White Guava Cafe

54 E Puainako St, Hilo - 96720
65 reviews
Burgers Hawaiian
(808) 731-5045

Unique burger specials, convenient location, and good quality cooking/service.They start you off with a sweet bread roll and likikoi cream cheese spread. Delicious.We got the Patele burger and the Korean fried chicken with the sauce on the side. The burger had a house made Patele patty and crispy plantains. It was great in flavor and texture. The fried chicken was crispy and light, not greasy.Sweet potato salad and the potato mac was also delicious. I wish they had French fries too though!Overall great new addition to the neighborhood. Culinary delight and healthy too.Baby stuff: changing table available. They gave us a little side of rice for our baby to munch on.

This little restaurant sits right in front of the KTA, and we've driven past it for months without really noticing it. The name itself isn't really descriptive, and from the outside it looks like any other hole in the wall restaurant. Turns out, it's not.Entering it felt kind of like walking into one of the old pizza hut's, it has booths around the walls, a bench by the door, what looks like a salad bar in the middle of the floor (not in use while we were there that I could tell), and a handful of small tables around the floor as well.The kitchen was giving of delectable smells. We were quickly greeted and seated. The tables had a variety of amino acid/soy sauces, a few other condiments, chopsticks and straws in a little cozy, so we figured the menu was going to be a bit Asian themed now.The menu offers a variety of foods actually. The is an excellent selection of salads and several vegetarian options, a dozen different kinds of chicken, and roughly the same number of burgers.The server introduced himself and described the menu options a bit. As it turned out there was WAY more information to absorb than I expected. There is a bit of a hippy vibe to this place, with it's hydroponic vegetables and other locally sourced produce, but let me tell you this... Whatever, wherever they are getting those food... It is the right place!The chicken dishes are served in small pieces that appear to have been tenderized as they are quite thin. They are fried in the Asian style and dressed with various sauces. I ordered the buffalo chicken and my wife the lilikoi chicken. I had white rice and purple sweet potato salad on the side. My wife had fries and a salad with lilikoi dressing.Before the entrees were brought out we were presented with a small plate of graham crackers and a tiny container of what looked like butter. Somewhere in the massive quantity of information presented on entering, we had missed this entirely, but decided to go with the flow and try this odd bread option just for kicks... Turns out the butter was actually lilikoi cream cheese! AND it was amazing!I have tried many of the local restaurants, and most of them try to incorporate the rather unique selection of local produce in some fashion, but I've never seen such unique and interesting incorporation anywhere else. The lilikoi chicken was phenomenal, I was super jealous. The people sweet potato salad was like nothing I've had before delicious... Even this drab less than crunchy graham crackers at the beginning of the meal were elevated to the status of a full scale treat by the lilikoi cream cheese!The vegetables were the best I've had on the island too. Lettuce didn't necessarily do so well here for some reason, but that salad was as crisp and delicious as I've ever seen. I chalk this up to the hydroponics, I've heard it produces some excellent results but I've never had the pleasure of trying them myself.All in all the only thing we didn't like were the fries. They were thick cut, and not crisp. They were also sprinkled with like salt flakes or something of that nature, but it was large and didn't stick. Overall they were just warm soft lumps of potato, and not terribly appealing. Let's be honest, of the only bad thing I have to say is that the fries were meh, this place is coming out aces.I say give it a go. It's about 15 dollars a plate plus maybe 5 for soft drinks. That's pretty fair pricing for any food on the island, and this is not just and food. Someone back there knows how to cook. Highly recommend, 5/5, I will be going back soon to try the Portuguese pork burger. See you there!

Great local spot we happened upon. Something for everyone here from meat eaters to vegans! Everyone in the group was happy and it was well priced! Friendly service and spotted locals (which is always a great.sign!). Loved the curry and Ube potatoes salad’

Absolutely enjoyable meal. Everything was fresh. Everything was very good looking. The presentation of the food was fantastic. As well as exceptional flavor everything was very good.Our waitress Courtney did a wonderful job very knowledgeable. She knew everything about the entrees that we asked questions about. My husband and I walked away very satisfied with everything we ate.

This place is pretty cool. The food was very delicious, and they had ice water in little pitchers. The potatoes salads were excellent, and the fried adobo chicken was great and the tofu was perfectly cooked and super tasty. Would definitely recommend!

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Me and my parents went in for an early dinner, we made reservations for 5, and the waitress sat us early since their were not many other patrons at the moment, I appreciated that because my Father walks with a cane and doesn't get around very well. Service was great, our waitress was very attentive, even as the dinner crowd started pouring in she handled the dining room very well, on her own I might add! All of our plates looked good to me, but I ordered the Adobo Fried Chicken, and that plate went down easily lol, the portions were very generous as well!! Fresh local food, with a little multi cultural infusion, their were some very creative options on the menu. The prices were good too... I would recommend this spot in a heartbeat, and I myself will be back again soon!! Mahalo White Guava Crew!!

on a date & waited over an hour for Korean chicken & fries. my dates meal came 20 minutes later but got pulled as we questioned the plate was not what he ordered. waited 40 minutes for water though asked 3 times...& time stamped pic as he filled after we paid. noon to almost 2

Food & service was GREAT ? We got the Lilikoi Chicken, Adobo Fried Chicken, & Calamansi Lilikoi Sparklers. Yum, yum ?

Great food for a great price too. This place has a good vibe as well, very calm and welcoming. The fried adobo chicken was tasty, and I definitely recommend their sweet potato salad.