Location: Hilo
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Best Korean food near Hilo, Hawaii, United States
Reviews on Korean food in Hilo, Hawaii, United States. The landscape of Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii, is diverse. Beaches of black, gray, brown and white sand give way to mountains and dramatic waterfalls. Hilo's Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo is the only U.S. zoo in a tropical rainforest. A day trip away are snow-capped Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, with observatories near 11,000 feet on both mountains, and Kilauea Caldera, an active volcano. Back in town are a farmer's market, restaurants, shopping and banyan trees planted by celebrities and politicians.
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1. Cham Cham Korean BBQ
Overall Ratings
4 based on 23 reviews
Reviewed By 96720Traveler
This is a classic "Hawaiian style Korean restaurant" much like the popular Kim Chee restaurants in Honolulu. All customers are served a variety of vegetable appetizers including kim chee, bean sprouts, seaweed, and other pickled vegetables. My favoriate by far is the Spicy Pork--tender slices of pork in a very mildly spicy Korean sauce. NOTE: You go for the food, period. Not the ambiance or service.
2. Restaurant Osaka
Overall Ratings
4 based on 19 reviews
Reviewed By Sue S
This restaurant was recommended by hotel staff. They said it doesn't look so great from the outside but the food is wonderful. They were spot on. Osaka serves Korean, Japanese and some "American" food. The portion sizes were filling, no one was able to finish there meal. There were 4 of us having 4 different Korean dishes. All of the dishes were great. Wait staff were attentive. They only had 1 waitress covering at least 6 tables, she kept up with all tables. Additionally, she made good recommendations. Now, the bad things - the furnishing are coming apart. We sat in a booth that the vinyl had ripped and was taped back together. The tape looked like it had been there for years. The whole place looked tired.
3. Kalbi Express
Reviewed By donnaspeaks
Hilo doesn't have any truly authentic Korean restaurants. That aside, the Korean restaurants are geared to local tastes, thus offer namool (salad sides) accordingly. This is off a cold tray, if you order Kalbi, you get to pick four namools, for example. The food is fast enough, and very tasty for food-court restaurant. The staff is friendly and helpful. It is one of the places I like to go to when I am in the mood for soup. If not eating there, and if you plan to go there, you might want to bring your own container, because the soup is HOT and the take out containers are never adequate.I would recommend this Korean "fast food" restaurant for its fresh namool and good taste, but remember that it is a food court, no table service whatsoever.
