I definitely think Blane's is waaaayyyy better than the highly overrated cockroach-infested Cafe 100. You can get all of the same local fast-food, but it tastes better and is slightly more hygienic (clean enough, that I'll actually consider eating there as an alternative to Ken's, if I don't feel like sitting down at a restaurant- that's another good thing, they are either open until extremely late or 24 hours. I can't remember). They have everything from loco-mocos, chicken katsu, to milkshakes, to miso soup.. all kinds of great late-night comfort food. read more

"K". I'll keep it simple. In 'Pidgeon English' - BROKE YO MOWT! Translation: The place is always busy. Food is always good. Go there. Eat whatever you like. I can guarantee you'll be full and your taste buds will be satisfied. read more

Do they still have their special -- grilled sourdough ahi sandwich with swiss cheese and sauteed onions and mushrooms? I didn't become a full vegetarian until I left the Big Island and this sandwich (well, and sushi... and poke...) is a big part of why. Get the ahi sandwich, fries and a milkshake. Then, I don't know, drive over to Akaka and walk around or something! By the way, I'm only vouching for this Blane's location. The one in Honoka'a is total crap. read more

Informed me about 20 minute wait. I still ordered!! 20 minutes go by. What's a trip none of the cashiers bothered to check on my order till after they got express waiters orders out, oh and phone orders out. read more

If you're looking for fast local food this is the place to go. They have wide variety of food to choose from. Don't forget to order a slush float! read more

Blane's Drive Inn - Loco mock - Hawaiian Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

This a majorly late review from Nov 2011. I come for the strawberry slush floats the hubby comes for everything else! :) A must when we're in town...maybe a daily or every other day read more

Blane's Drive Inn - Always gotta get me a slush float!! - Hawaiian Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Don't mean to give them 3 stars but they were out of 3 things we wanted to order and the portions were small. I ordered a mini hamburger steak. The patty was homemade and not the frozen kind that L&L has. The gravy and mac salad were also good. They had a good amount of pepper in the mac salad which I liked. The food didn't take that long to come out. I'll probably try them again. Maybe today was an off day for them. read more

Blane's Drive Inn - Mini Hamburger Steak - Hawaiian Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

I like their bone chicken but it's too sweet! Another time I ate there and in the rice had a stapler! read more

Tried the gravy burger, per my mom's request. She said they were known for it. I don't see the point, it was bland and needed to add mayo and ketchup just to have some flavor. Fries aren't great either, soggy and cardboard-with-salt-like. Wouldn't want to come back. Too many flies with the dining area being outdoors. Used their restroom while I was there as well, it didn't have hot water...I was scared of what I was eating after making that discovery, hope the back has hot water for the cooks to wash their hands. I feel like the gravy burger would be good if they added an egg to it, making it a loco moco on the go. Suggestion? -wink- -wink- read more

Food sucks! Ordered a chicken katsu and the pieces was burnt hard as rock, more bread than actual chicken and some pieces looked like deep fried fat read more

They're known for their Chicken Katsu bento. I got one and it wasn't the same I used to remember when I was younger. It was cold, and they include the skin! Gross. But other than that, just put it in the microwave and you're good to go. Service it ok, the workers seems like they like to chit-chat with each other. A LOT. read more

Love the Korean Drummettes plate at $10 (but wanna try the korean katsu or boneless), plus K3 likes the fried noodle and I live a gravy burger for a quick bite before the airport! read more

We alway come her for the slush float. For this that don't know it's similar to and icee or sonics ice slush with ice cream. The food here is good...Hilo ....it's usually gravy on everything. Gravy burger, gravy fries, gravy in the rice. read more

Blanes is a great place, a true drive in where one can get a great Loco Moco at 4 am. Now if you dont know what a loco moco is then I am sorry for you. But for those not in the know it is a bowl with rice then a Hamburger pattie, two eggs then brown gravy, sounds odd but it is super tasty. Their Chicken katsu is one of my favorite things in the world, it lets me know I am truely back in Hilo. I would say when in Hilo swing into this little jem tucked away in the industrial area. read more

Teri-beef burger did not taste anything like teri. Took it back and got another burger that looked juicer but still lacked a lot of flavor. read more

Blane's Drive Inn - Teri-Beef Burger? I think not. - Hawaiian Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Nothing makes me more happy than getting a slush float. Top that with Teri burger or gravy burger and I'm in heaven. The owners are a great family too. read more

Cashier (Roxanne) was extremely rude. Ordered the Noodle Special & the Korean drumlettes - not satisfied. Saimin soup was very salty, cheese burger (deluxe) was very bland, and the Korean chicken was too sweet. Honestly if I could give them 0 stars I would. read more

Great place, people are really nice. We had the boneless korean chicken. It was yummy! read more

