Local Favorite Lunch Spots

Café 100

Home to the original loco moco – a hamburger patty atop rice, smothered in brown gravy and topped with a sunny side egg.

Ken’s House of Pancakes

Known for its Sumo Specials – gargantuan plate lunches as well as saimin, won ton or fried noodles and their hot pineapple upside down cake.

Suisun Fish Market

The place to go for fresh fish poke bowls to enjoy sitting on a nearby seaside wall overlooking Hilo Bay or at the picturesque Lili‘uokalani Gardens.

Kozmic Cones

Known for its daily plate lunch specials with local comfort food ranging from a chili/chicken to a Hawaiian Plate. It’s a local favorite for soft serve ice cream cones, banana splits and slushy floats and freezes.

Hilo’s Farmer’s Market

Head to the Hilo’s Farmers Market to see what’s in season to snack on as well as various local food vendors offering plate lunches, burgers, wraps and baked goods as well as Hawaiian, Thai, Filipino and Vietnamese street foods.