Long time Hilo establishment conveniently located right off the main road. One of my "gotta go stops" in Hilo. Served okazuya style. My favorites are the shrimp tempura and sweet potato tempura (which I bought the 3 last ones). They run out of the top items pretty quick and the line can be long (luckily they move the line efficiently so it goes quick). Their tempura batter is a bit on the heavier side, more similar to Okinawan style, but that's why I like it. Always a recommend, just go early

Since my son moved to Hilo a few years ago I've been visiting about four times a year and have been discovering all the great places to eat. I always wanted to go to Hilo Lunch Shop forever because I love okazuyas and I realize that someday there will be none left. When we got there there was a full line inside the shop. My son told me that sometimes the line is out the door, but the line moves pretty quick. It was nice that when customers ask if there are anymore of a certain dish, they would replenish their goods with trays from behind the counter. There are enough employees to handle these big crowds. And, some of the customers order huge portions of food. The food here is excellent, everything was delicious. My favorites were the vegetable tempura, the hobo salad and, of course, the hash patty. I definitely will be back, this place is a winner.

We arrived at around 8 am and while there was a line of people, we were helped very quickly. There were also quite a few people behind us. However, I feel like the workers here are very efficient. The shop always provides that warm nostalgic atmosphere. We ordered a box with nori chicken, fish cake, vegetable tempura, shrimp tempura, hash, and ono tempura. These are my family's favorites and go to choices here. As always, it tastes amazing and somewhere I always make a point to visit when I come back home to Hawaii.

Hilo Lunch Shop is ALWAYS one of our first stops when in Hilo, especially since it's so near to the airport. They have their own parking lot but during morning and afternoon rush hours it does tend to get pretty busy. It is small inside with probably only one table with two chairs. When you get to the front of the line, it's all local guys and aunties taking your order. They're usually nice but sometimes they're a little cranky or you can tell they have an attitude. But don't let that make you afraid to ask what the dish is in front of you or if they have spam musubi and cone sushi in the back. One thing we did notice though is that the cone sushi did get smaller but still super tasty. They make everything fresh and sometimes what they have out front varies, but some of the stuff we got was: sweet potato tempura, eggplant tempura, veggie omelette, spam musubi, Nori chicken, cone sushi, yakitori chicken, long rice, cucumber namasu, bean sprout salad, fishcake, Korean chicken, shoyu hotdog, and corn beef hash. Everything that we've tried is super delicious and we've never had any complaints about the food. Overall, it's one of our favorite places to stop by when in Hilo and we will definitely be coming back again and again.

This place is amazing. I'd recommend this to anybody who is looking for an affordable lunch. Everyone in there was so friendly and so quick to attend to my order. I will be visiting this place every time I go to Hilo.

Amazing food. No place to sit and eat but food is cheap and delicious. Only open a few hours a day. They sell out

LOVE THEIR SPAM MUSUBI. Favorite place in town to grab. So perfect! Also got a selection of other stuff for my buds, but really focused on the musubi. They had some chicken and other things, but the musubi stole the show.

Food... how's it!? If you're here, you are; better know what you're ordering BEFORE you line up/ called upon. Service is great. Keep in mind the volume they serve, the variety and the indecisive customers they fave in hundreds each day along with time they start errday. If you're there at 11, they've been there for 7-8 hours already. Be patient but get your order straight ASAP, before you order, bc they run out fast like. Ambiance is like a donut shop but in a good way - what your choosing fr was made that day. Get 'em while they last!! Prices de good too. Heavy Okayuza/ finger/ fresh foods. Warabi Salad is

We always stop at Hilo Lunch Shop before flying back home for some of their fish cake. It's great omiyagi too. Always fresh and so delish. We even ordered some okazuya for lunch and enjoyed it at the park. Great service too!

September 2,2022 - Saturday Did a weekend trip to the Big Island of Hawaii. We stayed on Hilo side and the goal was to find an Izakaya location since we would be on the go & this was a perfect place that we decided on. If you're looking to get grab & go's this is great spot for YOU! Pricing is definitely great I guess coming from Oahu you would expect everything to be expensive but this location shocked us in a great way. Payments can be made using CC or cash. With the amount of items we decided on you would think it'd come out to about $50 at least BUT it was only around $27 for our total. Tip: Get in early because honestly the line can get long but the wait is so worth it. I would like to say we waited for about 30mins before it was our turn to pick. OUR ORDER: Chicken w/Nori Rice Musubi Vegetable Tempura Tempura Shrimp Tempura Fish Spam Eggs Tater sauce Everything hit the spot for sure & it was nice for a beach day + food. We decided to stop at a beach near by which was near the airport area. Such a beautiful spot to enjoy our delicious breakfast items. I would recommend this place to anyone who visits Hilo because it's that good.