Great local place for an impromptu custom bento. Line was a few feet out the door so had to wait about 20 minutes for order to be taken. When you get up to the case a patient employee will take down your order then go fill your order and meet you at the register to pay. Don’t worry you’ll have plenty of time once you get inside to ogle at all the food options they have in the case. Everything tasted great and satisfied the craving. Don’t forget to order at least a serving or two of long rice, nishime (stewed root veggies), mac salad. They had a Portuguese pickle on the white board for $6. Great rice vinegar based pickle option that helped cut through the fried options.

Went here for brunch and they were SO nice. I explained I had not been there before and one of the women was kind and explained how it worked. The spam sushi was delicious!! Going back tomorrow morning!

First timer here..The customer service is exceptional, the line can get long but worth it. *Early bird gets the worm.One dude stood out the most he has a positive vibe and very welcoming. Aloha definitely is served here!

Been going there for over 20 years, I love the tempura Ono, Teri beef and tempura shrimp. Good food, great people

Great locally owned store over 70 years old. Closes by 12 noon or whenever they sell out their fresh stock. Get there early to make sure they have the ono grindz you crave. Support local businesses, it really matters.

Tempura everything was good. Maki is good. Chicken nori was underwhelming. Keep in mind pretty much everything is room temp.

DA VERY VERY MOST ONO KIND OKAZU / BENTO SHOP

Great service and great food! Loved the spam musubi!

Great breakfast or lunch spot! Cheap items and delicious foods. I really enjoyed the spam musubi, corned beef hash, chicken katsu and shrimp tempura. All excellent choices. The meatball was good too but a bit dry.

All kinds of awesome!The food is amazingly delicious and priced really reasonably. The service is so friendly! I was amazed at how quickly they remembered my name! I loved everything we ordered here and we went back many times!

Usually love that place but recently went in, waited 45 mins to be seen because workers were too busy working on phone orders. Probably best to phone in your order. The lady in front me said she was waiting 1 hour. Crazy for a place that the food is already prepared. Also I know you said only one person works phone orders but you had 2 yesterday I was watching. I young girl and 1 chubby one. And the 2 guys were doing walk ins.

Best BENTO box lunch in Hilo. Friendly staff.

Best place to get lunch to take to the beach!!! Get there very early as its popular and many items sell out quickly. They keep making food all morning though! Parking can be a little tricky, but its worth it! Friendly, helpful staff. Love the fresh fish, and the tempura shrimp is awsome! My favorite take out in Hilo.

Been going for decades, everything is ‘ono and their cone sushi is the best!!

Best Okazu-ya in East Hawaii! Be prepared to wait patiently in line!

The food was not very good quality and always old.

The best ... I like six cone sushi and 12 fish 🐠 mostly Ono ... Along with Kawamoto tartar sauce you will be in Heaven !!! (Chicken is excellent also) ...

Old school okazuya in the heart of Hilo. Great stuff. Everything was ono!

Good selection of bento foods. Right price. Fast service even with a line out the door. Take out only

Best cone sushi and fish 🐟 in Hawaii love it all every thing there is ono

Delicious food for cheap! We got enough for two for about $10. I really like the cone sushi, tempura veggies, and pork, but everything I tried was good. We went twice on our trip.

Excellent food and good friendly service

The best ever!!! I swear I would give a 10,100!! Since I was a little girl kawamoto shrimp 🍤tempura real kine!! Ive tried okazuya all over HAWAII, -Oahu, Maui, kauai, kawamotos in hilo is by far thee best okazuya in the 808 st8.....my go2 is Teri beef,shrimp tempura, cone sushi, and bean tempura 1pc.if um really hungry great then I add the long rice and hash patty with 1 Ono breaded tho.

Delicious local okazuya with lots of variety. Typical hole-in-the-wall storefront that could use some sprucing up. Staff was efficient at disinfecting surfaces between customers and providing good customer service. So affordable. Will be back.

Very good food, and really inexpensive. I always get veggie tempura and nishime.And the people are very nice and helpful.It’s usually pretty quick, but sometimes it’s a 20-30 minute wait. Can order ahead if you’re short on time.

