Unko's Kitchen was amazing to us!!! They even had Christmas presents for my Children!!!! Wow! The food was amazing, and service was phenomenal!!! We will be back! read more

Unko's Kitchen has become Hanapepe's foremost weekend breakfast and lunch gathering place. Located on the Main Street of Hanapepe across from Shell gas station, right on the highway in the heart of town. The menu is big. All the local favorites are deliciously represented here! Spam, Portuguese sausage, Vienna Sausage, bacon, ham and of course smoke meat to put an end to any of your productive weekend plans. We call it a "Kanak Attak" but most know it affectionately as a food coma. There's always new specials that the chefs rotate every weekend, Something for locals and tourists alike. Try the Hunters Special for a three meat, three egg and a pile of rice start of your day! Try the Fresh Tostada bowl before your hike in Kokee. Try everything in between for... everything in between. I'm pretty sure they are only open on the weekends. They also do catering for small and large events. If you're on your way to Koke'e or just grabbing a big breakfast before watching the Sunday football line up- you need to stop by at Unko's and eat at one of the Westside's hands down best local eateries around. read more

Unko's Kitchen - Saimin with smoke meat on da side! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Hanapepe, Hawaii

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Maybe the best food we had on the entire island. Do not miss this place. The pork might be the best I've ever had.

Great service and love the family business. The hunter special and pancake special was delicious! Affordable and happy to support such a great business. Highly recommend for anyone who wants a great breakfast and traditional eggs, pork, and rice breakfast ! As you can see we all ate every single piece on our plate! read more

Unko's Kitchen - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Hanapepe, Hawaii

My wife and I stopped by Unko's for lunch after hiking in Waimea canyon. We each had a bowl of saimin and shared an order of pork adobo fried rice. The food and service we're excellent! The saimin was pipping hot and flavorful. The fried rice truly tasted like pork adobe with a little vinegar and some peppercorns. Our server Gina was very attentive, making sure our water glasses were filled and checking in on us to make sure everything was ok. The portions were generous and pricing was reasonable. We're looking forward to our next meal at Unko's!! read more

Happened upon this place while taking a drive and we are so glad we did. Had a wonderful local breakfast. Everything was so good and the staff was so incredibly nice, definitely give it a try! read more

Sad to say this because the staff was so friendly but the food was not good at all. Don't know how it has so many good reviews. Party of 4 and none of were able to finish our dishes. Pancakes were more like biscuits - super thick and so dry! The butter we tried to moisten them with had this chemicals taste to it. One kid had the French toast dish and these also had a chronicle taste and were so flat, not good at all. Scrambled eggs had a spongy texture. The Portuguese sausage were literally 3 dollar coin size slices. We all forced ourselves to eat just to get something in our tummies. Huge disappointment! read more

Unko's Kitchen - Super thick, dry, biscuit-like pancakes! Only ate 1/4 of one of the two pancakes. Could not eat more. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Hanapepe, Hawaii

We stopped at Unko's for a late breakfast before heading up to Waimea canyon. Food was excellent, service was friendly and quick and the atmosphere was like walking in to a place where only locals eat. I would highly recommend as they have all traditional breakfast items and the pancakes are delicious. read more

10 minute wait for a table, 20 minutes of no service. Not even an acknowledgement. What a joke.

Great local grinds. Service is very friendly and the food is the "ultimate comfort" food. Nothing fancy just good. I could eat here everyday. The portions are large and the prices are extremely reasonable. Best on the island. Fantastic stop if you are heading to the canyons. read more

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The atmosphere was home. The ladies tending to the patrons were real nice. The food was choice, and the serving size were big. Maybe my wife and I are being partial since we favor local feel eateries, but we enjoyed it a lot. Mahalo to the ladies who tended to us, and of course the cook, food was Ono! read more

Unko's Kitchen - Don't mind the ketchup on the eggs. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Hanapepe, Hawaii

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I highly recommended Unko's. My family and I stopped in for dinner on a Friday night after visiting Waimea Canyon and Unko's did not disappoint my hungry crew! The service was awesome and we all enjoyed some great comfort food. The prices were very reasonable (not just by Kauai standards) and the portions were large. My favorite part is that this is a family business and the they do an excellent job in making you feel welcome. Pay attention to the days and hours of operation as we were lucky to be in the area on a Friday night. Aloha! read more

If you're looking for local food, stop here. Options are what you'd find in a good plate lunch: Mac salad, rice, fried noodles, katsu, shrimp tempura, fried shoyu chicken, mahi mahi, etc. We had lunch, but the breakfast menu looks awesome. It includes waffles, hamburger steak, eggs over easy on fried rice, Kauai coffee, etc. The place looks rundown from the outside, but don't let that stop you. The staff were very nice. read more

Unko's Kitchen - Menu (taken 1/19/2019) - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Hanapepe, Hawaii

Great service. Very friendly staff and the food is excellent Filipino food. Best on the Island!

