Latest reviews from Kailua Kona

“We came here on 25.10.2023. Not far away from Kona Brewing. Good view to the brewing area through a few windows.We watched the brewers brewing beers, was cool. U-shaped bar with nice service and around 12 beers on tap. Had a light Hazy and a Mo Hazy, both were excellent. Separate room for merchandising. Burgers we had were excellent too. Good addition to the Big Island brew scene !“

Schlenkerla 193 days ago

“Small cafeteria feel. Half dozen tables and a small bar with about 6 seats. 6 Kona beers on tap, full bar. Didn't eat, didn't look all that appetizing though.“

Sledutah 217 days ago

“Big campus with lots of seating outside and inside. Busiest brewery that we've ran across this week. Good pizza. Beer is ok, service was fast and friendly.“

Sledutah 217 days ago

“Plenty of seating inside, with a view into the brewery. Good sized patio. Beer to go. No food on Sunday. It was fairly busy for Sunday afternoon, only one guy behind the bar, he was hustling but it was still slow service. The beer is solid.“

Sledutah 217 days ago

“Large building that sits on the main across from the ocean, views from pretty much any table. They have another bar and more seating upstairs. Fairly empty on Sunday afternoon. A big tap list of mostly HI beers, a few CA beers. The food was very good. Good prices compared to other places in the area. My wife had Fresh Mahi Mahi for $18 that was MUCH better than the Mahi she had last night at a "great" seafood place that was $52. A good stop for sure.“

Sledutah 218 days ago

“Busy place with painful parking, although the latter is more of a Kona problem than a brewery problem. Most relevant stuff has been said. Didn't try the food. Beer is adequate, service is pretty good. Pints with tip push $10. Tasters avail but I didn't feel like spending all my time on the phone ticking.“

bytemesis 264 days ago

“Quick stop after a long day outside. Nice space, street parking. Not crowded. Large indoor and medium outdoor seating. Good service. Kids allowed. About 8-10 taps, plus some seltzers, ciders, hard juices, etc. All in taster to full size pours. Flights of four. Beer ok.“

bytemesis 268 days ago

“This place was busy. Bars on both sides of the taps. Cool atmosphere with average service. Kona produces good beer. I would come back.“

weihenweizen 451 days ago

“Nice newer place, generous with the air conditioning. Water on far side of bar, self service. Order the beer and food and sit where you want. The beer is average to good. The vanilla Porter is a treat. Service is pretty good. Beer selection is their beers, ~11 on tap. I would come back.“

weihenweizen 452 days ago

“New brewery in Kona. Nice large space, indoor and outdoor seating. Bar with TVs. They have about 6 beers on tap, all pretty tasty selections. Not of interest to me, but they also have a large number of hard seltzers (more than beers I think). They have a food menu but the kitchen was randomly closed when I visited. A nice spot and the beer is quite good.“

LilBeerDoctor 651 days ago

“Large brewpub in Kona just off the main shopping/touristy area. There are a lot of outdoor tables. The patio is surrounded by palm trees so you don't get a view of the surrounding area. There is indoor seating which is air conditioned. They have a decent number of taps but it doesn't seem like they have any rotating beers or seasonals and most of their beers are available at supermarkets on the island. The beers are middling but certainly light and refreshing. They do have a food menu but when I visited the kitchen was closed and they just had food trucks (which worked out just fine). Overall a decent stop though not the best beer on the island.“

LilBeerDoctor 651 days ago

“Nice little place. Lots of beer options, also wine and hard seltzers. Food list compliments the beer. Good beer, good chicken taco. Worth a visit and more.“

Fatehunter 690 days ago

“Large taproom with some outside seating on a porch along the roadside. They had a decent selection of beers and also seltzers and ciders. The beers were a bit dissappointing in my opinion. Out of four we tried, two were pretty good, a lime milkshake IPA and a bitter, crisp IPA. The other two included a grapefruit DIPA that had no detectable grapefruit notes, but rather piney hops and caramel malt, and a hazy IPA that was nothing at all like a hazy IPA other than the fact that it was hazy.“

