Farmers Kitchen

A big warm brewed safe clasping cup to carry for hours. Lovely service personnel. Coffee is delightful. Beans of Arabia and Senegal crops. Beautiful morning caffeine!

We frequent this place every time we are on the Big Island—twice this week even though we are staying on the Kona side. The poke is super fresh and tasty and my son always gets the loco moco with a pork patty and scrambled egg and says it’s the best he’s ever had! Service is super friendly, even when it’s busy. My favorite side is the cucumber kimchee. We went today (1/5) and it was pouring rain in Hilo but we were happy munching away. We sat under the covered patio area behind the restaurant and like an idiot, I FORGOT my purse back there. We were nearly an hour away from Hilo before I realized my purse was missing. I called the restaurant and a super kind employee/owner said they had my purse! Thank goodness. Even though they were closing for the day, they stayed around for an extra 45 minutes for me to come back to Hilo to retrieve it and I am eternally grateful. I would not have been able to fly back home and all my personal info as well as credit cards and cash was in it. Thank you so much for holding my purse and for being such a staple restaurant for our annual visits to the Big Island. Super great people and food is amazing!

We stopped in for a quick bite since it’s conveniently located across from the Hilo farmers market. It also has a shave ice restaurant in the front of the building. It looks deceptively busy, but we got our food relatively quickly and there was plenty of seating in the outdoor picnic tables available. Parking is kind of crazy in this area in general, so be prepared to circle for a spot. This is not a service restaurant, so you’ll go up to the counter to order and wait for your buzzer to sound to pick it up. For the sustainably conscious, be aware that all dishware is single-use here. We ordered the Big Mauna Breakfast Plate with sunny side up eggs and split it between the two of us. The portions are very large, so I recommend splitting and then getting a shave ice afterwards. The food was pretty good quality and their poke looked great as well. My favorite on the plate was the portuguese sausage, which was incredibly flavorful, though I appreciated how juicy the pork laulau came out. We added some hot sauce to the egg on top of the rice and let it run over the whole plate. I also enjoyed the combination of the macaroni salad with the salty spam.

Live Music! They sell beer! Fresh Poke! Love coming here. Get here early, gets pretty busy seasonal. We came around 1030 and there’s already a crowd. They have pagers for when your food is ready. Love the vibe. Country feel. It’s outdoors so there are flies, not too bad.

I really appreciated the entertainment, I didn't get his name but his voice kinda reminded me of Smokey Robinson. I ordered the buy 2 get 1 free poke bowls and shared with my partner...he loved the mac salad rice Hawaiian ahi poke combo and my poke on top of watercress salad was delicious. The onion rings were nice and crunchy, it hit the spot