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Serves meat, vegan options available. Casual outdoor cafe with marked vegan dishes. Includes fried rice with vegan egg, vegan loco moco and tofu poke bowl. Has live music, and oceanfront views at Queen’s Surf Beach. Located in Kapiolani Park, right at the local surf spot known as “Publics”. Call in advance for take out or delivery. Confirmed open for dine in June 2020. Open Mon-Sun 8:00am-8:30pm.
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40 Reviews
First Review by Hanalane93
mohanaholloway
Points +832
amazing vegan options in a beautiful restaurant - Edit
love the vibes here, and they have a whole vegan menu! sitting beachside and enjoying vegan food is unmatched!! loved the vegan loco moco
Read morePros: Vegan menu , Nice vibe for lunch
sakarablackwell
We love your photos! Thanks for those😄It makes us so happy you loved our vegan menu and were able to find some things you loved. We hope you can join us again soon!
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JulianDarius
Points +42
Options - Edit
Has vegan options in an amazing setting with live music at night. But keep in mind, it's a beach cafe where you order at the window and go up when your name is called. There will be plastic forks and plates, and you might have trouble finding a clean seat. Also, it can be busy, and they run out of stuff. I'd avoid the burger (same patty is used on the loco moco) and try other things. Get lost in the setting and just appreciate minimalistic vegan options along the beach at Diamond Head.
Read morePros: Setting, Music
Cons: Busy, Runs Out of Stuff, Vegan Patty Disappointing
sakarablackwell
Aloha! Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to leave us a review, we really appreciate it. We are happy to hear you were pleased with our vegan options as having something for everyone is very important to us. We make everything fresh daily so sometimes we do run out of a few things but we try our best not to have this happen. Mahalo!!
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kbright
Points +35
Awesome vegan menu in perfect location! - Edit
We did a lunch and a picture perfect sunset dinner here. It's exactly what you would hope for from a little beachside cafe. Wonderful to have choices and a real vegan menu, cause face it, at most restaurants, by the time they take all the things off there is ZERO flavor. We are WFPB and sensitive to oil, so it was awesome having selections that were not saturated with it. Hard to beat the presentation too! Our meals (2, a lunch and a sunset dinner) were both great. We walked in as Honolulu is a busy city.
Read morePros: Perfect view location!, Great serving sizes, Nice vibe
Cons: Disposable condiment packs
sakarablackwell
Aloha! We love your photo, thank you so much for that! We couldn't be happier you loved our vegan menu and loved the flavors, its very important to us that everyone has great options😄We really appreciate your repeat business! Mahalo
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Kimb.
Points +34
ARRÊT OBLIGATOIRE - Edit
Non seulement l'endroit est idyllique mais en plus le menu est varié et il y a aussi des chansonniers par moment. Un doux moment accompagné de smoothie de fruits frais.
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It's great to hear you you enjoyed your time with us. We are glad you enjoyed the musicians and your smoothie😄We hope you can visit us again soon.
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nicluc09
Points +160
Great for vegan breakfast - Edit
I went here every morning for breakfast. The vegan loco moco was nearly the size of my head! Kept me full until dinner. The tofu scramble is also good
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Aloha! It makes us so happy to be able to provide vegan options to our guests on the island. The Vegan Loco Moco and Tofu Scramble are extremely popular😄Mahalo for coming and we hope you can visit again!
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CíaraMcL
Points +225
Great spot! - Edit
Loved it here. Came twice for breakfast and once for lunch. Got the tofu scramble for breakfast and the tofu poke bowl for lunch.
Read moreFood is good, drinks are good, location is great, fab views and they have music during the day.
Pros: Plenty of options , Great location
sakarablackwell
LOVE the pictures, thank you!!! We really appreciate your awesome review!
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NickShackleton
Points +643
Great place for sunset - Edit
Cafe bar with separate vegan menu. Came here for sunset. Unfortunately, the majority of the menu had sold out. Please note this place is closed at the end of lunch until 5pm.
