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Pau
65-1227 Opelo Road
Kamuela, HI 96743
(808) 885-6325
Kamuela, HI 96743
(808) 885-6325
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
3 reviews for Pau
We ate here twice during a 3 week house sitting gig in June.
Pau is a small restaurant tucked in the back of an office area in the center of Kamuela. You have to be looking for it to find it. It is a nice 8-10 table operation, with a deli case in front where you can see their ingredients. I ordered their mushroom pizza based on seeing the flat for gorgeous mushroms that had just been delivered.
Our party had pizza, salads and a few noodle dishes. The sauces and dressings on the salads and noodles were outstanding. The owner is planning on commercializing those dressings and I for one are looking forward to being able to get them for home. Other ingredients were also fresh and well prepared. I really really recommend the mushroom pizza, it is rare you will see that kind of variety of mushrooms!
We ordered at the counter and took a table in the back. This was early in the evening, as our dinner progressed it looked like they had regular table ordering and service.
Pau serves beer and wine. Limited choice but the wines were quite good, we had a Neprica from Pulia, very nice.
Prices were quite reasonable, you didn't feel like you were getting charged for eating in HI vs. the mainland.
I would say it is 5 star withing the middle price category. I wished we were staying in Kamuela so we could have eaten at Pau a few more times.
This is a tiny (12 table) place tucked in a little office complex in the same parking lot as Merriman's. The food was decent, really crisp thin crust pizza, but it was pricey. $38 for a pizza and two beers. The staff was really nice and the food was out pretty quick. Even though it wasn't busy the dining room was messy. There were tables that were dirty when we came in and were still full of used plates afterward.
It was around 11:00am and we were starving for lunch. Daniel Thiebaut wasn't open yet and Hawaiian Style Cafe looked way too packed. So, we ended up here at Pau.
I was a little skeptical of this place at first, since we were the only one's there. The food proved to be pretty good though. I ordered the a steak sandwich with goat cheese and a side of mixed greens. The sandwich was very good, but I couldn't really taste too much goat cheese, which I absolutely love and was looking forward to tasting in my sandwich.
My family also split the crimini pizza. I was in love with the crust, which was perfectly crispy just the way I like it. I kept getting caught sneaking the crust off all the slices. The only issue I had with the pizza was getting slices with too much pancetta, which was super salty.
My friend ordered a side of pea soup, which wasn't warm enough at first, but after she got it heated up a bit she said it was very good.
Prices are average, service is friendly, and the interior is clean and relaxed. Overall, everyone enjoyed their meal here. It certainly wasn't Daniel Thiebaut, but it was good enough to satisfy our early afternoon hunger.
