The beef stew is delicious, perfect amount of meat to carrots and potatoes! My kids got the chicken Katsu, only complaint was not enough sauce. Hubby got the Kalua and a gravy cheeseburger, happy man. We get most our take out here because, as far as I've seen, they are clean and careful. read more

Twist cones. While I've had a few other items at K's throughout the years, I don't recall what they were....their sign has a picture of a cone on it for a very good reason. K's has a unique sherbet/soft serve ice cream twist cone, that I keep coming back for on every visit to Hilo. The flavor changes daily. My favorite is strawberry and I'm very disappointed if I show up on a non-strawberry day. The mix of sherbet & soft serve is a unique one - the soft smooth vanilla soft serve complements the firm grainy icy cold sherbet - a perfect blend of unique flavors and textures. K's shares space with a liquor store and only has outdoor picnic table style seating. You'll share your space with ocassional birds flying through and local gentlemen hanging out on the corner table talking story. Typical local place. I hope everyone gets to experience their cones and I hope it's strawberry day when you do! read more

We stopped here after visiting the Volcano and getting lost in Hilo while looking for food around 7 PM. The outdoor restaurant was filled with locals, and only a few other tourists. Everyone was friendly, and just doing their own thing. The menu was slightly confusing (we were unsure of what several items were), but the girl behind the counter was more than happy to explain everything for us. My friend and I split the combo, he got the Shoyu Chicken, and I got the Kalua Pig. Since we were not used to the humidity of the island, and tired from walking around all day, it was the perfect amount of food for two people, and only $8! The side pasta salad is also excellent, I wish it was a slightly bigger portion, but it's a side dish so what else can you expect. All in all, the next time I am on the big Island, and in Hilo, I am definitely going back here!! If you are looking for inexpensive, good food, and don't want to go somewhere super touristy, I highly recommend K's! read more

K's Drive-In - Katsu PIg on the left, Shoyu Chicken on the right. - American Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

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It's good to see these old restaurants are still in business. I lived two hours away but when we drove into town as a child, we would stop at K's for French fries and ice cream. They used to have every color of the rainbow with vanilla ice cream. They also had good Mac salad. When I'm visiting, I come for their ice cream. They get 5 stars for ice cream. read more

Delicious tan tan ramen. Not super spicy. They also serve old school drinks like green river and orange bang. A lot of variety on the menu. read more

K's Drive-In - Tan tan and orange bang for breakfast. Delicious - American Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

This is for sure the best local place on the island. The food is always onolicious and the service is spot on. It does get busy but for a reason! Every time we go they accommodate our big groups of people and are very friendly! Too bad 5 stars is the most I can give! read more

This is the home of the TWIST CONE. Pineapple/ vanilla twist soft serve cone was ONO. Not gourmet, but everyone was ordering them, for good reason. Apparently a part of Mr K's empire, snuggled between his recycling center and his liquor store. My second visit and I'm bumping them up a star. 4 stars "Yay I'm a fan." Teri pork loco moco was incredibly inexpensive and not huge, but the right size portion, and good. Basically though it's about the twist cone. Window servers were very friendly and helpful. See their full menu here http://www.ksdrivein.com/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urlfile&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadervalue1=inline%3B+filename%3Dk-s-drive-in-menu-ad.pdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=Document&blobwhere=1300931020994&ssbinary=true&moddate=2011-08-16%2008:34:05 read more

Best place for twist cones! I love how they came up with more flavors. Strawberry, Lilikoi, Blueberry, Coconut, Melona and Pineapple! They usually have two flavors of the day! Flavors always changing and best paired with hot french fries :) read more

K's Drive-In - American Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

We always order here the chicken Katsu plate or the Korean chicken plate the only thing is that you have to check your plate if you're ordering extra salad or extra rice because a lot of times they forget to add those even though they charge you. Other than that the food is great prices are reasonable. read more

This place is definitely the local fast-food place in the area. There were tons of locals here which is a very good sign. We got a Loco Moco, Roast Pork Plate, Fries and Chocolate Milkshakes. Everything was amazing and delicious. We took it back to our Airbnb and it kept and was great. Super low prices and it was amazing. Everyone was nice. The place is super cute with a little parking lot. Outdoor seating. Definite recommendation if you want a cute bite. read more

The fried rice was fantastic, and the fried wontons too. The person that took our order wasn't friendly, not just with us but everyone else that placed their orders as well. We ate at another drive-in in Hilo but believe the food here was much better. I definitely recommend a visit here if you have the time - very relaxing and definitely good!! read more

I ONLY PAID $5 FOR MY SMALL LOCO MOCO AND SIDE OF MAC SALAD. I can't even remember the last time I paid $5 for my meal! Finally a place where I don't have to spend 10 bucks or more on a meal. With that being said, the best part of this drive-in are the cheap prices. The food was average, for what it is I didn't have high expectations. Most drive-in joints are all the same. The gravy was pretty good, but I'm still shocked at the cheap prices. read more

According to Yelp this place is closed. Drove by, today is Sunday, and they are definitely open.