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Clarified with Nick we were closed for one hour. After Looking into it we were in fact closed for maintenance. Apologized for the inconvenience.
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Richards_E.C.
Points +558
I mean it’s aaiight.. - Edit
Ambience- awesome
Read moreService- great
Views- amazing
Parking- horrible
Food- ok
Quantity was pretty good though.
The food is very “earthy” to say the least.
-Quesadilla was a tortilla and cheese, yes.
-poke bowl, most flavorful, well spiced.
-loco moco, serves the most amount of food but it’s all just aight.
That’s all I’ll say
Edit: I would definitely come to this place again. It’s worth a try. Parking is out of their hands too. Hope y’all can enjoy 🙏
Updated from previous review on 2023-09-05
Pros: Views, Ambience/live music, Service
Cons: Parking, Foods runs out fast
sakarablackwell
Thank you for the photo. We are sorry you found everything just OK and had issues with parking. Its a very busy area and first come first serve. we do hope you give us another try!
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thommyd
Points +319
Beautiful location with separate decent vegan menu - Edit
The location was very nice away from the busy Waikiki beach’s and the menu offered great vegan selections! There’s always a line but service is fast!
Read morePros: Location , Good sized vegan menu , Friendly and fast
Cons: Always a line , Sometimes crowded so be ok to share a table
sakarablackwell
Mahalo for coming, we appreciate your business!
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Pb&jelly
Points +358
Great vegan menu options - Edit
Really beautiful location, probably needs a few more umbrellas for shaded seating during those sunnier days.
Read moreImpressed with their vegan menu, lots of different options. I ordered the vegan quesadillas and was happy with them but they could use a little more flavour. The filling is just vegan cheese. Some beans or something would be good, for a little spice.
Otherwise, satisfied with my visit and thank those guys for considering the vegans, after a morning of struggling to find sit down vegan breakfast options
Pros: Extensive vegan menu, Good portions, Great location
Cons: Lacking a little flavour, Needs a few more umbrellas for shade
sakarablackwell
Thank you for coming and for your review. We hope you can join us again!
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oak_leaf
Points +1254
Get the vegan loco moco - Edit
EXTENSIVE vegan menu with local favorites such as loco moco. We got the tofu scramble as well. Both very tasty. Orange juice is fresh squeeze - not from concentrate. Great casual spot on the water. Would come here again!
Read moreCons: Line can be long
sakarablackwell
Glad you enjoyed your experience with us. Please visit us again soon!
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Plantbasedescape
Points +359
Bland and disappointing - Edit
Very expensive food with little flavour. Very disappointed huge line to order food. So many other places with much better food. The non vegan food did look nice tho. Wouldnt recommend for vegan food. Lots of options but bad.
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options
Cons: Expensive, Bland, Long wait time
sakarablackwell
Aloha, we are sorry you didn't enjoy your food. Hopefully you will come back and find something that you do enjoy :)
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medora
Points +51
Great tofu scramble - Edit
Gorgeous location! Casual order at the window place with a surprising amount of choices for vegans and others. Had tofu scramble with toast and avocado and it was fantastic. Also had passion fruit smoothie - pretty good. (Non vegan friend did not like their fish dish. )
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Mahalo!
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LisaMulligan
Points +75
At least I had options - Edit
They were out of veg burgers so I went w the tofu poke and spring rolls. Tofu poke was very salty (and I love salt!), and I was expecting more veg with it but it’s just tofu and rice. but the spring rolls were good.
Read morePros: Vegan menu - so at least I had options!, Nice location on beach
Cons: Poke too salty
sakarablackwell
Im glad you were able to find some vegan options to try. We are sorry you didn't enjoy them more
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Annukka
Points +263
Disappointing experience - Edit
In other places I would have given one star - the second one is for actually having a vegan menu, which surprisingly in Hawaii is rather an exception than the rule. The place is nicely located by the seaside and from the outside it looks really cosy. Inside there is a lot of concrete and it’s rather worn down. They had live music but that was way too loud (I couldn’t even understand the staff when ordering) and they also called people over loudspeaker to come pick up their food when ready. The food was served on disposable plates and with plastic cutlery. And the food itself didn’t really taste well - the fries were lukewarm and the burger patty was some sticky unrecognisable thing. I haven’t been able to finish this and I am usually someone who never lets a single crumb behind.
