Great concept. Great property. Poor execution. The hamburger I ordered medium was so beyond burned I was hard to choke down. In fact I assumed it was a one off and even went back a couple of days later and the same thing. Just very poor quality control. read more

We had dinner last night. The food is average at best. Not very flavorful. And the ambience is not great. Very loud and the place echos. Might be nicer to sit outside. But the food is still not great. read more

Everything we had was spot on good. Ribs, chicken, pizza. There were a few other things on the menu we wanted to try but need to pace ourselves (first day here). Worth a few visits. read more

If I based the review in the dessert only it would be a 5 star hands down. We had the lava cake and the strawberry puff pastry. Soooo good. The food was good to but not anything to rave about. I had the fresh fish special. It was not something I would order again. read more

The food has always been good and I'm so happy that you were able to open again. Was looking forward to our meal until I saw the cook (starts with an M) not wearing his mask. Don't forget, the customers can see you. COVID regulations need to be in place. read more

For Waikoloa, prices are reasonable and u get to seat in the lanai or inside a clean and AC restaurant. We didn't have reservations and this place was packed on a Thursday night. We had pretty good burger lettuce wraps. Very generous amount of burgers and fries. We had the soufflé and cheesecake for dessert. I would skip those because of the portion , which will not satisfy one person. Roy's choc soufflé is 2x bigger. Service was 5 star though and u can't beat the location. We liked their Kona location too. This place is popular and the 5 star reviews here r not fake (unlike several in the Islands reviewer by locals to boost business). Oops.. I could get in trouble for this comment! Don't forget the Mafia who favors businesses that pay the monthly ads here too. For Yelpers who have been around long, u know what I'm talking about. Ask ppl or friends in ur resort re: places to eat and don't trust all reviews (except mine cuz I won't lie and can't be bought w/ a gift card to change my reviews)..Yelp might not publish this review anyway.. Aloha read more

Nice place. Not too cold and very friendly hostess and waiters. Had the Paniolo Salad, kids Mac and cheese, kids ribs and strawberry puff pastry and seafood puff pastry. The Mac and cheese was very cheesy--too much and looked more like the cheese was just sprinkled on it. The ribs were excellent and actually a good portion for an adult. I think the heat made us feel less hungry. The Paniolo Salad was okay. The Gorgonzola cheese gave a lift but it needed something fruity like pears, oranges or berries. The music was not too loud and they were kid friendly. It was not over crowded and not too bar like even though there is a bar. Maybe we were early at dinner and it is the first week they are open. read more

I was really looking forward to my dinner at Foster's Kitchen. Although everything was prepared just fine, just fine is just okay. I realize eating out is expensive, but for a higher priced meal, I want to be wowed. I just wasn't. I have been to this venue when it was two different restaurants, and I was just hoping this one kept up. I would love to say that I'll be back, but I sincerely doubt it. It's just okay read more

Gluten free friendly and delicious. Wish we would have found this place before our last day on the island. Their hamburgers looked great as well. I had the gluten free fish and chips and these were very good since it is rare to even get this option. My husband had the chicken sandwich which he enjoyed. The staff was very friendly. Prices were also reasonable for being in Hawaii(another reason we wish we would have gone a couple of times)Only if they could be on the mainland! read more

We are here on the outside patio for dinner and there was a lovely guitar singer player singing at an adjacent restaurant that was so wonderful to listen to. The food was yummy, we had the Ono with mashed potatoes and sautéed veggies. They were really good about my gluten free options, many listed right on the menu. They also offer one and a half pours for a glass of wine which is nice. read more

This is my go to restaurant. I absolutely love this place! anything on the menu is delicious. From burgers to steaks, pasta and lamb chops! I would and do recommend Fosters kitchen to everyone I know! This place deserves more then five stars! Go Fosters! read more

