![]() ![]() With a better service and no dessert it will probably receive a solid 4 surfboards. Service was a surprising disappointment with 2 surfboards. If it was quieter or not on the street it would receive 4 surfboards for ambience. On a 1-5 rating with 5 being the best: Food quality receives a 4 surfboards, ambience receives 3.5 surfboards. They do serve eggs benedict for breakfast, our favorite, and we will come back for that sometime soon. But the appetizer and entrees were fantastic. We were charged for the cheesecake with the hard rubber/plastic looking gelatin and had to ask that it be removed. Even when we did order dessert she added it and brought back the bill immediately. I felt like she was trying to push us out the door. I understand they were busy, but now the restaurant is half empty. Deduction of points for bringing the check without asking if we want dessert. (Deserts may not be their specialty.) The waitress was surprisingly not good. The “cheesecake” had some hard gelatin in it which had not been strained out. My critiques are thus: the wedges in my salad and the pieces of spinach in Leise’s salad are too big. A nice mix of light, sweet, thick, and delicious chocolate. Regardless of what it should be based on the name, the flavor is great. The flourless cake is more like a brownie cake versus a silky smooth flourless cake would be. The flavor was amazing because it had both tart and sweet. The cheesecake has the consistency more of an gelatin moose pie. Now it’s on to the Lilikoi Cheesecake and Flourless Chocolate Cake. Based on everything we are eating now, I am excited to try dessert. The fresh mango, papaya, cucumber, tomato, and egg, wedges on a bed of fresh mixed make the salad a complete meal which is a pleasure to the palette. The thousand island dressing is a nice complement, not over powering, to the shrimp and crab. Mind you, Leise is a retired gourmet chef. FISH HOPPER KONA MACThe Mac nuts with the strawberries, blue cheese, grilled chicken and vinaigrette was the best Leise has had, ever. ![]() The dressing is amazing!!! Leise has already mentioned at least 3 times how wonderful is her salad and how surprised is she considering the restaurant’s outward appearance. It was served with grilled chicken, fresh strawberries, blue cheese, macadamia nuts in raspberry vinaigrette. I will definitely order this in the future. It came with a sweet chili sauce and is quite delicious. For an appetizer we ordered the crispy coconut shrimp. ![]() Right as I began to notice the wait and began to blog, the food showed up. Fish Hopper has one of the best views in Kona of Kona Bay. As we settled in and looked around we realized the location is superb. The downstairs seating is street front and thus a little noisy. We sat down and placed our reservation with trepidation. We walked around a bit, took some pictures and by the time we returned (15 minutes) the table was just being prepared for us. The good news is the 15 minute time estimate given us was spot on. Since we are all about the ambience, we requested a bay front view table. Thus we had a 15 minute wait in slow, relaxed Kona town. If you follow my blog then you know, Wednesday is cruise ship day. ![]() We arrived on a Wednesday afternoon at the Fish Hopper Seafood & Steaks Restaurant. ![]()
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