The food was great. We enjoyed this place a lot. Tina checked on the table and made sure our one picky eater was happy. read more

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Wandered in here because of all the positive Yelp reviews, and I concur. I had to get the Thai pizza because of what I read on it. This was such a unique dish and I'd highly recommend anyone coming into Tina's to get this. The crispy cheese on the ends is so delectable. I got mine with chicken, but really anything would work and be delicious. It is a LOT bigger than I expected from the photos I looked at. No complaints on that but I got three meals out of it. They were busy during lunch time, but we got seated in a short amount of time. The curry was also very good, I would have liked a little more spice with it though, which can be adjusted. read more

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Wow. I haven't had food this delicious from any restaurant in a very long time. Organic as much as possible, all fresh food and incredible flavors, made with skill and care. Our baby was cranky and staff knew exactly what to do and they were wonderful. Cute atmosphere- it is a little cafe by the beach so don't have too much expectations about ambiance - but is cozy and pretty. It's all about the food, kindness and the hospitality anyway. Highly recommend the Garden curry with organic local mushrooms and brown rice! Each curry has such different flavor. Also loved our appetizer and the limeade. Major respect and appreciation to this place; in a world where restaurant quality is decreasing so much, this place takes a stand for organic fresh food that makes you feel healthy and satisfied. A highlight of our trip to Hilo Hawaii! read more

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I had a sister visiting from Arizona and we decided to get something to eat along the ocean while out walking. We came upon Tina's Garden Cafe. It turned out to be a great choice. I had the best yellow curry I have ever had in a clean, friendly, inviting environment. My sister had a wrap and was really impressed with the tofu. I can't recommend this place more. read more

Healthy looking Thai food? Count me in! Looking at the menu, Tina had some really interesting dishes, and I heard Tina uses the freshest ingredients! It's located next to on the "strip" in Downtown where a line of shop and restaurants are located. Parking is difficult to find on the strip during busy hours (around 11am - 3pm?) especially during the weekend. There are lots of street parking nearby but may require a bit of a walk. I chose the most talked about item on the menu: the Thai pizza. I got it with chicken which contained red curry mixed with shredded chicken, pumpkin, spinach and cheese. I didn't realize how BIG this dish was until I went and picked up my order which contained TWO medium sized takeout boxes. I thought they had thrown me an extra something for free... but NOPE. The Thai pizza took up two entire boxes for a cheap price of $15 (as shown in my picture). That's crazy! This is definitely, definitely a two person meal. I thought it was a really unique dish. I could taste the flavor of the curry and pumpkin with all the cheese. The ingredients used were definitely fresh. But it seemed a bit... bland...? The chicken that was mixed into the dish tasted bland and only certain parts would taste really flavorful. I thought it was super weird. I added a bit of pepper and mushroom seasoning for my second meal with it and definitely had no complaints afterwards. This is the first time I've ever felt conflicted on my rating LOL. It was between a 3 and 4 because of the flavor... Some parts would taste delicious with the seasoning mixed nicely while other parts would taste really bland. The lady who helped me talked story with me and was really nice, so 4 it is! Recommended for something different than the usual Thai styled foods. I do want to try Tina's other creations since she has a variety of unique dishes. read more

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Service was great. The food is not what expect in authentic Thai. Everything was very sweet and greasy. The seating and interior was fine. read more

We had a very nice lunch at Tina's. The atmosphere is great and the music is just the right volume. Everyone is nice and very accommodating. Now as for the food. We started with papaya salad which was good but not on the same level as other places we have had it. A little hard to chew but still good. Next is the curry, Penang curry and Red curry. They are similar with the Penang having different spices. One was ordered spicy and the other medium. The difference I think is in how much chili paste is used for topping. Ordered brown rice which was great. The portions are very generous and it's hard to think of finishing it. There is a $1 charge for a take out container but it's a really good one. All in all a very nice place with pretty good and reliable quality and service. Recommend. read more

Excellent Thai at reasonable prices. Offering avocado as an option instead of protein made the Garden Curry ($16) extra delicious. The Pad Thai ($20 Sunday special) was also outstanding, chicken was tender, vegetables were flavorful and cooked just right. Their "mild" is very mild, you may wish to go one step up, or do what we did and add a little soy sauce. Portions were healthy, enough food for lunch and dinner for both of us. The service was friendly. This place appears to attract locals. We were very happy to find Tina's Garden Cafe. read more

Have previously been here and the food was great. Went today and everything was terrible. The bitterness and tang of the food and drinks tasted spoiled. We walked out with a table full of food and drinks, after paying a $60 bill for lunch. read more

The food was pretty good, it took an hour though for us to get it. When it did come, it didn't come all at once, with one of the three of us getting their food significantly earlier than the rest. He was finished by the time ours came out. The food was solid though and the restaurant is very cute. read more

