This restaurant opened in 1992 as just a coffee shop then was moved and is located in the Coconut Grove Marketplace on Ali’i Drive in Kona overlooks the ocean so you can see aKona sunset every day.

ILJ uses locally-sourced ingredients that includes Big Island Beef, Big Island Goat Cheese, Hawaiian Vanilla, Local greens and Coffee.

This location has its own bakery also so they can make all their own pastries, pizza dough, and breads that are made daily.

Appetizers

***Ahi Poke: The Island’s finest fresh Ahi, shoyu, sesame oil, red onion, sesame seeds, cherry tomato, avocado, wasabi aioli***

This app

Salads

Mains

***Guava BBQ Ribs: House guava-lilikoi BBQ sauce, tropical salsa, island slaw (featured on DDD).***

These ribs are cooked sous Vous for 18 hours before being finished on the grill making them fall off the bone tender with very little fat.

You can really taste the essence of the pork in these ribs with a dry spice rub that is a little Cajun style and filled with herbs including rosemary oregano and cumin.

The barbecue sauce is tomato-based with the use of guava either purée or juice inside it very mild no heat to it at all and it’s more sweet than anything else due to the edition of the guava.

This island slaw is a combination of red and green cabbage with the addition of papaya and mango is a sweet sauce that is slightly creamy.

Island Lava Java’s Fresh Fish Tacos : Charbroiled fresh catch, shredded cabbage & chipotle aioli in two taro tortillas. Served with black beans, tropical salsa & choice of organic greens salad or skin-on steak fries.

These fish tacos use the daily catch so the fish will change often.

The plate consists of of two tacos in a Taro based tortilla with there chipotle sauce.

The tortilla is very dry and flavorless.

The fish is cooked through and can be a little tough.

The suce is very creamy with a very little hint of the smok note.

The beans are nothing special nor is the salsa.