Lana's Cafe — Restaurant in Hawaii

Do not come for the fruits! It’s a scam. We stopped for fruits and the owner tried really hard to persuade us buying pre cut fruits vs the normal ones. We saw the mountain apple already getting bit rotten at the bottom and leaking juice from the skin, so I asked if this is still fresh, the owner insisted this is how it supposed to be. And laughed at us, quote- ‘you listen to me, I know my fruits’.

We should have taken that as an alarming signal and left, but because we really wanted to tastes different fruits before the end of our vacation, we bought a box of mango, soursop, mountain apple, and a guava. When we tasted the pre cut fruits they were all bad - we could get diarrhea from it (and hello owner, we might not know the fruits, but we know how rotten bad it taste like, so stop calling your customers entitled). The guava, full of fly worms inside when I bite on it.

If you are getting smoothie or food I guess it’s fine cause they blend everything you wouldn’t know the difference, but never get fruits here especially pre cut. Unless you want to waste money and get diarrhea from this.

And we literally got mango and papaya from local uncle aunty farm and fruit stands, they were so good and yes they had some small flys we didn’t mind. But tourist trap like you make local business...

Overpriced with bland and flavorless fruits. Not only did they taste awfully bad, we even found a live worm in our guava, totally disgusting and unacceptable. We were told by multiple local guides that summer is the fruit season and we have had wonderful experiences with other fruit stands until this one became the horror show of our last day on island. If you are to get smoothie, probably fine since it mixes and grinds everything, but if you are looking for fresh fruits, run.

** edit as owner replied Interesting that you were waiting for the review as if you know what the quality of fruits can lead to. If you’re telling me that worms and rotten juice are what to expect with exotic fruits, I’ll list my experience with your stand as 5-star exclusive luxury. Definitely recommend your place to others since this is the best we deserve based on your comment. FYI typing now with the greatest fear of bringing shame to us...

UPDATE:

We visited this spot recently and, while the staff were very kind and welcoming, some of the baked goods and drinks we tried didn’t quite meet our expectations. The baked items and smoothies we ordered weren’t as flavorful as we hoped, and the shaved ice and piña colada were unfortunately not to our taste. We spent about $70 and were initially disappointed.

However, I really want to highlight that the owner, Golf, went above and beyond to make things right. After we reached out, they promptly refunded the full amount and handled the situation with genuine professionalism and care — something that’s not very common these days.

Mistakes can happen anywhere, but the way this business took accountability says a lot about their integrity. Because of that, we’ll definitely consider giving them another try in the future.

Thank you again, Golf, for your kindness and understanding....