I must be perfectly honest with everyone. I've been inside Hilo Lunch Shop but i have not eaten their food. However, if you like local food, you'll love this place. I've, never heard a negative thing about this place except they might run out of certain favorites if you don't get there early enough.
My fiance was picking up food for her work and I went with her. There was a long line which moved quickly. I observed those waiting in line as well as the staff. EVERYBODY in the establishment were upbeat and there was just a positive vibe flowing throughout. I could tell the customers were eagerly anticipating and being excited about getting there favorite dishes. Totally cool vibe in there. Im going back to get what I missed out on. Check it out
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Cutis Endo
Awesome Lunch Shop Awesome Workers Awesome Food I Love The Nori Chicken Cone Sushi Shoyu Pork And All The Tempura They Serve
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tempura, Spam Musubi, Korean Chicken, Hash, Yakitori Chicken
Isaac Kim
Food is excellent reasonable prices with good customer service. Only drawback is that they close at 1pm..
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Makana Clarke
we always go to this restaurant when we have paddling events and they have so much good food. Great prices awesome customer service. This is my Goto place every time we travel there.!!!
simeon spruell
Great place to get lunch and it's delicious food
Sanford
I haven’t been there yet and my excitement is difficult to contain so I’ll give ‘em a 5 stars. See y’all in 04/23/25.
Russell Cruz
Great comfort food 🤙🏾🤙🏾
Dan La
So good! And so cheap! So much variety and everything is delicious! Long line but moves relatively fast
J Kainoa Tabar
The quintessential Hilo bento box lunch shop sits right across the famous Edith Kanaka'ole Stadium. When I danced in the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, I have memories of scurrying across the street to get bentos to recharge the body for the dance, and this Hilo Lunch Shop was ready for all the hungry 'ōlapa with premade bentos, I was so thankful. On a recent visit with my dad and brother I ordered shrimp tempura and maki sushi and corn beef hash parties and nishime that was broke da mouth! We stood around in a circle eating our bentos while discussing the Hilo politics and chicken feed. The cashier and the servers at Hilo Lunch Shop are so sweet and kind, too, they'll help you if you don't know what to order!
Bobbie Jo Ng
awesome place for that quick pick up. hawaiian style picnic..
Recommended dishes: Cone Sushi and Fried Chicken, Yakitori Chicken
Jose
I love Hilo lunch shop, they are the best okazuya shop on the island. I can't really say there's anything that I've had that I didn't like, and I've tried more than half of what they have on their menu. My favorite is the maki sushi, nori chicken, and hash. I'd recommend getting their dipping sauce as well, which is usually included at the end (Get extra sauce, it tastes good on a bunch of their food items).
I feel like there's always a line, so be prepared for that. The wait can be 15-20 minutes long at times before they take your order. There's not a whole lot of space for the people in line, so it gets a little cramped in there. And there is no seating, so be prepared to take your food to go.
I haven't perfected the perfect time to show up. If you go too early, sometimes not all the food is made. If you go too late, they do run out of food quickly. I've heard the best is to call in your order so you can hopefully get everything you're trying to order.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shoyu Chicken Cone Sushi, Shrimp Tempura, Hash, Nori Chicken & Fish Cake
Jose A.
I love Hilo lunch shop, they are the best okazuya shop on the island. I can't really say there's anything that I've had that I didn't like, and I've tried more than half of what they have on their menu. My favorite is the maki sushi, nori chicken, and hash. I'd recommend getting their dipping sauce as well, which is usually included at the end (Get extra sauce, it tastes good on a bunch of their food items).
I feel like there's always a line, so be prepared for that. The wait can be 15-20 minutes long at times before they take your order. There's not a whole lot of space for the people in line, so it gets a little cramped in there. And there is no seating, so be prepared to take your food to go.
I haven't perfected the perfect time to show up. If you go too early, sometimes not all the food is made. If you go too late, they do run out of food quickly. I've heard the best is to call in your order so you can hopefully get everything you're trying to order.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shoyu Chicken Cone Sushi, Shrimp Tempura, Hash, Nori Chicken & Fish Cake
Izzy D
The food here is OK. Nothing to write home about. UPDATE: 5.24.24 got food from here today with the hopes of it being better from the last time BUT What a disappointment it was. The sweet potato tempura was hard and crunchy, it was cooked just enough for then batter to be fried up but the potato was raw The hash patties were burnt so i scraped off the burnt parts, their meat jun has no taste. Why do you even charge so much for food that isn't made with QUALITY anymore. Once upon a time, places like these were good, now even that like everything else here are a thing of the past. Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere. Never going here again
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Leah ann Peterson
I’m not a vegetarian, but love side dishes can’t go wrong here
I must be perfectly honest with everyone. I've been inside Hilo Lunch Shop but i have not eaten their food. However, if you like local food, you'll love this place. I've, never heard a negative thing about this place except they might run out of certain favorites if you don't get there early enough.
