Wonderful service but the most disappointing meal we've ever had anywhere. The caprisa salad was tasteless and the pealla was overcooked with seafood a chewy blend of plahh! read more

The seared scallops on the dinner menu contained 3 scallops for $47. That's over $15 per scallop and should not constitute a meal - this was more of an appetizer portion. The crispy pasta was odd and certainly not spicy. Corn relish was included on my serving. read more

Wonderful meal. Our server Elizabeth was the best! She had the most lovely attitude. Made great menu recommendations.

The warm fresh bread, churros for dessert and service were amazing. The entrees themselves were mediocre, and that's being nice. They definitely lack flavor. My husband had the lamb chops and I had the paella. Neither of us would order dinner there again. Save yourself a pricey bill and go to the Canoe House (if you can get a reservation) or Merrimans for the same $$$. read more

Had a lovely dinner this past week at Meridia. A relatively new restaurant, this was our first visit. The service was top notch, especially by our server Elizabeth. The food was excellent as were the location and views. The only reason for four stars instead of five is the fact that the restaurant is perched directly above the "family" pool and the screeches, screams and general din rising from the children on the pool deck was extremely off putting. This took away from a lovely romantic dinner read more

This is by far the best restaurant that I've been to on the island. The staff is extraordinary and the food is beyond delicious! Our Server, Elizabeth, was knowledgeable and explained the menu, where the ingredients were sourced from, as well as how the chef prepared the dishes. Her menu recommendations were amazing and her engaging personality was truly enjoyable. I hope to see her again soon and will visit this restaurant as much as possible! read more

So much potential. We visited Meridia last night. The scene, restaurant, menu were all fantastic. The delivery not so much. Beginning service was fine. Minor drink order mistake. Ahi Tartare starter was fantastic. We ordered our entrees. One hour later, the server came by and said she would check our food. 30 minutes later she said it was almost done. We waited one hour and 40 minutes from when we ordered entrees to receiving them. The Branzino was filleted tableside. It was not done well and was riddled with bones. The almond crusted ahi was good but a small portion for the price. The organic Freekah accompaniment was hard to chew. The scallops however were exceptional albeit small portions for the price. No credits, no apologies The 3.5 hour experience left us leaving hungry and tired. It appeared the kitchen was completely overwhelmed with large parties. Give Meridia a chance to mature and/or make sure it isn't over sold that night. read more

This is an amazing restaurant, stunning view, excellent food and very gracious service. Our first time, but definitely not our last. We were early enough to be offered their early dinner special - 2 appetizers, an entree and dessert for $60...an amazing offer! And the Ahi I coveted was part of the menu so easy choice. Complimentary champagne when we sat down to the stunning ocean view, and it just got better from there. The Greek salad was superb, the almond crusted ahi cooked perfectly, even goat cheese cheesecake was wonderful. Enjoy!! read more

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Fabulous location, cocktails, food and service. We were a large party and there was something to meet everyone's taste and dietary restrictions. Spectacular sunset view at dinner. Our server was one of the best and anticipated needs even before we would need to request anything. read more

Good outdoor seating with good view of the water, super nice staff, bland mushroom risotto. Had zero flavor - not even salt I think. Had to put hot sauce on it, just so it was palatable. Didn't help much. $40 wasted on empty calories. read more

This restaurant is phenomenal. Whether you're staying at this resort or not, it's worth coming here for a sunset dinner. They have an excellent selection of seafood and more, with an amazing cocktail menu (I highly recommend their mule, my wife recommends the Lava Flow). We are here twice in our 5 days in town because it was THAT good. One night we split multiple appetizers and filled up on about 5 plates, on the 2nd trip we ordered specials off the full menu, you wont go wrong either way. The service was extremely friendly and welcoming, and never let your glass run empty without a prompt refilling (without intruding if that's typically a peeve of yours!) They also bring freshly cut, local bread to your table during your entire meal. Jonathan was our server both times and he was our favorite part of the trip! If you're celebrating any special occasion on this side of the island, YOU MUST EAT HERE! read more

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Had a great experience for my mother's birthday dinner. Judy made the night special. She embodies the aloha spirit. The view and overall setting are special. We watched a beautiful sunset from our outdoor table. The whole branzino was excellent, the apps, drinks and desert were all great. Each item had something unique in the seasoning without being overdone. So many restaurants today over do it with too many ingredients and/or too much spice. Their chef keeps it all in balance. Another benefit is that they grow their own fruits and vegetables at the restaurant. True farm to table for many of their ingredients. The chef and GM separately visited our table to make sure we were happy with everything. Typical of Hawaii, a great ocean front setting won't be cheap. You don't want to come here if you aren't expecting a typical Hawaiian ocean front restaurant kind of bill. read more

