Hilo Town Tavern

Mainlanders beware. CHECK YOUR BILL AND YOUR CHANGE. I am updating my review after trying the food and spending some more time there. I have lived on the island several months now, so I am not a "tourist", however perception is reality for most islanders here. I had the unfortunate experience to have a "waitress" (large Hawaiian woman with tattoos) that chose to give me the worst food and service possible. My beer tasted salty, the fries came out greasy, soggy and they looked like worms, in fact, they may have actually been worms and the chicken was burnt. It is amazing that another human being can put something like that in front of someone and walk away abruptly. She only made it to the table every 20 minutes or so even though they weren't busy on an early evening week night (my empty salty beer glass waited for a good 10 minutes (I ordered something from a bottle after). She was not friendly and barely said anything. The most disturbing part of it is that when I received my bill I was overcharged by about 8$. I asked her to correct it and bring me my change. I received the change back and no receipt so I couldn't see what was changed. I asked for the receipt and she had to make up another one, which didn't match the first at all. I also did not receive the correct change. All in all, I am out about 10$ on a 33$ bill and didn't even eat the food. (This is not the place you want to return the food and have them remake it, FYI). This is just one of a dozen instances around town where the locals will straight up show their dislike of "mainlanders, tourists, white women". I can't describe to you the overall negativity of it all and I hate to put this in that category, but people like this should not be in the food service industry period. I would have taken a picture if my phone hadn't been stolen from another restaurant a couple nights prior. I have money to spend here, but will not give my business to a place like this.