Where to Eat in Hawaii - 5 Best Restaurants on the Big Island

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  • @ErikPortland
    @ErikPortland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Da Poke Shack south of Kona on Ali'i Drive is awesome too. It's a little fish market basically but there are picnic tables outside.

    • @GeminiDiscover
      @GeminiDiscover  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome, thanks for the tip! We'll check it out next time we're in town.

  • @Christarose6423
    @Christarose6423 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Going here in 2 weeks! I’m so excited! This video is helpful thank you 😊

  • @jenniferd2809
    @jenniferd2809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And The Coffee Shack has the very best lilikoi cheesecake and one of the best coastal views on the island.

  • @Mrus-jo1rh
    @Mrus-jo1rh 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I live on the Kohala Coast. Some additional recommendations:
    Patisserie Nanako - Waimea - pastries, breads, sandwiches
    Waimea Butcher - fantastic sandwiches and other lunch items
    Napua - beach restaurant - semi private for lunch, open for dinner to public, owner is a hog farmer, local ingredients
    Cipriano’s Kitchen, Kawaihae, Italian/ Peruvian - local ingredients
    Meridia - Hapuna Resort, Spanish/Hawaiian - local ingredients, expensiven
    FORC - Waimea, Hawaiian, Hyper local ingredients, Dinner only

  • @Tawnieandwayne
    @Tawnieandwayne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wooooow, bad idea watching this video on an empty stomach! Great video, we are flying out to Hawaii tomorrow morning and will defiantly have to check out some of these. I also like the music choice in the intro.

  • @Joyous2010ify
    @Joyous2010ify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Big Island Shave Ice is a must too.

  • @victorholmes6559
    @victorholmes6559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for posting your video. When Im hungry for breakfast, Im headed towards Waimea at Hawaiian Style Cafe. ( large pancakes that you cant finish, large portions, down home folks)...That's my kind of spot...Bring your appetite!

  • @andrewmgoss
    @andrewmgoss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for the video. Heading over there soon from Seattle.

    • @GeminiDiscover
      @GeminiDiscover  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice! Hope you have an amazing time 😊

  • @philc1884
    @philc1884 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice recs, thanks!

  • @lorasilva6125
    @lorasilva6125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    If you like mochi, you gotta try two ladies kitchen in hilo. Teshima's is a old school Japanese restaurant in honalo(kona side) also really good. Hayashi's you make the roll sushi in the heart of kailua is a must, but be prepared to wait - it's a tiny hole in the wall but it's worth it. Just a few of my faves 🌴🌺 Aloha from Big Island 🤙

    • @GeminiDiscover
      @GeminiDiscover  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh man, we went to 2 Ladies Kitchen, but it was on the one day of the week that they're closed! We were so bummed 😞

    • @tomfrazier1103
      @tomfrazier1103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Teshima's gotta be pushing 100 years.

    • @gregh7457
      @gregh7457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GeminiDiscover closed sunday and monday but open on saturdays. To avoid wait, call in order

    • @GuantanamoBayBarbie2
      @GuantanamoBayBarbie2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Could you tell me what kind of weather to expect around new years day? That's when we're coming.
      I'm guessing be prepared for hot as well as wet, and possibly cooler evenings. Any tips would be appreciated. We are staying on the north shore.

    • @philc1884
      @philc1884 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks for these recs!

  • @sandrajewitt6050
    @sandrajewitt6050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm going in April, I'll have to check some of these places out.

    • @GeminiDiscover
      @GeminiDiscover  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hope you have an awesome trip. Thanks for watching 😀

    • @longislandny696
      @longislandny696 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m going to Kona in May ☺️

  • @RagingHeartOn
    @RagingHeartOn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hawaiian Style Cafe, nuff said

  • @HoldMyBeerProductions
    @HoldMyBeerProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hawaiian Style Cafe by far was the best place we ate recently. We stayed in Hilo and we ate here 5 times over 7 days. Was the best place for LOCO MOCO's. Everything we ate there was good!! A must try!
    You will thank me later!

    • @GeminiDiscover
      @GeminiDiscover  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the tip. We'll go next time

  • @jordintbrown10
    @jordintbrown10 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I swear I'm planning a big escape and I'm never coming back !! 😫😫 I need a view of the ocean and good food 😍😍😍

  • @ryanlowry5409
    @ryanlowry5409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ming's in Pahoa is really awesome. Their Curry dishes are da bomb

    • @GeminiDiscover
      @GeminiDiscover  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! We'll definitely try that next time. We ate at Pahoa in 2013

    • @hori166
      @hori166 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's actually NING'S not Mings.

    • @ryanlowry5409
      @ryanlowry5409 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, my bad. Their massaman seafood curry is hard to beat.

    • @MrRaylay
      @MrRaylay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isn’t Pahoa on Maui??

    • @ryanlowry5409
      @ryanlowry5409 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No Brah, where I referenced, it is located on the Big Isle. Luquines in Pahoa is the bomb😀

  • @TheRockinator1
    @TheRockinator1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    We will have to check some of your recommendations out. Heading to the Big Island next week for our second visit.