Amazing view of Hapuna Beach at sunset and delicious cuisine and wines! I love the food and I appreciate that the culinary team using many locally grown foods from Hawaii. I will be back for another romantic dinner at sunset! read more

Had an early Valentines Day dinner tonite here and it was absolutely delicious. The fresh fish was pink snapper, perfectly cooked, with elegant and tasty sides. Our waitress Judy was a gem.....very friendly, attentive and well versed on how our dishes were prepared. We would come back just for her but the food is a terrific bonus! Great job staff! read more

Got the ahi which was overcooked (the consistency of canned tuna). Very slow service (took over 35 mins to place an order). For a $150+ meal for two, I would expect better quality food and service. The price point does not meet expectations. I recommend you pass on this place if considering. read more

We had the absolute best experience at this restaurant. The food was incredible. So incredible in fact that we had a really tough time choosing what to have. All the drinks were fantastic. Our service was great. When our waitress got a little busy, she would send over other people to check on us and we always had everything we needed. After going to multiple hotel restaurants and other restaurants on the island, I can honestly say this was the best food of the entire trip. All the food was fresh and impeccably prepared. Each dish was like art. I can't say enough good things. read more

By far, the best restaurant choice on the Big Island. Junior, the chef, is a top talent. Our group ordered Caprese salads, abalone appetizers, brick chicken, rack of lamb, and kampachi fish/lobster combo. It was all prepared to perfection. Plus the ocean view and sunset seating is better than any other Big Island alternative. 5 star. read more

Excellent service and views. Most tables are outdoors with a very open feel. The food was four star as were the drinks.

While the food was generally good (more on that later), be prepared to be treated as a second class citizen if you are not staying at the hotel. We arrived 15 minutes early for a 7:15 reservation and were told to wait in the bar area. Well, 7:30 came and when I asked when a table was going to be available for us, the hostess tried to seat us in the bar area at a table that was available since we arrived! We indicated that this was not acceptable so they seated us at a better table that was still not in the main dining area. This treatment was completely unacceptable. Despite the foregoing rude and shoddy treatment by the hostess, our waitress was great and the food was generally good, although the short rib entree was somewhat dry; our waitress did mention this to the chef who comped us a dessert. Needless to say, we will not be going back the next time we are on the Big Island. read more

Great dinner here. The ambience and atmosphere is great. It was dark for us, but I know the views are stellar. Amazing appetizers - bacon wrapped dates, Greek salads, and scallops were all superb. Cocktails were superb. I enjoyed the Sicilian mai tai. Main course was mahi mahi special and it was good - fish itself was excellent but everything else that came with it was a bit much for me. Dessert also quite nice. Big letdown was the wine by the glass. Not sure if they got order wrong or if wine was close-to-skunked. Too bad; my wine app told me it was highly rated but what I had was nothing like the description. read more

This place is seriously killer. The mixed drinks are amazing, the food is wonderful and the staff is super welcoming. Our server, Elizabeth (E), made us feel more than at home. She went the extra mile to provide amazing service and was beyond personable. She made our night here and we will definitely be coming back soon. Mahalo! read more

Absolutely amazing!!! Blew away all our expectations. The view..... oh my lord, the view, a picture perfect sunset. They came hitting it out of the park, the bread which was to die for. The squash soup, best we've ever tried. Catch of the day, was to die for. The appetizer Ibérico, prosciutto , smoked fish dip...words won't do it justice. The catch of the day, felt like it came right off the boat. All of the sides were fantastic, but the mashed potatoes are a must. Desert, I won't even... because it's totally uncalled for how good they are. Great service, majestic setting, outstanding food, words won't ever do justice how good this place is. read more

The food, the service and the view were fabulous. This definitely wasn't your typical hotel resort restaurant.

I was definitely surprised by this meal and atmosphere. My expectations were reserved by my impression of the hotel from my visit last year (stayed at Mauna Kea) before the renovations to this hotel. It seems as if it is no longer the step child of the Mauna Kea. The staff all seemed to be very happy and accommodating. I would say the meal I had here was one of my Top Ten meals of all time. It was outstanding, my only regret was that we discovered it too late in our stay to make a return meal. The service was very good and the waiter was attentive. If you only have time for a couple of nice meals, I would definitely go here and Brown's. I stayed at the Mauna Kea on this trip as well, and had meals at Manta and The Copper Bar, while the food was good, service was less than stellar; which is a shame and quite disappointing. I will review these separately. One nice thing is if you are staying at the Mauna Kea, is that they have a shuttle van that goes between Hapuna and the Mauna Kea. read more

