Very good shaved ice, texture and flavor. Service was good and quick. There were a decent amount of…read morecustomers and the line moved well. Everyone in group and others seemed to enjoy their shaved ice as well. It really hit the spot on a hot evening.

My god this is one if my favorite places the fiod is simply amazing. Its like 5 star dinner on…read morethe beach

Food is freshly assembled. Frozen berries + poi ice cream…read more You just order and eat it at the veranda. Unique frozen delights. Consuming it is Actually A DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE. TOU SHOULD TRY IT.

It's located in a foodland shopping lot and can't be seen off the highway. We wanted to try as many…read moreshaved ice places as we could and Angel's was one we tried. The service was quick once you got inside - which is small - the line outside was about 15 minutes. The shaved ice came in two sizes and they had a few flavors to choose from. The shaved ice was good but I which they would have put more flavor into them. The first few bites were flavorful then by the fourth they were watery because the syrup is thin. No seating inside and only a few tables outside. Angels is good for a quick stop.

So much yessssss! This mango bingsu was really good, the mango was really sweet and fresh, Hawaii…read morehands down always has the best mangos. It's a good size portion, We ended up splitting this between 3 people. There's a lot of other foods around if you're looking to get other things.

Absolute Mango Heaven! If you are looking for the ultimate refreshing treat to beat the heat,…read moreBadabingsu hits it out of the park. The mango bingsu is an absolute masterpiece. It comes loaded with a mountain of perfectly ripe, sweet, and juicy mango chunks over the fluffiest, finest snow ice that melts in your mouth. Topping it off with that creamy scoop of ice cream, mango drizzle, and a fresh mint leaf makes it as much of a visual showstopper as it is delicious. Every single bite is perfectly balanced and not overly heavy. An absolute treat that I'll be craving regularly!

The closing date is set, December 15, 2025…read more Their regulars have stepped up their visits while locals living farther away are making their final pilgrimages. By now, anyone who is a fan knows their food so rather than another review, some tips for securing that last taste. 1. They are in a cellular dead zone. All calls made to their number from a cell phone will fail to connect. You MUST call using a land line phone (those things plugged in the wall with physical buttons to press). BUT... 2. They do not answer their phone if they are busy helping customers. Good luck. SO... 3. Go early and order in person. Popular items like the roast pork and hamburger steak sell out by 10am. Others like the kalbi and pulehu shrot ribs by 11:30. 4. Be patient. The wait time is 45min - 1hr. It is accurate. Use the time to grab poke and drinks in neighboring Laie or Kahuku. It's all worth it. Same loaded plates. Same nostalgic taste. Same aloha delivered with a smile. One last time.

Papa Ole's is a spot I heard about from a friend, and it hasn't disappointed me yet. It feels like…read morea small mom and pop type place that locals enjoy, which is always a good sign. My personal favorite is the kalbi ribs. They've got that backyard BBQ taste that feels like a homecooked meal, and it's usually what I end up ordering. Simple, comforting, and it just hits. I also love grabbing food here and taking it down the street to eat at the beach. It's one of those meals that feels even better when you're eating it by the water. I just read that they may be closing soon, and if that's true, thank you for all the delicious meals over the years and wishing the team nothing but the best moving forward.

The best Shave Ice, the greatest people working and you will go back. All syrups house made and so…read moregood. It's worth the stop, close to Costco...enjoy

Of course I found this little shave ice food truck via Yelp! It's in a little field across from the…read moreCostco gas station. It's also next to a sushi place that we didn't have a chance to try ... but maybe next time! Anyways, the cashier and person who made our shave ice was super friendly and was really great at preparing our shave ice. They really took their time and seemed like they were genuinely enjoying what they were doing, which I always love to see. I chose pineapple, guava, and liliko'i plus a snow cap - wow, it was so delicious!!! I wish I would have come across this place earlier in the week so we could have came here more than once. Definitely seek this place out and you will not be dissapointed!!

