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Herbivores
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Vegan
Vegan
American
Pizza
Fast food
Juice bar
Take-out
Fusion
Breakfast
Hawaiian
Plant-based drive-thru and takeaway opened 2017 by the operators of Evolution Bakery. Offers a menu of healthy vegan fast foods and drinks. Find choices like breakfast bagels, vegan bakery treats, burgers, sandwiches, sweet potatoes, salads, hot dogs, juice and smoothies. Open Mon-Sun 8:00am-8:00pm.
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75-5722 Hanama Place , Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA, 96740
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Last update on 02 Mar 2022 by Jadediana
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170 Reviews
First Review by arenoodlesanadventure
hailseitan9
Points +129
Good food decent prices - Edit
Got the nachos here twice. A lot of food for reasonable cost, especially for Kona. Staff friendly, outdoor atmosphere pretty cool. Validated parking.
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SLCveggieboy
Points +34
Excelente - Edit
"These were the best nachos I've ever had" - my wife
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-09-15
SFVeggieboy
Now THIS is what I like to call a food review
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Breides
Points +42
Delicious! - Edit
The food was great and they have planty of options to choose from!
Read morePros: Breakfast Burrito, Open Breakfast through Dinner
Cons: Pizza is expensive
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TerryLee
Points +48
Tasty food, good selection, quick and friendly service - Edit
We had the Chickpea “tuna” salad, Pono burger and the Poke Bowl. Everything was fresh and very tasty. The Pono is a Beyond beef patty. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Food was out very quickly. There are pay parking signs but staff said you don’t have to pay for 2 hours. Plenty of time to eat and relax.
Read morePros: Friendly , Tasty
Cons: Funky location
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BorisBoukhonine
Points +60
Chicken sandwich on point - Edit
Great sandwich options and shakes. They were out of pizza when we went. Highly recommend for vegan food on the west side of big island.
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vegan.btw
Points +22
Cool vegan spot, quality is ok though - Edit
Went there a few times. They had a great amount of options, but a lot of their items were sold out (such as donuts, pastries, stuff like that)
Read moreOne thing that did sort of irk me is I saw they used a lot of store bought options to make their meals.
Pros: 100% vegan, Great chill vegan vibe, Decently priced
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Lep10
Points +148
Convenient all-vegan spot - Edit
Centrally located with drive through window and easy parking and small outdoor eating area. Southwest breakfast burritos and breakfast English muffin sandwich were hot, tasty, and filling. Smoothies are delicious. Prices are expensive like everything else in Hawaii, but definitely reasonable for the area. Love the vegan literature lying around, too! We ate here 4 times over the course of our visit to Kona because we enjoyed it so much! As a separate tip, the surrounding parking lot is also cheaper($6/hr) compared to neighboring pay lots ($11/hr or more) but still within walking distance to the Kona waterfront/farmers market!
Read morePros: Yummy menu , Reasonable parking and prices for area, Good hours
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ssshapir
Points +51
Quick, delicious, friendly! - Edit
If you’re a vegan trying to decide between Herbivores and Journey Cafe, CHOOSE HERBIVORES. I found the service some of the best on the island, with plenty of options that were very filling and cheaper than elsewhere. Everything at Herbivores is vegan. They have an outdoor setting, but it’s covered from rain/sun. Plenty of parking (and depending on time of day, free). I enjoyed the nachos and bowl, and when I eat dinner tonight, I'm sure I’ll enjoy the burger as well. Thanks for everything Herbivores staff!
Read morePros: Friendly staff, Delicious , Cheaper than most
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Ophelia_Jett
Points +711
Go to Journey instead - Edit
This place was not accommodating, limit the menu to times of day that don’t make sense, seating is minimal, staff doesn’t care, and there is an amazing vegan restaurant down the road that has the best food ever go there!
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MandyC.
Points +26
great place - Edit
Love the variety of food and their delicious vegan nachos and vegan chili dog.
Read morePros: Great food, Lots of space to sit and plenty of parking, Great staff
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phytophile
Points +879
Fun place. Probably best for dinner. - Edit
Permanent food truck. Beyond burger was meh. Nachos were good. Smoothies are great.
Read morePros: Vegan
Cons: Expensive , Lunch items are not inspired
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DanikaSnook
Points +306
Great spot - Edit
Lovely outdoor seating. We had the breakfast sandwich, burrito, and a couple of smoothies. Highly recommend the Chile sauce smothered on the burrito.
Read morePros: ALL VEGAN, Fun tunes, Good outdoor seating
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vickerbasket
Points +755
Fast and Satisfying - Edit
Came here for dinner and got their Pono burger and Taro burger. They have options to swap out the kettle chips for purple sweet potato. We saw some other people order their pizzas which looked delicious and huge! The pizzas are a bit pricey though, around $30 each, and only available for dinner.
Read moreWhile we waited for our food, they had vegan-themed children’s books that were quite entertaining. So happy to see that books like these exist.
The Pono burger was more similar to your typical burger. Taro burger was more “pasty” but still good.
Probably most worth it meal thus far.
Pros: All vegan, Fast, Outdoor seating
Cons: Pizzas seem pricey
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Holler
Points +29
Tasty! - Edit
The poké and burritos were tasty, and the smoothie was delicious. The patio was fine for the location (in a parking lot by a busy-ish road), but it’s probably a better idea to use the drive through window and take it somewhere more scenic.
