Located in the small town of Volcano, which is the nearest settlement to the Kilauea National Park. The Lava Rock Cafe is just to the side of Highway 11 about 97 miles from Kona and 28 miles from Hilo and, as they say themselves, this is where the locals eat.
Featuring local Hawai’ian favourites, specialities include delicious burgers, sandwiches and full meals, as well as a sizeable dessert list with such local delicacies as the mac nut cookies. YUM!
Lava Rock Café is very reasonably priced and serves big portions, so that both your stomach and your wallet will still be full when it’s time to go. I plumped for the Teriyaki Burger. OK so it''s only a burger, but what a big and tasty burger! Lava-licious! Check out the Lava Rock Cafe Menu for a ''taster'' of what''s on offer to satiate your appetite after a hard day''s hiking in Kilauea National Park...
This friendly place is also home to the only internet cafe in town, and they have an interesting line in merchandise in the ‘Magma Chamber’. On Thursdays and Saturdays they have live music and it is also important to note that they close early on Sundays and Mondays.
I honestly cannot quite figure out why the Hard Rock Café hasn’t sued over the startlingly obvious similarities between the two establishments! I can only assume it’s the laid back nature of the Big Island that prevents such things from happening…