Unable to get reservations due to lack of staffing/Covid state regulations of so many diners allowed, so would have needed to have booked days/weeks in advance. They weren't accepting any walk-ins either saying they were booked when we popped in. Asked if they do take out orders and they said as long as you call in before 5pm. Thought we would try that the next day and pick up and take back to our hotel for an early dinner. Called the morning of to check that this was still the case...female who answered phone told me it was until 6pm that you could order takeout and I specifically asked if it was 5 or 6 because the previous day I was quoted 5. She said it was 6 and only 5 the day before because they had not enough staffing due to a large party to accommodate take out orders. She reassured me it was 6 on the weekends. That evening I called to place our order around 520-525pm and another female who answered the phone told me they don't do takeout orders past 5pm! I told her what I had been quoted on the phone earlier in the day and she had no response other than sorry we can't take your order. She was not helpful or sincere in her apology. Had hoped to utilize this restaurant as a change of pace from the hotel fare, but guess not. Had to repeat another hotel restaurant instead; shame because the menu looked great. Very unfortunate interaction to end our stay in the area. read more

Been here a few times for lunch. Loved it every time. We were here today for 4th of July. We made reservations on the OpenTable app. Sat inside with air conditioning which is so crucial in this waikoloa heat! Everything on the table was so yummy! I had a bite of everything. The Thai chicken salad is my favorite, the dressing is soooo good! I hope they keep up the good work! I can't wait for my next visit. read more

So happy the first time we ate here we came back a second 2 days later. Food was good, service was good and gluten free options for my celiac family members was great. Also was reasonably priced compared to other local restaurants. read more

Our food was amazing! The back patio on the water was a perfect place to eat and enjoy family. Our waiter, Paul was attentive, funny, and enthusiastic. He made the experience that much better. The food was great and the service will have us coming back! read more

Okay. .I tried it again. Fries still suck. I tried the fish & chips and when they brought it out I thought they must have dropped a piece on the floor as I only had 2 small pieces on my plate. I looked around and didn't see any extra pieces on the floor so I asked the manager to come over and look...he said that is the portion you get for $19...wow. Back to Quinnes. read more

My husband had the Cajun Shrimp Pasta, my youngest had the kids Mac and Cheese, and my daughter and I split the Steakhouse Pasta. He enjoyed his pasta and it had a ton of flavor. It was a little oily. My daughter liked her Mac and cheese but said it didn't have much sauce and I agreed. The steak on our pasta was cooked perfectly but there wasn't very much of it and unfortunately our pasta was lacking sauce and flavor. There also wasn't much spinach or tomatoes in it. read more

Tasty cocktails. They were out of an appetizer, two of the main courses we wanted and a cocktail. Very friendly service. Food was ok.

So glad to have this restaurant open during this time. It is nice to have somewhere to go in our small little village to get some good food and drinks. We had an amazing dinner, and an even better waitress! Paulina was amazing! she was very helpful with the menu, and drink suggestions as well. We found out the owner is from North Carolina, and so are we! So of course we had to try the food from home! It did not disappoint! We thought os some southern business ideas we would love to run by the owner, and if they ever need extra hands they can definitely give me a call. 10/10, and we will definitely be going back! read more

Don't eat here. Ate here twice and hated both experiences. Drinks are super-weak; there's hardly any alcohol in them. Fish tacos are trash- no flavor and they just throw raw cabbage on top. Tortilla completely fell apart. Customer service is terrible! Waitress put in my order completely wrong the second time we went and took away my plate even though I was willing to eat it anyway (I was starving). Also waited forever to eat. AND my order was STILL wrong when she brought it out again. Overall vibe here is terrible as well. Not a welcoming restaurant, and host/waitresses are snobby. read more

It was extremely difficult to find good food around the resorts. Foster's is about average. Not really good, but certainly not the worst we ate on our trip. read more

