Ocean View Pizzaria — Restaurant in Hawaii

Stopped by while passing by the area heading to the Hilo side, which I assume is common. Clearly a highly local place in a highly local town - everyone in there seemed to know each other and sandwiches seemed popular.

Being a Pizzaria tho, we thought we'd get a couple slices. Now it took the better part of 20-30 minutes to actually get these two slices which - fine - I guess they were made fresh and we weren't in a hurry.

Real problem was that when we got them, they were about half the size as advertised on their big board behind the register, which showed more like a Costco-sized monster slice. Given the price and that ad, I expected it to match up but it did not.

So we got about half-a-lunch at about double the price lunch shoulda been. Maybe stingy portions for tourists are how they stay in business but it feels kinda crappy.

On the way out of this little town a clearly mentally ill young woman screamed some profanity at us too. Seems she was having some man problems or something, who can say. We got a very strange impression of Ocean View in our...

This place was truly a hidden gem. We decided to stop by this place since there were not many places to eat in that area. It was a little difficult to find this place, but there it was, tucked in the corner in a tiny shopping complex. We built our own large vegetarian pizza, and it took them about half an hour to prepare the pizza since they made it from scratch. They have a small dining area in the next room, where we waited for the pizza. That was the best pizza I had in a long time. The tomato sauce was different and really good, and the crust was prefect too - not too chewy or hard. Sure, the pizza didn't hold up well (cheese kept sliding off of the slices), but I didn't mind getting a little messy as the pizza was quite delicious. We inhaled our pizza quickly despite it being piping hot. My husband loved his chicken sub too. It's a small family-owned place and it is a good place to visit if you are looking to eat...

Oct-2022: updated to 2 star. We went back to this place but it was disappointing this time. We paid $80 for 2 large veggie/greek pizzas which were ok and tasted similar. Highly overpriced for an unsatisfactory meal.

Oct-2021: 4 star. I loved this place. This was our food stop on the way to the south and we weren't too optimistic, but this small pizzeria exceeded our expectations. The owners/managers were very friendly. The pizza was delicious, one of the better pizzas we ate on Big Island. You can either get the full pizza or get it by the slice. They also have some soup, etc. options which they seemed to prepare fresh in low quantities.

As we waited for our pizza, we saw at least 10-15 more customers dropping by for pick up. As a tourist, not having dine in is one issue here, but you can buy a pizza and eat it in your car.

Overall, highly...