Bottom line is that we are lucky to have them both in Pahoa. They each do a few things fairly well (graded on a Pahoa curve). There are not a lot of other places to go, gather, sit down inside, eat and imbibe so please keep trying. They both employ our friends and our friends children.
Get creative. You can have almost anything you can imagineer at Coco Cantina. Ask for your burrito, any kind, chimichanga style (fried on the outside). It's one dollar more and well spent. Mucho better. Not on the menu.
Mix it up. Get shrimp in your quesadillas. Take any combination of ingredients you see on the menu and ask them to do whatever you can come up with. Too bland? Tell them to make it hot or spicy.
@random they DO have the lunch specials also at Pahoa.
You can also get creative at Luquins. Yes it can taste like a Sysco truck got in a head on wreck in Mexico with a semi load of pace picante sauce. Tell them what you want. Look deeper at the menu. It's slightly disorganized with breakfast items hiding deep in the menu. Go when Ferlin is bar-tending. He's been there since early days at the old location. Design your own margarita. Use the same credit card every time and get on the points program. It's basically a Kaimaaina discount of 5% you can save up and use after a couple of visits to lower your bill.
Both places struggle just like we all do out here. They have challenges that a Hilo eatery does not have. Please cut them some slack and keep trying. I'd like them to keep on being there when Lady Tang goes on strike. There are not a bunch of other options. You are not limited to what is on the menu. Try ask! Feel free to color outside the lines!
Get creative. You can have almost anything you can imagineer at Coco Cantina. Ask for your burrito, any kind, chimichanga style (fried on the outside). It's one dollar more and well spent. Mucho better. Not on the menu.
Mix it up. Get shrimp in your quesadillas. Take any combination of ingredients you see on the menu and ask them to do whatever you can come up with. Too bland? Tell them to make it hot or spicy.
@random they DO have the lunch specials also at Pahoa.
You can also get creative at Luquins. Yes it can taste like a Sysco truck got in a head on wreck in Mexico with a semi load of pace picante sauce. Tell them what you want. Look deeper at the menu. It's slightly disorganized with breakfast items hiding deep in the menu. Go when Ferlin is bar-tending. He's been there since early days at the old location. Design your own margarita. Use the same credit card every time and get on the points program. It's basically a Kaimaaina discount of 5% you can save up and use after a couple of visits to lower your bill.
Both places struggle just like we all do out here. They have challenges that a Hilo eatery does not have. Please cut them some slack and keep trying. I'd like them to keep on being there when Lady Tang goes on strike. There are not a bunch of other options. You are not limited to what is on the menu. Try ask! Feel free to color outside the lines!