So many incredible food options! The Malasada's are amazing! The owner is incredibly friendly and service was wonderful! read more

Manuela Malasada - Donuts Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Drive thru menu said they were out of açaí but turned out they had it. Ordered a bowl and the Toppings were there but the açaí was watery. I ate the toppings in less than a minute so I know the açaí didn't melt or anything like that. It was a watery slushy texture. It's toppings included what looked like walnuts and raisins. I got some raisins that were hard as rock, I couldn't bite it so had to spit it out (and I have strong, healthy teeth). Also got the Sprazberry refresher, it tasted like carbonated water, with food coloring. If local businesses are trying to get supported from local people then the quality has to outdo the big companies (Starbucks, Coffee Bean, etc.). I have to say I won't be coming here again. Just heading on over to Starbucks. read more

Manuela Malasada - Liquid texture açaí - Donuts Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

We had an itinerary and I had been looking for malasadas. I caught the red light and this location was perfect timing. I ordered 3 - 2 with sugar, 1 filled with mango and the other filled with Haupia. The third was a just powdered sugar. I'm no expert and this place seems to have some consistency issues based on previous reviews, but these malasadas were fantastic. Fresh, light, and warm. I can understand why the locals like the salted plum sugar as these were very sweet but I still enjoyed them. If I have another opportunity, I'll definitely be trying that other sugar option. read more

The Malasadas were delicious. This is only my second time eating them. These were different than the ones we had in Oahu. Here they were slightly more crispy on the outside but the soft fluffy insides tasted the same. I was hoping to pair my Malasada with a hot cup of Kona coffee but alas they dod not have any (not their fault, I guess since they are located in Hilo and not Kona). My wife chose to pair hers with a an iced vanilla latte but she said unfortunately it was a swing and a miss. One thing to note, when I read about this place on visitors guides and online nobody mentioned it was just a little food truck on a street corner in Hilo. I was looking for a local shoppe or a store front so we almost missed it. Hopefully the pictures I posted will help with that. If I was in Hilo I would come here again but mainly for the Malasadas. read more

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We stopped here after driving by it on the way to Kawamoto's. I did look it up on Yelp but decided to give them the benefit of the doubt. This place is sort of set up like a drive-through, but it's kinda not. There was only one person working when we got there. We had to wait quite a while for her to take our order after she finished the car in front of us. We ordered 6 malasadas. 3 cinnamon sugars, 2 sugars, and 1li hing. We waited for awhile while the employee made our malasadas which was fine. We got our order and drove off. When the malasadas were passed out, we had 1 sugars, 3 powdered sugar and 2 li hings . So, basically we didn't get close to what we wanted. We made the best of it and started to eat the warm malasadas. Everyone agreed that they were not even good. Too doughy and greasier than the usual malasadas. So disappointing. read more

Manuela Malasada - Powdered sugar-which we didn't order - Donuts Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

The customer service was awesome. The food wasn't very exciting versus the pictures and the hype i was advised. I also ordered a Dubai Chocolate Malasada $7 and I didnt get it in my order. I contacted and text Manuela Malasada if I could grab it another day when in the area they said yes I could, mahalo! The kulolo ice cream was ono and refreshing, i would totally go back to get that for sure I wasn't happy with any of my Malasadas, ill just stick to the plain ones next time. Mahalo for providing awesome service. read more

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Worst service, and visible flies all over food. I stood in line excited to try this place the single worker had a line of about 5 people with me being second and her obviously local friends were before me she kept the entire line waiting for over 5mins while she simply carried on her personal conversation about a comedy show they saw recently. At first I was just annoyed because she seemed young silly and I really wanted to try this place so I waited HOWEVER I spent so long waiting it gave me time to look into the back behind her and the place was a MESS! No lids on anything and everything was swarming with bugs. I walked away looking visibly Annoyed without getting any and the friend goes "oh sorry you better help her and the worker was just like it's find she'll come back. Nope not coming back. Anyways we tried Tex drive in instead for malasadas and they were amazing. read more

If I could give 0 stars I would! $30 for a box of burnt dough, with such dry inside. These malasadas are TERRIBLE! TURN YOUR FRYER DOWN & CHANGE YOUR OIL!!! What person would box this up and give these to someone? They should've been remade .. come on!!! How embarrassing. read more

