Guidebook for Paradise Breeze Retreat!
Food scene
Really good Thai food! We get it for takeout often. The Red curry and Green curry are both delicious... and if you want a special Hawaiian treat... get the Pineapple Curry!! Just beware this place makes their food on 5 levels of spicy. I love super spicy food and I cannot tolerate their Medium. The spice levels are Mild, Mild Plus, Medium, Medium Plus and Hot. If you do not like spicy food, get Mild, if you love super spicy food, get Mild Plus... everything above that is melt your face off hot! You have been warned!
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Ning's Thai Cuisine
15-2955 Pahoa Village RdReally good Thai food! We get it for takeout often. The Red curry and Green curry are both delicious... and if you want a special Hawaiian treat... get the Pineapple Curry!! Just beware this place makes their food on 5 levels of spicy. I love super spicy food and I cannot tolerate their Medium. The spice levels are Mild, Mild Plus, Medium, Medium Plus and Hot. If you do not like spicy food, get Mild, if you love super spicy food, get Mild Plus... everything above that is melt your face off hot! You have been warned!
Great local fine dining spot with amazing food and gorgeous views of Hilo Bay! Our favorite local restaurant.
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Hilo Bay Cafe
123 Lihiwai StGreat local fine dining spot with amazing food and gorgeous views of Hilo Bay! Our favorite local restaurant.
Jackie Rey's is an excellent fine dining restaurant and bar with great local food. The menu is full of mainstay entrees that are executed perfectly!
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Jackie Rey's Ohana Grill Hilo
64 Keawe StJackie Rey's is an excellent fine dining restaurant and bar with great local food. The menu is full of mainstay entrees that are executed perfectly!
Great local food and bar in this open air restaurant. Definitely order the Pineapple POW- a whole Maui Gold pineapple cored and filled with a yummy cocktail. Also available in a non-alcoholic version
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Pineapples Restaurant
332 Keawe StGreat local food and bar in this open air restaurant. Definitely order the Pineapple POW- a whole Maui Gold pineapple cored and filled with a yummy cocktail. Also available in a non-alcoholic version
Moon and Turtle is one of the best fine dining restaurants in Hilo and rumor has it they are about to get their first Michelin Star! Fine dining in a relaxed atmosphere with decent prices. Highly recommended!
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Moon and Turtle
51 Kalakaua StMoon and Turtle is one of the best fine dining restaurants in Hilo and rumor has it they are about to get their first Michelin Star! Fine dining in a relaxed atmosphere with decent prices. Highly recommended!
Cafe Pesto - Hilo
308 Kamehameha AveThis is a good go to for Italian food in Hilo.
This place has excellent burgers and drinks. Just be aware that they are not quick.
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Hilo Burger Joint
776 Kilauea AveThis place has excellent burgers and drinks. Just be aware that they are not quick.
Local Chocolate!!! Try the "sipping chocolate"! It's basically like drinking melted chocolate ...so it's amazing!
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Puna Chocolate Company & Cafe
277 Keawe StLocal Chocolate!!! Try the "sipping chocolate"! It's basically like drinking melted chocolate ...so it's amazing!
Lavaloha Chocolate Farm Tour is really fun and entertaining... and delicious! They show you how chocolate is made from bean to bar!
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Lavaloha
1820 Amauulu RdLavaloha Chocolate Farm Tour is really fun and entertaining... and delicious! They show you how chocolate is made from bean to bar!
Big Island Candies
585 Hinano StGreat Hawaiian biscuits, desserts and gift boxes!
Wine tasting in Paradise open daily 10-5:30pm. The classic wine tasting is $15 and includes 6 (1oz) pours of wines dry to sweet. They also have house made cheese platters, Estate tea tastings and Ka'u coffee available.
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Volcano Winery
35 Piimauna DrWine tasting in Paradise open daily 10-5:30pm. The classic wine tasting is $15 and includes 6 (1oz) pours of wines dry to sweet. They also have house made cheese platters, Estate tea tastings and Ka'u coffee available.
