Cafe Pesto

Long considered an innovator of our ethnically diverse Island cuisine, both the award winning Hilo Bay and Kawaihae Harbor family restaurants have a well earned reputation for food that is wonderfully fresh, creatively presented and affordable priced.

7 / 10
146
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  • Phone

    (808) 969-6640

  • Website

    cafepesto.com

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  • Type

    Seafood Restaurant

Address

308 Kamehameha Ave Ste 101 (Furneaux) Hilo , HI 96720 United States

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Happy Hour
Drinks Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 49


Keywords:

seafood lilikoi good for dates smoked salmon gluten-free food healthy food good for groups wifi great value coconut locally sourced food lemonade sandwiches trendy casual cheesecake salads chicken bar brunch food
Niki Katherine Holmes

Salmon alfredo is very good! Just know that is comes with very salted smoked salmon that you need to stir into the (unsalted) pasta . Truffle mashed potatoes and gorgonzola rosemary focaccia also A+!

Suzi

Incredibly fresh and delicious local ingredients . Pizzas and salad are good, as is the bananas foster .

Clif Cameron

Good service . Food / fish fresh. Well seasoned. Service excellent. Actually best meal since we have been here. Live music not too loud and enjoyed. Two with wine standard hundred dollars. Worth it.

Shirley Mina Yamauchi

11/9/12 Fri Cafe Pesto, feel free to join us, Pahoa Class of 1992, 5:15pm, 20th class reunion! Everyone is responsible for their own bill. Also posted on classmates.com and Yelp.com Hilo Talk thread

Woody Fowler

Thai shrimp pizza was awesome and the grilled ahi sandwich as well !

Jessica Marie

Smoked Salmon Alfredo is AMAZING! They also serve bread with a delicious pesto butter:)

Hatice Şeneldir

The service so fast, the Music fantactic, pizza so delicous ,waiters were friendly .

Karyn M

Mai Tai with lilikoi is great. Adds a little extra sweet to the cocktail .

Conor O'Sullivan

Had breakfast / Pretty crude heartless fare

Justin Vs

The coconut calamari is awesome. Def a must have

rebecca Mia

The coconut calamari is delicious, however the chicken stir fry is very dry. Shrimp nachos have a very bitter taste. Lemonade w/honey & lemongrass is good.

Karen Crouch

Try the Luau pizza . Hand tossed crust, Kalua pig , Maui onion and local pineapple .

K Huestis

Authentic Pizza , subtle, complex flavors. Recommend Highly the house specialty .

Raenelle Dehmer

Salmon Alfredo , Creme Brulee & Lilikoi Iced Tea

Nichol Nishiyama

Kids meals comes with either ice cream or a cookie at then end...

Susan M Baker

the smoked salmon pizette is to die for!

Mike K.

You must have the coconut calamari . It is amazing!

Brian Duncan

Nice little family place . Pleasant staff .

Tugra Gönden

Decent Italian in case you're tired of seafood

Ivotik

Great food!!! Ask for the calamari w/ coconut

Katie Eschbacher

Menu says to ask about cheeseless options for pizza . Answer: there are none. All sauces have cheese .

Everet Chenevert

Gluten free options . Very accommodating staff .

Sylvia Cook Photography

Order the shrimp nachos and the crab quesidillads...both are fantastic!

Aimee F

The poi poundah drink is too strong!

Yaroslav Urzhumov

Pizza , salads , calamari

Robert Belnap

Fantastic Italian food . Gotta try the organic salads ! Read more

Bryan Clark

The southwestern pizza was bomb.

Aaron Landry

The Wi-Fi is solid. Password as of early 2011 is "pizzaluau". Otherwise, ask your server.

Jen DiTurno

You must order the lemonade ! Divine!

celinho

today's wifi password: pizzette (no idea how often they change it, but hope this helps)

Kathleen Labrie

Lilikoi cheesecake . So good!

Monica V

Coconut crusted calamari really good. Crab quesadillas good, but it's more of a pizza .

Marie Felix

They have WiFi . Need to ask for the code.

Laura Casey

Love their menu & atmosphere!

Jessica Marie

Smoked Salmon Alfredo

Michael Yue

Internet wifi is available

Steffanie Sobitz

The beef special is to die for...worth the money!

Nicole Lisa

Service gone wrong! Both our table and another table where they were trying to charge us for twice the amount than what we ordered. Food was good though.

D.F.W.M

Love this place! A+++!!

Chris Thornberry

They have the BEST pizzas !

Markus Krebs

Pesto Garlic Shrimp Linguini are tasty!

Ed Morita

Pizzas are good but everything else is ridiculously over priced!

Monica V

Very friendly staff . Need a key for the bathroom .

Ed Morita

Pizzas are good but everything else is ridiculously over priced.

Melissa Overlie

Got bad service waiter never greeted us showed up to get the order and never saw him again.

Andrea Menandro

Very poor service, We tried to go for dinner on sunday at 8.30 and they rejected us... Stay away from this place

Carol Asher

I'm gluten free so the simple green salad was the only thing available to me according to the server. I probably will never go again.

Irene

Overpriced and underwhelming

Sarianne Cormier

Pas pire, bonne soupe .

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