Unko's is a really laid back kind of restaurant, where you're eating on folding tables and dining in a screened off patio. But the food is excellent! I had the fried chicken plate with the chili sauce. Make sure you get the chili sauce, because when the plate arrived it didn't have the side of chili sauce. The waitress said that most of the customers don't use it, and it ends up getting thrown away. I don't know why anyone wouldn't use the chili sauce, because it was soooo good. Don't expect to get drum sticks or chicken thighs. It is cut up pieces of boneless chicken perfectly fried and crispy. My wife had the roast pork plate, which she really enjoyed. The pork was lean and smothered with brown gravy. My mother had the teriyaki fried chicken with the fried saimin. I was really tempted to get that too, because a teriyaki chicken that's made into a fried chicken sounded so good. My mother really enjoyed it. Unko's is only open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so plan ahead to come here and you won't regret it. read more

The food was undercooked and even after it was returned to the kitchen to cook longer it didn't taste good because they use american cheese in the omelette. The coffee was weak. read more

Absolutely stay away, worst service I have experienced in my entire life. Wouldnt come back if this was the last food source on the entire island because I'm not confident that the food would even come out of the kitchen in time to stop me from starving to death. read more

Our family of four stopped here on our way to Waimea Canyon based on a recommended by a local. We're so glad we did. The owners were the nicest people. The food was delicious. My son declared the pancakes are delicious and we all loved their smoked meat. We will be back. Thank you for being so lovely and feeding us delicious food. read more

Haven't been here for a while so we thought about having breakfast since it was almost 10! Hubby had the kulua pork hash with over easy eggs with pancakes and I had the cheeseburger with fries! Their cheeseburger was fresh, juicy and tasted good, but the fries were kinda oily. Their pancakes were so big that we couldn't finish them! It was so good too, but thick! The Kalua pork hash looked really good too, but said it was ok! Overall everything was ok! Staff was friendly and service was quick! read more

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Old style, local restaurant serving local dishes. No A/C. So-so coffee on the lighter side even though it is $5 for the cap with free refills. Breakfast nothing out of the ordinary. For better tasting breakfast and coffee, I would go to the Kalaheo Cafe. read more

Solid local food at very low prices... but you pay in time, so don't come to Unko's if you have somewhere to be afterwards. We came in for breakfast at 9a on a Saturday, and it was dang near lunchtime by the time we were done. Lol. But the waitstaff is super nice and I think the kitchen was short handed and they were dealing with a lot of phone orders...but it was about an hour and ten minutes from the time we arrived until our food showed up, which is a bit much for a local breakfast place. Next time, I think we're going to call in our order to go. read more

Great food. We had the Kalua Moco plate with a side of laulau and a POG juice. It was delicious. Fair priced and friendly place. Highly recomment. read more

Unko's Kitchen - Kalua Moco plate with a side of laulau! Gravy here was delicious. Pork on pork! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Hanapepe, Hawaii

Wanted some loco moco, went with the kulua pork moco - very good. Also got a side of the hash, ok - it could have been crisper. Place is right off the main road - green building, I almost bailed on it - local 'rustic' spot, not fancy. read more

Definately, a local hole in the wall. And that's just how I like it! Everything on the menu was super resonable in pricing. I just wish they had more fish or veggie items on the menu... The boyfriend was more than satisfied with his options, and said the 'smoke meat' was ono. (Smoke meat didn't say what kind of smoke meat it was... But he said it was deer.) Fast and friendly, and just like you are ordering something up at your Hawaiian grandmother's house. read more

Unko's Kitchen - Mix and match breakfast kind of morning - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Hanapepe, Hawaii

