Great shave Ice spot! I’ll be back for the ice cream!Kid-friendliness: Perfect place to bring the keiki
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Annmarie M.
We fell in love with Hilo and Da Hawaaian Brain Freeze shave ice. All kinds of delicious frozen treats. We returned twice and would have gone back a third time had we more time in beautiful Hilo. The shave is like snow- so fine! All the flavors we tried were amazing. Tip: get the ice cream inside the shave ice. We got mac nut and ube -both were incredible.
Rick colton
Simply the tastiest shave I’ve on the Island.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shave Ice
Jana Tingom
Huge portions, even the keiki size! Yummy shave ice, kids loved it.
Inverleith F.
Yes, the size of the regular is huge! I got pineapple, lychee and coconut which was meh for me. That's on me that the combo wasn't the most colorful or flavorful. No line to get in during the late afternoon. I usually get ice cream but glad I didn't as I don't know how it would have all fit! As another helper has said, toppings right now are $2 per which is steep even for me. There's not a lot of room to sit inside and they don't have dedicated seating outside the shop. There are benches in the shopping center and plenty of parking lot spaces. I wouldn't mind trying them again with a Keiko size and ice cream. The ice cream flavors all looked good as well. Please support this local business
Curtis B
Great small location to get Hawaiian shaved ice. My wife didn't really like her flavor choice, and they gave her another! Great customer service!Not alot of seating inside the store.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cory Beal
I am a Shave Ice and Ice Cream connoisseur. I’ve been to all the best places on all the islands. Matsumotos on Oahu, JoJos and Skinny Mikes on Kauai, and Scandi’s in Kona but Brain Freeze stands alone now!The shave ice is as big as your head (no exaggeration). Reasonably priced but a little high on the snow cap and ice cream option. Lots of flavors and a perfect pour so that it’s not soupy or puddles at the bottom.They also feature lots different flavors with the mudslide and banana macadamia nut being the popular flavors in our group and my wife saying it was now her new favorite all time flavor. There’s also a couple cultural options if you wanna try something new.Brain Freeze without a doubt will be a MUST visit when coming g to Hilo or worth the drive when coming from Kona!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shave Ice
Drizza N.
A must stop for shave ice and ice cream. Located in a small strip mall. Friendly service . So many flavor choices to choose from.
Cory B.
I am a Shave Ice and Ice Cream connoisseur. I've been to all the best places on all the islands. Matsumotos on Oahu, JoJos and Skinny Mikes on Kauai, and Scandi's in Kona but Brain Freeze stands alone now! The shave ice is as big as your head (no exaggeration). Reasonably priced but a little high on the snow cap and ice cream option. Lots of flavors and a perfect pour so that it's not soupy or puddles at the bottom. They also feature lots different flavors with the mudslide and banana macadamia nut being the popular flavors in our group and my wife saying it was now her new favorite all time flavor. There's also a couple cultural options if you wanna try something new. Brain Freeze without a doubt will be a MUST visit when coming g to Hilo or worth the drive when coming from Kona!
Michelle Porter
The treats will freeze your brain but the service will warm your heart. It was very nice to step out of the rain and into a cute little shop that was festively decorated with the Christmas tunes rocking. I got a Kona Coffee milkshake which had a deep, rich coffee flavor that was to die for! The young lady that took care of me was super sweet. Highly recommend, better than Baskin Robbins!
This looks like Halo Halo but it's just canned fruit cocktail with a scoop of ube ice cream on top. Very disappointed!
Erica M.
We are voting visiting Hawai'i, this is the best shave ice I've had and you get your money's worth!
A Yu
Really fine shave ice
Amanda Fletcher
Ice cream was alright. Wish we could have seen the flavors and not just choosing from the name on a sign. We ordered mint chocolate chip and it was Grinch colored which was very surprising. The Ube was also very vibrant purple. It was hard for us to enjoy the ice cream and get past the amount of food coloring that was used to get them that color.
abennie
The ice cream was probably the best ice cream I have ever had! I got a double scoop of monster cookie/cake batter and they were both excellent! Cake batter had pretty large chunks of cake in it and monster cookie little chunks of cookie. So good! Scoop sizes were very generous—so much so that I could have easily been satisfied with one scoop. My husband and daughter were very happy with their choices as well. And for how much you get the prices were really reasonable! Highly recommend!
