Comments on: Hawaiian Style Cafe, Waimea

By: Gregry

Gregry — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:16:48 +0000

In my recent vacation to beautiful Hawai’i, my hosts recommended breakfast at your restaurant, and I looked forward to enjoying one of your interesting dishes.

But when we got there, I found out that you are using hydrogenated oils/trans fats for all of your frying, and that your cooks cannot prepare a meal in butter or another safe and healthy oil instead.

Do you really not care that you are slowly poisoning your customers with this indigestible unhealthy plastic like oil? I’m sure it’s cheap and since no natural life forms can digest it either, it’s indestructible, so you find it convenient to use although at the expense of your customers’ health. Trans fats cannot be eliminated from the body, and accumulate in our arteries.

I certainly hope you will see the error of your ways and make amends as soon as possible. You will truly mar my impression of the Spirit of Aloha if you take no action. Trans fats are illegal in restaurants in King Co, New York, San Francisco, et al states and Europe in general.

The goal for human eating should always be “Healthy and Delicious” – not “delicious and destructive”.

Note: I plan to share this letter of feedback to you with local Hawai’ian newspapers.

By: baba

baba — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:32:18 +0000

ono kine grindz!!! i took da ohana from honolulu there this past weekend n let me tell u…da portions were hubungus! loved every single bite! mahalo hawaiian style cafe this will now be part of a family tradition!!!

By: Lahela Kamaka

Lahela Kamaka — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:05:11 +0000

ALWAYS a stop when we go to Big Island! From Honolulu and was in Waimea last August. We stayed at the Kamuela Inn which is literally right next door. Perfect for kanak attack then back to the room to moi after eating the tita mok! We’ll be back in there in a few weeks and you know Hawaiian Style Cafe is where you’ll find us for breakfast!

By: Cyrus Mead

Cyrus Mead — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:45:27 +0000

Merry Christmas Eve ! I took my nephews there for Christmas Eve breakfast this morning I ate so much i was almost asleep and for got my phone there. I had the biscuits and gravy that came with sage and eggs. Kaikea had the Kids Plate a Mickey mouse shaped pancake with a whip cream smiley face eggs and sausage and Keanu (12) had fried rice and french toast.It almost sunset and were still full. Da Kine Ono grinds!

By: Dexter O

Dexter O — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:19:17 +0000

I had one of the most memorable meals ever at the Hawaiian Style Cafe. I enjoyed every bite, but there was so much food. I tried my best, but I could not finish. I remember asking the waitress…I would like to see the chicken that laid the eggs for my scramble eggs. Because the menu said two eggs scramble, but it looked more like half dozen eggs. Cannot wait until I get the chance to return to Kona. I’ll will do my best to come and eat at the Hawaiian Style Cafe again. Thank You and much Aloha!!

By: Terese Thomas

Terese Thomas — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:54:27 +0000

I have been looking for an old friend- Is thise Hokulani Haleua from Honolulu? We were friends in 1978.

By: James

James — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:07:16 +0000

That is my kind of eating!

By: Aloha Wahine

Aloha Wahine — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:29:24 +0000

I use to work at Hawaiian Style Cafe during my summers I visited Waimea. The original owners, Mike Bendtsen and Hokulani Haleua, are my aunty and uncle. They are divorced now, but uncle Mike kept the restaurant running until about 8 or 9 years ago when we sold it to new people from Kohala.

Even so, the food is still absolutely delicious and service is great thanks to one of the lead servers there (she’s been there from the beginning), Kim. Try everything you can and go back as often as you can!! The food is onoliscious and not pricey like the other places around town or in Kona/Hilo. The luau stew is to DIE FOR and the burgers are so huge you can probabaly share that with two people, as well. The pancakes are as big as the plates they come on and very light and fluffy. ONO!!

It is a great spot to stop at when traveling to Hilo from Kona or vice-versa. The breakfast crowd is regulars during the week as well as on the wekeends, so get there early and ENJOY!!

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:55:46 +0000

This place is awesome to eat at, can’t wait to get back to the Big Island, first stop, Hawaiian Style Cafe.

By: Neva Mind

Neva Mind — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:07:47 +0000

Woah Brah Hawaiian style cafe get some killah grinds…meah and mahh family jus came back from Kona and we went there for eat and i loved da food it was soo big da plate food espically Da pancake and i had a lite breakfast and Da lite breakfast was da kine we eat for regula in kauai…I love their food is killahs