My friend and I came here after our friend's wedding, which means we came here hungover. We were in dire need of food and lots and lots of water. And our server did a great job of providing just that. She constantly filled our water glasses and may have known we were hungover, as she said, "Maybe you should order the saimin...it helps." Haha! Great sense of humor. Although the saimin was tempting the weather was too warm for some soup, so I instead went with the fried rice with two fried eggs over it and ordered a side of fried chicken. And when I was about to order the waffle a la mode, she stopped me and said that maybe I should eat the fried rice and fried chicken first before I ordered the waffle because it would be too much food. And she had my back because it really was. Despite how hungover I was because I am tellin' ya, I can throw down some food after a night of partying, the portions here are huge. My friend ordered the Kalua Pork Loco Moco and substituted white rice with fried rice. Her dish was awesome! I wish I had ordered it, but she was nice enough to let me have some. The Kalua Pork and gravy were so, so good, and really hit the spot of us hungover fools. My fried rice was good, with the mix of Portuguese Sausage and Spam, and liked that the eggs weren't overcooked, which allowed for the runny yolk. The fried chicken were wings, which was unexpected, but it was good. It takes longer for the chicken to make, but comes out piping hot and is yummy. We ended up taking more than half of our dishes with us, and did feel a lot better after eating some much-needed home-cooked food from here. The staff is incredibly friendly and the food is solid. There were too many items to choose from, but based off of what my friend and I ordered I recommend the Loco Moco with the Kalua Pork. It's a winner. read more

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This restaurant is very family oriented. I like coming here because the service is fast, friendly, and very affordable. We came here for dinner on Friday night and breakfast on Saturday. They're open only on the weekends. The first time we actually came to eat here was when I made a surprise birthday party for my mom & nephew. Unko 's is not only a restaurant on the weekends, but a catering service as well. Also know as Pupu's etc. They're food is real local home style cooking. I'm great full that uncle Manuel Cabral and his family has brought this old restaurant come back to life. A long time ago this place was know as "The Green Garden" where they had the best lilikoi chiffon pie. Although it's no longer here, unko's has made it better by showing their customers what FAMILY is all about! read more

Unko's Kitchen - Fresh bacon, mushrooms, & spinach omelette. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Hanapepe, Hawaii

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Huge portions, great food, friendly service. My mother in law, originally from Hawaii, said it was the best meal we had here. I agree! The Hawaiian plate with a huge serving of khalua pork, chicken long rice, Mac salad, rice and salmon lomi was so good. It can feed two. Husband had hamburger with gravy, he couldn't finish it. Mom loved the beef stew. I asked they create a vegetable and chicken katsu dish for my two year old, they did with no problem. Service was great. I would definitely come back. It's a little hard to find so look across from the building that says Yamaha, near the Shell Station. Open Friday night to Sunday night. My mother in law snickered as we left, Unko in Hawaiian does not have the same meaning in Japanese. It's naughty. read more

A hidden gem, and as our fabulous server said, "Unko's food doesn't make you full, it makes you tired!" She is so right and we are full and tired! The only thing missing is a hammock that we can climb into ... Service is great, with good, hot coffee refilled as needed, and quick delivery of our meals. We both had the Kalua Pork Moco, his with over easy eggs and mine with no gravy due to allergies. We both loved our meals, and probably could have split one of these dishes. AAA - affordable - awesome - amazing! read more

Unko's Kitchen - Kalua Pork Moco @ Unko's Kitchen (after a few bites) - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Hanapepe, Hawaii

What a great choice! The ladies here are pleasant, fun, professional and best of all, they are aware and respectful of people with food allergies. Between us we ordered eggs, bacon, toast, and waffles. All food was wonderful! The bacon is thin and crispy! Yum. Even my mom's hot chocolate (in Hawaii in August-crazy) was great! We are so glad we came! As an added bonus, it feels like a locals place. It's not fancy, but it's clean. The service is great and the food delicious. read more

If You are looking for a great homemade straight from Mom's kitchen or shall I say Unko's kitch then come on down to Hanapepe on the West Side Of Kauai take the right just after the fire station and You are there. Only open on the weekends Friday-Sunday but it's worth the wait thill they open for service! Try their homemade slow cook as tutu kane would do it Beef Stew with their potato&Mac salad and rice or their Chicken Cutlet smother in their rich and tasty gravy! The prices are very family friendly and just to top it off Unko's Wife (co owner along with UnKo) is always out there on the floor pouring water or serving the people as you are at their house for breakfast lunch or dinner! Ono Food great atmosphere and just down straight wonderful place to eat!! read more

