The Best Big Island Dining Experience
Cafe Pesto is honored to be sponsoring the “Love and Peas” Golf and Tennis Tournament and fundraiser at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, June 8th and 9th, 2013. All proceeds go to Big Island families who struggle to get food on the table. For information on participation and/or donations go to www.loveandpeasfoundation.com.
Let Mom know she’s the Queen of Your Heart, and celebrate her day with us at Cafe Pesto. We look forward to helping you make this day special.
“Queens Salad”
Asian Tiger shrimp and snow crab on a beautiful mix of fresh vegetables and organic mixed greens served with a macadamia red wine vinaigrette
$22.95
“Surf and Turf”
Slow Roasted Beef Tenderloin with Lobster and Scallop Tempura. Served With Bacon Wrapped Asparagus and a Sour Cream And Chive Baked Potato
Petite Portion$29.95 (3.5 oz Beef Filet)
Regular Portion$42.95 (2x 3.5 oz Beef Filet)
May 5, 2013 marks Cafe Pesto Kawaihae Harbor’s 25th Birthday! 25 years ago in 1988 we first opened our doors in the quaint harbor town of Kawaihae as a small take-out pizzeria. Fast forward to today and Cafe Pesto is an award winning dining establishment.
Here is a warm-hearted message from owner David Palmer:
“Aloha, I am David Palmer, proud owner of both Cafe Pesto Kawaihae and Hilo Bay. This month marks the 25th anniversary of our Kawaihae restaurant. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have supported our efforts to provide locally sourced, fresh Island cuisine using the bounty provided by our Big Island farmers, ranchers and fisherman to whom much is owed. Before there was Roy’s or a Merriman’s, there was -We’re Talking Pizza aka Cafe Pesto Kawaihae serving creative, organic, and locally sustainable dishes.
Special thanks are due to Michael, Jocelyn, Moki, and Kellie and all those employees who have made us the benchmark in top rated restaurants. First and foremost, however, it is our dear customers – locals and tourists alike, who have honored us with their ongoing patronage these past 25 years. Mahalo”
Cafe Pesto Hilo Bay was thrilled to hear they were the 2013 Open Table’s Diner’s Choice winner. We were even more thrilled to hear that our sister restaurant Cafe Pesto Kawaihae Harbor also won several Open Table awards:
Here are few quotes from 3 of our Open Table diners who gave Cafe Pesto Kawaihae a 5 star rating! Read More
Sokha and her husband, Ellis, have innovated their 30-acre growing space a mile above Pahala (in the southern Ka’u District), into a farm that offers such a diversity – nothing seems impossible. At any given time they may be harvesting 30 to 35 different crops including peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, salad greens and more.
They continue to creatively work their way through a variety of not the best growing conditions: uneven land, rocky soil, weather conditions – to bring to their markets the most flavorful and eye-popping vegetables.
We love including their fresh veggies in as many of our dishes as we can.
We’re thrilled that you, our Café Pesto diners, have voted us onto the 2013 OpenTable Diner’s Choice List. The Diners’ Choice lists are created by the feedback that OpenTable.com receives from diners who book through OpenTable and are marked as seated. OpenTable emails diners and asks them to complete a Dining Feedback Form. The results of the feedback helps create the Diners’ Choice List. Read More
Here at Cafe Pesto we LOVE using local ingredients! Recently, we used Ahualoa goat cheese in a few of our dishes like Ahualoa Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes and Ahualoa Goat Cheese Panna Cotta with Honey Crisp Tuile and Strawberry Compote. We are so lucky to have a local goat dairy right on the Big Island, meet Hawaii Island Goat Dairy. Read More
“Aloha Dave,
On behalf of the USTA’s West Hawaii District (WHDTA), and especially on behalf of our kids that we serve, please accept my deepest appreciation for Cafe Pesto’s sponsorship of our annual Junior Championships Tournament this May 25-27. Read More
The Slow food luncheon has been rescheduled to Sunday, April 21st at 1 pm at Cafe Pesto Hilo Bay. Chef Casey will be serving a 3 course lunch for $28 per person. Read More
Cafe Pesto loves cooking with local ingredients, and one of our favorite ingredients used in our pasta dishes is Hamakua Mushrooms from right here on the Big Island of Hawaii. We love cooking with Hamakua Mushrooms. Read More
