Chaba's Joy Cafe - Kapaau

Best food we 've had in Hawaii!!! It 's a little store with only one woman working there, which I give her praise. My pad Thai was phenomenal. My step mom had the pineapple rice that she thoroughly enjoyed and my dad had the Beef salad that he said was dang good . Highly recommend this place! Can 't say enough good things about it.

Loved it!! What a cute place and the cutest lady running it! We all thoroughly enjoyed our super freshly prepared pad Thai (w/chicken and tofu), parang curry, kolbi chicken, chicken satay and probably a couple other things. We had a group of 10 people so I kind of forget what else we ordered. The place was recommended to us by our kids' group zip lining guide (which we had done earlier the same day), and he was completely right! We are from Kansas City, KS and the Thai dishes were very different from the pad Thai and the parang curry we are used to eating here! Definitely recommend if you are in the area and if you can hit the place in time (places in Hawaii were closed at odd times and days- we think and were told has been due to the pandemic and staff/ supply shortages). So anytime we found a place to eat, which could seat us when we needed a place, we considered ourselves lucky! If the food was good, that was a bonus! Yelp continues to be our resource for food when travelling 99.9% of the time, and it has not disappointed yet!

Wow! This tiny little one woman shop is impressive to say the least! I had quite possibly the best pad thai noodles here and the summer rolls are amazing! Everything is made to order and so so fresh!!! Loved every bite!

This place is absolutely delightful! It 's a tiny hole in the wall type take out spot, located in the big rainbow building (attached to the L&L BBQ . The food is absolutely delicious, fresh and authentic!!! When we arrived 25 minutes before closing, we were greeted warmly and there was just one sweet woman doing everything! We had a big order, but she started cooking and gave us our food as it came out. She insisted we just go eat and not worry about paying til later. ; She was amazing to watch, as it feels like watching mama cooking in the kitchen at home. Probably the best Pad Thai I have ever had and the summer rolls were so fresh and soooo yummy that I ordered 2 more rolls to take home after scarfing the first one! I also bought the last 2 two packages of her homemade almond cookies. Can 't wait to try them! As we were leaving she handed me a big bag of fresh lychee fruit, and said, Share with your family. So sweet!!!! I can 't highly recommend this place for a wonderful, quick, super fresh and tasty meal cooked by the sweetest woman! Definitely will be back again when we visit. Two big thumbs up for down home charm and oh-so ONO food!

Very tasty thai pork salad (learn) and bbq pork. eat a lot. ready for our hike!