The frozen coffee as ice cubes was brilliant! I wish all coffee places did this. They really levelled up the iced latte game this way!Parking: You can park a car, golf cart or bicycle here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Iced Latte
Jason Wilson
We tried out a few different places and this by far had the best coffee and breakfast sandwiches near the Hilton resort in Waikaloa Village area. Others were good but this blew the rest out of the water.
We had the special: strawberry blossom and a lavender latte. The strawberry drink was amazing! The employee on the register wasn’t the warmest person but the guy who made our drinks was nice.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Xnyte
This place has the best atmosphere you could have in a coffee shop. If you been to Starbucks. You will never want to go back. The food is amazing and always fresh. FRESH! Starbucks has so much trash waste because it's all processed frozen food. I see the employees make me food from scratch!! Amazing!!! Kua Swell bubble drink so freaking good. The service is unbelievably considerate and nice. They would even answer questions outside of Coffee. Very informative. I got there pretty late and I was having a good drink and food to eat. Apparently food ended 20 minutes after I got my food. I came back to get another drink. It then got ruined by a really rude customer... I asked him about his intel hat because I really wanted one like that! He told me "find it yourself, I work for intel." I was like uh ok it was just a question. He then proceeded to harass the employees! Like dude why are you yelling at the people who make your food? The sign clearly says closing at 4pm. The way the lady worker didn't raise her voice and tried to help with all his concerns while he was snapping at her was beyond comprehension. How did she have the patience for him? I had to speak up and explain to him "they are closing up so some things are closed, for someone who works at intel how can you not process that?" He then made more things to complain about. The umbrellas was one of them. They didn't even buy anything and didn't even sit outside... they were at this point loitering.. I was able to look up who this guy was.. apparently a mean doctor and a teacher. A lot of people talk about how rude he is to his employees and students. I believe them. He made my drink sour but honestly other than that weird encounter.. I'm going to complain to the intel higher ups about this guy since I work with Microsoft. Thank you Mauna lani for your amazing service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Auntie Lani's Avocado Toast, Muffin, Avocado, Smores, Kids Flatbread, Cookie Monster, Chocolate Chip Cookie, blt Sandwich, Kids Sandwich, Charcoal Latte, Club Sandwich, Mango, Uncle's Sandwich, Chocolate Coconut, Waffle with Banana and Ice-Cream, Ham & Cheese Croissant, On Toasted, Sandwich, Corn Dog, Iced Latte
Andrew Macintosh
Ice lattes are sooo good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Raimana S.
This place has the best atmosphere you could have in a coffee shop. If you been to Starbucks. You will never want to go back. The food is amazing and always fresh. FRESH! Starbucks has so much trash waste because it's all processed frozen food. I see the employees make me food from scratch!! Amazing!!! Kua Swell bubble drink so freaking good. The service is unbelievably considerate and nice. They would even answer questions outside of Coffee. Very informative. I got there pretty late and I was having a good drink and food to eat. Apparently food ended 20 minutes after I got my food. I came back to get another drink. It then got ruined by a really rude customer... I asked him about his intel hat because I really wanted one like that! He told me "find it yourself, I work for intel." I was like uh ok it was just a question. He then proceeded to harass the employees! Like dude why are you yelling at the people who make your food? The sign clearly says closing at 4pm. The way the lady worker didn't raise her voice and tried to help with all his concerns while he was snapping at her was beyond comprehension. How did she have the patience for him? I had to speak up and explain to him "they are closing up so some things are closed, for someone who works at intel how can you not process that?" He then made more things to complain about. The umbrellas was one of them. They didn't even buy anything and didn't even sit outside... they were at this point loitering.. I was able to look up who this guy was.. apparently a mean doctor and a teacher. A lot of people talk about how rude he is to his employees and students. I believe them. He made my drink sour but honestly other than that weird encounter.. I'm going to complain to the intel higher ups about this guy since I work with Microsoft. Thank you Mauna lani for your amazing service!
Landon Puetz
It was very good, it just took a little while.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Quandale D.
Food amazing. Coffee amazing. Service great. Vibes . Lots of choices and all are good. Highly recommend 10/10
jonathan hinton
Best $15 dollar coffee ever!
