Hidden gems: Restaurants in Kailua-Kona

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Kailua-Kona. This list contains 15 places from Restaurant category.

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Spinners Kailua Cantina
Restaurant
👍👍 Great vibes and great views! An awesome place to stop for a cold drink to cool off with an awesome staff. Highly recommend you stop in!
5.00 (18 reviews) (~0.11 km from centre)
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Tenkatori Kona
Chicken restaurant
👍👍 This restaurant in a food court was such a pleasant surprise for me. Hubby was craving Indian food so I found a. dosa restaurant for him in a food court while secretly hoping the food court had my kind of food too. I did a very happy virtual somersault when I found this restaurant in a corner. I q...
4.90 (43 reviews) (~1.15 km from centre)
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Hawaii Fresh Specialities
Asian restaurant
👍👍 Closest thing you will find to having Hawaiian food cooked by a Hawaiian family. It literally is! Authentic, onolicious and they have weekly specials. Squid luau dish served on Fridays! Got the laulau and kalua pork mixed plate with poi, lomi-lomi and haupia. One serving was enough for me and my par...
4.90 (34 reviews) (~1.14 km from centre)
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Taka (Sushi ,Grill and Chinese Cuisine)
Asian restaurant
👍👍 Excellent sushi at affordable prices. We've had sushi three times on Kona and this has been our favorite place by far. We got the Sunset Boulevard roll, Hawaiian Sunset roll, and Jungle roll and loved all three. They have big portions, use only local fish and some unique ingredients like macadamia n...
$$ $$
4.70 (140 reviews) (~0.87 km from centre)
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Christine's Deli
Deli
👍👍 Best tasting deli in Kona! Its a small place, no seating, but the food is exquisite. Sandwiches are what I usually get, an occasional soup, and every other time I get a desert. They are all good. The service is good, the menu changes enough to keep it interesting, but they always have the favori...
$$ $$
4.70 (135 reviews) (~1.92 km from centre)
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Shaka Tacoz
Taco restaurant
$$ $$
4.70 (90 reviews) (~3.33 km from centre)
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Sushi Shop Kyotoya
Sushi restaurant
👍👍 This is the sushi spot you've been looking for. They've got big portions, low prices, and delicious & fresh ingredients. Skip the grocery store sushi and stop by Sushi Kyotoya. Pictured: 8pc Kona Roll.
4.70 (48 reviews) (~0.31 km from centre)
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Kiri Thai
Thai restaurant
🫤 I would love to give a good review, but it would not be honest! I know that there are a lot of good reviews, so go with your gut! The food was just ok!! I’ve had lots of Thai food, and this was definitely not the best! I could have eaten mine and been ok with my experience, but my biggest issue wa...
4.60 (92 reviews) (~0.24 km from centre)
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Califas Mexican Food
Mexican restaurant
4.60 (32 reviews) (~6.01 km from centre)
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Da Taste by Ohana Q
Bar & grill
👍 This is a new sit-down version of Ohana Q. Everything we tried here was amazing and the folks are really nice. I wasn't expecting the dates to be my favorite but they were probably one of the best things I've ever tasted. The BBQ shrimp and pulled pork sundae were awesome too (ask for extra bbq sauc...
$$ $$
4.60 (22 reviews) (~0.53 km from centre)
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MI TAQUERIA POTOSINA
Mexican restaurant
👍👍 Off the beaten path but we'll worth the trip. It's really not terribly fast. The food is fresh and delicious. We got the chicken and beef tacos and while we were waiting for our order a taco salad came up that made me wish I'd ordered that. It looked incredible with slices of avacado around the to...
4.50 (82 reviews) (~6.11 km from centre)
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Rock 'n Crab Kona
Restaurant
👍👍 Rock N Crab Kailua Kona offers a unique, memorable, and enjoyable seafood experience. Their menu, which includes dishes such as shrimp po' boy, mozzarella sticks, chicken nuggets, sweet potato fries, seafood fried rice, and the popular boil, caters to various palettes and dietary preferences. The s...
$$ $$
4.50 (74 reviews) (~0.38 km from centre)
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Fireart Cuisine
Chinese restaurant
👍👍 Easily the best Chinese cuisine on the Big Island run by a very friendly family. You can easily tell how much they care by the effort they put into their food. We’re lucky to have them!
$ $$$
4.50 (56 reviews) (~0.98 km from centre)
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Trini's Mix Plate & Catering
Filipino restaurant
😠 Ordered a pan of licheon for our party. Got a call from Trini after I called in the order, she advised me that my order would be better deep fried for parties that way it wouldn’t be oily. The licheon was fried without salt, dry like cardboard and no one at my party liked it. The feedback I was gett...
4.50 (38 reviews) (~1.15 km from centre)
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Hungry Honu
Cafe
$$ $$
4.50 (23 reviews) (~0.28 km from centre)
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