    • @GeminiDiscover
      @GeminiDiscover  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome, hope you have an amazing trip 😀

  • @veganpenguin9421
    @veganpenguin9421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Island style cafe in Waimea get some ono grindz, and cafe 100, noris, no.1 Chinese bbq and so many more.. not to mention cronies bar and grill which is better than cafe pesto and a few doors down

  • @jenniferd2809
    @jenniferd2809 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You’ll find the best ever Thai Green Papaya salad at the Maku’u Farmer’s Market on the east side 😃

  • @bobzack9750
    @bobzack9750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful video, Keei Cafe , in Keakakakua.

  • @autonomous_collective
    @autonomous_collective 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for sharing... Mahalo

  • @jenniferd2809
    @jenniferd2809 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    We love 808 Grindz in Kona 😃

  • @henrygrace5121
    @henrygrace5121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Hilo Suisun makes better fresh local caught poke daily and they always run out .Eat local

  • @roberth3094
    @roberth3094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Plate lunches are the best . BBQ and potato Mac .

    • @GeminiDiscover
      @GeminiDiscover  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh yeah! Plate lunches are always bomb.

  • @ken9iron
    @ken9iron 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Which car rental company did you use for the jeep?

  • @michelecaron
    @michelecaron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Waimea burger is great! Horse country.

    • @GeminiDiscover
      @GeminiDiscover  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Waimea is one of our favorite parts of the Big Island ❤😊

  • @charleskaneshiro6060
    @charleskaneshiro6060 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice vid i live on the bi you can tell a blogger did their research when they pronouce poke` correctly. cool editing as well

  • @nesiansoulallstars
    @nesiansoulallstars 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video:) I hope you guys enjoyed our Island! Next time you visit you gotta make it a point to stop in and try 2 Ladies kitchen. Great Mochi. Famous for their strawberry mochi but the brownie and seasons Pumpkin Mochi are really good

    • @GeminiDiscover
      @GeminiDiscover  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      OMG we tried!! They were closed and we were heartbroken. But definitely going to make sure we visit on a day that they're open next time. That strawberry mochi is to die for.

  • @uwu_commrade1682
    @uwu_commrade1682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Miyos restaurant in hilo is the best place if you want delicious Japanese food made by locals

  • @noninoni454
    @noninoni454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where os your friend from I here he has an accent

  • @ambersmith1914
    @ambersmith1914 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've had kava at Mad Hatters in St. Pete and it tasted like soapy dirt water.

  • @audreykruger9010
    @audreykruger9010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    tin shack bakery in pahoa :)

  • @allsmilz7234
    @allsmilz7234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    DENNYS IN Kona is a good place.

    • @GeminiDiscover
      @GeminiDiscover  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Always gotta love Dennys 😊❤

    • @ryanlowry5409
      @ryanlowry5409 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      A good Dennys.? Doesn't Hilo have a IHOP?

    • @allsmilz7234
      @allsmilz7234 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ryanlowry5409 there is an IHOP in kailua kona

    • @ryanlowry5409
      @ryanlowry5409 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yummy

    • @ryanlowry5409
      @ryanlowry5409 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lived on molokai for a few years. Worked at Kalua Koi resort when it was operational.

  • @ryanlowry5409
    @ryanlowry5409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There's many Ming's on the big isle. There all good.

  • @aaronstephens8890
    @aaronstephens8890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No Aloha Mexican is the new kamaaina

  • @henrygrace5121
    @henrygrace5121 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    U hunt had a real malasada Punalu is not the best lol I would go there

  • @jameswulzen590
    @jameswulzen590 ปีที่แล้ว

    250 thousand acres.

  • @jameswulzen590
    @jameswulzen590 ปีที่แล้ว

    Parker Ranch is no longer, it's been sold to a real estate company who is chopping it up to build condo's and homesteads. Too bad.

  • @jxxnrxxi2160
    @jxxnrxxi2160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sorry guys, you have no clue what you are talking about. I have been a Director of Food & Beverage for 24 years, and I have been living on the Big Island for 30 years. None of the places you mentioned in your video even come close to being in the Top 5. The best restaurant on the island is Meridia, bar none. Paolo's in Pahoa is probably the best Italian restaurant in the whole state. Merriman's in Waimea would be #3, Roy's in Waikoloa would be #4, and Hayama in Kona would be #5.

    • @GeminiDiscover
      @GeminiDiscover  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Those are some great places, thanks for sharing! Our list of top restaurants is from our own haole perspective. We don't claim to know everything there is to know about the Big Island, because as occasional visitors, we most certainly don't. Thanks for watching 🙏

    • @jxxnrxxi2160
      @jxxnrxxi2160 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GeminiDiscover No problem. There are many good restaurants on the Big Island, I just took issue with your description of the "5 Best.."

    • @gregh7457
      @gregh7457 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yea hayama is up there on my list too. they're as authentic as it gets. my wife is from osaka and she says the sushi and tempura are as good as japan restaurants.

    • @jxxnrxxi2160
      @jxxnrxxi2160 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gregh7457 I had a Japanese girlfriend and she said the same thing. Unfortunately, Hayama recently closed because of health issues of the owner.

  • @henrygrace5121
    @henrygrace5121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lol that’s not the five best restaurant you find take time to find better places to eat

  • @henrygrace5121
    @henrygrace5121 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Burgers king is better burgers

    • @GeminiDiscover
      @GeminiDiscover  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's not true at all. Complete nonsense