Holy cow! So amazing. We had originally planned to order 2 of the chicken Thai pizzas but the server recommended doing one pizza and one entree to share. Awesome suggestion. We got the red chicken curry and the Thai pizza. Amazing food, amazing flavors read more

Some of the best Thai food I've ever had! The service was also exceptional--we had a toddler and the provider toddler dishes for her. The restaurant smelled great and was very clean and inviting. Highly recommend the Cara Cara Orange Salad and the Tom Kah. The Masman Curry and Drunken Noodles were also really good! The rice in the Mango Sticky Rice wasn't my favorite, but it was still an impressive dish. read more

Tina's Garden Cafe - Mango Sticky Rice - Thai Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Service was quick and courteous, and food was outstanding! Definitely recommend the Cara Cara salad and the Thai burrito, but I would love to go back and try some of their other dishes, especially the salads - they all looked amazing. read more

Service was great. The food was incredibly fresh. Everything is made to order if I lived here I'd wanna eat her every single day.

Great selection of salads and vegetable dishes...with meat/seafood protein options too. Everything was fresh and flavors were bursting. A definite revisit next time I'm in Hilo - I can eat the CaraCara salad weekly! read more

Tina's Garden Cafe - Caracara salad (leftover on day 2!) - Thai Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Service is great, and the quality of the food was phenomenal. I would highly recommend the Thai pizza.

Service is good and the new owner is very nice but they don't serve fried rice which is a staple in Thai cuisine

Wow. Delicious! Husband had yellow curry (yum!), I had the mushroom salad (crunchy, tart, fresh and very delicious). The star was the Tim Kay soup. Tina's Tim Kay soup was outstanding - famous for a reason read more

Food: was aahight! Compared to New Chiang Mai! No Pad Thai! WHAT ????? If you don't have Pad Thai, you're not an authentic Thai restaurant! Service: better than food. The place is okay. read more

They charge $1 for one Togo box which they did not let us know ahead of time. No other restaurant charge extra for Togo boxes. Curry is watered down, not much flavor, more vegetable than chicken. Special pizza was decent but dry. read more

Tina's Garden Cafe - $1 charge for to-go box. No other restaurants charge for Togo boxes - Thai Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Was looking for a spot that served fresh, light food after all those loco mocos! Got the Thai pizza ($14) with tofu, cup of Tom Kha ($8), and the Combo Rolls ($10). The Thai pizza was really unique - super filling and large. I love me a cheese crust :) But keep in mind, the tofu made it kind of soggy. Combo spring rolls didn't come with the thick peanut sauce I'm used to - pretty thin and runny. Tom Kha was chock full of vegetables and very rich in coconut milk and fragrant flavor. There was waiting for a table and the food took a while to come but it looked like it was only the owner doing all the cooking. Service was understandably hectic since it was crowded and there weren't many people. Love the decor and vibe inside of the place. read more

The place is small but the food packs a big punch! The has great character and only has a few tables, most of which were occupied. When the waitress asks how spicy you want the food--she means Thai spicy and not American. I like things spicy and went with medium, husband likes more spice and went with hot. We both were happy and he had sweat on his brow, just like he likes. This summer rolls with shrimp were fresh and flavorful and so was the peanut spice. read more

This hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Hilo was a lovely little surprise! They have some creative Thai Fusion dishes and some classic curries. Make no mistake; this is not a rainbow curry restaurant. This is true art! The yellow curry was perfectly balanced with a little added spice and a generous helping of veggies. It was truly the best I have had with the coconut flavor coming through without overpowering the rest of the dish. The flavors are so balanced! The mango desert with purple sticky rice and coconut milk was out of this world! Very much worth the trip. read more

Tina's Garden Cafe - Mango and stick rice desert - Thai Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Portions at Tina's are always huge! I've had the Thai pizza and the papaya salad so far. The Thai pizza is enormous, but it lacked enough flavor for me. However, the papaya salad is super tasty! I've tried both mild and medium spice. I prefer the medium spice, but both really good if you want a non-spicy option. read more

Tina's Garden Cafe - Papaya salad - Thai Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

I was on a mission today to find a green papaya salad and I am happy I landed here for this! For $8 the portion is enormous compared to what we get in Los Angeles! So beautifully done, the perfect textured papaya, delicious vinaigrette mixture and perfect crunchy peanuts and tomatoes. I ate the entire thing over the course of the day ha. Just delicious! So much I want to try, my friend loved her tofu wrap and Thai tea made with coconut milk! Glad I have more time here to come back again. :) read more

Tina's Garden Cafe - Papaya salad - Thai Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

The food is great. My only wish is that they make pad thai, but otherwise one of my favorite places to get Thai pizza and mango rice. Didn't have to wait at all and our server checked in on us throughout our meal. I felt so relaxed and entertained by the music and artsy things inside the restaurant. read more

Tina's Garden Cafe - Mango rice dessert - Thai Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

If you are eating here, beware: This place is a tourist trap and will borderline rob you. tip included in the bill. What if the service is trash and I think you don't deserve the tip??? $1 extra for the white cream in Thai tea, $1 for to go containers, what's most crazy is we had an elder lady with us, who needed hot water to take her meds, hot water cost $1. And now, the food? You might like it if you never had Thai food before and have nothing to compare to read more

Tina's Garden Cafe - Tourist trap, mediocre food. Hot water cost money - Thai Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

Mindblowing delicious food, we had the curry, chicken wrap and papaya salad. It was all super good!