S J
Not my favorite coffee on the island. Coffee taste is really weak in the Vietnamese coffee.
- couldn't taste condensed milk at all in Vietnamese coffee- very expensive Hotel waffle
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
Paul Cray
It’s a little pricey, but it is on a resort. Solid coffee and sandwiches.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Uncle's Sandwich
Ann Y.
ICE CREAM + EXPRESSO = AFFOGATO It was good but don't expect the usual coffee house dreamy Affogato with the beautiful vanilla scoop swimming in a dark hot bath of Expresso... here it's a scoop of super hard ice cream with a tiny bit of Expresso in a small paper cup lol. Still I didn't mind since I'm out in middle of an island with no other choices. Pros: nice air conditioned store to sit and enjoy your drink, very reasonable priced breakfast lunch items, locally sourced coffee
Kaeleigh S.
The baristas were all super nice and helpful, answered our questions and ensured a gluten allergy was noted for my food. So there definitely was no issue with service. They seemed to be doing their best. Unfortunately the food and coffee were just not great, and it was pretty dang expensive. I got the avocado toast made gluten free and it was also dairy free. The bread definitely needed to be toasted longer but was dry as sawdust either way. The toast itself was lacking in flavor, albeit it was very fresh and nicely made. Some salt or seasoning would help a lot. My husband got a ham and cheese bagel which did not come with egg as he had assumed and it was not substantial at all. The value was not great given what we got and what we had paid. I got a vanilla latte with mac nut milk and it was super watery and bitter. I didn't drink it. On the other hand, my husband got the cold brew and had no complaints about it. So maybe part of it is about what you order, but overall we were not satisfied and kind of felt like we wasted a decent sum of money.
Reena S.
Have been coming here the past two days while we are vacationing in Hawaii. Although all the staff may not be that friendly, their coffee is quite tasty. We have tried all of their specialty drinks as well as several seasonal drinks. (Here with extended family!) their s'mores cold brew was amazing as was their Nutella latte. Loved all their speciality drinks too. There wasn't a huge line to get coffee either! I would totally keep coming back. Yes the prices are high, but that's expected!! The inside is clean and cute as well!
The frozen coffee as ice cubes was brilliant! I wish all coffee places did this. They really levelled up the iced latte game this way!Parking: You can park a car, golf cart or bicycle here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Iced Latte
We tried out a few different places and this by far had the best coffee and breakfast sandwiches near the Hilton resort in Waikaloa Village area. Others were good but this blew the rest out of the water.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Muffin, Avocado, Uncle's Sandwich, Avocado Toasted Bagel
We had the special: strawberry blossom and a lavender latte. The strawberry drink was amazing! The employee on the register wasn’t the warmest person but the guy who made our drinks was nice.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
This place has the best atmosphere you could have in a coffee shop. If you been to Starbucks. You will never want to go back. The food is amazing and always fresh. FRESH! Starbucks has so much trash waste because it's all processed frozen food. I see the employees make me food from scratch!! Amazing!!! Kua Swell bubble drink so freaking good. The service is unbelievably considerate and nice. They would even answer questions outside of Coffee. Very informative. I got there pretty late and I was having a good drink and food to eat. Apparently food ended 20 minutes after I got my food. I came back to get another drink. It then got ruined by a really rude customer... I asked him about his intel hat because I really wanted one like that! He told me "find it yourself, I work for intel." I was like uh ok it was just a question. He then proceeded to harass the employees! Like dude why are you yelling at the people who make your food? The sign clearly says closing at 4pm. The way the lady worker didn't raise her voice and tried to help with all his concerns while he was snapping at her was beyond comprehension. How did she have the patience for him? I had to speak up and explain to him "they are closing up so some things are closed, for someone who works at intel how can you not process that?" He then made more things to complain about. The umbrellas was one of them. They didn't even buy anything and didn't even sit outside... they were at this point loitering.. I was able to look up who this guy was.. apparently a mean doctor and a teacher. A lot of people talk about how rude he is to his employees and students. I believe them. He made my drink sour but honestly other than that weird encounter.. I'm going to complain to the intel higher ups about this guy since I work with Microsoft. Thank you Mauna lani for your amazing service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Auntie Lani's Avocado Toast, Muffin, Avocado, Smores, Kids Flatbread, Cookie Monster, Chocolate Chip Cookie, blt Sandwich, Kids Sandwich, Charcoal Latte, Club Sandwich, Mango, Uncle's Sandwich, Chocolate Coconut, Waffle with Banana and Ice-Cream, Ham & Cheese Croissant, On Toasted, Sandwich, Corn Dog, Iced Latte