This restaurant was a disappointment. Decided to leave our hotel, the Fairmount Orchid, to have a change of scenery. Hotel, as previous reviewer said, looked deserted except for an enraged man screaming and cursing like a maniac for the first ten minutes from somewhere up above. The service was really bad- the food mediocre at best, and it is also true what previous reviewers said that when it rained it was like everyone disappeared and it wasn't happening. Very expensive for what it was and the staff so different from the Orchid where everyone is super friendly. It's not worth it food or service-wise for the money. read more

Love the Hapuna Resort but Meridia fell short for us. We had the branzino and we just didn't care for the dish. The fish is cooked right just not my type of fish. Maybe try something else ? We had the rib eye before there before it was Meridia and that was very good. read more

It seems to be hit or miss here. It was a miss for us. Booked 6:45 dinner for Father's Day. No one checked on us for 15-20 minutes after we sat down. I finally flagged down someone to take our drink order. An hour later and we still didn't have any food. We never even knew who our server was. We finally got up and left. They are either extremely understaffed or overwhelmed or maybe we just got seated in a bad server's section. Won't be trying that again. read more

The food was good, the view was spectacular, and if you feel like growing grey hair for how long you have to wait, go here! We waited for what seemed years for our food, check, everything. My drink was not refilled once, and the waiter hardly came to check up on us. When she did, she was overly nice to make up for it. We waited so long and all the waiter said to us was "patience is a virtue". Well patience doesn't feel like much of a virtue to me when I start to lay on the booth cushions to take a nap because I'm waiting for eternities! The prices are extremely steep too. I just think for how much the food is, the experience should match the price. My grandma says it perfectly: over rated. read more

Beautiful sunset views, excellent food atleast what we all we ordered. Cocktails were well prepared. Our server Donna was exceptional, what a pleasant person, forever smiling Process are a bit steep from mainland, but we have now gotten desensitized by now. Ordered shish kebab-excellent, although need to order extra skewers, couple of Bisques, couple of flatbreads, stuffed peppers. Enjoyed it thoroughly with the family. read more

We are unsure what happened, last time we had dinner here (8/28), it was great. This time (9/9), terrible. We ordered the calamari appetizer, it was a no show. Flatbread (two orders) was bland, probably two tiny pieces of shrimp & two pieces of steak on each. I dunked the flatbread into balsamic vinegar for flavor. For both dinner & dessert, we waited a ridiculous amount of time for our dishes. Because the tiramisu was so good at our anniversary, we ordered it again. This time it was bland, just like the flatbread. My husband had the beet salad, it was good but volume minimal, as was the risotto. The espresso I ordered arrived cold. We are locals & brought guests from California. Dinner was such a disappointment! read more

During my recent stay at the Westin, I dined here twice and also ordered take-out. Top notch service, and the food was amazing. Larry was especially helpful in making drink and meal recommendations. The Ophelia cocktail is a new favorite! read more

We just got home after a week at the Hapuna Westin . The new renovations are very nice and have made this hotel even better. Our big surprise was the Meridia ... you have got to go inside and see how beautiful it is! We had a table outside in time to watch the sunset .. gorgeous !!!! The bacon wrapped dates are to die for! We went back a second night just wanting to have a drink and sat in the bar area .. beautiful surroundings and the ambience made us hungry .. we ended up having appetizers at the charcuterie bar inside and more delicious wine. It's rare to have a personal experience at a restaurant where they remember your name and go out of their way to serve. I believe it's the aloha spirit on the Big Island and we love to go there. We're home now back in Alaska and I'm missing the folks at Hapuna and Mauna Kea that made our trip . Mahalo! read more

Unique meal options, everything we ordered was delicious. Quick and attentive wait staff.

Terrible service, so so food, nice beach views. Overall would highly recommend to avoid. At this price point ($40+ entrees) you'd expect halfway decent service but we had a terrible evening that started with us being ignored for 30 mins because our server didn't realize our table was part of their section, and ended with an entree being totally forgotten because the server claims to have not heard us put our order in (even though she repeated everything when we placed our orders). Overall very frustrating experience. We were admittedly lazy to leave the hotel because we were guests at Hapuna Prince Hotel, but do yourself a favor and eat somewhere much higher quality (for the same price) like Napua or Merrimans for a much better overall dining experience. read more

I come to Kona every winter and this is by far the best restaurant I've eaten at in a while. I recommend going tapas style and sharing the food. The Kauai Shrimp (gambas) were cooked perfectly (better than Merrimans), and the Mahi Mahi fish of the day is a must-have if it's available. read more

We ate here twice during our stay while on our honeymoon. We saw the best sunset of our trip on the patio and indulged in some incredible food. The wild boar pasta was my favorite on the menu (the half size was plenty for me), and the drinks were excellent too. The hostess Sharon and our waiter Jonathan took great care of us, and remembered us on our second visit, treating us like we were old friends. Great food, great service, worth the price to indulge a little in paradise! read more

The food here was really good. The view was breathtaking. Would definitely come here again.

