Cousins Seafood & Bento
Brand new lunch shop on the corner of Kilauea and Lanikaula next to Subway. Very friendly family run place. Menu looks great with focus on fresh home style local cooking.
Pan seared ahi steaks with spicy sauce ($8.50). Really good and fresh fish and very generous portion. Great with their spicy sauce. Loved their potato mac salad with spaghetti noodles. Next time I would request the ahi cooked on the rarer side. It was cooked all the way through… a bit dry but still good.
Large bento ($7.50). This was one big bento. The highlight was the garlic chicken. So ono! Lots of good sushi too.
Mahi fish sandwich w/ fries and soup ($9.00). Yummy sandwich, just wish there was more fish!
Good beef stew ($7.95). Tender meat and seasoned well. Loved that they gave pickled onions as an option on their plates. Nothing too special about the stew though.
Oxtail soup ($10.95) on Fridays! They have different soups on Mondays and Wednesdays too. I loved this soup. Nicely balanced broth. Not too salty. Would order this again. Could use a little more oxtail.
Garlic chicken ($7.50). This plate was so amazing. It’s the same chicken in the bento but much better since it’s fresh! Four huge crispy pieces of chicken smothered on a sweet garlic sauce. On the side I got sweet potato salad and tossed greens. Could not finish this! Highly recommended.
Cousins Seafood & Bento
1-808-969-9900
Corner of Kilauea & Lanikaula St
June 1st, 2012 at 7:28 pm
Thanks for the review. I’ll definitely try the oxtail soup when I’m in Hilo later this month!
June 7th, 2012 at 11:47 pm
Recently opened clean, fresh great tasting food. I ordered two items both were fantastic! Both were shrimp plates…one for a friend and one for me. WOW! Delicious! Love how Ken does his seasoning! ONO! The Shrimp were huge…ONO Grinds…I go back plenty! Thanks Ken for the wonderful food.
June 9th, 2012 at 10:35 am
After reading your review, I couldn’t wait to check this place out. Finally went by yesterday and it was good. Thanks for sharing your experience!!
August 6th, 2012 at 3:54 am
Looks great James! I think we’ll be in Hilo near the end of the year, so I’m checking this palce out for sure.
August 18th, 2012 at 11:03 am
We went for lunch based on your review. THANKS for a great recommendation.
The garlic chicken plate was amazing and such a deal. My husband had the Okinawan pigs foot and daikon soup and loved it. One tip, be sure to check your order before you leave. First they gave us someone else’s mahi sandwiches, but I checked because the boxes couldn’t have held soup or 4 pieces of chicken. When they finally gave us our real order, we headed out. Once we opened the bag at the park, we found out they forgot my hubbie’s potato mac salad! That meant he ate half of mine! NO! I wanted it all! The lady is really nice but they are busy, I guess, so be sure to check your order.
October 18th, 2012 at 9:40 am
First try….wonderful Garlic Shrimp plate. Now Hilo has an excellent choice, one of many Bento shops, like no other….raising the level of goodness for HILO. Your prices are good hope the economy holds up for you…..we choose you for your rare goodness. Congratulation…I pray for your efforts to be rewarding in everyway.
November 15th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Awesome healthy food! On a bodybuidling diet and they made my ahi with olive oil at request! Brown rice too!
December 30th, 2012 at 11:49 am
Caught you on PBS. Great documentary you appeared in. From Ohio near Pittsburgh Pa.
January 29th, 2013 at 10:17 am
Hey, happy I found a fellow big island blogger!!!
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nicole
February 24th, 2013 at 12:41 pm
I truly appreciate all the tough labor that you’ve put into keeping this place around. I hope this stays around for a really long time.
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March 28th, 2013 at 3:01 pm
ALL of their food is ‘ono & they’re very accommodating!
MAIKA`I!