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Cronies
Rating Details »
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- No
- Coat Check:
- No
8 reviews for Cronies
Pros:
The decor was fun, with sports stuff everywhere, even a basketball hanging from the ceiling. It seemed to be well lit and clean. The menu looked good with "outside the box" choices available. I wish I had tried the "coconut jalapeno ribs" rather than what I did. What food I did order came out in a reasonable amount of time. I found street parking at about 8:45 p.m. on Saturday night really easily, about a minutes' walk away from Cronies. I opted to not have the ribs because they have the 2006 version of the Megatouch game, and I wanted to play, so ribs were too messy an option. The bartender was really nice. When she saw I didn't eat a lot of my food she asked if it was OK. I lied to her because she was so nice.
Cons:
My daquiri took a really long time to make (did she have to kill something first?) even though there were less than 10 people in the whole place, none of who were ordering drinks while mine was being prepared. The place was kind of "dead", with shockingly few people present at what seemed like the only sports bar around on a Saturday night.
I was craving something interesting and fried (i.e., not French fries or mozzerella sticks), so I ordered the "kalua pig potstickers with lomi tomato relish and lilikoi (passion fruit) sweet sour sauce". Sounds interesting and great, right? Well, it wasn't very good at all. What I received was 3 or 4 deep-fried kalua pig taquitos (I don't think they understand "potstickers" suggest something asian in dumpling form). The taquitos were sliced lengthwise and plated cut-side down on a bed of baby greens. There was no lomi tomato; it was dry, not-very-ripe diced tomato with dry, diced white onion sprinkled over the taquitos. The lilikoi sauce looked promising, but upon tasting it I decided it really belonged on a dessert. I was sad that the sauce was weird because the taquitos really needed some moisture; the kalua pig filling was super-dry. It seemed that the whole dish was not seasoned. After I sprinkled a good amount of salt over the whole thing, I was able to eat about 1/3 of the dish. The baby greens were the best part, better than Costco baby greens. I ate all of them.
If you go to Cronies with the intent to eat, maybe order a salad, or something generic and hard to screw up like french fries.
last call was at 8pm on a sunday night. hm, sorta sad. but they had kona brew co. wailua wheat so fine by me
Went here with the BF for lunch yesterday the service was good the decor is outdated and the carpet was gross its also stuffy and warm inside but other then that the food was good bar food... Great spot on the Bay for lunch.. I had my first bigger in like 5years the Western Burger it was so yummy But they tend to cook the food on the rare side so if u want it Medium id recommend saying Medium Well.. The wings are also very good.. The fries were lacking on the portion size but other then that it was a nice meal...
Cronies is THE best place to watch UH Manoa football during college football season. Why pay $$$$ for pay per view while you can watch the game with friends, drink beer, and eat well at Cronies!
Cronies is a sports bar and grill in Downtown Hilo, and, although sports bars do not appeal to me, Cronies has always been a fun spot when it comes to people watching and getting drinks with friends. Why? Well, for one they have pool tables and karaoke. Two, it attracts the college crowd so when it comes to socialization it's a pretty cool hangout. Three, they have great drunken snacks, for example, really great sashimi and good burgers, steak, salads, friend, etc. The bartenders are always nice and the service is great.
Awww, so this was how I ended my trip in Hilo, at Cronies. On a Friday night, it was so friggin dead. My brother and I kicked back with some beers and although it was cool to hang out with him, it would have been nice to see the night life. Boooo!
6/22/07: Went for dinner, ordered a couple of their famous burgers (went with my wife). I ordered the Works burger (lettuce, tomato, two types of cheese, bacon, sprouts, onion ring and a special sauce), she ordered the swiss and mushroom burger - we had a pitcher of beer (Mahena Red Ale, pretty smooth falvorful Hilo made beer). Burgers came out in due time (not too fast nor too slow), presentation was good (veggies weren't wilting) and was left open for any additional toppings as you wish. We thought the burgers tasted good ($7-$8/each), cooked as requested, nothing extraordinary.
Safe, standard sports bar.
