I went to the Hilo location with my mother last night and was treated in a very racist and disgusting manner by the FOH staff. There were many empty tables yet the host avoided talking to us for a half hour. Then when I asked one of the waiters if we can sit at one of the open tables he said, "He cant let us do that" Then when I finally was able to talk to the host. He said it would be a 40 min wait for food. Ok I get it, the kitchen is swamped. So I say can we just sit right there pointing at the table he just cleaned. He says "no". Keep in mind there were at least four more empty tables. So we decided to leave. On the way out the thought comes into my mind, that he is going to seat the people who walked in behind us. So I tell my mother to wait a second and I go back in to look and there goes the host immediately seating these people bringing them water and menus. So I head back in and ask him "Whats going on here? Can I talk to a manager?" He tells me there are no managers. Then the waiter at the bar who said he couldnt do anything to let us sit down, says "I am the manager" So they lied to my face. Then I go to the bartender she barely bothers to tall to me and says "we are all managers" and that then tries to defend this discriminatory behavior by saying they are not being prejudiced against us. Yet the people behind us are chilling and going over their menus. and here we are not able to even talk to a manager never the less receive service at this racist establishment. We were systemically blocked from sitting. Then some manager esque fellow comes out trying to do damage control after all of this ongoing nonsense. To little to late. Im not going to eat spit burger with some bigot lougies in it. Mind you both my 76 year old mother have hosted various business meet ups there over the yeara bringing them business supporting Ola Brew and they treat us like this. Do not support businesses like this in Hilo. black people of Hilo be aware. This place will treat you second class. Over priced too, for the worst kind of service. dont do it, dont eat there.
Pamela Bailinson
Known to be racist! Will ignore and refuse service to black people! All their food is mediocre at best anyway. DO NOT give them your money!!
Ed Stewart
Superb overall. We came by twice, the food was very good, the service was generally fast and friendly. If you need generous serving sizes of fresh, well prepared food this is a good spot. Had the double smash burger, very tasty, cooked exactly right with a good bun. Also a big plate of the roasted Brussels sprouts which were seasoned and cooked to perfection, delicious. The shrimp bao was a very good smaller bite. All the food we had was very good, a welcome surprise for Hawai’i if you’re coming from a serious food town like Philly, NYC or San Francisco.
The porter is good stuff, and we - being into ciders - especially liked the tropical hard juice selection. Get the flight, taste a bunch. Our favorites were the “sunrise” mix, (OLG and dragonfruit lemonade), OLG by itself (orange, lilikoy/passionfruit, Guava) and the tangelo but they were all tasty. The $5 half pint serving is good for trying several different ones. A 4 pour flight (maybe 4 ounces each?) is $15.
Wish we had found this place earlier in our trip, will definitely come back, recommended!
Parking: The restaurant and the parking garage lot get busy on weekend nights!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ola Burger, Beer Flight
Belle Toi
pamello beer was outstanding.
Al Kix
Decent food, good service
Sabbster
Decent food great people working
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ola Burger
Terra McHugh
Great selections and friendly people.
John Lopez
Very good food and great beer. The service was excellent and friendly. Neat place. Highly recommend.
Mr. William Sherman Senior
Today, being National Hamburger Day, I was triggered through media and intellectual marketing techniques to seek out a burger!But not just any hamburger would do!I found myself at Ola Brew’s Taproom in Hilo, with the sparkly golden eyed Kendal as my enthusiastic n professional server!I told her the burger was better than perfect, the fries were perfect, perfect crispy-ness/salty balance and the Stratta Pilsner was crisp, not bitter, fresh n easily drinkable!What I didn’t tell Kendal was her service was perfect, too!Glad I chose Ola Taproom!
Jason Aschenbener
Very good food and great beer. The service was excellent and friendly. Neat place. Highly recommend.
Absolutely fab best restaurant in Hilo. As tempting as it is to order the Burger and fries, the asian fusion food (eg Lechon and fried rice) are a Much better value and much tastier. I'm no vegan but those potato tacos with cumin and vinegar were absolutely divine. I haven't toured Hilo a lot but tonight's fare would be tough to beat in any city.And of course. .. the beer..." mo hazy" pale ale with dinner and vanilla porters for dessert... topff the night!