Old school okazuya. Sweet potato tempura is like a dollar coin size. Lot of friendly workers.

Fantastic food ono

Get in... Get Out....And Grind... Great Food! Good Prices! One of our stops when in Hilo..

Wow. This is the epitome of the Anthony Bourdain brand of local cheap eats. You must come here and eat everything. 🇯🇵🔥🙏

Nice little place with inexpensive foods togo. Try their shrimp tempura. Its so crispy.

Excellent snack food and bento items!

The gentleman was super cool and helpful, I only want him.

LOVE this place!! My favorite go to items are their tempura shrimp, ono, sweet potato tempura, long rice and nishime!! Onolicious!! But everything they make is Yummy!

Oh my home food! My mouth waters just looking at the pictures. Kawamotos okazuya was the staple on Sunday mornings... bentos for lunch at the beach.

Love it my favorite

Long line but its worth the wait.

Very good okazu and awesome service....plus, great price for your dollar. Love this eatery!

I miss Asian food!

Service before me, as I waited in line, was awesome,they came to me in line, and took my order, prepared my order and let me add an extra to item,no problem. Awesome,awesome,awesome

Service is fast and friendly and the food is yummy! Always busy in there I highly recommend phone ordering ahead if you can! If not the wait is not so bad and definitely worth it! Price point it also great!

Oh man! The Panko Shrimp, vegetable tempura,, mac/tuna salad, different breaded fish. Noodles, cone sushi,Teri meat, hash patties, nishimae, just a name of few, on the menu.... is broke da mouth ridiculous! If you like lunch shop food? Make sure you check this place out, cause you definitely will be satisfied with the service, and the tummy will be in heaven..

Authentic cuisine, all around enjoyable experience.

Authentic great tasting food as always! My order was ready as they said it would be. So greatful for people oriented business that serve aloha even through a pandemic. Mahalo!

Love how friendly employees are. Great food

I want to keep this place a secret but I can’t. If you love Japanese home style cooking, you will love this place. I recommend you go early. Food sells out quickly. Get the tempura anything! Long rice noodles, sushi, all of it delicious. The people that work there are incredibly nice and helpful.

Professional, friendly, fast service and food was delicious.

Good service but not enough of the food, several items were not available.

Like my grandma made 😋

Best okazu on the island fast friendly service every time always met with a smile

These guys are great. Great food, great service. I had to go to traffic court a couple of times and decided to stop here for lunch. Definitely a must!

Great food and service

Great service,💯✌🏾❤💛💚

The best people and the best food!

Went in at 11 and they still had most things on the menu available! Rare and such a treat :)

Local shop a few minutes from my house. Amazing food and great pricing. Friendly staff and quick service. What more is there!

5 star.... nuff said! Friendly staff and good food.

We got there just before closing but still everything we tried was delicious.They even made my son feel extra special on his birthday. We have a new favorite spot for pre-beach snacks!

This my go to for tasty fast bento box on the go. Reasonable prices, variety and delicious.

Good food, good prices. Never had Okazuya on Oahu but will have to try after Kawamoto. I reccomend the fried chicken and shoyu pork. Hard to go wrong with any of the food they sell, though.

Good food to eat 😊

I love this place and always make it my first morning stop when I come home! Everything is perfect and so are the people!!

Lines may be long, but employees work quickly. Best tasting Sushi.

Apparently it is amazing.... got there about 10 minutes before they closed, everything sold out!! Get there early!!

I love the entire menu but you gotta get here early because a lot of the times the food will be gone

Its reasonable and fast and affordable and friendly.

Kawamoto is very reasonably priced for bento lunches and ala carte, and has amazing tempura green beans and cone sushi!

Great local comfort food at reasonable prices

Always great here. The staff are friendly and helpful as well. It’s nice to be able to order exactly what you need. 😋👍

This place has the grinds!! Local okazuya. Always hits the spot no matter what you are picking it up for. Good early... They will sell out!!!

This is great local gem, wonderful authentic food at a great price. This place is bento (to-go) only not a sit and eat.

Best place lunch place ever. Great variety and good food. Love the cookies.