Blane's Drive Inn - Boneless Korean chicken. Yummy! - Hawaiian Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Whenever I'm in Hilo, I make it a point to stop by Blane's and nosh on my favorite burger...gravy that is. Lettuce, tomato, onions, cheese....it's not needed on this burger. It's a homemade hamburger patty with brown gravy, in between a burger bun (no sesame seeds). Comfort food! I've tried looking for this same type of burger in Honolulu, but no luck. A friend of mine told me to just ask if they can throw some gravy on it. Okay, I'm not a gravy connoisseur, but it has to be "brown" gravy with the right consistency. I've seen all kinds of colors, textures and they're good in their own right, but its just not the same. Maybe its an acquired taste or just a bit of nostalgia, either way Blane's rocks the gravy burger. And if that's not your thing they have a big menu with something for everyone. read more

Terrific local food definately needs improvement. Personally the katsu is ok just too burnt. They have good hamburgers and sandwiches. I love the place and looking forward to the improvements. read more

I haven't gone to Blanes since before Covid and there food quality has gone way down. I can't believe that 2 pieces of char siu chicken,1 scoop of macaroni salad and a ship and a half of rice cost 11 bucks. The chicken was rock hard like it was sitting under a heart lamp for hours. My son had a Mahi fish bowl and was basically all dough with not much fish. Can't see how they're still in business. They have to step up the quality of food like it used to be. I don't dio many reviews but I need to tell my story. read more

Maghi Magi sandwich was great . Loco bowl was just right. Great local place to eat at read more

Roadside stop. The counter attendant's suggestion was the Korean chicken; I was not let down. :) read more

Blane's Drive Inn - Crispy Korean chicken. - Hawaiian Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

We stumbled across Blane's as we were looking for Rainbow Falls. We liked it so much we came back a few times during our recent trip and will go out of our way to come back here again. Great Island cooking with local dishes as well as pretty much any other influence you can think of. If you can't find something on the menu you really aren't hungry. read more

Had the famous gravy burger here. It was just meh, I dont understand what all of the hype surrounding it is for. A little soggy for me, it was very messy trying to eat this. I guess its good for the price you pay; nothing too special. read more

Blane's Drive Inn - Seating area is outdoors. Lots of flies around - Hawaiian Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

This place had good food but the portions are really small and they run out of food fast I don't know if it's all the time but they ran out of fried rice, hamburgers, pancakes and so that sucked and the customer service there was so horrible the lady who took our order did not know how to talk to customers she was rude and mean and the other worker kept making mistakes on people's orders and they were yelling back and forth while people were eating and it was very unprofessional. read more

Blane's Drive Inn - Omelette Portuguese sausage and cheese - Hawaiian Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

933am, ordered Hamburger plate. Girl asked me "with rice?". "Yes" I said. 15 minutes later, 3 other customers ordered, got their food, before I did. Another customer orders, got his food before me. 958am, calls out, gravy burger and fries, but I walked up to the pick up window, different girl looks at me, I showed her my receipt, that I ordered Hamburger gravy plate. She reordered correct order this time. 6 minute wait, finally get my food. Rice was mochi-like texture, hamburger tasted burnt. Mac salad, yyyaaawwwnnn. Dining area needs makeover, ceiling needs painting over existing mold. I should have went to Jackie Reys instead. read more

Their system is dysfunctional , there's a window that says clearly phone pick up so I stood there waiting and the girl acknowledged me asking if I was picking up a phone order . I stood there for 15 minutes , not her or the other girl helped or knows how to multi task . I see my order has been ready before I even got there . All they had to do was charge me for my food. After standing there for so long I got irritated and Finally asked again so should I go to the other line since u not helping me. Then she says yes go to the other line why the hell didn't u say that in the first place . Makes no sense and that's horrible customer service . Never coming back to this location again . If u not going to help ur phone order customers , don't have a sign for it or tell them to stand in the right line read more

Classic plate lunch, Hawaiian drive-in spot. Used to work two blocks away from this spot, and it was always a solid choice for lunch grinds. My coworkers could put away serious portions of food, and Blanes never disappointed. We were working at a furniture import shop moving heavy stuff all day, so a good plate lunch was just what the Dr ordered! My favorite combo is the beef Teri and fried shrimp; mac salad and rice of course. Their mac is actually one of my favorite on the island, and I'm picky about mac salad. It's not swimming in mayo, but is definitely not dry. Nicely cooked noodles, well seasoned, and so tasty to mix with the rice. The Teri cheeseburger is a classic. No frills, just a simple bun, griddle cooked patty w Teri sauce, cheese, mayo, and lettuce. I like to add onion for a little extra. Menu is huge, and you can get mini, regular, or large portions of pretty much everything, so no matter how hungry you are, you're covered. Check 'em out! read more

They served me raw hamburger patties. When I took it back, they burnt it. Never ever eating here again!