This was absolutely the worst dining experience my family, collectively, has ever had. We were celebrating our daughter's first birthday and it was supposed to be a special evening to celebrate her first year. It was very obvious it was her birthday as she was wearing a crown and a first birthday dress which stated she was one year old. We also told the manager, who greeted us at arrival, that it was her birthday, as well as our server. Our server, Marita, was rude from the beginning. After we didn't order any alcohol, it was clear that Marita began to lose interest in serving us. We tried to ask her if we were ordering the right. Our kids' dinners and our salads came out in a timely manner, and by the way, the mac n cheese was very obviously Kraft and they were acting like it was a really great Mac n cheese before we ordered it. One hour after we ordered, we were still looking for our entrees and sides while our kids started to really go downhill as it started to get very late. We asked the server where our food was on several occasions and she again seemed irritated. After we saw many other tables who arrived much later than us eating their dinners, we decided to go to the front hostess stand. After waiting for about five minutes, the hostess finally came up and mentioned that she'd find our server, Marita. Upon going back to the table, our server, Marita, told us one of the entrees was not ready yet because we had ordered salads, our entrees were coming late, as if this were somehow our fault for ordering salads. We then asked the server again a few minutes later where the entree was as it was well over an hour since we had ordered. She said we could box our food and take it home, which only made matters worse. We had come out to eat dinner for our daughter's first birthday and not to sit around waiting for more than an hour to take home boxed food. She also blamed the kitchen for being busy, yet somehow all the other tables that sat well after us had their food. We finally spoke with the manager who was not much better. She also offered to box our food once it was ready, and we said again we came here to eat dinner with our daughters and for the birthday. By this point our kids were really exhausted and whining and our poor birthday girl was crying and obviously so tired. Finally the food came after we had to chase down several people to figure out where our food was, and we were so upset that we had waited so long and our daughter's first birthday dinner was going so poorly with such awful service. No one seemed bothered at all about this and excuses kept coming. The manager tried to blame this on saying that the server said we wanted courses and not have everything served at once. This is not true as we always are fine with food coming out all at once, especially with kids. She then tried to say that maybe the server, Marita, spaced things out in a certain way, and that she would see what went wrong, yet was still not looking to make things right. By this point it was clear that this horrible experience and lack of any customer service on top of waiting a ridiculously long time for our food with our kids screaming was not anyone's concern, not to mention that this was completely unacceptable for our daughter's first birthday. The server, Marita, completely disappeared by this point and the manager was trying to offer us a free dessert after all of this. After having to wait so long, having our daughter's first birthday dinner ruined, and complaining to get any help with our service, we were clearly frustrated and so upset and had no appetite. We ended up boxing the food and not eating there as we were upset and it was so late. Of course now the kids were beyond exhausted and my memory of my daughter's first birthday and singing to her will be of this awful, terrible experience, horrible service by Marita, lack of customer service by the manager, the kids screaming. She asked what else they could do, well they can't give us back the only night that our daughter will turn one year old. Marita and the manager soiled this night for us and we will never forget this poor experience on our baby's first birthday. As loyal Bonvoy customers, we will ensure this gets corrected as this dreadful experience is not one we expected of a high end place. But to be honest we could've had better service at McDonald's or another fast food restaurant. Just awful. And I used to work at a restaurant in high school and I can tell you that every restaurant has standards for how long courses need to be spaced apart, how you treat guests, and how you address problems. Clearly Meridian does not follow such standards nor care about their guests and their guests special reasons and life moments for dining there. On top of this, the food was actually very underwhelming and not good. Not sure how they are charging $35+ for a piece of cauliflower and some vegetables. read more

The only redeeming point of this dinner was the view. The food was terrible and expensive. My husband and I split the shrimp ajillo, squash bisque and shush kebabs. Shrimp - over cooked, fishy, in a yucky cream sauce (which is not what ajillo is). Shish kebabs - both meats (beef and chicken) were over cooked and under seasoned. There was a red sauce that was tasty and the couscous that went with it was fine. The squash soup was good except that it was served lukewarm. My mom ordered the lamb chops, which came with an extremely salty side pasta dish. The lamb itself was meh- a little oily and not seasoned well but edible. My dad ordered the paella and he said it was the worst paella he ever ate. To top everything off, when we mentioned our dissatisfaction to the server, they were not gracious at all in their response (ie didn't comp any of the meal, which is not something we were seeking, but is a nice gesture when you've had an expensive and mediocre meal). read more

Everything about this place is five stars. Food was outstanding, service impeccable. Ambience beyond compare.