This is our favorite restaurant close to the house! It's located just across the main highway, a short 8 minute drive away. Great Hawaiian food and bar. Often very busy. Reservations highly recommended.
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Kaleos Bar and Grill
16-110 Orchid Land DriveThis is our favorite restaurant close to the house! It's located just across the main highway, a short 8 minute drive away. Great Hawaiian food and bar. Often very busy. Reservations highly recommended.
Nicoco is an amazing Hawaiian gelato place that is dairy free. Most of their gelato's are coconut milk based so they are extra creamy and delectable!
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Nicoco Hawaiian Gelato
15-2929 Pahoa Village RdNicoco is an amazing Hawaiian gelato place that is dairy free. Most of their gelato's are coconut milk based so they are extra creamy and delectable!
Conscious Culture Cafe and The Booch Bar are great vegan/vegetarian options!
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Conscious Culture Cafe
110 Keawe StConscious Culture Cafe and The Booch Bar are great vegan/vegetarian options!
Sightseeing
Kaloli Point is just a short walk North on our street and offers breathtaking coastal views, lava formations and small rainforest hikes. To get there, walk North on our street all the way to the end (about a mile or less). Where the street ends a hiking trail begins. Turn right for a quick walk through the rainforest that will open up to the beautiful coast. Continue North up the coast on the wide lava cliffs to Kaloli Point and beyond.
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Kaloli Point
Kaloli Point is just a short walk North on our street and offers breathtaking coastal views, lava formations and small rainforest hikes. To get there, walk North on our street all the way to the end (about a mile or less). Where the street ends a hiking trail begins. Turn right for a quick walk through the rainforest that will open up to the beautiful coast. Continue North up the coast on the wide lava cliffs to Kaloli Point and beyond.
You are on the Big Island... you simply MUST SEE the most active volcano on the planet! We recommend getting there around 3-4pm so you have some time to visit everything during daylight hours and then heading to the top of the crater by 6:30pm so you can get a parking spot in the small lot at the top (it fills up fast) for a view of the glowing lava at night! The glowing lava is best seen after 7:15pm
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
You are on the Big Island... you simply MUST SEE the most active volcano on the planet! We recommend getting there around 3-4pm so you have some time to visit everything during daylight hours and then heading to the top of the crater by 6:30pm so you can get a parking spot in the small lot at the top (it fills up fast) for a view of the glowing lava at night! The glowing lava is best seen after 7:15pm
The Pohoiki hot springs can be accessed from Isaac Hale Beach Park and is a very unique place indeed! These are natural "hot tubs" that are created by warm water heated by underground lava from the lower eastern rift zone springs welling up from the ground. Getting there also involves one of the most beautiful drives ever called The Red Road! Coastal rainforest most of the way and an opportunity to see the destruction caused by the 2018 eruption and lava flows. Do not walk on this new lava it is very dangerous and can collapse.
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Isaac Hale Park
13-101 Kalapana - Kapoho RdThe Pohoiki hot springs can be accessed from Isaac Hale Beach Park and is a very unique place indeed! These are natural "hot tubs" that are created by warm water heated by underground lava from the lower eastern rift zone springs welling up from the ground. Getting there also involves one of the most beautiful drives ever called The Red Road! Coastal rainforest most of the way and an opportunity to see the destruction caused by the 2018 eruption and lava flows. Do not walk on this new lava it is very dangerous and can collapse.
This is a beautiful waterfall in the middle of Hilo and you can drive right up to it and then walk 50 feet. Great photo opportunities! As you are leaving there is a beautiful Banyon tree forest on the right!
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Rainbow Falls
This is a beautiful waterfall in the middle of Hilo and you can drive right up to it and then walk 50 feet. Great photo opportunities! As you are leaving there is a beautiful Banyon tree forest on the right!
Akaka Falls State Park- includes the 442 foot (135 m) tall Akaka waterfall, the 300 foot tall Kahuna Falls and a gorgeous botanical garden on an easy half mile sidewalk trail. Entry is $5/person at the time of this writing and $10 to park, but if you park outside the gate (20 yards away) parking is free!