BeerdedDave 715 days ago

“There are two of these in the airport (one in each terminal) and they’re pretty much the same. Tap list is dominated by Anheuser-Busch offerings with Kona and Elysian being the “micro” options. Service is fine and the prices are pretty high. Works to have a beer before your flight.“

brokensail 989 days ago

“Another Tropics Tap House location. This one is in a shopping center near Keauhou Bay. Stopped in after a snorkeling trip on the South Kona coast. Sort of a sports bar feel to it like the Waikoloa location we visited earlier on the trip. The tap list here was similar to the other, but had a few different beers. Nice mix of Hawaiian stuff including a few of the Paradise ciders, the house fruited IPA from Knee Deep, and a bunch of Kona and Maui stuff. Service was pretty decent at this location, too. Overall, not a bad spot for a beer away from the throngs of tourists.“

brokensail 989 days ago

“Large restaurant and bar on Ali’i in Kailua-Kona. We were able to grab seats at the bar so we sat there and ate and had drinks. A bit more of a party atmosphere than I would like. Some people playing beach volleyball next door. I ordered a burger and onion rings which were fine. Huge portions of food here, so bring your appetite. Pretty solid beer list here with a few new Maui ticks for me as well as plenty of Ola stuff, of course Kona, Big Island, Paradise Cider, and some stuff from the Mainland. Pricing is pretty good for a spot in tourist trap land ($7-9, generally). Found their draft list to be more exciting than the parade of the same handful of beers that everyone else in the area is pouring. Very good service from the woman behind the bar.“

brokensail 989 days ago

“Obligatory stop in Kailua-Kona. Large restaurant with plenty of outdoor seating. They also have a growler station outside while you can get half pints while you wait for a table. The beer is Kona beer, which I’m generally not a fan of and this trip kind of reinforced that feeling. They do have a massive tap list, though, so I was able to get a decent number of ticks. Speaking of which, the pricing on their beers is awful—$4 for a taster but $6-7 for a pint? Guess they just don’t want you to order flights. The pizza and ceaser salad were pretty decent, though. Good service from the hostess and wait staff. If the beer was better I might make it a point to come back.“

brokensail 989 days ago

“Stopped in here after hitting Ola. Kind of tucked away in the back of a shopping center area near Home Depot and Costco. Pau Hana Poke is close by and pretty good, too. The store is certainly more focused on spirits and wine, but they do have a good beer selection. A walk in cooler is where most of the beer is stored. Largely Hawaiian beers, but a good amount of West Coast mainland stuff. A number of special releases from Maui Brewing and Lanikai Brewing. Was happy that they let you do singles from four- and six-packs. Grabbed a bunch of new Hawaiian ticks. They also have a little growler station and you can fill your own growler. Pretty reasonable pricing on everything and very friendly service. Definitely worth stopping if you want more than the same six beers that are offered at the usual grocery and convenience stores.“

brokensail 990 days ago

“Located in the more commercial/industrial area of Kailua-Kona. Like two parking spaces in their lot, but pretty easy to snag a spot on the street. Was able to grab a seat at the bar. Nice modern decor and very clean. They had 8 beers, 4 ciders, and a handful of hard seltzers and teas. Tried the beers and ciders. Thought their ciders were (on the whole) much better than the beers, but their IPA and Mo Hazy IPA were pretty good. Service was very friendly and fast. Food sounded good and they have a lot of good vegetarian options, but I had just pigged out at Broke Da Mouth. Definitely the best beer place in the Kona area.“