Ice lattes are sooo good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place has the best atmosphere you could have in a coffee shop. If you been to Starbucks. You will never want to go back. The food is amazing and always fresh. FRESH! Starbucks has so much trash waste because it's all processed frozen food. I see the employees make me food from scratch!! Amazing!!! Kua Swell bubble drink so freaking good. The service is unbelievably considerate and nice. They would even answer questions outside of Coffee. Very informative. I got there pretty late and I was having a good drink and food to eat. Apparently food ended 20 minutes after I got my food. I came back to get another drink. It then got ruined by a really rude customer... I asked him about his intel hat because I really wanted one like that! He told me "find it yourself, I work for intel." I was like uh ok it was just a question. He then proceeded to harass the employees! Like dude why are you yelling at the people who make your food? The sign clearly says closing at 4pm. The way the lady worker didn't raise her voice and tried to help with all his concerns while he was snapping at her was beyond comprehension. How did she have the patience for him? I had to speak up and explain to him "they are closing up so some things are closed, for someone who works at intel how can you not process that?" He then made more things to complain about. The umbrellas was one of them. They didn't even buy anything and didn't even sit outside... they were at this point loitering.. I was able to look up who this guy was.. apparently a mean doctor and a teacher. A lot of people talk about how rude he is to his employees and students. I believe them. He made my drink sour but honestly other than that weird encounter.. I'm going to complain to the intel higher ups about this guy since I work with Microsoft. Thank you Mauna lani for your amazing service!
It was very good, it just took a little while.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Food amazing. Coffee amazing. Service great. Vibes . Lots of choices and all are good. Highly recommend 10/10
Best $15 dollar coffee ever!
Not my favorite coffee on the island. Coffee taste is really weak in the Vietnamese coffee.
Restaurantji Recommends
- couldn't taste condensed milk at all in Vietnamese coffee- very expensive Hotel waffle
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
It’s a little pricey, but it is on a resort. Solid coffee and sandwiches.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Uncle's Sandwich
ICE CREAM + EXPRESSO = AFFOGATO It was good but don't expect the usual coffee house dreamy Affogato with the beautiful vanilla scoop swimming in a dark hot bath of Expresso... here it's a scoop of super hard ice cream with a tiny bit of Expresso in a small paper cup lol. Still I didn't mind since I'm out in middle of an island with no other choices. Pros: nice air conditioned store to sit and enjoy your drink, very reasonable priced breakfast lunch items, locally sourced coffee
The baristas were all super nice and helpful, answered our questions and ensured a gluten allergy was noted for my food. So there definitely was no issue with service. They seemed to be doing their best. Unfortunately the food and coffee were just not great, and it was pretty dang expensive. I got the avocado toast made gluten free and it was also dairy free. The bread definitely needed to be toasted longer but was dry as sawdust either way. The toast itself was lacking in flavor, albeit it was very fresh and nicely made. Some salt or seasoning would help a lot. My husband got a ham and cheese bagel which did not come with egg as he had assumed and it was not substantial at all. The value was not great given what we got and what we had paid. I got a vanilla latte with mac nut milk and it was super watery and bitter. I didn't drink it. On the other hand, my husband got the cold brew and had no complaints about it. So maybe part of it is about what you order, but overall we were not satisfied and kind of felt like we wasted a decent sum of money.
Have been coming here the past two days while we are vacationing in Hawaii. Although all the staff may not be that friendly, their coffee is quite tasty. We have tried all of their specialty drinks as well as several seasonal drinks. (Here with extended family!) their s'mores cold brew was amazing as was their Nutella latte. Loved all their speciality drinks too. There wasn't a huge line to get coffee either! I would totally keep coming back. Yes the prices are high, but that's expected!! The inside is clean and cute as well!