Cocktail Hawaii

Excellent breakfast restaurant in the middle of downtown. Not only are the pancake dishes delicious, but they have traditional breakfast options available. The cocktail shakes are also healthy and savory — highly recommended.

Amazing breakfast spot got the Sacramento which was a waffle with strawberry, banana and Nutella on top. If your in the area definitely try it out.

Really cool décor and excellent crepes! I always get the Rosa– which is like strawberries and cream in crêpe form and it is *one hundred emoji*. This is a super cute and tasty date spot, highly recommend!

absolutely filing and delicious, I don’t need to eat for the whole day after one avocado milkshake! it’s a bit expensive ($ 7 for smoothie) but worth it+delicious! the server guy is nice and is open quite late past 2 am very nice late night hangout spot with loud Arabic music playing in the background on most occasions

My hubby & I went to try the new Allo! Mon Coco restaurant on De Maisonneuve. We left the establishment without eating (I’ll have a review of that place shortly) and came upon Hawaii Cocktail, which is just down the street. I’ve seen this place numerous times while I’ve been downtown and never did I realize they offered breakfast! Thank goodness because we were pissed off and HUNGRY.
My husband ordered a breakfast-​crêpe wrap and I ordered a typical breakfast meal. The variety of fruits they give is wonderful… There’s even mango, I never see any other place include mango as a side fruit. They don’t do poached eggs so I got sunny side up. The bacon was well cooked, potatoes are super tasty, and overall we enjoyed our meals.
I agree that the décor could be updated, it wouldn’t take much to freshen it up. The service was good, it’s not a table service restaurant, you take a tray and order at the cash, then you go get your meal when it’s ready. Saves yourself giving a tip, but you could tip if you want, I don’t think they’ll object!

The place used to be my favourite for fresh fruit cocktail before. I used to frequent it for years before 2012. It used to be colorful and full of life. Now it is empty most of the time and the service is sluggish especially at night.
The decoration is getting old as well. It needs some change and also, the offered menu is getting yet-​another-​juice-​bar.
Hopefully the service will improve soon because it used to be the gem of healthy variety in the area.

Had breakfast here on Nov 17, 2015. Ordered the Costa Rica breakfast. Excellent !!! Good food, friendly service, clean and quiet restaurant.

In the neighbourhood? Here’s the essentials on what you’ll see — broken down into 3 :)
Atmosphere: Ah — Welcome to Agraba … errr, Little Arabia (?) — whatever it’s called, this little part of the Shaughnessy Village is the where many folks for the Middle East have set up shop (& homes) — and that’s a good thing :) Having traveled for well over 90% of my life to may parts of the world — I appreciate the hospitality of people from the ME. Cocktail Hawaii is one such place and seeks to re-​create the desert houses found in many parts of the Levants (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine etc.) — Arabs love their sweets and are great at making them! All this to say — the people behind the counter are quite welcoming and happy to be of service.
Food: Creps, Waffales, Ice-​cream, smoothies you name it — they have it galore. I’ve been to the place at least 2 or more dozen times in the 15 years (pre-​Yelp) I’ve been in Montréal and never have I had a bad meal. Spoiled for choice and it’s made to order so nothing is ever pulled out of the freezer except the ice cream: D — top top marks for this.
Service: Friendly, but minimal — there’s really no need to more — they leave you be and that’s the way it should be :)
If you’ve got a hankering for good waffles (as i sometimes do) go here if in the area — honestly, it a better meal than the other places around like Cacao 70, and Juliet et Chocolate which opened near this place recently doesn’t have their choice of smoothies and ice creams
Go now — work off the calories later!!!
W

We were driving aimlessly in the area, looking for a place to have a casual dessert after a nice dinner. My friend laughs as she abruptly turns left and exclaims: «we’re going to the kitchiest place in Montréal.»
We ended up at Cocktail Hawaii. Ordered a crêpe, was told they weren’t allowed to cut the finished crêpe in half to put on two separate plates. Then, with a wink of understanding, the server did it anyway. How sweet… Crêpe was okay, thanks.