Great shave Ice spot! I’ll be back for the ice cream!Kid-friendliness: Perfect place to bring the keiki
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We fell in love with Hilo and Da Hawaaian Brain Freeze shave ice. All kinds of delicious frozen treats. We returned twice and would have gone back a third time had we more time in beautiful Hilo. The shave is like snow- so fine! All the flavors we tried were amazing. Tip: get the ice cream inside the shave ice. We got mac nut and ube -both were incredible.
Simply the tastiest shave I’ve on the Island.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shave Ice
Huge portions, even the keiki size! Yummy shave ice, kids loved it.
Yes, the size of the regular is huge! I got pineapple, lychee and coconut which was meh for me. That's on me that the combo wasn't the most colorful or flavorful. No line to get in during the late afternoon. I usually get ice cream but glad I didn't as I don't know how it would have all fit! As another helper has said, toppings right now are $2 per which is steep even for me. There's not a lot of room to sit inside and they don't have dedicated seating outside the shop. There are benches in the shopping center and plenty of parking lot spaces. I wouldn't mind trying them again with a Keiko size and ice cream. The ice cream flavors all looked good as well. Please support this local business
Great small location to get Hawaiian shaved ice. My wife didn't really like her flavor choice, and they gave her another! Great customer service!Not alot of seating inside the store.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
I am a Shave Ice and Ice Cream connoisseur. I’ve been to all the best places on all the islands. Matsumotos on Oahu, JoJos and Skinny Mikes on Kauai, and Scandi’s in Kona but Brain Freeze stands alone now!The shave ice is as big as your head (no exaggeration). Reasonably priced but a little high on the snow cap and ice cream option. Lots of flavors and a perfect pour so that it’s not soupy or puddles at the bottom.They also feature lots different flavors with the mudslide and banana macadamia nut being the popular flavors in our group and my wife saying it was now her new favorite all time flavor. There’s also a couple cultural options if you wanna try something new.Brain Freeze without a doubt will be a MUST visit when coming g to Hilo or worth the drive when coming from Kona!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shave Ice
A must stop for shave ice and ice cream. Located in a small strip mall. Friendly service . So many flavor choices to choose from.
I am a Shave Ice and Ice Cream connoisseur. I've been to all the best places on all the islands. Matsumotos on Oahu, JoJos and Skinny Mikes on Kauai, and Scandi's in Kona but Brain Freeze stands alone now! The shave ice is as big as your head (no exaggeration). Reasonably priced but a little high on the snow cap and ice cream option. Lots of flavors and a perfect pour so that it's not soupy or puddles at the bottom. They also feature lots different flavors with the mudslide and banana macadamia nut being the popular flavors in our group and my wife saying it was now her new favorite all time flavor. There's also a couple cultural options if you wanna try something new. Brain Freeze without a doubt will be a MUST visit when coming g to Hilo or worth the drive when coming from Kona!
The treats will freeze your brain but the service will warm your heart. It was very nice to step out of the rain and into a cute little shop that was festively decorated with the Christmas tunes rocking. I got a Kona Coffee milkshake which had a deep, rich coffee flavor that was to die for! The young lady that took care of me was super sweet. Highly recommend, better than Baskin Robbins!
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This looks like Halo Halo but it's just canned fruit cocktail with a scoop of ube ice cream on top. Very disappointed!
We are voting visiting Hawai'i, this is the best shave ice I've had and you get your money's worth!
Really fine shave ice
Ice cream was alright. Wish we could have seen the flavors and not just choosing from the name on a sign. We ordered mint chocolate chip and it was Grinch colored which was very surprising. The Ube was also very vibrant purple. It was hard for us to enjoy the ice cream and get past the amount of food coloring that was used to get them that color.
The ice cream was probably the best ice cream I have ever had! I got a double scoop of monster cookie/cake batter and they were both excellent! Cake batter had pretty large chunks of cake in it and monster cookie little chunks of cookie. So good! Scoop sizes were very generous—so much so that I could have easily been satisfied with one scoop. My husband and daughter were very happy with their choices as well. And for how much you get the prices were really reasonable! Highly recommend!