This is obviously a "fast food" place locals frequent. We had a party of 9 (5 adults and 4 kids) and came at a good time. It was pretty empty when we arrived so there was ample seating for us. The girl who took my order was kind, helpful and patient while we ordered. Good fried chicken, excellent Teri Beef and rice, good grilled cheese and fries. Everything is reasonably priced. This was by far our cheapest meal out. Their twist cones were delicious. The flavors of the day were lychee and strawberry. Lychee is my favorite so of course I had to order it. read more

We always eat here but tonight was concerning. There's signs posted that says no mask, no service. I look at the back of the kitchen and the cooks are NOT wearing masks. The waitress that took out order kept moving her mask off of her face and didn't bother to sanitize when touching the plates. WTH! read more

If you love soft serve ice cream, you gotta stop by K's Drive Inn! After scoping out several Hilo people's pictures of all kine flavors twisted with vanilla, I insisted that we go to K's during our last trip to Hilo. Yum, so glad we did! First time: strawberry twist... soooo refreshing and delicious! It was so good that I dragged everyone there again during the same weekend. The pineapple and melon flavors were also tasty. Not sure how the real food is, but the soft serve ice cream is yummmm! read more

Another hometown favorite. I like the gravy cheeseburgers and fries with the lilikoi juice

Good little spot. Enjoyed my original saimin and loco Moco. Service was average. Price was good. It's fast and convenient.

I'd give it zero if I could. Save your money and go elsewhere. I ate 1 fry and 1 bite of my uber greasy burger.

I have mixed feelings about K's. It was a favorite teen hangout during my high school days along with Cafe 100. Both were run by families whose kids I ran around with back then. K's was also almost directly across the street from the gas station I worked at. On Saturdays, I would order my favorite plate lunch, pork teriyaki, by phone, often from "Mrs. K" herself. It cost all of $0.80 back then. That was over four decades ago. During the interim, both Mr. and Mrs. K have passed on. I have K's on my list of "must-dos" whenever I sneak into Hilo for business or R&R. The menu has expanded considerably, but the quality of the food seems to have gone down. It's still edible, but seems to have lost some of the "zest" I remember from days of yore. Or, it might well be that I've lost some memory cells. The menu of fountain drinks has likewise expanded to include passion fruit and other fruit flavors. No carbonated soda for me. French fries are so-so. Their loco-moco is a cut above Cafe 100 (better-tasting HB patty). 3.75 STARS, rounded up to Four (nostalgia bonus). read more

Another one of our favorite places to go eat. This place has been here forever too! Love the corn chowder and hamburger. This was the combination I use to eat when my father was bowling next door. No more the bowling alley anymore :0( Good variety of local favorites! read more

I give them 3 stars as the soft serve pineapple ice cream was really good. The shoyu ramen was probably the worst I have ever had. The noodles were still stuck together like they were in the package and were cold. The vegetables that were in the ramen were still raw. But you get what you pay for. read more

Not fancy at all. Just very good, local food. I had the the Loco Moco. It was a lot of food for the money.

Had the cheeseburger and it was greasy but yummy! Fries were good too. A friend had the breaded pork chop with gravy and I think that was delicious. You can't beat the prices either! Will definitely come back if we visit again. read more

Food is good (chicken papaya), but the service sucks. The girl that helped me was rude, unhappy, didn't even say thank you and seemed as if she hated her job! read more

we were driving around the area and wanted to get some loco, cafe 100 was further so we settled on K's. i saw there "Specials" board and the first item was Mahi Loco. i figured i'd give it a try as i'd never even heard of Mahi-Mahi being in a Loco, and maaaaaan, it was so nice i had to go back twice! i went home, killed it in minutes, drove back and got another one (killed it in minutes too). my brother ordered watercress chicken and shoyu pork for the family. they said it was delicious. this place is known for their twists. but to me, mahi loco all day. pretty cheap too. i wouldn't hesitate to go back to this place and try other foods, after a couple of mahi locos of course. read more

