Lanikai Juice

Tried my first Acai bowl, courtesy of Lanikai Juice. I was staying at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, just hiked Diamond Head, and wanted to eat something healthy to celebrate. My sister and I shared the Acai Extravaganza. It tasted delicious and refreshing.
I had also bought a mango smoothie drink here during another occasion. That cost around $ 6. That was good too but I liked the Acai bowl better than the smoothie.
It did seem a little pricey to me but I guess that’s what you pay for when a venue is on the resort.

Acai bowl was tasty and refreshing. Probably what you would expect from a juice joint

Best place in Hilton Hawaiian Village. I’ve only been there for breakfast so far, but the oatmeal and Kailua Monkey smoothie are the best!

I don’t like how you can either get the normal acai with blended fruit and only bananas and granola on top, or double acai with no fruit blended with strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and granola on top. Mind you honey is an extra $ 1, each fruit is $ 1, everything is $ 1… Besides all that the sweet girl working yesterday made a custom bowl for me without charging me a million dollars for a bowl that should at most be $ 10!

I gave this place 4 stars six days ago. Today I’m leaving 1 star.
Two bites into my salad I found a strand of hair, so of course I brought it to their attention. I kindly said, «Hey…there’s a strand of hair in my salad» + handed it back to them. The girl that made that salad didn’t even turn to me + ask this, but turned to the cashier + asked, «What, she want a refund or a new salad?» Cashier said, «A new salad.»
I proceeded to the pick up window while my new salad was being made. The windows are open; I can hear everything the girl is saying while she was making the new salad. She didn’t hand it to me like she did the first time. She made another girl hand me the new salad. Oh, and she never apologized. The other girls did.
At this point, I’m pissed. I walked to the first window to confront her. I asked, «Were you talking crap while making my salad?» She immediately got an attitude + said, «Why would I talk crap about you?! I don’t even know you!» I said, «The windows are open! I can hear you! And you’re immediately having an attitude right now. I wasn’t even mad when I brought the salad back. I just wanted to bring it to your attention.» She said, «I was just frustrated bc I worked so hard on the first salad!» Ok, how hard is it to put lettuce, cranberries, chicken, etc. into a plastic container? I said to her, «I’ve worked customer service. You do not have an attitude with a customer when they bring something to your attention, ok?!»
I know that Lanikai Juice is not affiliated with Hilton, but they are on their property. Knowing that the manager on duty was not at Lanikai today I went to the Hilton’s manager on duty + told him the situation + made sure he is going to contact Lanikai’s manager. I’ll probably do it myself tomorrow just in case though.
I was just absolutely baffled at how upset she got the second I brought it to their attention that there was a strand of hair in my salad. And I know it was hers; she was the only dirty blonde in there.

I’ve been to this location numerous times and it’s okay… Usually. Today was an exception though. After waiting about a minute at the window for someone to help us, we were greeted somewhat rudely by the worker who asked, «are you going to order something?» as soon as she walked over to help us. I couldn’t tell if she was higher than a kite or just completely out of it, but she threw our smoothies together and handed them out the window. They were bland and not as good as they usually are. I couldn’t even tell there was coconut or pineapple in it. We drank them nonetheless because it was hotter than Hades outside. At the end of my dad’s smoothie he sucked up something inedible. Plastic. It looked like the plastic from a bag that somehow managed to get stuck in the blender and find its way into my dad’s drink. I’m sure this issue won’t deter us from coming back since it’s a convenient location, only a couple minutes from our apartment.

Typical protein juice hipster wannabe place. Smoothies were decent though, as often is the case these days, expensive — looking at $ 11+ for 2 small smoothies with no add ins. Service was fine enough. Literally the epitome of an average place, thus, 3 stars.

Customer service: Not really what I expect in an awesome hippie store, it was almost like going to starbucks. Now it wasn’t even crowded or anything so I don’t understand why the «ok» service.
Quality of food: We got an acai bowl it was the extravaganza, but it was good nothing special. I didn’t like how the majority of the fruit was frozen and not fresh, kinda hurt to eat. :/​
Price: What you expect to pay in waikiki nothing special, not cheap but not too expensive.
Location: It’s kinda hidden, located in the basement, overall they should put some signs up to direct people to it.

Nom nomm nommm. The acai bowls are sooooooo refreshing & yummy. The perfect blend of fruits! I dislike bananas so they have me extra strawberries, with no charge. Definite buy!

Expensive, slow staff. But yummy stuff. It’s because they have really yummy things is why I keep coming back. They’ve messed up my order multiple times. And they are extremely slow workers.

During my 6 day vacay, I went to both locations! I love all their options. Healthy and delicious. I ordered the lemonade, flu fighter, and acai bowl. all dee-​lish!

Great selection of juices, shakes and sandwiches.

Wish I could give a 6^th star! Best healthy options in Waikiki! Only regret is not finding them sooner in my trip. The acai extravaganza with honey was so good! Also loved the pacific passion. Highly recommend this place!

Went there a few times while vacationing at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. The smoothies were good, but my friend found a piece of plastic in her breakfast. Yikes!

Don’t get the Pitaya (dragonfruit) bowl or smoothie. The pitaya taste absolutely nothing like dragonfruit. I could only eat half of it and threw the rest out. My friends told me that the pitaya paste was squeezed out of package not cut from the fruit. The texture was something like elmer’s glue. The only thing I liked about it was the magenta color. The fresh fruits of blueberries, strawberries, bananas, and slivers of coconut were better than the pitaya.
What made this visit worse was their service. I know it was busy for them, but they need a proper system to deal with the rush.
The workers were busy trying to get whatever smoothie they can put out the quickest and that leads to confusion for the customers. Two of my friends who ordered after me got their smoothies first. On the other hand, my other friend waited 15 minutes for his order because they somehow forgot him. Not only that, some customers who ordered before me didn’t get their bowls yet.
What they need to do is take everyone’s order first, then start making their drinks or bowls in the order it was received.

$ 9 for a small but very good chicken sandwich. I ordered the pesto chicken. It was so small i ran to the general store to grab a tuna sandwich so i can eat that while my girl ate that pesto sandwich. Again sandwich was very good, price not. no drinks, no chips were ordered with the meal. Its located by the pool area in the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Tip, walk 40 yards to the general store for water then here. I saw a 16 oz water that was listed for sale here at $ 3. 40 yards away it was $ 1.50. And in the same spot if you’re not picky about the brands you can get a 36oz water for .99 cents. yea sir i said .99 cents. if you want to stroll around with fancy store go ahead and pay the fancy price. its your money.

If you want a healthy meal after a fun day in the hot sun, you can cool down with a smoothie or juice at Lanikai Juice! The new location is mauka to Waikiki Beach in the Hilton Hawaiian Village, next to a new swimming pool area.
There are many delicious smoothies that you can add boosts and toppings too (Try BEE POLLEN!). I highly recommend their acai bowls, you can’t go wrong with a meal that comes in a bowl!