On the way out before you get back to the main highway, stop at Honomu Goat Dairy Farm for a super fun experience on a tiny local farm. They also have the worlds best caramels. Don't forget to feed the goats. While feeding them you can do "goat yoga". If you get down on all fours, the goats will jump up on your back. It's fun and makes for great and hilarious pictures.
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Akaka Falls State Park
875 Akaka Falls RdAkaka Falls State Park- includes the 442 foot (135 m) tall Akaka waterfall, the 300 foot tall Kahuna Falls and a gorgeous botanical garden on an easy half mile sidewalk trail. Entry is $5/person at the time of this writing and $10 to park, but if you park outside the gate (20 yards away) parking is free!
On the way out before you get back to the main highway, stop at Honomu Goat Dairy Farm for a super fun experience on a tiny local farm. They also have the worlds best caramels. Don't forget to feed the goats. While feeding them you can do "goat yoga". If you get down on all fours, the goats will jump up on your back. It's fun and makes for great and hilarious pictures.
Just down the street about a mile is Maku'u point and tide pools. It's a beautiful beach park with tide pools toward the end. It's a great place to watch the sunrise! To get there head south and follow the streets closest to the ocean (Beach Rd. then Ala Heiau Rd.). At the end of Ala Heiau Road (south of Maku'u Dr.), is a beautiful park. If you continue south and through the rainforest a bit, there are tide pools that are really amazing!
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Makuʻu Point
Just down the street about a mile is Maku'u point and tide pools. It's a beautiful beach park with tide pools toward the end. It's a great place to watch the sunrise! To get there head south and follow the streets closest to the ocean (Beach Rd. then Ala Heiau Rd.). At the end of Ala Heiau Road (south of Maku'u Dr.), is a beautiful park. If you continue south and through the rainforest a bit, there are tide pools that are really amazing!
Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens in the world. Hilo is the worlds' orchid capital and the botanical garden has one of the worlds' best orchid gardens with hundreds of rare species! There are picnic tables at the bottom of the trail/garden with incredible ocean views! We recommend you bring a lunch and picnic there.
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Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
27-717 Mamalahoa HwyHawaii Tropical Botanical Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens in the world. Hilo is the worlds' orchid capital and the botanical garden has one of the worlds' best orchid gardens with hundreds of rare species! There are picnic tables at the bottom of the trail/garden with incredible ocean views! We recommend you bring a lunch and picnic there.
Waipio Valley is also called the Valley Of The Kings as it was the site of many ancient Hawaiian religious and political meetings. It is also one of the most gorgeous places on earth! Most of the magic can be seen from the lookout area. You can also hike down to the black sand beach at the bottom, but it is a difficult hike.
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Waipio Valley Lookout
Waipio Valley is also called the Valley Of The Kings as it was the site of many ancient Hawaiian religious and political meetings. It is also one of the most gorgeous places on earth! Most of the magic can be seen from the lookout area. You can also hike down to the black sand beach at the bottom, but it is a difficult hike.
The Kaumana Caves are no ordinary cave system. They are actually underground "lava tubes" created when molten lava ran like a fast moving river through the area creating this unique cave system! You can have lots of adventures in these caves. It's perfect for a hot or rainy day.
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Kaumana Caves
1492 Kaumana DrThe Kaumana Caves are no ordinary cave system. They are actually underground "lava tubes" created when molten lava ran like a fast moving river through the area creating this unique cave system! You can have lots of adventures in these caves. It's perfect for a hot or rainy day.
The place to go if you love macadamia nuts! The gift shop is amazing and has so many options. There is also a nice rainforest there to tour!
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Mauna Loa
16-701 Macadamia RoadThe place to go if you love macadamia nuts! The gift shop is amazing and has so many options. There is also a nice rainforest there to tour!