Well, this was our second and last visit to this place. First I loved the taste of your calamari but when it's served cold it feels like a lump of fat in your mouth,not Good! We saved it and heated it at home. The orders were so backed up under the heat lamps that it was full and just sat there, the same food for 15 minutes just sitting there getting old but they are still going to charge you for that fresh food! Before we came inside we asked the lady outside at the front what the fresh catch was? She told us that the fish was interchangeable for each dish. We waited about 25 minutes for our salad, they brought the wrong dressing. Our food arrived after awhile, we both ordered the same dish, fish and chips. Only my husband ordered the opah and I ordered ono, he ordered the Cajun fries but everything looked the same. So we asked the guy who delivered it who was not our server which was which? ( i think 4 different servers so there was no continuity in service) Because my husband is allergic to Ono and breaks out in hives when he eats it. The server didn't know and said I think it's right, how he originally set it down. we waited until our waitress came back quite awhile later and asked her, she made a big production with her face too close to our food and held them up in the air and did a close inspection of our food and she said well your lucky because they are both opah (moonfish), she did not ask if we wanted to replace it with what I actually ordered, she said well you like the opah? Like I should just be satisfied with that. And both of our French fries tasted exactly the same not Cajun, but upon her close inspection she saw a pepper flake on my husbands and said his were Cajun fries. My husband asked flat out can you remake her food to get what she ordered? She just left and we didn't know if she did make another order for us and then a man came awhile later with ono the correct fish and Cajun fries (which I could smell were the ones my husband originally was supposed to get). By this time I was freezing (take a jacket, it only feels good for the first ten minutes and then it's just uncomfortable) and just asked for it to be boxed up as my husband had finished his food, so much for a nice dinner date out with my husband!. It's too expensive to have a bunch of clueless people wandering around not knowing what food is what and not immediately fixing an order that they made wrong. I don't like their payment method where they stand there and stare at you while you decide on a tip for a person who doesn't know what they are doing. We live on the island in waikoloa and eat out quite a bit, this was the final time for fosters kitchen, they need to tighten up their process because I feel like going out to dinner there was more trouble than it was worth. Side note: 2 years ago we went to the one in kona for my husbands company Christmas party and it was pretty good. Don't know if it's just the Waikoloa branch that has the problems. read more

Just so bad. Went here tonight for dinner. Waited 45 minutes to get seated which was OK. Didn't mind the wait. Once seated we waited 15-20 minutes just to get acknowledged and receive water. I'm not sure if they are severely understaffed or just staffed with people who have zero experience in the restaurant industry. We were seated at a table facing the kitchen and we could see the cooks pumping out food at a good pace, but the plates would sit for a VERY long time under the heat lamps. Wait staff simply could not keep up. We noticed several servers really racing around and others just standing around. Why not hire food runners?? When our food finally arrived it was cold, but we simply didn't have the heart or the patience to send it back. The food was tasty... but cold. By the end of the meal, we were just really ready to go! We won't be back... but Gordon Ramsey should stop by and teach this place how it's done. They don't have a clue. read more

Great new restaurant in Kings Shop. High quality food and service. Love sitting by the pond in the back.

We had dinner here twice while on the Big Island. The first dinner was delicious and our server, Felicia was helpful and great. I had the Blackened Shrimp with Grits and my husband had the stuffed chicken breast. Great choices. And the Monkey Bread for dessert was perfect. The second dinner did not go as smoothly. There was an enormous party there at the same time we were and that took away focus on smaller groups. Menus were taken away without taking our order. Our first course was wrong and was not corrected. BUT, the manager came over and immediately offered to comp our entire dinner as an apology for the trouble. Our dinner really was delicious and we did tip our server well. We left feeling satisfied and very appreciative of the professional way the issue was handled. We will definitely go back again! read more

I wouldn't go back! Server was decent, tried to make us feel better about the situation. That being the steak pasta dish was dried out! Couldn't eat it. Ordered a flat bread pizza instead. Server said 20 minutes but it took 50. Server kept telling us, " it's coming out now I swear"! While waiting for my wife's pizza, I ordered dessert. Ice cream & Strawberry Shortcake. That never happened. After waiting a half hour for dessert I asked for the check. All food was flavor-less! I would go off property in the future, where they have to perform at a higher level! read more

Cheddar burger was good, salad was terrible, some kind of homage ranch, no flavor. My wife's fish sandwich was terrible, her fryers were good. Service was not good. Kona location is way better. read more

