Big Island Grill

Kailua-Kona


The grill serves gut-busting portions of Hawaiian soul food like plate lunches and loco moco (rice, fried egg and hamburger patty topped with thick gravy). Choose from fried chicken katsu (deep-fried fillets), fried mahimahi, shrimp tempura and more. All meals come with two scoops of rice, potato-mac salad and rich gravy.


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1. Mokuʻaikaua Church

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2. Huliheʻe Palace

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4. Kailua Pier

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5. Herb Kane Paintings

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6. Ahuʻena Heiau

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7. Kamakahonu Beach

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8. Honl's Beach

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