brokensail 990 days ago

“Located on one of the main drags in Kona not too far from the Royal Kona resort. Has sort of an open air feel to it. Patio and inside high tops along with a decent sized bar. Draft list is pretty decent with a focus on Hawaiian beers from Big Island Brewhaus, Kona, Maui, and Ola with a few other micro things and stuff like Bud Light and Guinness to fill out the list. Prices are okay, pretty average for the area. I wouldn’t make it a point to come here, but it’s fine to stop in for a beer if you’re walking by.“

brokensail 992 days ago

“Brew pub with food. Didn’t eat but those with me said it was good. Beer is solid, so was service.“

furthur 1589 days ago

“Surprisingly solid craft beer place for a bar in a place as tourist-heavy as Kona. Probably about 1/2 of the taps are Hawaiian, heavy on Big Island stuff when I was there (which is a good thing to be heavy in). Rest is largely west coast mainland stuff. Nothing particularly rare but given the emphasis on Hawaiian stuff, odds are you'll find something you haven't had. Didn't try the food but menu looks solid. A bit loud but honestly all things considered more grown-up than I expected.“

WestCoastHawkeye 1765 days ago

“This is in a strip mall kind of near Kona Brewing. I went for the unique Untappd badge. So they had a bunch of IPAs (which were at least varied - single, double, triple, brut, milkshake) and a handful of house beers (the vanilla porter was quite solid). They also have some ciders which I wish I'd tried. Food is seafood and salads. What I had was fine, but Kona is much better for that. Really Kona Brewing has more diversity of styles and is more experimental. Kona is also just more balanced. These guys are a reasonable fallback if Kona Brewing is too packed though. Don't regret visiting. Lots of space too.“

WestCoastHawkeye 1767 days ago

“It's a legit brewpub in a place that's kind of paradise. Large outdoor area and then an indoor area with air conditioning. Got there like right after it opened, which was key as this filled up very quickly (when we left at 12:30 there was quite a bit of a line). Upscale pub-type food (I was very happy with my pizza, which they were able to do without cheese because I'm weird). All the Kona stuff you see everywhere on draft, plus a bunch of stuff you see less commonly and then some stuff they're playing around with - basically what you want out of a brewpub. Best thing I had was a blonde stout where I was the fourth untappd reviewer to give you a sense for how little some of the stuff they put on draft is distributed. Was expecting disappointment here and was very pleasantly surprised. This place is legit. If you're on the big island at all you'll probably go by Kona and you owe it to yourself to stop here.“

WestCoastHawkeye 1767 days ago

“Not about super stylish brand new beer positions but good“

MaltKeep21 1973 days ago

“Large place, open front facing the harbor and the beach volleyball court outside (sadly empty when I visited). Large taplist, decent representation of Hawaiian beers plus some larger West Coast stuff. Tasty pub food, friendly service. The major challenge is parking, plus the small harbor road was being repaired when I visited, so traffic was nearly at a standstill. Might be better to park at any of the small malls or shops with entrances a block northeast on Kuakini Highway and walk down, even an Uber or Lyft would be trapped here.“

Travlr 2357 days ago

“This place confused my GPS but I eventually found it by going way past it to a side street and coming up behind it. There is a growler stand outside that has different hour than the restaurant. Next thing you see is the gift shop and it was jam packed with a long line. So I headed to the restaurant and it was jam packed with a long line (Sunday around 1 PM). So i went through the restaurant to the bar, which was jam packed with a long line. Checked the beerlist and I had had everything on it, most things I had seen on tap on every island. So I bailed. Saw that flights were available. Pizzas looked more like bready cakes, the rest of the food looked OK. Very commercial place. Good match for ABInBev I'd say. At least it looks like they're brewing in Hawaii, apparently they used to ship all their beer in. Oh well, extra points for that.“

Travlr 2367 days ago

“We had a late dinner there on a busy Wednesday night. Good service, great selection of beers. The atmosphere is Hawaii, so that’s tough to mess up. The food was good too. The prices seem normal for the area.“

