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Oceanside Dining in Kona as Compared to the Resorts

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Real Estate Agent with Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker DRE #00697006

All of our previous trips to Big Island have been to resorts. We've stayed at Four Seasons, The Fairmont, Hapuna Prince and Marriott Waiklola, and a great B and B on the Hilo side in Honomu. As such, most of our dining experiences have been at or near resorts. Now that we have our own vacation house, it's either go grocery shopping, which for some reason my husband does not seem interested in, or go out for dinner.

It's at least a half hour up the coast to the resorts and we are only a mile from Ali'i Drive and some of the other dining spots in Kona. The service is more casual, the food more basic, thus far, but I am keeping an open mind. With a place like Huggos Restaurant, it's more about the location than the food or service, I suspect.

You can read more in my personal blog today and see more photographs at this link: Huggos Restaurant in Kona Offers Relaxed Dining and View.

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Elizabeth Weintraub is co-partner of Weintraub & Wallace Team of Top Producing Realtors, an author, home buying expert at The Balance, a Land Park resident, and a veteran real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown, Carmichael and East Sacramento, as well as tract homes in Elk Grove, Natomas, Roseville and Lincoln. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put our combined 80 years of real estate experience to work for you. Broker-Associate at RE/MAX Gold. DRE License # 00697006.

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Comments(6)

Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Everytime my husband's card has been compromised, a visit to a restaurant preceded it.  The server walked off with the card.   It's not good.  That's why I'm loving Zoosk..where you pay with your card right at the table.  No one takes your card and wanders away.

Huggo's sounds like a good place to enjoy a meal.  

Dec 20, 2016 03:29 PM
Hella Mitschke Rothwell
(831) 626-4000 - Honolulu, HI
Hawaii & California Real Estate Broker

The last couple of days I've done quite a bit of traveling and my Bank caught on and froze my account and I had to verify that I knew what was going on. I started in Carmel on Sunday morning driving all the way up the coast of California, then over to Medford in Oregon during the Midnight hours of Monday to Tuesday, there climbing on a plane at 5 AM for Hawaii today. But this was a debit card, not a credit card. Don't know if they do that with a credit card. Hanging out with my grandsons here in Honolulu right now. LOVE Huggos and Huggos on the Rocks and, yes, it's all about the location.

Dec 20, 2016 05:54 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hi Elizabeth --- ah, finally it's time for a "Happy Hour" post and an umbrella drink.   And talk about an ideal setting too.    

Here's to more "happy" times and less inconvenience.   

Dec 21, 2016 06:40 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Chris Ann Cleland I looked up zoosk but it seems to be a dating site. If the restaurant doesn't have a cash register, I don't know how you can prevent them from swiping your data. Not every restaurant uses tabletop credit card machines.

Dec 21, 2016 10:57 AM
Chris Ann Cleland

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Real Estate Agent, Top 1% of Lyon Agents --I wish they all did have that tabletop credit machine.  The only alternative is carrying cash to restaurants.

Dec 23, 2016 08:35 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Hella Mitschke Rothwell Oh, they do the same thing with credit cards. Chase was relentless with my card for a while. I'd be in Nordstrom at a counter and have the purchase declined. Call Chase. OK, back on track. Promised me no further trouble. Then next counter at Nordsrom, purchase declined. Continued that way at 2 other counters. Enough to drive you nuts.

Glad to see you made it to Hawaii!

Dec 21, 2016 10:59 AM
Hella Mitschke Rothwell

Yes, looked out at a most gorgeous rainbow this morning.

Dec 21, 2016 02:42 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Michael Jacobs Mai Tais are the perfect tropical drink, and they are especially sweet if you order them that way. In Hawaii, you have choices.

Dec 21, 2016 11:00 AM