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My girlfriend loves eating at this place and why wouldn't you? Where else on the island can you have ice cream on a waffle??? Sounds kinda weird but it's pretty awesome. When we first had it, we were kind of skeptical, but now it's a main stay every time we come. This time I ordered the katsu chicken burger and it was pretty delicious. They cut the chicken into smaller pieces and it makes them nice and crispy. Service is friendly and quick. If you're looking for good family breakfast on the weekends stop by. read more

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The MOST AMAZING breakfast on the island! We stopped here for breakfast before work one morning with some co-workers that had been here before. I had the pulled pork hash. I'm fairly certain I craved it every morning after that day. The staff are great. Friendly. The place is clean and well situated on the main road. I WILL return here if given the opportunity. read more

One word: amazing. If you are on the south side on Saturday or Sunday from 7am to 1pm... DONT DRIVE BY. The Place, price, portion, people is what makes this restaurant amazing. Food on the island is expensive, here is normal priced food and large portions. The people serve food with true "aloha". It will be your favorite place in the Southside, if not the entire island. I had the Kalua pork Scramble, my gf had the veggie omelette. Al local, all fresh. I'll be back tomorrow to try the Lau Lau Pork!! read more

Unko's Kitchen - Kalua Pork Scramble with a side of fried rice - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Hanapepe, Hawaii

Prompt service, good food, reasonably priced. What more can you say? We had breakfast here on a Saturday morning. Place had plenty of customers and we were served promptly read more

Unko's Kitchen - Waffle Special - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Hanapepe, Hawaii

This review is solely based on customer service experience as I was not able to eat. There is a sign that says, wait to be seated, upon entering we did wait. But another party of 2 came in after us and just seatedl themselves. They told me "no need wait, pick a table" So, we followed suit. The prior table that seated themselves received their drinks and menu. We didn't. Waitress seated another party of two right next to us, gave them their water and menus. Both waitresses made eye contact with me as I wanted to get their attention to get menus. Completely ignored us. I accepted this as maybe they were upset that I seated myself. I can accept that, I was already ready to apologize for that. After 15 mins, it was obvious they knew we were there, so we left. The food does look and smell good. I'm sure it tastes great. But to be blatantly ignore. read more

What a gem! Super welcoming locals and great food, more can you ask for? Worth the stop.

I've went with a colleague there for breakfast/brunch....I ordered the Saimin and side of smoked meats....& jus couldn't stop there and also ordered the fried chicken. The smoked meats had a wonderful flavor and richness to the roast pork and sausage....so anyone who goes has to TRY this dish! Then the Saimin followed and the broth was amazing. then the Fried Chicken was my dessert and the chicken was cooked to perfection (as good if not better than southern comfort food of fried chicken in the southeastern part of the mainland. The sweet and sour chili sauce was lift yet flavorful. It's great to know that you can get home cooking even when your visiting Kauai. The family owned Unko' Kitchen made us feel just like we were at home. Even though this is a local place, I'm sure all tourists and visitors will soon find this amazing gem soon enough. Chef Manno (aka Unko Manno)'s creations and home cooking is awesome! read more

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Trash. Incorrect business hours and causing people to make pointless trips. Purely lazy since it take too my much for this business to post a sign. read more

During my recent Kauai trip Unko's was the only local Hawaiian restaurant and also one of the best restaurants we stumbled across. It's in the middle of nowhere and we accidentally found it while passing through town on our way to Waimea Canyon. It's a very inconspicuous, casual yet traditional restaurant. It's usually a good sign when it's filled with local patrons. I was captivated by the specials menu but stuck with my craving. We ordered a combination of the saimen, pork and kitchen katsu. Everything was to our satisfaction but I realized the food in Kauai leans more towards the salty side. The food was served in generous portions and although simple it was good and just what we needed before our next hike. The service was fast and efficient and I highly recommend Unko's as a hidden gem. read more

All you need to know is, please come here and try the food. If you're looking for a good local place, this is it. They are super nice and always check on you. They aren't shy on giving you extra gravy or whatever it is you need. It is SOOOOO FREAKEN delicious. My husband and i really loved the food! The pork chops with rice and gravy, just..... DAMN. I was told in Hawai'i, they say Broke Da Mouth. So good it broke our taste buds . We'll be back! read more