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

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@GeminiDiscover

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Hope you have an amazing time 😊

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.

Nice recs, thanks!

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

@GeminiDiscover

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, hope you have an amazing trip 😀

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!

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

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

@GeminiDiscover

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you have an awesome trip. Thanks for watching 😀

@longislandny696

3 жыл бұрын

I’m going to Kona in May ☺️

Thanks for sharing... Mahalo

Big Island Shave Ice is a must too.

@GeminiDiscover

3 жыл бұрын

Yum! Thanks for the tip ❤

@tomfrazier1103

3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean ice shave?

Wonderful video, Keei Cafe , in Keakakakua.

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

3 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 😞

@tomfrazier1103

3 жыл бұрын

Teshima's gotta be pushing 100 years.

@gregh7457

3 жыл бұрын

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

@GuantanamoBayBarbie2

2 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.

@philc1884

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for these recs!

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

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip. We'll go next time

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

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

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

@GeminiDiscover

3 жыл бұрын

Nice, thanks for the tips! 😊

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

@GeminiDiscover

4 жыл бұрын

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

@hori166

3 жыл бұрын

It's actually NING'S not Mings.

@ryanlowry5409

3 жыл бұрын

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

@MrRaylay

3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t Pahoa on Maui??

@ryanlowry5409

3 жыл бұрын

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

Hawaiian Style Cafe, nuff said

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

Plate lunches are the best . BBQ and potato Mac .

@GeminiDiscover

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! Plate lunches are always bomb.

Waimea burger is great! Horse country.

@GeminiDiscover

3 жыл бұрын

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

We love 808 Grindz in Kona 😃

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

3 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.

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

@GeminiDiscover

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Thanks for the tip 🙂

Which car rental company did you use for the jeep?

@GeminiDiscover

3 жыл бұрын

Hertz

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

tin shack bakery in pahoa :)

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

@GeminiDiscover

Жыл бұрын

Suzi is from Hawaii 😆

@charleskaneshiro6060

Жыл бұрын

@@GeminiDiscover ok makes sense

Where os your friend from I here he has an accent

@GeminiDiscover

3 жыл бұрын

Eastern Europe -- Bulgaria.

DENNYS IN Kona is a good place.

@GeminiDiscover

3 жыл бұрын

Always gotta love Dennys 😊❤

@ryanlowry5409

3 жыл бұрын

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

@allsmilz7234

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanlowry5409 there is an IHOP in kailua kona

@ryanlowry5409

3 жыл бұрын

Yummy

@ryanlowry5409

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@GeminiDiscover

3 жыл бұрын

Nice, thanks for the tip!

No Aloha Mexican is the new kamaaina

250 thousand acres.

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

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

3 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 🙏

@jxxnrxxi2160

3 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.."

@gregh7457

3 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.

@jxxnrxxi2160

3 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.

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

Burgers king is better burgers

@GeminiDiscover

3 жыл бұрын

That's not true at all. Complete nonsense