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Café featuring a rotating menu of 100% Hawaii-grown specialty coffee, eats including avocado toast and vegan lemon or chocolate loaf. Has several nut milks. NOTE: Reported July 2024 to have limited vegan options – please send updates to HappyCow. Open Mon-Tue 6:30am-6:00pm, Wed-Sat 6:30am-8:00pm, Sun 6:30am-6:00pm.
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74-5599 Pawai Pl No B3, Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA, 96740
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Added by veganrivets on 04 Jul 2021
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24 Reviews
First Review by veganrivets
Thunderfoxe5000
Points +25
Vegan Options Gone - Edit
Traveled out of the way for the vegan musubi based on a food blogger from late 2023 but all that’s left is a “plant-based” chia pudding that’s got honey in it.
Read moreCons: Removed all vegan items.
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VictoriaSchultz
Points +104
Vegan and gluten free options gone - Edit
They no longer have a lot of the vegan gluten free food options they used to have
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bluemacaw
Points +150
Musubi (no longer available) - Edit
Delicious tofu musubi. So ono! And two large pieces.
Read moreMushroom soy decaf latte, also delicious.
Updated from previous review on 2024-01-21
Pros: Service, Atmosphere , Food
Cons: Sometimes out of vegan options
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Holyguacamole3
Points +223
Vegan options gone - Edit
They no longer carry the vegan cinnamon roll. They have a vegan lemon or chocolate loaf as options. Didn’t try either one. We wanted to try the lemon loaf but they didn’t have any at 8am on a Saturday. Only vegan options for food seemed like the kimchi avocado toast and their spring special of Thai peanut butter toast. We tried those two and they were ok. Long wait and not many vegan options.
Read morePros: Two vegan toast options, Vegan loaf options
Cons: No vegan cinnamon rolls any more, Long wait
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Licela
Points +106
Vegan Options - Edit
Place was nice & customer service too, however food and coffee was ok!
Read moreCould definitely be better, more flavor needs to be added to the veggie sandwich and vegan musubi.
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caronjuneen
Points +141
Delicious! - Edit
I had oat milk latte with local honey. We shared large Avocado toast. Local sweetbread with lots of avo, fermented onions and furikake. Both totally yummy!
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ccbreezy18
Points +138
Solid Vegan Options - Edit
We ordered the Vegan Musubi, Avocado Toast, the Veggie Wrap & and cinnamon roll. We also ordered lattes. My husband liked his latte while I didn’t care for mine. The food was good and made fresh. I really enjoyed the Musubi and the cinnamon roll.
Read morePros: Vegan Musubi
Cons: Plant milk is extra
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LittleVegan_
Points +718
Lovely cafe! - Edit
I ordered the matcha late with oat milk and the avo toast from the menu. My partner ordered their cappuccino. It was really good. The cafe itself has a really great vibe, and the aesthetics is really nice! I would go back in a heartbeat.
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amc124
Points +104
Few options, messed up order - Edit
I thought the vegan options were not great and not well labeled. My wife ordered a vegan musubi but was accidentally given a non-vegan one with crab. Regret coming here.
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nightbird7
Points +150
Out in the afternoon - Edit
I came in at 3:15 and the vegan items were all gone. Iced coffee with oat milk is good. $5 and they have agave and turbinado sugar for sweetener.
Read morePros: Nondairy milks
Cons: Out of vegan food at 3 pm
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Tacywacy
Points +24
Not so vegan friendly anymore - Edit
Put spam musubi back on the menu or at least replace it with another vegan item. Have at least 1 vegan pastry available
Read morePros: Non dairy milks for coffee, If they don’t sell out there’s vegan donuts
Cons: Expensive,charged me $8 for sm ice blended coffee, Out of literally all vegan items except panini, No specialty vegan drinks without mods
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AshleaRae
Points +205
Yes! - Edit
Iced oat milk latte with vanilla and ube. That’s what you should order. Did not disappoint!!