I was on vacation with my family on the North Shore two weeks ago and went to check out Lilia's…read moreShave Ice. The shave ice here was excellent! We got the ones with ice cream on the bottom of the shaved ice, then drizzled all over with condensed milk, and topped with whipped cream. It tastes just like the ones they make at Matsumoto's and Aoki's in Haleiwa... except way better and cheaper! The ice is really "shaved" and not chunky like some places make them. The whole family loved it so much we came back for more a couple days later. Save yourself some money and time standing in those long lines in Haleiwa and check out this place. You won't be disappointed.

This is a little house that makes amazing shave ice. They don't hold regular hours but shave ice…read morewell worth driving by just to see if there are open. Look for a white tent with a really nice family running it. They use a swan machine that makes soft snow and high quality syrups.

Where there's a will there's a way. I had a top 5 burger of…read moremy life here. The Paniolo is a must try. Everything here was keeping it 100. These guys are out here aura farming no cap. Might be the best onion rings I've ever had and fries all done in tallow. Staff was friendly and supper accommodating. I have to go back to try a couple of other things hopefully I'll remember to get a photo then. Don't listen to the impatient haters in the older reviews. They are in Hawaii and still complaining?? Big mistake. Cheers guys and keep up the aloha.

In the sleepy town of Laie on the North Shore of Oahu, my son and I stopped into Seven Brothers to…read moretry their signature burger and fries. We were welcomed into the small hole-in-the-wall restaurant in a neighborhood strip mall by a young woman named Telani. Telani could not have been more excited to tell us everything there was to know about the entire menu and the history of the family who owned it. Telani was so genuinely interested in us and asked question after question that made us feel like we were celebrities that had just walked into a small town diner. Telani is the star of this story, but I want to mention that the other two employees left a positive impression as well, amazing service is clearly a culture at this restaurant. Our shake took a little longer than usual because they were accommodating a young boy with a severe peanut allergy. At the end of our meal, Telani walked over and handed us a personalized postcard that she had written to commemorate our visit! This 17-year-old medical student at BYU Hawaii just put my own customer service expectations to absolute shame. I cannot wait to get back to my hotel staff and share this story and hopefully inspire them to start writing some postcards of their own. I've just finished writing one of my own. P.S. All the food was AMAZING! We got the Shez's paniolo burger, the Sterlings teriyaki burger, the paniolo fries, the banana bread, and a vanilla shake with Nutella and Oreo. Gonna have to hit the hotel treadmill hard tomorrow.

Good size for a good price. Lots of flavors to choose from. Staff was fast and friendly. Cool…read morelittle spot on the side of the road.

Not the same!! Definitely has gone downhill. I used to recommend this place to everyone as a place…read moreto go to as alternative to Matsumoto's. We've come here for ten+ years. Everything that is wrong with poor shave ice is our experience today. WAY OVERPRICED for a really small portion. Ice was chunky.. Used to be you got a small because that was HUGE! And it was $4. Today we spent $10 for one size offering that as 1/2 the size of what we were used to in the small.. I totally understand the increase in price because that's the way of the world right now. But for it to be below substandard and higher price .. nope .. not going back and warning others .. Today's experience was bad enough for me to post a review right away ..

Do you know where acai comes from? Our family didn't until we took the Kahuku Farms tour. It was…read moreone of the best high points of our trip! We loved learning about the specific challenges of growing food on the North Shore. Our guide, Iovani, was so knowledgeable and funny. Everything we tasted on the tour was heavenly, and we could not wait to get back to the farm stand to buy their lilikoi products. But most of us were too full of tasty samples to get the acai bowls! My husband is a super picky eater/foodie and says the vegetable flat bread/pizza (eggplant, tomato, macadamia nut pesto) was one of the best he's ever eaten. Everything we had was delicious. My only complaint? most of the fruit was sold out by the time we returned from the tour. But that's not really a criticism of the farm--more a compliment. Keep doing what you're doing, Kahuku Farms!