Read morePros: Vegan options
sakarablackwell
Aloha, please let us know next time on site if you are unhappy with your meal so we can make it right before you leave! We never want unhappy customers
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MelissaHorsefeathers
Points +1522
Did not live up to good reviews - Edit
They have a vegan section on the menu, which is great, except they were out of most of the things. We stood in a long line, and not until we got to the very front of the line did we see the small chalkboard listing about a dozen things they were out of. I had little left to choose from, so I went with the vegan poke “bowl” - it did not qualify as a poke bowl in my opinion (see picture). It was ok, but bland and salty at the same time. It really wasn’t worth the price or wait in line.
Read moreThe passion fruit smoothie was good, but also nothing special. The tropical iced tea was the best thing I had by far.
I’d only recommend this place if you don’t have other nearby options.
Pros: Can’t beat the location!, Vegan menu section, Delicious iced tea
Cons: Pricey, Out of numerous items, Vegan options are “meh”
sakarablackwell
We are sorry about your wait and the items we were out of. Sometimes we get so busy and we only want to ever serve fresh food to our customers. Im glad you liked the fact there was a vegan menu!
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RupertRoadie
Points +198
Breakfast on the Beach - Edit
Wondered down the beach yesterday morning and stopped here for breakfast. The wife had the vegan fried rice, I had the vegan scramble. Both were very tasty, based on the same (probably silken) tofu scramble that really did remind us of a soft French style scrambled egg. Lots of nooch or something similar provided a cheesy taste, well seasoned and accompanied with some fried peppers and onion. My only complaint was I would have like a bit more veg and less tofu to make more scramble, but that’s me.
Read morePros: Separate vegan menu, Cool beach vibes with live music
sakarablackwell
Best breakfast spot :)
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ElizabethBerger
Points +29
Definitely plan to stop here if you can - Edit
We love this place! Relaxed vibe (not table service, outdoors but with lots of shade) right on the water. Friday nights they have live music and you can see the fireworks from here over the water.
Read moreThey have a whole separate vegan menu. Lots of options. Beautiful view. Came here multiple times.
Every item we ordered was really good EXCEPT the veggie burger. On thé menu it says it won an award from peta for best veggie burger so I was excited to try it but it came out as this like gigantic dry yet somehow mushy sort of blob that didn’t hold together. I think the texture was so weird partly because it was so large that there’s no way they could have cooked it through well and I don’t think they used enough binders to hold it together. They used a very strong seasoning, kind of like a curry powder maybe? It would have maybe been good with rice but was not the vibe I was hoping for a burger, I wish they had said it was heavily spiced on the menu.
BUT I’ve complained enough about the burger. Literally every other item I got here was good. You can also get a smoothie in a pineapple which I’m a sucker for. I would also recommend the spring rolls!!!
Pros: Lots of vegan options , Right on the beach, Live music Friday nights (& can see fireworks)
Cons: The veggie burger was dry
sakarablackwell
Sorry you didn't enjoy your burger. Please let us know next time on site so we can make it right for you. We are happy that you enjoyed the rest of it :)
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toastandjammies
Points +1139
No thanks - Edit
Someone needs to teach the staff here how to make a tofu scramble because it was *terrible.* It completely lacked flavor and was served cold. Even adding greasy breakfast potatoes and 4 packets of hot sauce didn’t do much. The ambience is nice enough, but not worth a bad $14 breakfast.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2022-07-02
sakarablackwell
Sorry you didn't enjoy your food. Please let our staff know if anything is ever cold so we can take care of you before you leave
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RabbitEars
Points +73
Right on da beach! - Edit
What a great find! Barefoot Beach Cafe can be found across the street from Kapiolani Park, so is near the zoo and Waikiki Shell. It would be easy to walk right past this place, because there's little on the street to indicate that a cafe is hidden in the back of what looks like a park maintenance building. Great location right on the water! All seating is outdoor, some tables under a porch and others open air. The have a nice selection of vegan items, and we enjoyed what were likely the BIGGEST loco mocos we've ever had! Bonus: local birds will land right on your table while you eat and are eager to help you clean your plate :-)
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:)
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Einahpets216
Points +943
Great spot and lovely atmosphere - Edit
This was a lovely spot for a bite by the beach. The food was average at best but never the less we had a nice time.
