Hidden gems: Bars and Pubs 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 13 places from Bars and Pubs category.

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Aloha Bars Maui
Wedding service
👍👍 Fantastic drinks, impeccable service, beautiful glassware, bar selection, and decor ... Kirsty and her highly professional yet warm and friendly crew create the most memorable bar service ever for your event! Aloha Bars Maui offers the widest variety of delicious custom hand-crafted cocktails in add...
5.00 (50 reviews) (~131.2 km from centre)
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Dragon Kitchen Brown Rice Sushi
Sushi restaurant
👍👍 Seriously the best sushi! It’s a bit of a hole in the wall, but don’t let that deter you. I got the sushi combo B, and it was amazing. We spent all of that night and the next day thinking about this sushi, and drove back to Hilo from Kona just to eat here again. Definitely worth it!
4.70 (130 reviews) (~95.78 km from centre)
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Asami's Kitchen
Restaurant
👍👍 Love the fried chicken, croquettes and butter mochi.
$ $$$
4.70 (81 reviews) (~95.85 km from centre)
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ULU Sushi Lounge
Sushi restaurant
👍👍 Amazing menu options, fantastic service, and beautiful views. Make a 5:30 dinner reservation for the most amazing sunset views. Be sure to make reservations weeks ahead, if possible, as reservations are tough to get at this resort. The breakfast buffet is delicious, but gets a bit monotonous, as t...
4.70 (63 reviews) (~20.99 km from centre)
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Koji's Bento Korner Inc
Hamburger restaurant
👍👍 SO SO GOOD!!! God, I wish I had the stomach to try more than one thing!! You can tell this place serves mainly local, lots of people coming by to order throughout the day. Family owned, really friendly people! I had their koji beef tray and it did not disappoint!! Tasty mac salad too (and on Hawai’i...
$ $$$
4.60 (118 reviews) (~95.85 km from centre)
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Moms Hilo
Authentic Japanese restaurant
👍 Food is pretty good. They are known for soupless noodles so if you are looking for a bowl of ramen swimming, better look for another eatery. Tan Tan Noodles and Char Siu Noodles are so good. Noodles are cooked just right and broth is rich in flavor. Smashed Q is a god appetizer which is only $5 an...
4.60 (90 reviews) (~95.52 km from centre)
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Tamari Lunch
Japanese restaurant
👍👍 Absolutely delicious, simple home cooked food full of flavor and beautifully executed. Main highlights are the tendon (pictured) and tsukemono but everything is very very good. Heads up that it’s cash only, no sitting room, and one person works the shop so you might have to wait a little bit. But th...
4.60 (75 reviews) (~95.69 km from centre)
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The HI Dive Bar
Bar
👍👍 There's a new owner for this bar, and she has done a fantastic job with the renovations and new food items. It's definitely worth checking out!!👍🏻👍🏻
4.60 (57 reviews) (~14.49 km from centre)
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Hale Inu Sports Bar
Sports bar
👍👍 Im not going to give a bad review over their mask opinion. But I am going to leave a review to let others know who are turned off by places dragging out the mask requirement. They offered us a mask at the door but we respectfully declined and found another place. I guess for me; im not going to...
$ $$$
4.50 (117 reviews) (~96.84 km from centre)
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PAPAJACS
Restaurant
👍👍 This place is VERY AFFORDABLE!! All entrees around $15, but the quality of a $30 entree. Sandwiches w/ Salad in pic where $12 each & added soup $4. Place has an upscale vibe: cloth table clothes, cloth napkins, pepper grinder, etc. Very nice place on the Oceanfront in downtown Hilo. We live her...
4.50 (85 reviews) (~95.63 km from centre)
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Liquid Life Hilo
Health food restaurant
👍 Found this gem by accident. Tried to eat at Hilo Bay but a long wait so we stopped in Liquid Life for a quick bite. It's a pretty simple place and menu. I liked that everything was made to order instead of grab and go. The breakfast croissant special was really good. The steak burrito was ok, not ba...
4.50 (77 reviews) (~97.25 km from centre)
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Takenoko Sushi Llc
Sushi restaurant
👍👍 Learned of this place 3 years ago and now it is our most anticipated Sushi eating spot in Hilo. It is difficult to get in due to limited seating(8 seats) and availability but if you make a reservation some months in advance, you might get lucky. They offer to go orders as well. The owner creates tra...
4.50 (72 reviews) (~97.37 km from centre)
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Aunty Yong's Place
Bar
🫤 The beer is relatively cheap but the bartender was not very friendly. There are other bars nearby like Cronies and Hilo town tavern that we’re better.
$ $$$
4.50 (29 reviews) (~95.75 km from centre)
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