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
@Christarose64232 жыл бұрын
Going here in 2 weeks! I’m so excited! This video is helpful thank you 😊
@ErikPortland4 жыл бұрын
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.
@GeminiDiscover4 жыл бұрын
Awesome, thanks for the tip! We'll check it out next time we're in town.
@jenniferd28092 жыл бұрын
And The Coffee Shack has the very best lilikoi cheesecake and one of the best coastal views on the island.
@Tawnieandwayne3 жыл бұрын
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.
@jordintbrown102 жыл бұрын
I swear I'm planning a big escape and I'm never coming back !! 😫😫 I need a view of the ocean and good food 😍😍😍
@Joyous2010ify3 жыл бұрын
Big Island Shave Ice is a must too.
@GeminiDiscover3 жыл бұрын
Yum! Thanks for the tip ❤
@tomfrazier11033 жыл бұрын
Do you mean ice shave?
@HoldMyBeerProductions2 жыл бұрын
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!
@GeminiDiscover2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip. We'll go next time
@RagingHeartOn2 жыл бұрын
Hawaiian Style Cafe, nuff said
@victorholmes65593 жыл бұрын
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!
@lorasilva61253 жыл бұрын
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 🤙
@GeminiDiscover3 жыл бұрын
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 😞
@tomfrazier11033 жыл бұрын
Teshima's gotta be pushing 100 years.
@gregh74573 жыл бұрын
@@GeminiDiscover closed sunday and monday but open on saturdays. To avoid wait, call in order
@GuantanamoBayBarbie23 жыл бұрын
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.
@philc18842 жыл бұрын
thanks for these recs!
@philc18842 жыл бұрын
Nice recs, thanks!
@sandrajewitt60504 жыл бұрын
I'm going in April, I'll have to check some of these places out.
@GeminiDiscover4 жыл бұрын
Hope you have an awesome trip. Thanks for watching 😀
@longislandny6963 жыл бұрын
I’m going to Kona in May ☺️
@andrewmgoss3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video. Heading over there soon from Seattle.
@GeminiDiscover3 жыл бұрын
Nice! Hope you have an amazing time 😊
@henrygrace51213 жыл бұрын
Hilo Suisun makes better fresh local caught poke daily and they always run out .Eat local
@TheRockinator13 жыл бұрын
We will have to check some of your recommendations out. Heading to the Big Island next week for our second visit.
@GeminiDiscover3 жыл бұрын
Awesome, hope you have an amazing trip 😀
@ryanlowry54094 жыл бұрын
Ming's in Pahoa is really awesome. Their Curry dishes are da bomb
@GeminiDiscover4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! We'll definitely try that next time. We ate at Pahoa in 2013
@hori1664 жыл бұрын
It's actually NING'S not Mings.
@ryanlowry54094 жыл бұрын
Yep, my bad. Their massaman seafood curry is hard to beat.
@MrRaylay4 жыл бұрын
Isn’t Pahoa on Maui??
@ryanlowry54094 жыл бұрын
No Brah, where I referenced, it is located on the Big Isle. Luquines in Pahoa is the bomb😀
@veganpenguin94213 жыл бұрын
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
@GeminiDiscover3 жыл бұрын
Nice, thanks for the tips! 😊
@michelecaron3 жыл бұрын
Waimea burger is great! Horse country.
@GeminiDiscover3 жыл бұрын
Waimea is one of our favorite parts of the Big Island ❤😊
@autonomous_collective4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing... Mahalo
@roberth30943 жыл бұрын
Plate lunches are the best . BBQ and potato Mac .
@GeminiDiscover3 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah! Plate lunches are always bomb.
@jenniferd28092 жыл бұрын
We love 808 Grindz in Kona 😃
@jenniferd28092 жыл бұрын
You’ll find the best ever Thai Green Papaya salad at the Maku’u Farmer’s Market on the east side 😃
@nesiansoulallstars3 жыл бұрын
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
@GeminiDiscover3 жыл бұрын
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.
@ken9iron3 жыл бұрын
Which car rental company did you use for the jeep?
@GeminiDiscover3 жыл бұрын
Hertz
@uwu_commrade16823 жыл бұрын
Miyos restaurant in hilo is the best place if you want delicious Japanese food made by locals
@GeminiDiscover3 жыл бұрын
Nice! Thanks for the tip 🙂
@bobzack97503 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video, Keei Cafe , in Keakakakua.
@charleskaneshiro60602 жыл бұрын
nice vid i live on the bi you can tell a blogger did their research when they pronouce poke` correctly. cool editing as well
@GeminiDiscover2 жыл бұрын
Suzi is from Hawaii 😆
@charleskaneshiro60602 жыл бұрын
@@GeminiDiscover ok makes sense
@ambersmith19142 жыл бұрын
I've had kava at Mad Hatters in St. Pete and it tasted like soapy dirt water.
@audreykruger90103 жыл бұрын
tin shack bakery in pahoa :)
@ryanlowry54094 жыл бұрын
There's many Ming's on the big isle. There all good.
@GeminiDiscover4 жыл бұрын
Nice, thanks for the tip!
@allsmilz72344 жыл бұрын
DENNYS IN Kona is a good place.
@GeminiDiscover4 жыл бұрын
Always gotta love Dennys 😊❤
@ryanlowry54094 жыл бұрын
A good Dennys.? Doesn't Hilo have a IHOP?
@allsmilz72344 жыл бұрын
@@ryanlowry5409 there is an IHOP in kailua kona
@ryanlowry54094 жыл бұрын
Yummy
@ryanlowry54094 жыл бұрын
Lived on molokai for a few years. Worked at Kalua Koi resort when it was operational.
@noninoni4543 жыл бұрын
Where os your friend from I here he has an accent
@GeminiDiscover3 жыл бұрын
Eastern Europe -- Bulgaria.
@aaronstephens88903 жыл бұрын
No Aloha Mexican is the new kamaaina
@henrygrace51213 жыл бұрын
U hunt had a real malasada Punalu is not the best lol I would go there
@jameswulzen590 Жыл бұрын
250 thousand acres.
@jameswulzen590 Жыл бұрын
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.
@GeminiDiscover Жыл бұрын
Is that right? Very sad
@jxxnrxxi21603 жыл бұрын
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.
@GeminiDiscover3 жыл бұрын
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 🙏
@jxxnrxxi21603 жыл бұрын
@@GeminiDiscover No problem. There are many good restaurants on the Big Island, I just took issue with your description of the "5 Best.."
@gregh74573 жыл бұрын
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.
@jxxnrxxi21603 жыл бұрын
@@gregh7457 I had a Japanese girlfriend and she said the same thing. Unfortunately, Hayama recently closed because of health issues of the owner.
@henrygrace51213 жыл бұрын
Lol that’s not the five best restaurant you find take time to find better places to eat