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beeandbee
Points +687
Inventive food truck - Edit
Found this pop-up restaurant while driving around Kona. So glad found it as we went for dinner and then breakfast the next day. Good food, what you see is what you get. Wish there was something to add to the breakfast sandwich.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-01-19
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Limitlesssmiles
Points +152
Pretty tasty! - Edit
We got the breakfast sandwich with sausage, egg and cheese which was pretty good but I would have liked some veggies on it! Salad was very big and delicious! Donuts were off the hook. Would definitely come back to this place. #Veganuary
Read morePros: Unique , Delicious, Affordable
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missfury
Points +221
Very very good! - Edit
The poke bowl was so delicious, the burger was one of the best we’ve ever had., s’mores cheesecake was unbelievable. #Veganuary
Read morePros: Delicious , Great staff
Cons: Parking lot atmosphere
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00misha
Points +284
Yummy but imperfect - Edit
The food here is pretty good! I tried the chili dog and chicken burrito and they definitely satisfied me. They just weren’t the most flavorful and well put-together vegan options I’ve ever had. Definitely worth a stop if you’re vegan and want to have a full menu available, but not the best food I had during the trip
Read morePros: All-vegan menu, Outdoor, covered seating
Cons: Meh flavors
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hansladd70
Points +176
Local vegan place here in Kona, great comfort food, great atmosphere. - Edit
My son and I had the hotdog and the Pono burger. Fresh veggies with it, no culinary exploration, but just tasty comfort food. That is exactly what we wanted. Happy customers.
Read morePros: Good options
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AshaKeddy
Points +31
Yum plant based place on the big Island - Edit
Take out or sit down .. kind of fast food And in a parking lot #Veganuary
Read morePros: Lots of options , healthy and comfort , Burritos, bowls, pizzas, burgers etc.
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IronJuice
Points +948
Good but not great - Edit
Had the animal lover pizza and a slice of cheese cake.
Read moreThe pizza toppings are decent, but the base is too dense and burnt.
Cheese cake is too sugary and out of shape, it melts like an ice cream.
Updated from previous review on 2022-12-27
Pros: Full vegan restaurant!
Cons: Expensive, Okay ish taste
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Kensai
Points +32
Vegan Fast Food island style - Edit
Love their smoothies and the jackfruit nachos!
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brandeexv
Points +259
Chili cheese dog - Edit
This place is so cute, and the food was amazing. Vegan chili cheese dog goes crazy
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2022-11-15
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PattonEchols
Points +15
Loved it and will be back! - Edit
So great to find an all vegan place in Kailua. We had the Jackfruit nacho and the Love the Sea Chickpea ("tuna") salad. Very tasty. Portions are large , but we soldiered through!
Read moreI saw some negative reviews in the last week, and I have to wonder if they were at the same place? If so, maybe someone was having an off day. Of course any restaurant can have an off day, and so can a reviewer.
If there's a downside, it's that the vibe is "parking lot". But you knew that when you walked up! It's really convenient for their drive up carry out trade and the outdoor seating is solid and well protected. Little traffic while we were here. So I, for one, forgot that we were in a parking lot at all! Wait? Is that a downside?
Pros: All vegan all the time
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monisonfire
Points +4343
i have mixed feelings about this. - Edit
i’d love to rate higher but don’t feel this was a 4-star meal.
Read morei had the chick’n caesar salad. the chick’n was delicious as was the dressing. the salad was of only one kind and therefore a little bland. there was nothing that added a little crunch (e.g. seeds or flax)
i asked if i could swap the vegan parmesan for anything else (as i don’t like cheese) but could only order it without. i then asked if they could put the parmesan on my husband’s burger and the guy taking my order said yes but i was asked to pay for it, which confused me a lot.
all in all it was nice to find a vegan place on Big Island that wasn’t super expensive but the experience won’t make me come back.
Pros: all vegan!, healthy options
Cons: salad a little boring, burger not the best, weird customer experience
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whether
Points +18
If You Love Gardein... - Edit
(I'm forced by HappyCow to give Herbivores two stars for being vegan, They deserve between one and zero.)
Read moreIt's not often that a place serves food so bad it makes me angry, but here we are. My wife and I live in Pahoa but were in Kona to hit Costco (of course). After reading all the glowing reviews for this place, we were excited to add it to our agenda for the day.
We ordered the Pono Burger, because it looked like their signature burger, and the Chick'n Sandwich, along with a lemonade and slice of apple pie. Including parking, we dropped over $60. The patties in both sandwiches were both clearly defrosted Gardein-type garbage, complete with visible freezer burn. The buns appeared to be from a supermarket. Each had a squirt of mayo and ketchup. (Ketchup on a chicken sandwich?) There were scraps of lettuce, onion, and tomato, all of which were flavorless. The chips were plain Kettle Chips. The pie was actually tasty, so clearly they bought it from somewhere else.
Here's the thing: If they'd at least tried to craft homemade versions but failed, I'd respect them for putting some effort into it. But they didn't. This is the laziest food I've ever eaten from a restaurant. It's what a mean, alcoholic mom would make her kid before she rushes to the casino for the night. I don't understand why someone who cares so little about making food, let alone good food, would open a restaurant, other than as a cynical cash-grab from an underserved vegan community.
What if this were an omnivore's first time eating vegan food? Why would they ever try it again? A place this bad turns people away from veganism and ultimately hurts animals. I'm mystified by all the positive reviews. Vegan restaurants don't deserve praise simply for being vegan. They deserve praise for giving a damn, which Herbivores obviously does not.
Pros: Good apple pie, Had sriracha, which I haven't seen in months
Cons: Awful, expensive food, $8 parking, Terrible music blasting at top volume
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StaciJo
Points +90
Delicious! - Edit
We ate here for dinner and then again for breakfast the next morning. It was delicious! We really liked their smoothies too.
Read morePros: Delicious food, Plenty of outdoor seating, Yummy smoothies
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