Kings View Café

Kings View Cafe sits on Akoni Pule Highway in Kapaau, North Kohala, directly across from the original King Kamehameha statue. The location is the brief: this is the last serious stop before the Pololu Valley Lookout, fifteen minutes further up the highway. The kitchen runs fresh pizza, sandwiches, salads, and a soft-serve menu anchored by pineapple Dole Whip that moves volume on hot afternoons. Indoor seating, outdoor seating, both work. You will see Kohala locals on lunch breaks, hikers loading up before Pololu or coming back hungry from the descent, and visitors photographing the Kamehameha statue between bites. Service runs friendly and slow when the room fills, which it does. Order the Kalua Pork BBQ pizza if you want what the Kohala regulars order. Order pineapple soft-serve and a coffee on the patio if you came down from Pololu and need fifteen quiet minutes before the drive back to Kona.