Hawaiʻi Eats · Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island), Hawaiʻi
Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island) restaurants: plate lunch & drive-ins and malasadas & bakeries
In and around Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island): 1 plate lunch spot and 1 bakery. The Hawaii lists were checked by hand in October 2026 against 2025–26 sources. The Hawaiʻi Eats app and the web search include 54 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island), closest first once you share your location.
A place outside Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island) is listed here only when Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island) 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. Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island) is on Hawaiʻi Island.
Plate lunch & drive-ins in and near Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island)
Places in Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island) first, then others closest to Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island). Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 19 plate lunch spots in Hawaii.
Tex Drive In
45-690 Pakalana St #19, Honokaʻa · 14 mi from Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island)
Plate lunchMalasadas On the menu: square malasadas, filled malasadas
A Honokaʻa drive-in known for its large, square malasadas, plain or filled.
Malasadas & bakeries in and near Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island)
Places in Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island) first, then others closest to Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island). Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 12 bakeries in Hawaii.
Tex Drive In
45-690 Pakalana St #19, Honokaʻa · 14 mi from Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island)
Plate lunchMalasadas On the menu: square malasadas, filled malasadas
A Honokaʻa drive-in known for its large, square malasadas, plain or filled.
What Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island) eats
The most common kinds among Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island)'s 54 places to eat, counted from open map data.
| Kind of place | Places |
|---|---|
| Hawaiian & Local | 8 |
| Coffee & Café | 6 |
| Seafood | 4 |
| Bakery & Sweets | 4 |
| Japanese & Sushi | 3 |
| Bar & Pub | 3 |
| Pizza | 3 |
| Burgers | 3 |
| Italian | 2 |
| Chinese | 2 |