Buns In The Sun

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States

The Buns in the Sun restaurant (located in Kona on the island of Hawaii) is a cafe/restaurant that serves salads and sandwiches. The cafe also offers a selection of cookies and cakes for dessert. This restaurant is the meeting point for Mauna Kea Summit Adventures, so we thought we would go and try it out.

I wasn't overly impressed with the restaurant, but it wasn't terrible, either. It's probably not somewhere I would go back to, but I didn't mind my meal there.

Cost

Everything in Hawaii seems to be a bit expensive. Most sandwiches were $9 here. The cold "make your own sandwich" menu started at $7.95 per sandwich, but had additional charges for cheese or veggies.

Parking

Buns In The Sun is located in a fairly large shopping complex. There is tons of parking available just outside the restaurant.

Items Ordered

Hawaiian Kalua Pig

Hawaiian Kalua Pig

We had heard good things about the Hawaiian Kalua Pig before coming here, and it was pretty good. I ordered it on a wheat bun. It was served with a bit of cheese, lettuce, and tomato. The meat tasted like rib meat, but without the bones. I was disappointed that there wasn't more "stuff" on this sandwich. There was a good amount of meat, but there was only one slice of tomato, and one lettuce leaf on the whole sandwich. The sandwich came with a bag of potato chips.