I used to visit here frequently, back when I lived in montreal. Back for a visit, and enjoying a fruit packed plate «nuit de liban». I am a big fan of their fruit & achta dishes. I would not recommend eggs/​bacon/​etc here.

Cocktail Hawaii is a colourful non-​pretentious juice bar filled with faux palm trees. Although this will not be a life changing experience, the ginormous mugs of fruit cocktails are delicious! My favourite is Laguna, half of the Hawaiian (strawberry, banana, milk and honey) and half of the Kamikaz (avocado, honey and milk). It is slightly on the almost cloyingly sweet side but still within tolerance.
I would recommend Nuit de Liban, a plate of achta and honey with banana, mango, strawberry, papaya and kiwi sprinkled with pistachios, almonds and raisins. To be honest, I am not sure why a place that serves Lebanese cream is offering a Hawaiian experience, but the refreshing fruit platter did make my belly rejoice.
P. S. Avoid the crepes. I had the Tropicana (strawberries, banana, mango topped with ice cream). The crêpe had an off-​putting texture.

Excellent fresh fruit and breakfast quality. Somewhat pricy but large portions could easily be split by two.

Neat spot. I did not order the right dish… But I will try again. Fresh fruit is great and the pineapple mango juice in a beer mug is fun and tasty. I think the waffle or crêpe would be best, not so much an egg and bacon spot. This is not a greasy spoon.

This place is a «healthy» and unique place to try. The décor isn’t great, but it’s kind of fun and reminds me of Latin American juice bars. You order and pay and the counter first. The food is fresh and you can watch everything prepared to order. The fruit cocktails are outstanding, the atayef are sublime, and the dessert crepes are tasty. Check it out!

Service was friendly. However, the décor looks very old. I ordered the ‘Mambo’ breakfast which consisted of mostly fruit, undercooked eggs with no seasoning, two strips of bacon, some fried potato slices, and two pieces of sliced white loaf bread. All this cost me over $ 9. On top of that, I had to pay cash. No wonder it’s always empty. I don’t recommend this place. So many better ones around there. Should have tried Java U

Honestly I don’t know why this place is getting such fantastic reviews or maybe I just ate the wrong thing? I ordered the asparagus, cheese and tomato crêpe. It was dripping in oil, the asparagus came from a can and the cheese was tasteless. Not for me at all.

I went to Hawaii about 5 months ago and there is nothing in this store that resembles the beloved American Pacific island state. You might turn your nose at it from the outside; not only that, but the interior is kitschy and the lighting is absolutely gawdawful.
As a vegetarian, the clerk recommended a ‘Mexican’ crêpe with rice. The vegetables were microwaved in hot water and then served with a salsa over it. Not impressive at all.
But what won me over about this place was the ginormous mug of fruit cocktail, topped with white Lebanese cheese, crushed pistachios and drizzled with honey. Great for a quick snack or a healthy dose of fruit. The portions are also way too large for an individual, so it would be perfect to share.
CONS: Zombies for clerks.
PROS: Huge portions and close to the Guy subway station.

This ain’t Hawaii… its like the DR or Puerto Rico. You can’t pull that shit on me… I lived in Hawaii.
Stop it
There’s a palm tree in my giant meal, loaded with fruits.

Very good French crepes. I had the chocolate covered strawberries and banana. Sweet deliciousness!

Wheeeee!!!
Okay, okay, I know. It’s tacky, yes. It’s ridiculous, yes. But it’s such a wonderful kitsch place, it makes all giddy. And seriously, the crêpes are waaay better — and cheaper — than any Cora, Eggsfruits, any day of the week.
It’s a fun, non-​pretentious place. I simply adore it.
No culinary experience that will chance your life, but quite a place to make you smile with the painted murals and fake palm trees. Aww.