Praises for the quality of the food and service at Umeke’s have been sung by many for quite a long time – and rightly so. Their Kailua-Kona location does not have a view, which is really the only drawback we can think of to a great dinner out at this restaurant. We love their Poke Flight for a starter (the simple Sweetie poke usually takes the cake) and then fill our bellies with their Mixed Plates, with a side of hō’i’o (fiddlehead fern) salad.
Any vegetarian members of your party will have a more limited choice, of course (this being a fish restaurant), but the options of stir fry, fries loaded with nuts and herbs, veggies with rice, or salad, mostly sound rather enticing to us.
