Yen's Cafe - Vietnamese restaurant in Hilo - 235 Waianuenue Ave #101, USA

Just stopped by to order a quick lunch and was so pleasantly surprised with our food. Chicken ginger lemongrass plate and spicy chicken rice plate. Both came with a very tasty side salad. So much flavor for lunch. I also order a fresh sugar cane. Will definitely be back to try the Pho.

This place is so GOOD! The food is so authentic, and flavorful. And the staff Amy and Richie are so cool. They also grow and sell some of their own fruits. Definitely recommend this place!!

The cold noodles (with grilled beef and spring rolls) are amazing! The Pho is good, but not the best. The meatballs in the Pho are delicious! There's a lot of meat in the beef combo also. I would come here again.

We ordered our standard Vietnamese dishes, Bun ga and vegetarian fried rice, and found them very good, but not quite excellent. The chicken was nicely seasoned, but I missed the little fried onions many Vietnamese restaurants add. The fried rice needed a little more egg. The tables and chairs were clean.The restaurant is small with 4(?) tables, and they do quite a bit of carry-out business. I assume it's a family affair with mom and/or dad in the kitchen, big sister workin' her buns off waitressing, and little brother spacing out with his iPad at the register. We left big sister a good tip, but she probably had to share it with family. We would go back again if we lived in the area.

Love their fried calamari and Mongolian beef noodles. Also their spring roll rice noodle dish. Great Vietnamese coffee

Great food near 9 miles from Honomu. We knew we won't get food in Honomu so stopped here on our way from Hilo. The place had fantastic Chicken curry which is probably the best Asian curry I have had. My partner had fried rice which was good too. Thai iced tea was nice too but needed more sugar :p

Their food is Always so delicious and not greasy like other places. The Chicken Pho 🍜, Peking Chicken and shrimp fried rice are my whole familys Favorite! Very friendly and kind people.

Amazing. We didn't order a single bad dish, and the boba tea was probably some of the best I've ever had. I loved that when a dish was labeled spicy, it actually came out spicy! 🙌🏽