While staying on the Big Island, we found this restaurant in the King's Shopping Center, and our family of 7 loved it so much we ate here four times over the course of a week. Their menu has plenty of variety and everything we had was excellent. The desserts are amazing. The service was always friendly. Also the prices are much more reasonable than most the other tourist-gouging restaurants in the area, especially for the quality of food you get. read more

Excellent food ! We ate there twice during our week there . Both my husband and I got the Cajun shrimp pasta and it was great . The gumbo was also delicious . I'm originally from Louisiana and it was every bit as good as at home ! I also got the chicken pesto pasta and my husband had ribs . Both were very good . Nice atmosphere especially on the back deck. Our server both nights was Kehau and she was very friendly and welcoming and gave great service . We will definitely come back the next trip ! read more

We had the best dinner !!!! Highly recommend this restaurant !!! The salad and veggie flat bread pizza was outstanding!!!! Pua was our waitress!! She was outstanding!!!! We will be back read more

This place is slow and disorganized. Noobs working here. Eat here if you like to waste time. Food ehhhh, not worth the wait.

We shared Calamari and a Flatbread Pizza here. They had several unique choices for their flatbread pizza. There was a man playing a guitar and singing during our meal. Our waiter was very good and kept checking back to make sure we had all we needed. read more

The back patio was hot and muggy and the food was over cooked. At a table for 6, all five of the meat dishes were dry - fish and pork chops. Service was slow. I give it 2 stars because the drinks were good. Would not come back for dinner. read more

Hoke was such a superb server and he really steered us in the right direction food wise. He also gave us such great information about the island and other places to explore. I very much enjoyed my blackberry cocktail with gin (can't remember name) and the Cajun shrimp pasta with the local mushrooms had great flavor! Great views too. read more

I would have given it zero stars if possible. I had a reservation for the patio, but the patio was full. So you would think they would allow us to sit at a decent table inside, but they refused. They put us on a table outside the kitchen door which was noisy and had constant traffic back and forth going into the kitchen. They kept saying the other tables were for people who had reserved a table. I kept telling them I reserved a table two weeks prior but they refused to allow us to sit in the dining area which had 3 open tables. To make matters worse, the Ribeye steak, which sounded so good on the menu, it was suppose to be rubbed with Kona coffee and garlic, was not rubbed, marinated or seasoned with anything except a little salt. It was about 1/8th inch thick, and was slightly grilled only on one side. It looked worse than what you would get at Denny's, which seemed pretty good last night. The manager was a condescending jerk who thought his smiling and saying yes your right to my complaint was all that was needed to appease me. We went out on a limb and ordered a dessert, but after 30 minutes, it never came. We left with the waitress (none of this was her fault), saying the dessert would be out in a few minutes, but we had waited 30 minutes already. I would never go back. McDonalds would have been better. read more

Flatbread pizza was very good....drinks were good...ribs had way too much fat....service and as terrible. Maybe give it another chance???

As a local resident I am happy to have this dining option in our area. After dining several times at the kona location and the Waikoloa location it is obvious that the quality is not the same at each location. The quality at the Waikoloa depends solely on who is cooking and how busy they are. Also the service is not as good and it is strictly a staffing issue not a personnel issue. They need to put the same effort into each location. read more

The stuffed chicken is the bomb.com. order it. You won't be disappointed. A little salty but so flavorful.

Having eaten at their Kailua-Kona location before, we pretty much knew what to expect, but boy were we wrong! The Gumbo, while tasted good, was very thin, the prosciutto somehow did not make it into the Stuffed Chicken, and someone certainly should explain the difference between the Po' Boy and a chicken sandwich to the Chef. The french fries was soggy, and so was the supposedly freshly baked Seafood Pastry. (It actually tasted like something that was frozen and reheated.) The service was attentive, but our waitress obviously was not trained. Even though we live nearby, I doubt we will be back. read more

Kehau saved our experience. A couple mistakes from the kitchen that were corrected and extra attention was given to make sure we had a great experience. Seething is good, food is good and the dessert was exceptional. Don't miss this while in Waikoloa- worth the stop. read more