Not too long ago, Island Bowls started out as a food trailer serving acai bowls and shaved ice, parked on the western edge of Milford before relocating to a brick & mortar space (former Short Stop) in New Ipswich. In 2024, they opened another brick & mortar location on the Milford Oval, Island Bowls Cafe serving up acai bowls, Hawaiian shaved ice, coffee drinks, lemonades, shakes, breakfast sandwiches, loco moco, and Hawaiian plate lunches. The prices here seem pretty reasonable. The place has limited table seating inside and high top seating and outside patio seating in front of the shop.
I stopped by Island Bowls Cafe in Milford over the weekend. When I walked in and began looking over the menu on their touchscreen, I was informed by staff that they were sold out of shaved ice from the day before. I've had their acai bowls which are really good. I decided to order lunch and got the Large Kalua Pork Plate Lunch ($13.25 plus tax), which had slow cooked shredded pork over white rice with macaroni salad and kimchi garnish. The pork had a smoky salty flavor and very soft and tender to eat. The white rice was a bit dry, but still fine with the pork. The creamy macaroni salad was pretty good too.
I would come back here during the week and hopefully they will have Hawaiian shaved ice available with my food. read more