Lava Lava Beach Club - WAIKOLOA

Yesterday I had the pleasure of dining at Lava Lava Beach Club. A beachfront social club with spectacular views and on the water seating. Since I'm visiting The Big Island of Hawaii I knew I wanted fish. I went with the Hook, Line, and Sinker, a chef's special that changes daily with the catch of the day. Last night it was a seared shitome with togarashi spice over a purple sweet potato mash with a mushroom medley in a lime vinaigrette dressing with pineapple mango salsa and two coconut shrimp topped with microgreens and lime. This dish was divine. The fish was cooked and seasoned perfectly over a bed of flavorful purple mash. The fish was white inside, moist and filling and the combination of the flavors of the lime vinaigrette, to the mushroom medley, to the pineapple mango salsa was magical. Everything was cohesive and worked together wonderfully. A special shout out to my server Justin Agbayani who made my experience top-notch. He took the time to throughly explain several menu items to me and provided exceptional service.

The music was really good, it?s live music and it?s you can request to sing people happy birthday. we got the sizzling shrimp and chowder and it was very good i would recommend it. if you go for sunset it?s really pretty, there is a spot with wild cats, and you can see turtles on the beach too. we found a geocache when we went so keep an eye out for one too. the servers were really nice. we had to wait two hours for a table but there?s a nice grassy area with many games to wait at, also with a truck with drinks. get the moscow mule if you go from the truck.

This was our second visit to Lava Lava Beach Club Restaurant. The first (pre-pandemic) was good but, this time, the food was less flavorful and overcooked. We arrived just after sunset and were told that there would be an hour-and-a-half wait for two people. Neither of us was starving and since they have an outdoor drink hangout and game area, we decided to wait. We were seated for dinner 30 minutes later. Staff were friendly and welcoming, but the food just wasn't what it was before (hubby's seared ahi was better than my dry hook, link, and sinker). The location and view is great! We'll probably give them another shot in the future.

The restaurant works in a first coming, first served format and does not accept reservations. We were a party of 4 and came at 5:30, and we were told that waiting was 1.5 hours. We got the text that our table was ready at 6:15! The restaurant layout is all outdoors with live music, which was really nice. We also have a nice sunset to enjoy! The food flavor was excellent, but we felt that low and slow? Baby back ribs AND the fish of the day (Monchong) were boiled a bummer because the sauces tasted so well.

Great sunset culinary experience. The food was good. Casual ambience. The staff was great.