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| - We wanted something sweet after our loss at the YMCA gym across the street back in September so we came here after checking on Yelp. What we didn't realize is this was inside a mall (That's what happens when you're just here for the weekend).
Anytime someone writes "Real Hawaiian Shave Ice" or the "World's best shave ice" I have to put it to the litmus test. That is, for me to come and taste it. Not saying I have the best tongue for the job (tho my tongue can be good for something else...lol), but I've tasted many and here my take on this place inside the Meadows Mall.
First when you walk in, you see a mixture of albums and skating. Then this place sells shave ice along with dole whip and Thrifty ice cream. The food choices are great, the decor I wasn't sure what they were going for: A sports theme or just a fan of music. But regardless of either one, there were more uncertainties.
They advertised on the counter to buy a giftcard for $10 and you get $15 worth. Which at first sounded great, and when we arrived at the register after the line here, the girl at the counter told us we can use the $10 now, but the $5 later? Which makes zero sense because if we were to gift this gift card, wouldn't the recipient be a little pissed thinking they can only use partial at a time?
So regardless of us trying to save some money, we as a group all bought shave ice and ice cream anyways. The inside is very tiny, seats about 3 parties for a total of about 10 to 12 people. And the wait for shave ice was not short either, it took nearly 20 minutes from order to receiving it finally.
The verdict? A little sweet on the syrup, but the ice itself is fine and perfect. This place doesn't have the usual Hawaiian flavors like POG but I would say the choices were decent. I do think the price/quantity ratio is a bit expensive for what you get.
After our party had received our shave ice, the counter lady gave us a small dole whip on the house. Quite nice, tho it didn't have that cap at the bottom of the dispenser so it kind of looked like tasty yellow poop.
I realized this place had restaurant.com gift certificates after the visit. I wished I had known because I would've done that instead of asking to purchase the awkward gift card.
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