My fiance was picking up food for her work and I went with her. There was a long line which moved quickly. I observed those waiting in line as well as the staff. EVERYBODY in the establishment were upbeat and there was just a positive vibe flowing throughout. I could tell the customers were eagerly anticipating and being excited about getting there favorite dishes. Totally cool vibe in there. Im going back to get what I missed out on. Check it out
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Awesome Lunch Shop Awesome Workers Awesome Food I Love The Nori Chicken Cone Sushi Shoyu Pork And All The Tempura They Serve
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tempura, Spam Musubi, Korean Chicken, Hash, Yakitori Chicken
Food is excellent reasonable prices with good customer service. Only drawback is that they close at 1pm..
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
we always go to this restaurant when we have paddling events and they have so much good food. Great prices awesome customer service. This is my Goto place every time we travel there.!!!
Great place to get lunch and it's delicious food
I haven’t been there yet and my excitement is difficult to contain so I’ll give ‘em a 5 stars. See y’all in 04/23/25.
Great comfort food 🤙🏾🤙🏾
So good! And so cheap! So much variety and everything is delicious! Long line but moves relatively fast
The quintessential Hilo bento box lunch shop sits right across the famous Edith Kanaka'ole Stadium. When I danced in the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, I have memories of scurrying across the street to get bentos to recharge the body for the dance, and this Hilo Lunch Shop was ready for all the hungry 'ōlapa with premade bentos, I was so thankful. On a recent visit with my dad and brother I ordered shrimp tempura and maki sushi and corn beef hash parties and nishime that was broke da mouth! We stood around in a circle eating our bentos while discussing the Hilo politics and chicken feed. The cashier and the servers at Hilo Lunch Shop are so sweet and kind, too, they'll help you if you don't know what to order!
awesome place for that quick pick up. hawaiian style picnic..
Restaurantji Recommends
Great food at great prices!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cone Sushi and Fried Chicken, Yakitori Chicken
I love Hilo lunch shop, they are the best okazuya shop on the island. I can't really say there's anything that I've had that I didn't like, and I've tried more than half of what they have on their menu. My favorite is the maki sushi, nori chicken, and hash. I'd recommend getting their dipping sauce as well, which is usually included at the end (Get extra sauce, it tastes good on a bunch of their food items).
I feel like there's always a line, so be prepared for that. The wait can be 15-20 minutes long at times before they take your order. There's not a whole lot of space for the people in line, so it gets a little cramped in there. And there is no seating, so be prepared to take your food to go.
I haven't perfected the perfect time to show up. If you go too early, sometimes not all the food is made. If you go too late, they do run out of food quickly. I've heard the best is to call in your order so you can hopefully get everything you're trying to order.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shoyu Chicken Cone Sushi, Shrimp Tempura, Hash, Nori Chicken & Fish Cake
I love Hilo lunch shop, they are the best okazuya shop on the island. I can't really say there's anything that I've had that I didn't like, and I've tried more than half of what they have on their menu. My favorite is the maki sushi, nori chicken, and hash. I'd recommend getting their dipping sauce as well, which is usually included at the end (Get extra sauce, it tastes good on a bunch of their food items).
I feel like there's always a line, so be prepared for that. The wait can be 15-20 minutes long at times before they take your order. There's not a whole lot of space for the people in line, so it gets a little cramped in there. And there is no seating, so be prepared to take your food to go.
I haven't perfected the perfect time to show up. If you go too early, sometimes not all the food is made. If you go too late, they do run out of food quickly. I've heard the best is to call in your order so you can hopefully get everything you're trying to order.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shoyu Chicken Cone Sushi, Shrimp Tempura, Hash, Nori Chicken & Fish Cake
The food here is OK. Nothing to write home about. UPDATE: 5.24.24 got food from here today with the hopes of it being better from the last time BUT What a disappointment it was. The sweet potato tempura was hard and crunchy, it was cooked just enough for then batter to be fried up but the potato was raw The hash patties were burnt so i scraped off the burnt parts, their meat jun has no taste. Why do you even charge so much for food that isn't made with QUALITY anymore. Once upon a time, places like these were good, now even that like everything else here are a thing of the past. Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere. Never going here again
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
I’m not a vegetarian, but love side dishes can’t go wrong here
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salads
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