Just paid 13$ for steak and onions done medium the steak was way over cooked more like jerky than medium even well done would have bees better! The onions under cooked and I literally had to pick the steak up and take bites out of because they didn't cut it and the plastic knife wouldn't! Boy do I wish I went to KOJIS instead the drive would have been worth it! Nothing more disappointing than paying for a BAD STEAK! read more

Slush float and hamburger steak plate (add grilled onions) is a must. Best patties, best gravy, and best mac salad. I always leave satisfied! read more

This review is based strictly on my experience with the young lady behind the counter at the industrial area location this morning (3/2/14). Here's the backdrop, sooooooo, I call in an order for breakfast, looking forward to having a yummy breakfast from one of my to go places in town. I explained what I wanted, then had to repeat myself a couple times, each time slower and slower to make sure we were on the same page. When the young lady finally read back my order correctly, eureka!, we are on our way. I thought, "no biggie, its early". Here's where things start to go awry. I reach the counter to pick up my order and I'm surprised to find out that my normally $8.50 breakfast plate was now a whopping $16.50 plate monster plate w/ triple the protein...."huh??? so, how did we get this wrong, when we just spent time on the phone repeating the order correctly back to each other", which I thought to myself. Again, I just I had to chuckle, as it must have be really early for this one. She did try to correct the situation immediately, which I appreciated, and she ended up giving her extra $8 mistake away to me, which I didn't need, but I reluctantly took it (but ended up throwing it away, because it was way to much food...3x what I normally order). However, when trying to recalculate what I owed, after she corrected the earlier mistake, my plate then went from roughly $16.50 to $14.75 to $12.50, then finally we settled on $11.00 or so, which was based on the large soda (tap water) I added to my order. We did the math together on the final total, her with her calculator and I, in my head spoke out loud. Never at any point did criticize her math skills, but she appeared annoyed, I assumed based on my attempts to correct her not once, but 3 times on her shoddy math. Understand that I just didn't want to have to pay for something I didn't purchase. After settling on the final cost of my meal, she explained that she was new, then mumbled something under her breath as she turned away. So, I'm now thinking, "young, early morning, but rattled and annoyed, and now its my fault???". I was going to just let it go, but, here's the kicker, rather than saying "thank you and I'm sorry about the situation. I'm new and it won't happen again. Please come again." or something to that effect to merely acknowledge the mess up on her part, when she gives me the final piece of my order that I was waiting for (because she messed up my order), she just smugly slides it across the counter with no acknowledgment at all and gives me a side eye, stinky stink eye. Hahaha. =) You gotta be kidding me.....gimme-a-break!!! I held my composure and I didn't say a thing, but when walking away I thought to my myself...."hmmmmmm, this probably deserves the coveted and first ever 1 star review that I've never ever given to a business on Yelp". And there you have it, dun, dun, dun...the reason behind my first ever 1-star review. Btw, I'm never going back if I see this young lady working behind the counter. What a joke. read more

Food was suuuuuuupeer ono! On the outside, place is pretty all right, service was all right. The girls seemed like they didn't want to work, but once the food came out I forgot about it. Get the fried saimin! Portion was a little smaller than I thought it would be but it was so good that I got another plate. read more

The thing that turned me off right away was the cleanliness of everything. If we would have had more time (we only had about 30 minutes because we were on our way to horseback riding) we probably would have gone somewhere else. We had to both use the restaurant shortly after ordering and it was really gross. Barely flushed, there was a leak in the faucet, so there was a full bucket of water under the sink collecting the dripping, the floor was all wet and everything was just dirty. Additionally, I had to flush the toilet before I could use it and it started backing up to the point where I looked to see if there was a plunger, which there was. Thankfully I did not need to use it. That is when I started to pay more attention to things. The table we sat at (which hubby had already deposited our stuff at) could have used a good scrubbing and there were remnants of spilled soda/ice cream right in front of the window where you ordered. I get it, maybe it isn't the cashiers job to clean this up, but it wasn't busy - she was standing around the entire time we ate, so you or someone else should clean this up. And what concerned me, was that the customers can only see this - the outside of this restaurant - so if you don't care what the appearance is from the outside - what must it look at behind the counters? I didn't want to know at that point. We only ordered a Pepsi, fries, a burger and a salad. The salad was small, but not bad, there were a few leaves that were no good in it. The fries were decent, they were cooked well, not limp or soggy. The burger was meh, nothing special and McDonalds would have been better. I wouldn't go back here again. read more

I wouldn't even give them one star after today! Sad that Blanes is going downhill. 45 minute wait just for a sandwich is ridiculous. Yes you may be busy, but it doesn't take 45 minutes just for a sandwich and to service your customers. Your cashier is super rude and tell you after you order and pay that you need to wait 45 minutes for your order because "we busy." There is not more than 5 parties there......don't go there, customer service is horrible, wait time is ridiculous, and their food is definitely going downhill!!!! read more

This was the first place we ate on our trip. I had the pork adobo, my DH had hamburger steak, and my kids had the children's cheeseburger meals. The exterior is dirty (like I did not want my kids to play on the ground dirty) and you have to wipe your table down before you eat, but the kitchen was clean and organized, which is what really matters. The kids meals came in a really cute kids meals sack. The food was good. I would go back, but maybe try the downtown one? read more

Plate lunch, I thought this place was a bit more greasy than I would have preferred, but still good. I got the chicken katsu and it was pretty tasty! It seemed like all the locals come here and it was pretty steady. read more

Got breakfast this morning ordered the banana pancake paid for the 3 stack when I came home there was only 1 pancake wow $5 for 1 pancake will not be going back. You would think when the girl close the container she would have caught it but I guess she didn't care either. read more

The chicken katsu bowl and fried saimin were delicious!! the spam musubi was just ok bc it had too much rice.