We had lunch and the food was wonderful. I had the red curry and my daughter had Tina's spaghetti with the peanut sauce. All the dishes tasted so fresh and wasn't over salted, which I am sensitive to. I really enjoyed our lunch! The decor I would describe as eclectic, but fun. It wasn't crowded but a steady flow, including a number of people who came in to pick up takeout. That's a good sign of local support! I would like to try their other dishes too and recommend the food highly. read more

One of the finest meals we've had on the Big Island. We ordered quite a few items for our party of ten and enjoyed everything (no left overs for us). The cafe is small but has a lovely ambiance. Visit if you can! read more

Food is great! The fresh heart of palm salad was amazing. Most places serve canned--not here! Curries very good: Penang and Musaman. read more

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Attentive service. Great option for my friend whose diet is plant based and has a low tolerance to spicey heat. Next time I'll order for myself at a heat level and add an animal protein. read more

Tina's Garden Cafe is an absolute gem in Hilo! Modern Thai Fusion with high quality ingredients right from the local farmer's market. Everything I have tried from here I absolutely have enjoyed. My go tos are the Sliced apples and jumbo shrimp salad $18.00. The apples are freshly sliced, four jumbo shrimp that are cooked perfectly. The fish sauce vinaigrette is the perfect balance of salty, sweet and tangy. Tom kha in a cup for $7.00. Love the hearts of palm, kabocha, carrots, spinach. Their thai tea $5 has coconut milk which gives it a unique creamier taste. They also make special summer rolls that are really healthy. It is a little pricier but I believe you are paying for the quality ingredients. Some dishes are made to order so allow more time. They have 10 tables. I'd recommend making a reservation if you don't want to wait. Hours are daily 12-4:30p, closed on Sunday. Find street parking. read more

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A little place that looks like they used to have indoor seating but it looks like they didn't recover from the pandemic. They only have takeout. Pros: Food tastes good Fresh ingredients Decent sized servings Cons: Only takeout Food prices are on the high side read more

Food average not great, Didn't have many classic Thai dishes on menu, mostly salads and curries. No noodle dishes.

Had a quick lunch at this small Thai fusion restaurant. Very healthy food and well prepared. I had the spicy tuna roll and my wife had Tina's wrap with chicken. Both were very good. Next time we will go the more traditional Thai food with curry or Tom Yum. read more

Good Place nice service. Yellow curry was great very good and choice of wild rice or white rice I chose wild rice. The curry is great for anyone who can't handle a lot of spice. Cool posters towards the back about local fruits. read more

This place is pretty good for lunch when you're in Hilo. Nothing fancy, just a neighborhood restaurant with one server and pretty eclectic Thai with Hawaiian influences menu. Good salad selection, decent combinations, good curries. You can order some Laotian style salad as well. I had the summer rolls with peanut sauce, they were fresh and delicious. also the young papaya salad (lao style) was pretty decent. try some of their salads! read more

Currently my favorite restaurant in Hilo. If you want a gorgeous exotic salad this is the spot ! In two visits in the last week I've had the fresh hearts of palm salad and the papaya salad. Both were huge and delicious. Ok, EVERYTHING WAS DELICIOUS. Prices seem a bit high at first glance, but portion size and quality more than make up for it. Thai iced coffee with coconut milk ($6) was HUGE and delicious. Tina's "Thai pizza" was laughably HUGE and delicious (next time I'll delete the cheese, it seemed unnecessary). I added a side order of brown rice (the most gorgeous dark brown/purple rice you've every seen) for $2 with my salad to help soak up the excess dressing. Decor is oddly fun and exotic, service was pleasant. My one suggestion is that so much of the menu is "market price" with no listed price and no insert or chalkboard to say what the market price is. I end up avoiding those items because I just don't like asking the server what the market prices are for a dozen different items. Price does influence what I order. So I would really love it if they would do a bulletin or board stating the current market prices. CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK. I could eat here every day. read more

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I love how unique and delicious the Thai food is here. I highly recommend the Thai pizza vegan style. I came here twice and both times I got a massive portion size meal with quality ingredients. Very nice location and quick service. read more

Tina's Garden Cafe - Thai pizza with organic tofu - Thai Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii