Always fresh and local, never frozen. If you have never had poke before get whatever the special is and the shoyu poke. This is the place I dream about coming back to.
The shave ice here is superior. If you haven't been before, chose one of the "employee combos" written on the wall. Little kids: rainbow. Adults: try something new: Li hi mui, lychee, mai tai, etc.
Very fresh food - every the hamburger buns are made daily. Make a reservation during high season!
GREAT tidal pools for little ones, some shady spots under trees, plenty of parking, picnic benches. No safe place to ride the waves as far as I could tell.
Buying a pound of the mac nut mocha beans and having it in the room every morning is part of our island tradition. Wonderful coffee. Buy 3 lbs or more and ship it home for free!
One of the best playgrounds in the US, much more Kona. Shade, restrooms, parking, well-maintained equipment, water fountains. Our 4-yr old got some needed play time and played with some local kids.
Hidden away in a strip mall on Alli Dr just north of Splasher's. Great Asian/Island Fusion with a New Zealand twist (the chef is from NZ). Try the combination Sate's.
Get the Korean mix or the fried poke .... Both fantastic. All the fried seafood is average.
View of the sunset is great, and the beer list is the best in Kona! Food is meh. Drink here, eat somewhere else.
Samples of chocolate peaberries (coffee beans fyi) are avail, just ask. Note: 5-6 of these little guys equates to 1 cup of coffee! Good stuff. Great tour.
Casual restaurant, very friendly staff. They have excellent poke ahi (try half blackened, half sesamed, it tastes delicious)
The only restaurant with their own fleet of 7 boats and a 2-ton fish crane to unload fish straight to the kitchen. Get the fish and be nice to Fish, the resident cat.
If you are just visiting the island, great place to work out - they have daily and weekly prices. Bring a towel from the hotel room to save $2.
In a shack behind Scandinavian Shave Ice, Mike has some great afternoon soft pretzels. Ask him about his Alien helmet!
Super friendly, generous with free samples. They also have some island desserts made locally - lilikoi cheesecakes mmmmm
Hard tacos with kalua pig and habanero sauce. I would add a photograph, but they disappeared too fast. Wow. Delicious.
If it's raining, this is a great place to go to occupy the kids: arcade games, video games, food, bowling, and drinks.
Has free self-guided tours of the tropical fruit garden: figs, jackfruit, sour sop, rollinia, surinam cherries, bilimbi.