I went to the Hilo location with my mother last night and was treated in a very racist and disgusting manner by the FOH staff. There were many empty tables yet the host avoided talking to us for a half hour. Then when I asked one of the waiters if we can sit at one of the open tables he said, "He cant let us do that" Then when I finally was able to talk to the host. He said it would be a 40 min wait for food. Ok I get it, the kitchen is swamped. So I say can we just sit right there pointing at the table he just cleaned. He says "no". Keep in mind there were at least four more empty tables. So we decided to leave. On the way out the thought comes into my mind, that he is going to seat the people who walked in behind us. So I tell my mother to wait a second and I go back in to look and there goes the host immediately seating these people bringing them water and menus. So I head back in and ask him "Whats going on here? Can I talk to a manager?" He tells me there are no managers. Then the waiter at the bar who said he couldnt do anything to let us sit down, says "I am the manager" So they lied to my face. Then I go to the bartender she barely bothers to tall to me and says "we are all managers" and that then tries to defend this discriminatory behavior by saying they are not being prejudiced against us. Yet the people behind us are chilling and going over their menus. and here we are not able to even talk to a manager never the less receive service at this racist establishment. We were systemically blocked from sitting. Then some manager esque fellow comes out trying to do damage control after all of this ongoing nonsense. To little to late. Im not going to eat spit burger with some bigot lougies in it. Mind you both my 76 year old mother have hosted various business meet ups there over the yeara bringing them business supporting Ola Brew and they treat us like this. Do not support businesses like this in Hilo. black people of Hilo be aware. This place will treat you second class. Over priced too, for the worst kind of service. dont do it, dont eat there.
Known to be racist! Will ignore and refuse service to black people! All their food is mediocre at best anyway. DO NOT give them your money!!
Superb overall. We came by twice, the food was very good, the service was generally fast and friendly. If you need generous serving sizes of fresh, well prepared food this is a good spot. Had the double smash burger, very tasty, cooked exactly right with a good bun. Also a big plate of the roasted Brussels sprouts which were seasoned and cooked to perfection, delicious. The shrimp bao was a very good smaller bite. All the food we had was very good, a welcome surprise for Hawai’i if you’re coming from a serious food town like Philly, NYC or San Francisco.
The porter is good stuff, and we - being into ciders - especially liked the tropical hard juice selection. Get the flight, taste a bunch. Our favorites were the “sunrise” mix, (OLG and dragonfruit lemonade), OLG by itself (orange, lilikoy/passionfruit, Guava) and the tangelo but they were all tasty. The $5 half pint serving is good for trying several different ones. A 4 pour flight (maybe 4 ounces each?) is $15.
Wish we had found this place earlier in our trip, will definitely come back, recommended!
Parking: The restaurant and the parking garage lot get busy on weekend nights!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ola Burger, Beer Flight
pamello beer was outstanding.
Decent food, good service
Decent food great people working
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ola Burger
Great selections and friendly people.
Very good food and great beer. The service was excellent and friendly. Neat place. Highly recommend.
Today, being National Hamburger Day, I was triggered through media and intellectual marketing techniques to seek out a burger!But not just any hamburger would do!I found myself at Ola Brew’s Taproom in Hilo, with the sparkly golden eyed Kendal as my enthusiastic n professional server!I told her the burger was better than perfect, the fries were perfect, perfect crispy-ness/salty balance and the Stratta Pilsner was crisp, not bitter, fresh n easily drinkable!What I didn’t tell Kendal was her service was perfect, too!Glad I chose Ola Taproom!
Very good food and great beer. The service was excellent and friendly. Neat place. Highly recommend.
Restaurantji Recommends
Jerk chicken was on point
Absolutely fab best restaurant in Hilo. As tempting as it is to order the Burger and fries, the asian fusion food (eg Lechon and fried rice) are a Much better value and much tastier. I'm no vegan but those potato tacos with cumin and vinegar were absolutely divine. I haven't toured Hilo a lot but tonight's fare would be tough to beat in any city.And of course. .. the beer..." mo hazy" pale ale with dinner and vanilla porters for dessert... topff the night!
Good food, good beer. Nuf said
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