Love shopping here. Always clean, safe, and plenty of parking. 5 stars. Doing laundry on rainy days…read moreis especially easy.

It's been years since I last went to Hilo, I wanna say it's been like 5 years or so since I last…read morevisited Hilo town. Whenever I'm in Hilo, I would come to this little strip mall called - "Hilo Shopping Center", just for two reasons - 1. Lanky's Pastries..........this is my all time favorite local bakery in Hilo. As I always would come here for their Cream Buns, Glazed Donuts, & Monkey Bread. 2. First Hawaiian Bank (Hilo Branch), as this is my customer...........it's just like I get paid to visit my friends, and while I'm at the bank, it just so happen for me that I have to fix something for them (while I'm visiting). :D Aside from these two businesses, I've seen a lot of business come & go from this little strip mall. On my recent visit this past Friday, I was pretty shocked at how empty the mall looked like when I took a quick stroll inside of the mall. Established back in 1961, the Hilo Shopping Center was the 1st shopping center on the Big Island, and from looking at the strip mall directory, they currently have the following businesses listed here - 1. First Hawaiian Bank (Hilo Branch) 2. Lanky's Pastries - I went here on Friday (12-4-2020), and they were closed. I hope they didn't close down permanently??? 3. Island Naturals Market & Deli 4. Kamana Kitchen 5. LV Tech 6. Optical Dispensers 7. CVS Longs Pharmacy 8. ACR Dollar 9. Restaurant Miwa 10. Sole Comfort 11. The Orient Connection 12. Diva's Boutique 13. Liberty Tax 14. Edward Jones 15. Bayada Home Health Care 16. Keiki Dental Specialists 17. National Fire Protection 18. Hilo Air Conditioning & Repair 19. Yoga Center 20. Native Nations Education Foundation 21. AlohaCare 22. Diet Center 23. Hilo Family Dental Center 24. Hawaii First Community Resource Center 25. Hawaii First Federal Credit Union 26. Sunlight Cafe 27. Hawaiian Brain Freeze 28. Jin Ju Hair Salon 29. Institute of Acupuncture 30. Happy Valley Seafood Restaurant I'm not sure if all these businesses are still in business, as the mall sure looked pretty empty. Of course we are in the middle of a pandemic, so I'm not sure if a few businesses had to closed down for now, until safer times. I am hoping my beloved Lankys Pastries will reopen one day.........I kid you not gang, I actually stopped by Lankys (2) times on Friday!!! I first came by Lankys Pastries around 6:45 AM, but when I saw it was closed, I was thinking maybe I had come here too early in the morning, and that they had not opened up yet. Then later that afternoon, around 1:00 PM I swing by Lankys again after leaving K's Drive In, thinking I'd stop by for my Cream Bun fix. This time after parking & getting out of my rental car & walking up to the bakery...........the bakery was closed, but the bakery items/shelves were still in there. Please pray with my that Lankys is just closed for a short time, and not permanently........Aiyah! (Sad Panda Face!)..............

I mainly go here for Island Naturals Mkt & deli. I do like to browse the other shops, especially…read morethe baked goods, snow cones. There are numerous food establishments for your Indian, Chinese or Japanese cravings. Enjoy the stop and grab a bite!

Great selection of local restaurants and stores. If you are looking to support the community come…read morehere.

The newest shopping center in Hilo featuring local home grown businesses. Why live in Hawaii and…read moreshop at stores that carry the same items where ever you shop? Instead come and check out something extra ordinary from local Hawaii shop owners featuring the top local restaurants and specialty shops.

Disregard to customer's safety. My car was damaged by their maintenance crew, report was made to…read moremanagement & police. When I spoke with management to file a complaint, "we'll talk to the company and see how they do things." The company they use has no regard to the customers either. Multiple times, employees talk the crew about damages to the car. Of course the mall management doesn't have any complaints about them. I don't expect any changes with a response like that.

