Makani’s Magic Pineapple Shack
Makani’s Magic Pineapple Shack things to do, attractions, restaurants, events info and trip planning
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Whimsical stop for smoothies, acai bowls, sandwiches, salads & brightly colored ice cream.
attractions: Hilo Farmer's Market, Two Ladies Kitchen, KTA Super Stores - Downtown, The Mystic Closet, Mana Wellness Massage Therapy & Holistic Health, Mokupāpapa Discovery Center, Pacific Tsunami Museum, Sack N Save Hilo, Wild Hilo Tours, Wild Ginger Hotel, restaurants: Pineapples Island Fresh Cuisine, Cafe Pesto Hilo Bay, Jackie Rey's Ohana Grill Hilo, Hilo Town Tavern, Cronies Bar & Grill, The Booch Bar, New Chiang Mai Thai Cuisine, Naung Mai Thai Kitchen, Mohala’s Bayfront Fish and Chips, LLC, Antics Pizza
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Whimsical stop for smoothies, acai bowls, sandwiches, salads & brightly colored ice cream.
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LannaLanna
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LannaLanna
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HarrietHarriet
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What a wonderful treat in downtown Hilo. Located on the far end of the shopping area (about 5 blocks from the farmers market) this is worth a visit if you're looking for a special confection. We ordered a cup of the unicorn soft serve with fruit which came to a reasonable $7.50 and ended up ordering another! Unicorn is a swirl of Ube (nutty vanilla flavor) and dragon fruit (pineapple base, dairy free) which was a perfect blend. Sprinkles make it shine! Adding fruit was well worth the dollar extra. (One had banana pineapple and strawberries and the next just pineapple & strawberry so the fruit may vary and ask if you're particular) If I had to choose just one of the flavors it would be ube but glad I don't have to make that choice. We weren't excited about the available shave ice options in Hilo but these desserts definitely have that "wow" if you're on the east side. Most people in the store had acai bowls which looked amazing and there were also a lot of smoothie options. The soft serve is the cheapest option on the menu and what will keep me dreaming about coming back.
Lauren BurketLauren Burket
10
I hate to give a bad review for a good place with good stuff. It was all about the service. A female staff got me an iced coffee while I was waiting for a kona mocha. While they talked about it behind the bar, a male staff grabbed the drink and start adding things into it. So I guessed he was trying to fix it and I was right. As long as I know, mocha uses espresso shot and iced coffee doesn't. So I asked if he could make a new one. He said it was exactly same recipe. I tasted it and it was just like an iced coffee. When I told him about it he grabbed my drink and added so much chocolate sauce and gave it back to me.. I told him I didn't want it and it was fine that he didn't have to make a new one then I went to back to my family sittimg at the table. Soon after, I was called because someone made a new drink which tasted actually similar to the previous one. So they either don't use espresso shot for thier mocha or just made same one to fool me. That was fine with me, at least someone tried to do something. So I was drinking it. Then, that same guy asked me how the drink was. I said it was fine. Then he literally shouted so that everyone in the shop could hear him "oh, now you like it". He just couldn't stop trying to poke me till the end. I am guessing he is one of the owners from his attitude. And he made me believe that he would try anything to fix those drinks ordered wrong if he thinks customer wouldn't notice the difference. Not cool.
Jaii HanJaii Han
40
Disappointed. 😢 Saw all the hype on Instagram and it looked nothing like the photos, nor did the taste blow my socks off (and I saw the difference between the ones with and w/o soft serve on top - still does not compare). I was expecting a wow factor and there was nothing. The fruit was decent, clearly had been chopped fresh as we saw it in containers, but the pineapple didn’t actually taste fresh. There was a weird spice to the bowl that we couldn’t place. Like a nutmeg or almost like a hot honey. It would have been so much better without whatever that was. The shop itself is cute, and it definitely looks like the family works hard. Lots of creative ideas. Maybe the soft serve cones are better? Just sad to say there was nothing special about this açaí bowl.
Madeleine WentzelMadeleine Wentzel
40
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