Comments on: Verna’s Drive In

By: Samsung

Samsung — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:54:57 +0000

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By: Hana Batta

Hana Batta — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:11:21 +0000

I’ve been gone 7 years and I can’t wait for my return next month, just so I can eat a Shrimp Burger ~

By: Remark

Remark — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:01:23 +0000

I love Verna’s Ono Burger!

By: Christina Jo Widme

Christina Jo Widme — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:54:25 +0000

I wish on the mainland we had something close to Verna’s . I have been craving a local bowl since i left there last summer . Love the food and everything . miss you .
Christina

By: JG

JG — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:06:20 +0000

I was curious about Verna’s, since it a local establishment – I thought I’d give it a try since my family always go to Ken’s House of Pancakes when we are in Hilo. Verna’s was quite disappointing; it was less than mediocre. The loco moco gravy was quite blaaah and the patty was too salty. Our family all agreed, we will stick with Ken’s House of Pancakes; their food is always ono, they give good portions and the service is great.

By: m

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:17:10 +0000

it depends on who is cooking the food. some cooks are lazy and dont care about the quality. i have tried everything on the menu. i live in the mainland now and if i were to go back to hilo. i would eat at verna’s.

By: Terinna

Terinna — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:04:54 +0000

Hey! Thanks for putting a post about Verna’s.. I tried looking for some review on Yelp! But that didn’t help. Haha. I’m from San Francisco so our Hawaiian food consists of only Japanese BBQ with a slab of mac salad on the side. =/ So I was hoping to find more local style type of food in Hilo. =)

I’m moving to Hilo for college this coming week & I asked my friend who’s from Kona to recommend some good late night dining places and she told me to go to Verna’s. She seems to be very happy about the food there but reading your post made me feel iffy. I guess I’m just going to have to try it out on my own.

But, thanks again for the post! Pretty helpful!

By: Pua

Pua — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:05:02 +0000

Verna’s teri burger with Swiss cheese…ono! Das ’nuff fo me!! =)

By: penny

penny — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:16:46 +0000

I love their tag line: “If no can, no can. If can, Verna’s!” This place has been every kind of restaurant. I remember back in the day when it was Dairy Queen!

I feel sorry for the people who work their, no AC!

By: James

James — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:24:10 +0000

lance, sorry about your bad loco moco experiences next time let me know when you are here and we can grind some good ones! yeah, verna’s get really local style stuff on their menu!

lope, that sounds disgusting, but hey i’m filipino and have a really good immune system as long as taste good and nothing weird in my food, i’m cool and don’t want to know what’s back there! haha

dean, lol.. well that’s what scares me.. when i tried the loco moco i was totally sober. i also tried the teri burger later on sober and it wasn’t as good (but still good!)… i think the teri burgers taste best in the wee hours because it was given time to marinate… dont’ get the ones in the morning where they just start to marinate them, i guess.

Kirk, I would’ve thought San Diego got lots of late night options. Ewww I hate denny’s! Taco shops…. mmmm. no late night loco mocos? Those are the best.

Reid, I was sad you wasn’t able to come to Hilo side! Manago hotel closed at 7:30? man… I thought I remember eating there later than that. They supposed to have a mean pork chop. Where did you eat? I’ll keep a close eye on your food blog Speaking of teri burgers, i’ve seen some reviews of yours with teri burgers at drive in’s… I will def check them out next time I’m on Oahu!