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I wanted to try this place after driving past it every week. I also love to support small local businesses when I can. I was thinking I could get an iced coffee and malasadas. Great combination, right? The malasadas are really pricey for what you could get at Tex's or KTA. We ended up getting a dozen because it was cheaper. It was $22 for the dozen but we got eight filled (2 each of 4 flavors) and four plain sugar-coated malasadas. The malasadas look nothing like the pictures! The filling was an extra $1.25 per malasada. It was that or three for $12. I wanted the poi malasada's but they didn't have it today. I paid $34.58 total. We were told we would have a 8 to 10 minute wait however we waited for at least 20 minutes. After waiting so long, was it worth it? These are probably the most unauthentic malasadas we've ever eaten. They were very doughy, dry, and dense, unlike the traditional light and airy dough. There was no fluff to them. Not spongy and it did not bounce back after each bite. They were cut in half and filled with maybe a teaspoon of filling in each filled one. It was not worth $1.25 as there was nothing special about the taste of them. The malasadas tasted borderline burnt and it felt like eating toasted day old biscuit. I wanted to like these, to brag about the yummy malasadas I got to eat, and hoped it matched the price, but I couldn't eat anymore after drying a quarter of each filled malasada. Maybe if you've never had one you would like it, but my family and I did not care for it at all. If you're local to Hawai'i, IYKYK. The lady that made them was really nice and I feel bad that we did not like them. And I'm sorry that I can't recommend these malasadas to my friends or family. I would feel bad if they paid the price for these. Another thing that was awkward was how the food truck is situated on the property. It's like a drive-through. The food truck is parked in the center of the property and you need to drive around the truck to the window. Because we had to wait long for our malasadas, we wanted to find a place to park so other people that drove through could place their order. We decided to drive back around and wait towards the back of the lot to make room for other people. It's a one way in and one way out, however we had to exit through the entrance because as people drove in, there wasn't enough room to go around them on the right to exit. With so many other and bake stands and dessert and coffee trucks, I think there needs to be some modifications in the dough and end result malasada. And change the layout of the parking lot to make this a go-to place. If not, I don't think people will want to pay $5 for a malasada and $8 for a simple cold brew coffee. read more

Manuela Malasada - Mejias of 10/7/25. - Donuts Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Dubai more likeDO NOT BUY matcha was very bitter and grainy, too dark and did NOT taste good. do not recommend read more

We came specifically for the Dubai chocolate malasadas. While I understand these are premium items, we were ambushed by the $34 price tag because it wasn't listed anywhere on the sign. Transparency is key, and the price should definitely be posted. To make matters worse, when we received our order, it wasn't decorated as advertised. We had to point this out to the staff to get them to fix it and give us what we actually paid for. The product might be good, but the lack of transparency and attention to detail made for a frustrating experience read more

Waited 25 min horrible customer service they kept going to the bathroom not sure why? Avoid.

They make you enter in all of your card information to pay which is extremely weird. The tuna melt we got tasted like mayo and the cheese wasn't even melted we got their specialty haupia latte and it was so disgusting, watery and sweet and didn't even taste like coffee or look appealing. We threw it away before taking a picture. What a waste of $30 Do not recommend read more

Manuela Malasada - Donuts Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Avoid. They take a long time to get orders done. 30 minutes at least for a small order. They usually get the order wrong and usually blame it on the other person working with them and say they are 'new' sorry, bye. They have done it the two times I've been here. Terrible looking products and don't even taste that good! Take your business elsewhere read more

We got dubai malasadas and the picture doesn't match the food in real life. dubai, more like do not buy. There was barely any options available to order but the whole menu is up. read more

The best there is. When it's made fresh, the malasada is a whole next level experience. Highly recommended.

DO NOT SUPPORT NO ALOHA AT THIS FOOD TRAILER Please. Save your time and hard earned money. The owner is delusional and a bully to her employees. They serve instant keurig coffee at gourmet prices. The dough is bought frozen by an outside party, transported in trash bags and sometimes contaminated with moths. Unlike TEX. You can watch them make their dough fresh through the window. Beware Manuela Malasada, Country Grounds Hilo. No Aloha read more

The quality could be better and the service could improve. For their price point there are better options in Hilo

Ordered a single latte. They took 20 minutes and got the order wrong (gave me black coffee) and only filled the cup halfway.