This review is for Judah and Kahuku Farm…read more We had many activities planned during our Hawaii trip and experienced several tours, but celebrating my husband's birthday at Kahuku Farm with Judah as our host was one of the highlights of our vacation. From the moment we arrived, the experience felt genuine, welcoming, and wholesome. It didn't feel like a tour at all. It felt like we were spending the day with family. Judah made our visit extra special. We loved picking fresh fruit, sampling the delicious fruits, juices, cacao, and cacao nibs, and every recommendation he made was absolutely spot on. The lilikoi butter, eggplant pizza, garden salad, and smoothies were all incredible, especially the Coach Smoothie. Everything was so fresh and delicious that we came back again on our last day before leaving Hawaii. Thank you, Judah and the entire Kahuku Farm team, for making my husband's birthday so memorable. Your warmth, hospitality, and passion made this one of the most meaningful experiences of our trip. If you're looking for an authentic, family-friendly Hawaiian experience with amazing food, fresh fruit, and wonderful people, Kahuku Farm is an absolute must-visit. Mahalo nui loa!

Literally the best shrimp I ever had. Absolutely delicious!!…read more I don't say that lightly either. It was otherworldly!! The staff was great too!!!! I'll be back!

Giovanni's is one of those places where memory does a remarkable amount of the seasoning. I've been…read moreeating here across decades. Enough visits that this is no longer about catching them on a bad afternoon, ordering the wrong thing or failing to understand what the place is supposed to be. I've tried the different shrimp, stood in the lines, eaten at the tables, navigated the parking, brought people here and returned because, for a very long time, Giovanni's was simply one of those places you went when you were on this side of the island. At some point, repetition becomes evidence. The truck itself has become an artifact. Covered in signatures, battered by time, photographed millions of times. There was probably a period when all of that felt charming. Now it mostly feels tired. There is a difference between patina and neglect and the surrounding experience has increasingly crossed that line for me. Flies, crowded tables, overflowing activity, rough parking, heat, trash nearby. You can romanticize rustic only so far before rustic starts asking for a pressure washer. Then there is the service, which has consistently been the hardest part for me to understand. I don't need anyone performing hospitality like they're auditioning for a resort commercial, but basic warmth costs nothing. Too often the interaction here feels impatient and transactional, as though the customer is somehow inconveniencing the operation by showing up to buy the food. After enough visits, you stop calling that an off day. And then there is the plate. The shrimp itself is actually the least offensive part. It is generally cooked reasonably well. Tender enough, rarely destroyed and when you get a good batch you can understand why this formula became so popular. Everything around it drags it down. The rice has repeatedly been soft, clumped and bordering on mushy. I am annoyingly particular about rice, but rice is not some decorative substance placed beneath the main event. It matters. When half the plate is rice, screwing it up is not a minor detail. The garlic is abundant, certainly, but abundance and care are different things. It often arrives more like a wet mass of processed garlic than the fragrance and texture you get from properly chopped fresh cloves. Add the butter and oil and you certainly get intensity, but after several bites the whole thing becomes heavy rather than interesting. The little salad on the side generally feels like an afterthought that has been waiting for someone to remember it. And that is ultimately my problem with Giovanni's. The entire experience feels as though its reputation arrived at the destination years before the restaurant did and everyone decided there was no longer much reason to keep improving. People will continue coming. Of course they will. The name is famous, the truck is recognizable, the photographs are practically mandatory and nostalgia is one hell of a business model. I understand it because it worked on me for years. But strip away the mythology and ask a brutally simple question: If this exact plate came from an unknown truck with no history, no signatures and no reputation, would you still wait in line for it? I wouldn't. Two stars. The shrimp can still be decent and I have too many memories here to pretend the place means nothing to me. But nostalgia should bring you back to a restaurant. It shouldn't be responsible for making the food taste better. I kept returning because tradition can turn habit into taste. I'm done confusing the two.