Read morePros: Great location , Reasonable prices , Live music
Cons: Food wasn’t great, Limited drinks selection
sakarablackwell
Really happy you enjoyed our location!
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jodylovescritters
Points +79
wonderful ambiance and view! - Edit
barefoot beach cafe has a section of their menu which is vegan. their burger is amazing and the portion sizes are big - most of us couldn’t finish our food. the seating is outdoors by the beach with live music, it was beautiful!
Read morePros: lots of vegan options , beautiful view , live music
sakarablackwell
We love the view!
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abaldwin06
Points +54
Casual beachfront with great breakfast options - Edit
Be patient: long line most times of day and Hawaii speed service.
Read moreLoved that the server was eager to customize something off menu: a vegan breakfast burrito, aka my soul food. Order the non vegan bfast burrito and sub tofu and vegan cheese in. I added sausage and avocado. Also a pretty good soy latte and you can't beat the view and location.
Pros: Lots of vegan options, Breakfast options, Beachfront
Cons: Slow service
sakarablackwell
Thanks for your patience with our line and thank you for your review!
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ozzyprv
Points +274
Several vegan options right by the beach - Edit
There are several vegan options, well displayed in the menu and on boards at the front. Folks taking your order are familiar with veganism.
Read morePros: Several vegan options, Food tastes good
Cons: A bit pricy
sakarablackwell
Glad you like the vegan options :)
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sarahrosescott
Points +49
A laidback spot on the beach! - Edit
A beachfront haven from the pretentiousness of Waikiki beach, with dedicated vegan options. The restaurant and large outdoor patio are adjacent to a park with plenty of open grassy areas and trees — perfect for kids to run around if boredom strikes. There’s live music in the evenings with a fun relaxed local vibe.
Read moreI ordered the vegan burger, and it’s different to what you may expect from a burger — though I personally prefer that it’s made from natural whole foods (grains, nuts, etc) rather than the processed fake meat patties offered at most restaurants. The burger was a soft consistency (like a soft falafel) and tastes like curry. I really liked it but just be aware that it’s not a ‘meaty’ burger by any means!
Pros: Dedicated vegan options, Location
sakarablackwell
Thank you for your review!
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Pamr
Points +248
Lovely view, good food - Edit
Quite a number of vegan/vegetarian options at this outdoor restaurant. Long line up and well worth it. Staff were super friendly and accommodating, proof of vaccine had to be shown to eat there.
Read morePros: lots of veg options, incredible view of Waikiki, awesome staff
Cons: serves fish (and some other animal products), long line
sakarablackwell
Cant beat the view!
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Jadediana
Points +2538
Long Line Beware - Edit
Waited in line for 35min plus 20min on top of that for the food. The local music was nice, but they were set at such a high volume that you couldn’t hear your food being called. After the 35min wait in line you come near the front where you find that the food you had hoped to get is out of stock. We got the vegan quesadillas which were wonderful, but not very filling and priced as a full meal. Would also recommend the passion fruit smoothie. If it’s busy- give the place a skip. Otherwise, I’d come back to see if the experience is better without the crowds.
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Aloha! Sorry the lines can tend to be long as we are usually super busy during regular peak breakfast/lunch/sunset hours. Plan to visit 10am-11am or 2pm-5pm for faster service😄 Also, there is an 86 sign in the front window when we are out of items. Mahalo for the feedback!
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