Beaches
Great snorkeling! Great place to see sea turtles. When you enter the water go to the first lagoon on the right. There are almost always large sea turtles in there! Please keep your distance (at least 10 feet) or you could be ticketed by law enforcement.This is a beach "park" which means it also has excellent, clean facilities such as bathrooms and showers.
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Carlsmith Beach Park
1815 Kalanianaole StGreat snorkeling! Great place to see sea turtles. When you enter the water go to the first lagoon on the right. There are almost always large sea turtles in there! Please keep your distance (at least 10 feet) or you could be ticketed by law enforcement.This is a beach "park" which means it also has excellent, clean facilities such as bathrooms and showers.
Leleiwi Park formerly known as Wai'Uli Beach Park is good for kids and people who love swim lagoons!
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Leleiwi Park
2246 Kalanianaole StLeleiwi Park formerly known as Wai'Uli Beach Park is good for kids and people who love swim lagoons!
Richardson's Beach is great for snorkeling, boogie boarding, black sand beaches, grassy beaches, pretty lagoons and good, clean bathrooms and showers.
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Parc océanique Richardson
2355 Kalanianaole StRichardson's Beach is great for snorkeling, boogie boarding, black sand beaches, grassy beaches, pretty lagoons and good, clean bathrooms and showers.
Onekahakaha Beach Park also affectionately known to locals as "keiki" Beach, which means "kids" in Hawaiian, is great for kids and families. You will commonly see birthday parties, and families playing horse shoes and beach and yard games. This beach has many wave breakers and protected lagoons making it safer for kids and those who want to just lounge around in more calm waters.
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Onekahakaha Beach Park
74 Onekahakaha RdOnekahakaha Beach Park also affectionately known to locals as "keiki" Beach, which means "kids" in Hawaiian, is great for kids and families. You will commonly see birthday parties, and families playing horse shoes and beach and yard games. This beach has many wave breakers and protected lagoons making it safer for kids and those who want to just lounge around in more calm waters.
This is a gorgeous black sand beach and commonly rated as one of the most beautiful black sand beaches in the world! Be aware that it is also a nude beach. There are large drum circles and dances there on Sunday afternoons.
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Kehena Black Sand Beach
This is a gorgeous black sand beach and commonly rated as one of the most beautiful black sand beaches in the world! Be aware that it is also a nude beach. There are large drum circles and dances there on Sunday afternoons.
Grocery Stores
Target.com will deliver groceries and household items to the house via Shipt. The delivery address is: 15-987 Paradise Ala Kai Dr., Keaau, HI 96749 (Downstairs door/unit)
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Target
391 Makaala StTarget.com will deliver groceries and household items to the house via Shipt. The delivery address is: 15-987 Paradise Ala Kai Dr., Keaau, HI 96749 (Downstairs door/unit)
This is the closest grocery store to the house. It's located just across the main road on Orchidland Drive. It also has a deli and a hardware store inside. Please note that this business has no signage outside, but trust us, it is there behind the gas station.
Orchidland Gen Store
16-125 Orchid Land DriveThis is the closest grocery store to the house. It's located just across the main road on Orchidland Drive. It also has a deli and a hardware store inside. Please note that this business has no signage outside, but trust us, it is there behind the gas station.
This is a very nice grocery store with many grab and go food items. It features a bar inside with several local beers on tap as well as mixed drinks. They also offer made to order sushi as well as hot food. It is similar to a Whole Foods. Very pricey, but nice.
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Mālama Market
15-2714 Pahoa Village RdThis is a very nice grocery store with many grab and go food items. It features a bar inside with several local beers on tap as well as mixed drinks. They also offer made to order sushi as well as hot food. It is similar to a Whole Foods. Very pricey, but nice.
Local natural foods store with locations in Hilo and Pahoa
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Island Naturals Market & Deli - Hilo
1221 Kilauea AveLocal natural foods store with locations in Hilo and Pahoa
Safeway
381 E Maka'Ala StSupermarket in Hilo. Next to the Target.
Hilo KTA Super Stores
50 E Puainako StLocally owned Hawaiian supermarket in Hilo