The largest indoor mall on the big island since 1985…read more....... The Prince Kuhio Plaza has been the main shopping complex on the eastside of the big island which provides - restaurants/food court, banking services, dental services, veterinarian services, shopping, and entertainment for all of the Hawaii community, & visitors abroad. Situated in Hilo town, you can find this mall just about a 3.7 miles away from the Hilo International Airport. I haven't been to Prince Kuhio Plaza in ages, as I had stopped commuting to the Big Island on a regular basis, but when I did finally come to this complex for work recently, I noticed a few changes in the vendors at this shopping complex, for instance Sears is no longer here, and a TJ Maxx took over a very large portion of the shopping complex. For a list of vendors at the Prince Kuhio Plaza, check out this link - https://www.princekuhioplaza.com/en/visit/ As a bonus, directly across the street from this mall, you will also see Walmart, a Ross Dress for Less, Office Depot, Target, Safeway, Home Depot, and a few other vendors who provide food & banking services. The mall is clean & well kept, this used to be one of my favorite spots to go to watch movies, whenever I had to stay overnight in Hilo. Of course one cannot compare this mall to like Ala Moana Shopping Center on Oahu, but at least the big island has a pretty good mall that provides many types of services for the big island community.

What brought me here to the Kea'au Shopping Center???…read more Oh yeah, I came here just for one store...........Foodland!!! While working in Hilo yesterday, when it was lunch time I decided to visit an old skool drive-in called "K's Drive In", and if you thought that little shrimp burger I ate for lunch was enough sustenance for Bruddah Fran, then you thought wrong!!! Lol! And that's why later in the afternoon I had to drive all the way to Kea'au town to stop by this little shopping complex called - "Kea'au Shopping Center", just to visit the Foodland store. Built in the 80's (1982 to be exact, as you can see it in the sign), this little shopping complex mainly serves the Puna district, and the surrounding areas. Some of the businesses I saw at the Kea'au shopping complex - 1. Foodland 2. Kea'au Natural Foods 3. Ace Hardware Store 4. Suds & Duds Laundromat 5. Lemongrass Vietnamese & Thai Food 6. Supercuts 7. Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 8. La Uma Samoa 9. Sandorra Floral Designs 10. Subway Sandwiches And right across the street from the "Kea'au Shopping Center", I saw the follow businesses - 1. McDonalds (but of course.......they're everywhere!) 2. Shell Gas Station & Convenience store 3. Longs Drugs 4. HFS Credit Union As small as the Kea'au Shopping Center is, I found the shopping complex to be bustling with folks, and am very happy to see some of the locally owned businesses doing well. Got to Foodland, and got my afternoon "snack"...........you will see what I picked up in my following review! :D If you're in da boonies..........good thing that the Kea'au Shopping Center is here to serve the folks in the Puna district.

This shopping center has everything you need, conveniently located downtown. Service, selection,…read morevalue, everything is top notch here

staff is friendly, stores are clean, food is good, variety of options, price is somewhat…read morereasonable, plaza parking.

Home to McDonald's, Subway, and Jack in the Box, it's basically fast food paradise! The shopping…read morecenter has clean restrooms, and is well maintained.

We were visiting from Oahu and stopped in to see what they had. I saw some really cute shirts for…read moremy girls and they were on sale! The workers here were soo amazingly friendly. I absolutely love HILO and the genuine Aloha!!! Thank You HIC Hilo!!

Very similar to other HIC locations. Price and sales are consistent with other locations as well. I…read morewouldn't call it cheap but it's also not terribly expensive. They carry all the standard surf brands with great selection for men and women. We come for the accessories like their bags, belts, hats, etc. and they have great variety. The style is geared toward a surf and skate lifestyle. Staff was really friendly and helpful. They're consistently approachable and chill, which blended right into the feel of the store. We got exactly what we were looking for with the staff's help. They even helped us get a better deal by recommending some of their current sales.

DAY 1 of Vacation - After checking into our hotel, we wanted to explore around since we didn't have…read moremuch planned on our first day. We stumbled upon this shopping center that was nearby. It has almost everything a tourist needs: souvenirs, groceries, local coffee shops, restaurants, gas, etc.

Great shopping center if you are staying in the area…read more Consists of multiple buildings and has plenty of parking. There's a KTA Supermarket (local Big Island chain), a Longs Drugs (CVS), and a variety of restaurants to suit anyone's taste, a movie theater, and a bunch of small businesses featuring plenty of local items to pick up as souvenirs. It's easy to find because it's on a corner and we visited it several times over a four day period. Definitely recommend checking it out if you are visiting and staying in the area.