Me And My Family Make It A Point to Come At Least 2-3 times a Month I’ve Grown Up Eating At Okazu Ya Joints Like This And There Shrimp Tempura And Tempura Ono Is To die For! I’ve Never Had Anything I Never Like Also Pricing Is Definitely Reasonable Especially For the Quality Of Food They Are Producing. Even My 2 Sons 5years and 1years Old Love The food From Musubis, Nori Chicken, and Cone Sushi Hope They Can Bring There one Family Here One Day!!MAHALO KAWAMOTOS

Thank you for being one of the only places in Hilo open on Sunday! Food was so ono, and cheap. Got a whole box loaded with 4 pieces of fish, sweet potato, hash, chicken, and more, with a soda under $10. Parking kinda bad and I had to drive around 3 times, but worth it. Thank you!

Good food. Awesome staff.Long lines but worth the wait.Always consistent.

When you just GOTTA have legit Okazuya look no further! T. KAWAMOTO has the best selection and its all made fresh & ready to order. Dont miss out on visiting this one while in Hilo Town...

Go early as they tend to run out of the good stuff. One of the classic original okazu-yas that still has the box lunches.

Oh my gosh. The tempura shrimp, potato, cone sushi and long rice is so Ono, delicious. Happy I went here fir my breakfast.

The Food Is Awesome And. Good

Always good food & service with a ☺️

Good local style food, perfect for picnics and snacks. Great for food on the move.

This place is my favorite. This is my first stop EVERY TIME I go to Hilo. I love the fried ono and string bean tempura. The staff is always so nice. Go early if you want nori chicken.

Service was excelant, friendly and fast always come here when in town food is great

Great family place to get authentic home cooking all kine style grinds !

The best the big island has in a morning bento lunch shop. Everything is fresh and fast service. Come early or you will miss out on the cone sushi.

Staff are always courteous. Recommended to get there early to have a better quantity of their selection of food... AND to beat the crowd. The line may reach out the door on some days but the staff are on top of trying to accomodate customers. *NOTE: It is best to have a game plan of what you want to get before you reach the counter to speed up your visit. You may have to circle around the block for street parking but if you want great Okazu, its worth it. 5 stars for the food and service!!!

Did you just ask me about Kawamotos? Does historic eatery in downtown Hilo quite sum it up? Not completely. The delicious food offerings blend traditional Hawaiian and Japanese dishes that are bound to tempt and please even the most discerning palates. Okazu-ya style, so get there early for best selection, yes they do sellout. Ono no keia meaai!

Best bento on Big Island. Can not beat taste or price. Get there early because they sell out quick

Always busy but the whole reason behind that is because their food is so ono... ono is a term for crazyyyy azzzz goodddd... but yah really great food and decently priced... take a plate of of these and head down to liliokalani and have a picnic.. epic.. believe me

Fast,Friendly service food is always consistent

This little okazuya shop!! Is amazing! A jewel in our old town of hilo! One of the last shops of its kind. Where u can build a custom made bento !! Mahalo for serving our community!!!

Best okazu. Korean chicken cant be beat!

I love the food and customer service is AWESOME!... 4 STARS AUTOMATIC!!!.

Delicious cone sushis and succulent Korean chicken with other delicious food items along with a fast friendly staff

Found this place by accident. The spam musubi was amazing. Awesome historic vibe as well.

Best cone sushi on the island!

4 star IF YOU GET THERE SHORTLY AFTER OPENING WHILE ITS STILL DARK OUT..with each succeeding hour remove a 1/2 star per hour as by 11:00 this place is a disappointing 2 star bare shelf 1st come 1st serve Okazuya ghost town as far as ample offerings go.. YOU CAN TELL ITS GOOD CAUSE ITS WIPED OUT BY NOON!! GET THERE EARLY!! For ALL kine Japanese, Korean & Hawaiian kaukau...

Always a go to for local okazu. Excellent and friendly workers!!

Cheap decent if your looking for local Japanese takeout bento.

The best Okazu Yu on the Big Island. All I can say is they are awesome with the best tempura, sushi, everything Ono and yummy but go early or order early. All gone by 11am!

Customer service is great!