Fatehunter 2539 days ago

“Ambiance, cmon, under the umbrella in Hawaii?! Service was a little slow, but this place is hoppin. Didn’t order food, but it smelled good. Build your own samplers. Beer is great!“

furthur 2678 days ago

“A must when visiting Kona.The tour was not something special but the bar is really nice.Good beers and really tasty food.Highly recommend for dinner or lunch.“

Owl83 2798 days ago

“Late lunch and beers after a snorkel tour. I definitely agree with Jow’s opinion regarding the oddly corporate feel about the place. The pizza and fish tacos were both excellent, and the beers were tasty. I would have liked to have seen a couple of guest taps, but that’s not really a make or break thing for me. Definitely a go-to place on the Big Island.“

piscator34 2959 days ago

“Love the Paradise IPA and the hops to top it off“

ThomasRohde 3073 days ago

“Great brewery. Food outstanding (go with the pot roast). Nice selection of more intense beers than used to from Kona Brewing...nicely done. Can’t wait to go back.“

sawbuck 3092 days ago

“Stopped in after a few hours in tattoo chair. Kinda corporate feel but it is a bug brewery and it’s still pretty cool. All main stays and 5 seasonal a on so that’s cool. Friendly but busy staff. Food was quite good. Beers are solid and I needed a drink“

Jow 3111 days ago

“It was 95 with 80% humidity when we visited and this place has no A/C. This may skew my review. We found a place to sit near the bar and I ordered a beer from the bartender. The waitress then scolded me for not ordering from her an said if we didn’t want to order from her, we would have to move. Not a great start. Finally, we settled in, ordered some pizza and more beer. The beer was cold an the pizza good. The outside patio seemed nice if it had been cooler and there is WIFI available.“

kathouse 3173 days ago

“Nice selection of seasonals to complement the more widely available beers. Build-your-own flights made it easy to sample everything we hadn’t had before, though still else nothing near as good as the Koko Brown.“

dfinney23 3245 days ago

“Ambiance is pretty generic unless you’re sitting on the balcony watching the surf and/or sunset. Great beer list (for Kona) and though I don’t think it’s mentioned on the menu they’ll do reasonably priced 4oz tasters of anything on tap. Very good pizzas.“

dfinney23 3246 days ago

“I have been here several times and always enjoyed it. I’ve always sat out on the lushly landscaped patio, which is lovely. The beer selection is good and the hoppy beers I’ve ordered are always enjoyable. My server is always willing to bring me a sample or two to help me decide what to order. The food has always been good. A recommended stop for sure.“

jenray 3311 days ago

“These guys never disappoint! This is their head brewpub, the second one you can find on Oahu. Brews are perfect!“

Sokolov 3329 days ago

“ I’m not sure how this will measure up to other liquor stores as it is the first I’ve been to in Kona. Their selection is very small and everything is very overpriced. This could be the norm idk. But a 6 pack of any Kona brewing beer is $12. A 750 mL of knob creek is $50. A bomber of sculpin was $13. Walmart had a much better selection but I didn’t glance at prices there.“

mhill2079 3380 days ago

“February 2013: First of all it’s great to find a brewery on Big Island, this place is close to paradise. We are staying in the Marriott across the street and are visting this place for almost a week. The beer garden is very green and nice. The service outside is mediocre, some staff is very friendly, others are rude. Although the bar inside is small, I prefer sitting here, good service and nice people. The food is ok, Pizza is the best choice, sandwiches are average, once they served me a cold one. Most of the beers are light, which is not negative considering the hot temperature here. We liked the Lavaman Red Ale, the Hula Weizen and the Castaway IPA. Overall I absolutely recommend this place when you come to this island! December 2014: We were here again end of December 2014. Nothing really has changed, same bar, decoration, no real beer innovation, strange service (some of the personnel is really good though, the guys behind the bar are extremely nice, seems they are from a different universe). This time we wanted to join the brewery tour, unfortunately it was sold out. I asked whether I can have a brief look in their brew house just to take a picture and I was told this is impossible due to their insurance policy. I told them how much we are into beer and whether we can join the tour although we have not booked and the guy reiterated that’s impossible due to their insurance policy. Very sad experience, seems they are in the insurance business rather in the beer business and should focus more on beer innovations. What a difference friendly people can make. Will never forget several years ago when the brewmaster of Bridgeport in Portland, a so much better brewery than Kona, gave us a brewery tour at 11 pm only because we asked if it’s ok to take a picture of his brewhouse. Hope the influence of Budweiser will not become even stronger on the Kona attitude. October 2023: I will upgrade the rating as Kona Brewing despite of their belonging to Budweiser has become an institution on the island. This time the service was great and our memories were very positive!“

