kandi's $1.75 - $1.99 cheap hamburgers are 1000 times better tasting. They should at least poke those frozen patties full of holes with a fork and marinate them in teriyaki sauce for at least one day prior to serving them. Don't serve them as regular burger patties. They also seem to have an even lighter colored than real or fake hamburger patties. read more

Had a macadamia nut cone, called a nutty. It was simple and good. I think it was $3.## forgot, but kinda worth it for fresh macadamia nuts. I really liked it but my husband didn't. We realized it was fresh macadamia nuts because somewhere on the island there is a crop of land growing macadamia nuts. So they were crushed fresh. The taste was fresh and nutty. When used to sweet macadamia cookies, that flavor comes to mind, but the macadamia on the cone wasn't the same. I enjoyed the fresh real flavor of the macademia and would get another one. read more

Kozmic Cones - The "Nutty" on the left. Macademia nuts crushed and onto soft serve. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

First time here. I ordered a Hamburger Martian Meal that included fries, a medium drink and a sundae for $7.99. The hamburger was plain, has onions and ketchup in it. No veggies. I like eating a hamburger plain so no complaints. I enjoyed my meal. I thought it was pricey though. read more

Kozmic Cones - Hamburger Martian Meal and chocolate sundae. $7.99 - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

NO OTHER PLACE can you get a plate lunch in a quick DRIVE THROUGH.... The food is good... but when you have twin preschoolers in the car and you can't get out, the DRIVE THROUGH is a SAVIOR... I repeat... NO OTHER PLACE can you get a plate lunch in a quick DRIVE THROUGH.... read more

Great place for good food and ice cream treats. It was my common eating place when I worked in the Wainaku area. But I noticed one small change since then... I am a Hamburger Steak fan, and this was the only place where I could get it and a small drink for under $7. But a few months back, when I bit into the patty, it tasted "different", not the same from earlier times. I thought maybe my taste buds was off that day, so I ordered it again a few weeks later... but alas, I didn't enjoy it. It seems like the patty was made under a new process or obtained via a new provider. Whatever the case, I became deterred from ordering anything that contained a burger patty. Aside from that disappointment, everything else on their menu board is good, especially when Chicken Tofu is on the menu. Definitely a good place to eat when you want something more than dollar menu items. read more

Something to eat for everyone in your party. Different plate lunch avail each day, but core menu always available. Orbits are my fave and they are all good. The med size is huge. Drive-up window is very convenient! read more

I recently found out what a Slushy shake was, and let me tell you that I want one everyday for the rest of my life... but my fiancé won't allow it so I'll settle for it in my dreams. Can't speak about the food but that unholy creation is delicious and you can't get that on the mainland! read more

Loved the Teri burger here, I inhaled it. Fries were perfectly salted for me, but I really like salt so they might a tad too salty for others. There is lots to choose from on their menu, it's a great stop for lunch. The nutty cone is also worth the visit! read more

six of us stopped for lunch knowing this was a fast food restaurant. the fish sandwich and fries were fine. the turkey wrap was rated very well. the chicken snack had good grilled chicken but a lot of the lettuce was brown. one person had a hot dog that was several colirs. She sid it tasted good. read more

Awesome local food and drive through. Love the workers they friendly. I enjoy the katsu or the Martian meal. There prices are reasonable and there drive through makes them one of the greatest plate lunches drive through in hilo. read more

This is always a busy place but the food is pretty good and reasonably priced. I would recommend the beef curry bowl. Its filling and made fresh. read more

Kozmic Cones - Beef curry bowl comes with good portion of rice. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Expect to wait in drive thru awhile during lunch. There is a walkup window.BUT dont walkup and try to order,its only for call in orders to pickup from window. Dont do wat i did when i saw customers standing there.wasted my time going to window and lost place in drive thru 4 more cars out to the road.geezze read more

I LOVE THE NUTTY CONES. I seriously wish I was back in Hawaii eating a nutty cone. I also tried the chicken Katsu and it was really good.

The name of this place is really misleading. It led me to believe it was an ice cream place. They do have ice cream, but all they have is vanilla soft serve. You can have it made into a Sunday, or a blizzard type thing, or get a cone dipped in Oreo crumbs or Mac nut powder. I got the Oreo dip and it was pretty good, but I was disappointed at the lack of selection. This is primarily a plate lunch destination. read more

I had previously obtained a punch card because we eat there frequently.. The cashier did not punch the card at the drive thru as he stated, "They use the punch card only at the walk thru as the people go out of their way to park their car and walk in." I would think that I took the time as a customer to give you my money would be sufficient reason to take the punch card regardless if I walk in or drive thru! I go to Zippys now. read more