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    Cafe Kai

    4.8 (144 reviews)
    InexpensiveCafes, Hawaiian
    Closed 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
    Updated 1 week ago

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    CAFE KAI ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Trendy
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Priscilla W.

    Their Bacon Avocado Musubi is so freaking delicious. Drive-thru is always so fast and friendly. Thanks for the yummy musubi's and Dirty Matcha Coconut and Oatmilk.

    Cafe Kai located at 1100 Perry ave suite D.

    New location( 1100 Perry Ave suite D) their food is great. Their customer service is so professional. If you guys are looking for great food, great environment, or just casual dining I highly recommend this place. 10/10 must try again.

    CUTE!
    Vee S.

    LOVE musubi! Service was GREAT. Drive through ONLY, but you can walk up to the window. Coffee is great. They have no decaf-oh well. HiGHLY recommend the Li Hing treats! LOVE the window painting!!!

    Plantation ice tea
    Rose Y.

    I followed yelp recommendations and tried this cafe. I'm a musubi novice so unsure of how I'd like it. I went with the spicy tuna and tofu options as spam doesn't appeal to me. The spicy tuna one was tasty with the sauce. The tofu kimchi one was really just tofu as I didn't taste any kimchi. Plantation Icd tea - never has that before either - a pineapple flavored ice tea. Very sweet. For $12 it was a tasty and filling lunch. Young lady who manned the drive thru only service was friendly and efficient.

    Special spicy tuna musubi
    Meralina M.

    This place is really quaint and cute and the staff is really nice. The prices are decent. I got the spicy tuna musubi (at first it seems expensive but it's two huge musubi, so actually a good price). It was really good; canned tuna and spicy sauce. I also got the spicy chicken, which after recently returning from Hawaii I kind of expected katsu chicken, but it was just canned chicken, so extremely similar in taste to the tuna. Still really good and a huge serving. My husband got the teriyaki spam musubi and Portuguese sausage Musubi and said they were great! A caramel Mac nut coffee and it was AMAZING!!!! There are no places to sit here, it's a take out place for sure. I will definitely come back for more musubi :)

    Michelle P.

    Decided to drop by Cafe Kai as my daughter told me about this place but she hadn't had the opportunity to try it out. I'm so glad I could pick up some musubi and drinks for us to try! We had the Plantation Iced Tea and Redbull Mango Lihing drinks. Sooo tasty. Not to mention the stars of the show, the musubi! It was hot, fresh, and so ono. Mahalo nui to the kind store owner. Loved our chat and her customer service reminded me of home. We will be back again.

    Teriyaki Spam Musubi, Spam Bacon and Avocado Musubi, Caramel Mac Nut
    Nikole A.

    We (husband and I) were looking around for something new and different and we came across Cafe Kai. Definitely not ideal location but the food and coffee are 10/10. Just one of the Teriyaki Spam Musubi (bottom left) that I ordered was enough to satisfy my hunger. It looks so small like I'd have to order 5 to feel full but surprisingly not the case. My husband got the Spam Bacon and Avocado Musubi, we also got the Caramel Mac Nut iced coffee and it was very nutty but that was my own doing with flavor choices. I highly recommend you to try this place just once and let the food do the talking. Thank you mama Jamie

    Shantel B.

    Drove over an hour with my son to check out this place after finding it on YouTube. My son tried three different musubis and loved them all. He ordered spicy chicken, teriyaki spam, and the avocado/bacon/spam musubi. I tried the spicy tuna and a bite of his avocado musubi. Both were so so good! My only regret is not buying more . The guava oat milk tea was amazing and so was the plantation black tea! Will definitely be going back and next time I'm definitely ordering more for later. Customer service was amazing as well. We got lucky - made it when there was no line, but after we ordered there was a line of six cars!

    Pumpkin Haupia pie special

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    Luv there musubi with spam or hot dog they have different kinds though ...also I got a drink from them coffee jello it was so good

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    8 years ago

    Love this place!!! We frequent to get our Hawaiian food fix. The owners are so nice and welcoming every visit. Highly recommend.

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    Great tasting and affordable musubis. Only open till 3:30pm. Quaint hipster place near the hospital and Washington University.

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    6 years ago

    Been wanting to try them out. Had only about 6 items on the menu. Tried the teriyaki masubi and spam bacon. Was ok.

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    Jamie C.

    Thanks for giving us a try!

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    7 years ago

    Loved the mask I, tried the hotdogs, and spam. It was very good and there house sauce was just the right amount of spice.

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    What a gem! The musubi was out of this world and the coffee made my morning! Interior is super cute and the staff is beyond friendly.

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    The real deal musabi !!! The owners are grime Hawaii and know how to do it da right way !! If you don't know what it is give it a try !!!!

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    8 years ago

    One of the friendliest places around. I mean, the masubi is reason enough! But the staff is amazing.

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    In Hawaii we say that the Musubi is "Ono" meaning "good to eat" this restaurant is good people and good eats. Mahalo

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    Ask the Community - Cafe Kai

    Is there such a thing as vegetarian musubi?

    they offer tofu kimchee musubis now !! keep updated on their instagram !!

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