Hawaiʻi Eats · Hilo, Hawaiʻi
Hilo restaurants: plate lunch & drive-ins, saimin and more
In Hilo: 1 plate lunch spot, 1 saimin spot, 1 bakery and 2 loco moco spots. The Hawaii lists were checked by hand in October 2026 against 2025–26 sources. The Hawaiʻi Eats app and the web search include 173 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Hilo, closest first once you share your location.
A place outside Hilo is listed here only when Hilo is the closest of our 20 city pages and it's within 15 miles on the same island, so each place is on one city page. Hilo is on Hawaiʻi Island.
Plate lunch & drive-ins in Hilo
Places in Hilo. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 19 plate lunch spots in Hawaii.
Café 100
969 Kilauea Ave, Hilo
Plate lunchLoco moco On the menu: loco moco (dozens of varieties), plate lunches
A family-run Hilo drive-in serving dozens of loco moco varieties.
Saimin in Hilo
Places in Hilo. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 7 saimin spots in Hawaii.
Nori's Saimin & Snacks
688 Kinoole St, Hilo
Saimin On the menu: saimin
A Hilo saimin shop.
Malasadas & bakeries in Hilo
Places in Hilo. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 12 bakeries in Hawaii.
Two Ladies Kitchen
274 Kilauea Ave, Hilo
Malasadas On the menu: strawberry mochi, manju
A Hilo shop making Japanese mochi and manju fresh every morning; its strawberry mochi must be ordered ahead.
Loco moco in Hilo
Places in Hilo. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 7 loco moco spots in Hawaii.
Café 100
969 Kilauea Ave, Hilo
Plate lunchLoco moco On the menu: loco moco (dozens of varieties), plate lunches
A family-run Hilo drive-in serving dozens of loco moco varieties.
Ken's House of Pancakes
1730 Kamehameha Ave, Hilo
Loco moco On the menu: loco moco, pancakes, omelets, tripe stew
A Hilo diner known for pancakes, omelets and loco moco.
What Hilo eats
The most common kinds among Hilo's 173 places to eat, counted from open map data.
| Kind of place | Places |
|---|---|
| Coffee & Café | 23 |
| Bakery & Sweets | 20 |
| Hawaiian & Local | 17 |
| Japanese & Sushi | 16 |
| Bar & Pub | 11 |
| Chinese | 9 |
| Pizza | 9 |
| Vietnamese | 8 |
| Thai | 7 |
| Mexican | 6 |