Kona Inn Restaurant

This restaurant was amazing. The food was great. The service superb, and view breathtaking. Will go back again.

proceed with caution, unless you teeth are like 'jaws' of james bond fame!

my wife and i went in around 5PM to a sparsely filled covered outdoor seating area to be 'greeted' by a waitress whose mind was clearly elsewhere - so perhaps this is a review of not just the dish. the dish flavor was excellent, and i enjoyed the pork and their own spicy hawaiian house sauce. it was a good balance and, even if neither complex nor intruiging, as the overall flavor met my expectations. the 'fresh' baked bun was somewhat stale and could have been brought back with perhaps some reheating/grilling, but the worst was that the 'pulled' pork had some gristle and quite a bit of CUT bone. after cautiously putting the bone pieces to the side, i decided to not take more chances and tried to get some service. the waitress eventually came by (when my wife was already done with her meal), and after i pointed out the small mound of bones, she took the platter away w/o saying a word. she came back some 5-10 minutes later, declaring she had not removed anything from the plate (like bones, which were now gone) but had picked through the remaining portion of the dish and said she found no bones! i told her that i was not satisfied with the dish and did not want to take a chance and chip my teeth. she cleared the table and came back with a check, neither offering to nor making any alternatives or adjustments. she got a 17c tip (to round up to the nearest dollar, and to understand i did not just forget to include it). incidentally, she also messed up on my very simple drink order and did not refill the glass until we were just about to leave the scorching afternoon sun. the place looked great walking in - but i'm not going back!!!

caveat emptor!