If you're looking for a home-cooked Hawaiian meal, look no further than Hamakua Living!…read more It doesn't look like much from the outside but as you eat (there are 2 tables outside) you will see so many locals stop by to get their lunch to-go They have $5 bowls and $12 plates! ---shoyu chicken bowl: we got this first and it just hit the spot so we ordered more ---kalua pork bowl: also juicy and flavorful so we decided we had to try their lau lau since there was only 1 left! ---lau lau plate: pork steamed in taro leaves with rice and corn, we enjoyed the lau lau too! If you're in the area to see Waipio valley, stop by!

For such a low key location, the food and service was a great treat! We all enjoyed three…read moredifferent rice bowls...they were delicious and only $5! Go try this little jewel

We were told the sandwiches would take about 20mins but we ended up waiting closer to 50mins. I…read morehighly recommend calling ahead to place your order, or you may be waiting a while. That said, the sandwiches were excellent. The BLT was the best I've had - the bacon was crispy and overall just delicious. The tri-tip sandwich was also great. There are a few seats outside the store, and parking was easy.

Cool little market featuring locally made food products and crafts / deli with awesome sandwiches,…read morequiches, soups, and more. Perfect lunch stop for those on their way to Waipio Valley or heading out to Waimea or Hilo side. My partner and I shared the Tri-tip sandwich and a quiche. The quiche had a golden flaky crust, peppery bacon, and fluffy eggs. So good we forgot to take a picture. lol. The sandwich was packed with flavorful beef, roasted peppers, arugula, and a spicy horseradish sauce all on poi bread. Pricey at $18, but big enough for two to share. The combination of toppings on the homemade crunchy poi bread makes it worth it! Service was pretty quick, friendly, and helpful. There's so many cool local products to look at while you wait, so that's a nice way to pass the time. There's also outdoor seating and a bookshelf to browse. We definitely want to try more of their delicious sandwiches. Honokaa Country Market will be our go-to sandwich spot on the island!

Dear Store owner, as you do not submit your name. I do not…read morebelieve that is true, as after you have scanned a license once, why must you continue to do it a second, third or fourth time? Do you not get to know your customers, or are you only looking at Dollar Signs ‍? How would you feel after going to the same store for months that continue to ask you who the heck you are, and how old you are, when you are more than 40 years old ? Respect of your customers went out the window with your license scanning, and knowing that 3rd parties have information with that scan. I have since being scanned by your system been bombarded with spam, unwanted e-mails, and scammers trying to solicit me, with my License #, my personal information, and my Physical address. The DCCA of Hawaii really needs to take a look at you folks. I Hope they do!

The minute stop in Waimea is horrible and an extreme ripoff chicken is as tough and dry as beef…read morejerky three times the price

Starved after a day at the beach, we stopped in because my smart daughter remembered Minit Stop…read morefrom when she was on Oahu. We were served THE most delicious fried chilen by the sweet auntie back there cooking away. Mac salad was THE bomb! The chicken katsu plate with two huge scoops of rice and a big scoop of that mac salad. It was the same fried chicke in bite size pieces and teriyake sauce to pour over top. Sweet Mother of Mercy everything was ono to the MAX. I highly recommend this Minit Stop for a meal.

If you're looking for a decent customer service experience then this place isn't it. This location…read morehas THE WORST customer service. They have no problem ignoring you and even giggle about it and talk trash about you while talking trash about their co-workers. If you ask them for help they tend to get fussy. I've seen this happen many times at THIS LOCATION and it's happened to me too. This was at night too and I've noticed that this location, particularly at night, has very rude employees. At the ending of the day it is a gas station and I'm there to get what I need and be on my way. Their food is great, I must say. The fried chicken and potato wedges--or even bentos is a MUST when stopping there. ***I was just there last night, 7/14/26 and there were 2 employees on the floor talking smack about one of their co-workers. I grabbed what I needed and waited at the register. The employee was standing about 6 feet away from me making drum noises on a pile of boxes and I asked her if anyone was at the register. She said "Yeah, SHE IS" and pointed to the other employee pulling trash from the hot food area. There was also another customer standing behind me waiting to check-out. The drumming of boxes continued too from the other employee.*** If you don't need to go there, go to the next gas station. They are my "emergency only" gas station and when on empty I'll put in $10 (when I actually need $85-$100) and fill up at the next gas station that deserves the business. 5 stars for food and 1 for customer service.

Best burger I ever had...still dreaming of it while I'm asleep in AZ! Think if I ever go back to…read morebig island, this would be one place I make sure I stop at again!

One of the people in our party was raving about the pizzas here. It was decent. Thought they were a…read morelittle skimpy with the toppings. Friendly guy making the pizza and it came out quick.