Schlenkerla 3414 days ago

“We visited this bar the first time 20.12.2014 and several times thereafter. Very nice large outside bar with a great view onto the sea, a special place during sunset. Beer selection is quite good, roughly 40 draft beers including the local Hawaiien breweries, Dechuttes, Coronado, Iron Fist, Mission, Sierra Nevada Celebration and many other good ales. Highlight was the peanut butter stout from the Belching Beaver brewery. Food is very decent, liked the fish sandwich most. The service spans from very nice and beer knowledgable to unfriendly and slow. The bar is open until 1.30 am which is very unique for the sleepy Kona, where most of the bars shut down at 10 pm. Overall certainly the best beer place in Kona.“

Schlenkerla 3424 days ago

“I think this was my favourite of all 3 Humpys. Service is on island time, but friendly. You sit outside, and there’s a decent range of beers, better than the ones in ANC. On the big island, this is a place I’d go to a lot.“

Oakes 3436 days ago

“The big Kona brewery made us wait to avoid letting us have a happy hour, which was weak. They had a bunch of seasonals that were interesting. Service was fine once we got to the bar. Food looked bad so we didn’t eat.“

Oakes 3436 days ago

“A sprawling and rather impressive complex. Several of the seasonal beers were good, so it’s definitely worth coming. Too bad about the bad management, though. We came during happy hour, and they were empty. Just a few tables were taken. But they told several parties before us, and several after us, we would have to wait 20 minutes for a table. We sauntered up to the bar instead. See, it occurred to me: they stall people to let the clock run out on happy hour. Even at the bar, service was deadly slow and unnecessarily neglectful. What they call happy hour becomes shortened into a few frustrating, moderately contented minutes. Begrudgingly, I would recommend the place, and would likely return when on Big Island. Did not eat here, and probably would not. Worth noting that although the beers aren’t as good, the vibe, service, and especially the view at Humpy’s are far superior and it’s pretty close by...“

Beershine 3504 days ago

“This place is a must stop if on the Big Island. Stopped by on vacation celebrating a couple of different events with my partner and we each had a sampler and split an appetizer. Nice variety of beers not seen in bottles on the mainland, most noticeably a special IPA and a Saison, as well as a mild ale, Lemongrass Luau. Bartenders were both pretty chatty and helpful as far as suggesting other restaurants and beer joints on the Island. Food we had was good, and it seemed that every couple that sat next to us was on their honeymoon. Great stop, nice bar, good staff, outside dining also. Update: Stopped back for dinner, great Kale salad, good pizza with a spent grain crust!“

larryLSB 3511 days ago

“Go here for the beer and the food. The decor and ambiance are great despite being at the back of an industrial complex with no ocean view. Maybe they’ll build up on the roof top in the future and catch the view and the breezes. That would be awesome. Catch some beers here that are not bottled and shipped. I loved the stouts. Excellent. Tucked away just a couple minutes from Alii drive and definitely worth the visit if you like great beer and good food. Have a growler? Get it filled at the walk up window in the parking lot. No need to brave the crowd inside to get awesome brew to go.“

Renntag 3557 days ago