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VegRob11
Points +60
Great coffee and vegan donuts - Edit
We came in for iced coffee and saw they had some vegan donuts. The donuts (Ube coconut and Matcha Lilikoi) were great. We bought a bag of their coffee that we have been enjoying all week at our place. Staff was friendly. Solid choice.
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ksavedra
Points +45
Vegan Musubi!!!! - Edit
I was so excited to find vegan musubi while visiting The Big Island. It brings back memories from trips past and could enjoy it again. It had a nice sauce on it, a bit spicy so watch out. It maybe could have been a bit saltier since that’s what I think of with musubi. It made me do happy!
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options, Friendly knowledgeable staff
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splashofwild
Points +58
Loved the coffee - Edit
We had coffee here several times during our week in Kona. Loved the iced mocha with oat milk. We also had the avocado toast and the vegan panini and enjoyed them.
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swt7angel9
Points +104
Amazing vegan options - Edit
We ate the vegan cinnamon roll and it’s amazing. They also have a chia bowel that’s also vegan that’s great! They have other pastry and vegan food options.
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valleys and sea
Points +101
Vegan items on menu… that they then messed up - Edit
Stopped in to get a to go lunch since I saw on Happy Cow they had vegan items. Gonna save all the details, but basically just a bad experience all around where they were out of the vegan cream cheese for the panini, then proceeded to bring it out with real cream cheese in it. Server forgot about us, bad experience. Asked for a refund and got out of there.
Read morePros: Vegan items listed on menu
Cons: Out of the vegan items, Served dairy cheese on our vegan panini [?!??], Server forgot about us.
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jessemcp
Points +490
Good options, great atmosphere - Edit
We tried the Vegan Musubi and the Vegan Panini. I would recommend the Panini. The Musubi was the best tofu version we have had but needed more flavor.
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JessicaCastro
Points +617
Sándwich 🥪 - Edit
I ordered the artichoke sandwich and it was OK. Nothing amazing.
Read moreThey didn’t had vegan donuts.
Coffee with soy milk available.
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vi'sbunbun
Points +124
Delicious! - Edit
So excited to find a place with vegan malasadas. Would definitely recommend. Lots of vegan items and items that can be made vegan.
Read morePros: Clearly labeled vegan food, Vegan malasadas
Cons: Some wait time for food. (Nothing too crazy), Can run out of vegan pastries
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SouthernmostVegan
Points +1811
Nice setting - Edit
Came here for the Musubi and stayed for the ambiance. I’d give it 3 stars for food and 5 stars for the setting.
Read moreWe ordered the vegan musubi, chia oat pudding, and vegan panini. Unfortunately there were no vegan donuts today. The musubi was bland but I’ll give it an A for effort. The pudding was nice and filling. The panini was delicious but it was small. Needed to be more to justify the price.
The setting is open air and filled with a nice breeze, which is great during corona-days. Plenty of parking too!
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SarahMays
Points +1267
Vegan donuts! - Edit
We came here for the vegan donuts! They were very good- not overly sweet, and some fun flavors. I loved how fluffy the donuts were! They let us know that the donuts sell out by 10am usually. They also had vegan cinnamon rolls. It looks like they have a couple of vegan options on their menu as well.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2021-08-11
Pros: Vegan donuts , Vegan cinnamon rolls , Other vegan food and drinks
Cons: Run of donuts fast , Limited selection of vegan donuts
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calivegan
Points +42
Top notch vegan panini - Edit
I was on a mission for sustenance when Herbivores did not open at the regular 8am. I found it here with a delicious vegan panini. Definitely worth the walk.
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veganrivets
Points +147
Musubi - Edit
I was on a mission for tofu musubi and found it at this coffee shop. They have several vegan breakfast-type options (chia pudding with granola, superfood lattes, avocado toast, almond butter toast) and malasada with fruit jam that was delicious. The vegan musubi was just okay - it was a decent portion, but underwhelming and the added sprouts were just weird. The service was horribly lacking.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2021-07-03
Pros: Vegan treats in a coffee shop
Cons: Expensive , Bad service
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