Wow, what a great market. They have everything you need. In addition to warm food too. I also…read moregot gifts for my fiends backhome. All the employees were so ice and helpful. The place was very neat and clean. It is a must stop in and shop.

I stopped by Foodland for a quick lunch while staying at the Fairmount nearby and got the poke…read moreafter hearing good things. I opted for the premium fresh ahi tuna Hawaiian style which is $20 for a pick 2 poke bowl. I ended up choosing that and the spicy salmon. Loved the flavor of the spicy salmon which tasted like a gochujang seasoning. I'm not a huge fan of mayo in poke so this was great for something spicy without the creaminess of mayo. Ahi was great as well, the Hawaiian flavor is on the lighter side but it did taste very fresh. It's on the pricer side for supermarket sushi but it's definitely better than what I usually see in the states.

If you're driving on Highway 19 and passing by Paauilo, stop by Earl's Paauilo Store for a snack!…read more This was seriously the best stop we made on our way from Waikoloa to Hilo. Ok so the store looks a little beat and a bit sketchy from the outside, but inside they offer some of the best tasting sushi rolls around. We picked up some rolls for the car ride to Hilo, and we killed them all in just a couple minutes. They have pretty good variety of sushi, ranging from spam musubi to "bento" rolls. My favorite was the Korean chicken bento roll... which had flavorful chicken, spam, kamoboko (fish cake), and furikake (Japanese rice seasoning)... just like a bento all wrapped into a sushi roll. How genius is that?! Why don't all sushi bars make sushi like this?? The teriyaki beef roll is also really good. And the best part is you can grab one of these delicious rolls for under $5.00! A roll like that at any Japanese restaurant would cost you over $10 for sure. Besides the amazing sushi, you can grab other random items from the store. There's not a whole lot you can get, but there are random things to buy ranging from drinks and Hawaiian specialty food items, to cleaning supplies, and even hoy hoy roach traps. Definitely stop by if you're passing through town!

Get the bento rolls! They're the perfect snack on you drive up the Hamakua coast. There is a…read morevariety of fillings but all contain kamaboko, egg, and spam. This trip we got the smoke meat and orange chicken. Both were really good but I was particular to the smoke meat. Both rolls had generous fillings. The store is located next to the post office. If your heading out of Hilo towards Waimea it will be on your left hand side.

The chicken used to be perfect but not sure what happened. Chicken is dry now days. Service is…read morealways great though.

We came here specifically looking for spam musubi and we weren't disappointed! The rice was…read moreperfect! All the supermarket nearby either were out of spam musubi or the rice was dry and hard. The spam musubi here was perfect that we decided to come back here for more as we were in town! We were bummed they didn't have chicken katsu musubi when we came back because it was sooo delicious! I'm happy with whatever we found.

After hiking at the national park and getting back really late due to several storms, this was the…read moreonly place open on the village for last minute shopping and to get some food. There's an ABC store here, a pricey market and a deli. We got some burgers that were just ok with overcooked fries and some groceries for our suite because we were cooking breakfast at the hotel. They have a decent selection here.

Very sincere review: if possible, go to another market store over this one, even if it is a little…read morebit of a longer drive. I am very disappointed with my family's experience here. We were only $20 short of reaching the $300 spending requirement for the free gifts, which should speak to how frequently we visited and how much money we spent at this store. Despite being repeat customers, every visit was met with the same poor customer service. All of the cashiers who helped us were rude, curt, and could not even acknowledge the smallest greetings. The customer service was so unpleasant that it was not worth the experience. The food is not amazing, the prices are not great, and the only thing this place has is convenience--nothing more to offer. In one instance, I got a burger and a black milk tea with boba. I specifically told the cashier that I wanted boba, but she did not ring it up. When I inquired about the missing boba, a young employee addressed the matter with the cashier. They talked, and I said that if it cost more, I could pay for it. She rang up the boba with zero acknowledgment of her mistake. Nothing came out of her mouth. Complete silence. In another instance, I asked a cashier what the gifts were if we reached $300 in purchases. She did not say a word. She simply reached for a card with images of the gifts and placed it on the opposite side of where I was standing. She said nothing. I asked if those were the gifts, and she said yes. She then pulled out her phone while I looked at the card, and I simply said, "Okay, thank you." These are just a few examples of the many disturbing encounters we had with all of the cashiers. While on vacation in a tourist area, this is not the type of conduct or customer service one expects to experience. It was disturbing, and we dreaded going there despite the convenience.

Great local market, has a little bit of everything! Great resource for locals! With friendly people!read more

Cute little store...almost everything you need. Like a convenience store with a mom & pop feel. So…read moregood to have this store available for a stop in as the town is small and this is along the way to several lookouts or tourist attractions. .