I went there to order me some won tons cause I was craving them. They were out so I ordered their French fries. Nothing special about the fries and definitely not worth the $2.50 I paid for them. I probably won't be back . read more

First time coming here and was severely disappointed. Simple order bacon cheeseburger without tomato, and a Teri burger. The bacon cheeseburger came plain and the Teri burger had little to no Teri and half a bottle of mayo on it! The meat in the burger was disgusting mush that broke apart and I don't even know what meat they used on the Teri burger but my wife couldn't even eat it! We got an ice cream cone which was actually delicious but the rest of our experience was a complete train wreck. I would come back for the ice cream but nothing else. They have a Teri burger and another burger called a Barbie burger which I asked about and was told the Barbie burger was a Teri burger???? The staff didn't even know what the hell they were selling. After reading the reviews I now see what happened. They're racists at K's... I'm white and my wife is Samoan and in typical Hilo fashion they were rude to me and friendly when my wife went back. If you're white or a tourist don't bother with this place. read more

Ordered 4 full sized pans of rice and paid for it. When we went to pick it up they said that someone else came and got it and they won't be refunding us AND they won't be making us the pans of rice either. We even spoke to the OWNER of the place and he said "Oh well." read more

Cannot go wrong with the cup cone ice cream. Plate lunch portions are super small, almost shameful for the $10 you pay for the plate. Almost walked down to Cheng's to get one No. 3 plate to show them what a $10 plate look like in Hilo! Come on K's, give what we paying for! read more

I love Hawaii drive ins so was excited to try this one. Ordered 2 combination plates (fried chicken, hekka chicken, beef teriyaki, kalua pig). Out of the 4 meats, didn't really like any of them. Teri beef was ok but definitely not the best. Overall was really disappointed with the taste. Sad to say but the best part of the plate was the rice. Service very good tho. Went there on December 28th at 7;30pm; no line up (perhaps a bad sign...). read more

This is one of the worst places my husband and I have ever eaten. We had A sandwich and hamburger. They were both very bad. I would not recommend it! read more

Food got worst over the years. Went there for the third time since moving back from Oahu years ago. Food and cashier on this shift is dreadful. Did a combo take out. Ordered shoyu chicken/pork adobo. Got shoyu pork/pork adobo. Looked like the adobo went through a blender. Only the potatoes was in tack. Shoyu pork was large pieces, dry and no taste. Check your order before driving off. I'll check back at this place in a few months. Or maybe not. Better food and personalities at other food establishments in Hilo. read more

12/29/17 - Hey line cook... working the evening shift...your food made my wife sick and your attitude sucks. I also heard you talking smack when I came to pick up my food at 6:30pm....you slacked off and didn't catch the order in the service window, and then you dared to blurt out at the counter staff..."he didn't order that"...."oh is that him?"...all while glaring out the service window. I let it pass, remembering what it was like working in a kitchen, and still bought my $40+ worth of food and smiled. I also imagine that the counter staff must love working with you too (not). It's probably not a coincidence though that for the first time at K's (a place I come for consistent food and service over many years), our food was totally inedible and my wife got sick. Funny thing is that she specifically asked me to go get her food from K's. So long as that incompetent line cook is working at K's, I'm force to avoid this place. So sad. Clean up your act. read more

came here on a visit to Hilo from Kona and the food was delicious. I ordered the veggie wrap which was huge and fresh an also the Kahlua pig plate, both very filling. we also ordered a frosty cone, pineapple and vanilla, very refreshing for how hot it was. i believe in the coming weeks, they will be serving Ramen noodles too. should be a great edition to their already extensive menu. worth trying if you're in town. read more

Says closed at 10pm online I call at 9:20pm to order a take out and they say they're closed and can't take my order but they're open at till 9:30! Horrible customer service!! read more

This place is awesome for me! The menu is extensive,the serving sizes are appropriate and the price is reasonable. There is never to long of a line and there is a package store next door so you get ice and booze before you head out! read more

Twist Cone is always the best, Pineapple is my favorite..Gravy burger, Kalbi and Chicken Papaya is always awesome!

This is a hit and miss place today is miss. My chop steak is Teri beef and my cousins ... steak is well dead... Smh

Top notch (for a drive-in). The food was not excellent by normal restaurant standards, but by grab-a-bite-of-greasy-burgers-and-fries standards, very good. Great burgers (small but under $3), crispy sweet potato fries, and lots of options. Try it out! read more