Bathroom still out of order. October 2012. Closest is honokaa park.
From reviews seems as tho the bathroom has been out of order for quite some time. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â but the food was good, very quaint restaurant. Right around the corner from many shops, down the street from some others. Nice outdoor seating, great when its a sunny day. We enjoyed the food. :D
Cheap prices and questionable food quality. Â Ordered a hot dog for the little one, and got a semi-cooked (cold in the middle) flourescent pink flesh colored thing that looked really gross. Â Never seen A hot dog bleed color onto a bun and chucked it in the garbage. Â Gravy burger was okay, Mcd quality patty, and a smidgen of gravy. Not much selection in Honokaa, but we wont be going back. BTW, read another yelper visited end of June and their bathroom was 'out of order' back then too. Â How long does it take to fix a toilet? Â More likely they just don't want to deal with having to clean bathrooms. Â Our 3 yr old had to pee and we had no choice but to find a bush in the back lot.
Review Source:This was the only location open on July 4th, and we were truly grateful for that! Food is 5 stars for the price, and the ambiance 2 stars, but given its location and the 'thank goodness' factor, this is a 4 star location altogether.
Overall: a pleasant surprise under dire circumstances!
Blane's gets 5 stars just for the awesomeness of its GRAVY BURGER. Â Who doesn't eat a gravy burger at 6:30am for breakfast on the way to Waipio Valley. Â
1) I'm a little Oahu girl who never had a gravy burger in my life
2) It was 6:30am, who eats a gravy burger. I ordered a scoop of fried rice. Â But then someone lovingly looked out for me and got me an extra gravy burger.
3) who makes a slush float thing with creamy slush and creamy ice cream--wow it was like ice cream all over the place in a sweet goodness. Yes, it was still 6:30am and we were ordering that. Â Just beware, it's carbonated. Â That didn't sit well with me at 6:30am, but oh well.
4) I think I got like a boneless chicken combo plate with rice for like $4 for later. Â That is some ono boneless chicken thing. Â And no, I didn't eat that one at 6:30am also.
Why have I never had this GRAVY BURGER before? Wow. Â I think it's a homemade patty (it's chunky with bread, onions etc) with the perfect amount of gravy on it--it's not that messy because they put just enough gravy to make the patty covered, but not dripping. Â Even without the gravy burger, I think it'd have been a masterpiece. Â Looks are deceiving because the place is small, dirty, looks a little messy behind the counter. Â Yum.
Oh, the fried rice was nothing to write home about. I don't think I would order it again. Â But why, when I can order 3 gravy burgers and boneless chicken plates.
NO BATHROOM--you have to go across the street to the gas station to go to the bathroom.
PARKING off of the main road in the back of the big Blane's sign.
You want local kine grinds where you don't want to see the kitchen but just enjoy the food, this is it. Â You want fancy, clean white table cloth, then keep driving by.
If you are driving around the Big Island of Hawaii and want to try some "local kine grinds" (Hawaiian comfort food) then pull the rental car off the Belt Highway onto Waipio Road (240 on the map) and go into Honokaa Town. Â I'm not sure why we did but I'm glad I did. Â I decided on the fried opelo (small mackerel) plate. Â At first I thought the cook made a mistake and gave me a fried shimp plate but it turned out that they butterflied the tiny 3" fish. Â
And then I got a little upset at the miniscule size of the fish. Â Luckily I didn't say anything and put one in my mouth. Â
OMG it was heaven. Â I've eaten in three star Michelin Guide restaurants and this was one of the best seafood dishes ever. Â Well, I can't say that about the macaroni salad and mushy white rice, but daaaaaamn those little morsels of fish were incredibly light. Â The light breading was melt-in-your-mouth light and would rival the finest tempura in Japan. Â The opelu must have been swimming in the ocean the night before because the flesh was so sweet and flaky. Â
I made the mistake of letting my seafood loving daughter have a bite. Â The next thing I know I'm fighting to keep my food on my plate. Â I am writing this review in December 2011 about a plate lunch I had in March 2008 and that day still is quite vivid in my mind. Â Is that enough for you? Â I hope the same cook is still there.
Great place to stop for any kine food for breakfast or lunch or dinner. I always have to make a stop on my trips back to visit family. Favorite is the loco moco with portuguese sausage and for dessert or for grandpa we always get the floats which is the slushy (pepsi or strawberry) with ice cream in it. There is only outdoor seating as this isn't a fancy kine place but it is covered so you will stay dry when it rains. Not open late but hey nothing in Honoka'a is open late. Staff is always friendly, this is a local place since Honoka'a is a small town but if you're just driving thru the area to see Waipio Valley or take the Hamakua coast drive to Hilo I recommend stopping for a plate lunch where you can sit and talk story
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