HU-LA-LA Ice Cream

Finding HU-​La La ice cream shop via Unilocal mobile app was no mistake, since venturing into Waikiki for dinner and a nice kickstart to the Honolulu marathon 2013 weekend on a Friday evening. After hitting up the Yard house in Waikiki on Lewers, a bunch of friends and I wanted ice cream. Well, me more than the others, so I looked on Unilocal and found this nifty little place in Waikiki. Certainly off the main drag and well worth the price of admission for sure. You have the usual spots for go to places — Cold Stone Creamery, but I wanted to try something different. While the experience was average, it did not deter me from having a good time.
HU-​La-​La Ice cream is located within the confines of the international market place in Waikiki. It’s along the main drag on Kalakaua Avenue and kind of a challenge to find. When you find it, it’s pretty good thereafter. Parking in Waikiki is always scarce, so its best that street parking is the best, unless you are staying in one of the hotels. The pricing here is standard for ice cream, but you may get jipped on how much ice cream you actually get. That’s alright though. HU-​La La Ice cream is great for any occasion and they do accept credit cards, as well as cash. Always great in my book. I felt like a tourist in Waikiki while in and about that night, but that’s alright, as I am with friends.
The overall experience was, ok, satisfactory, good and average. Ordering, paying, then receiving your treat to eat satisfies even the most picky of ice cream eaters. While I would prefer the Cold Stone creamery, HU-​La La ice cream was closer to the Yard House Waikiki than the Waikiki location of Cold Stone. Plus it’s another local business that I could check out and Unilocal about. I got the chocolate (2 scoops) and didn’t care about the price, as I am a certified chocolate whore. If its chocolate, I’m always there for anything. Lol My other friends got their choice of ice cream. I don’t remember it much, since I was somewhat drunk from the Yard House Waikiki and that’s perfectly fine too! It was a nice way to end the evening and an awesome way to greet the oncoming marathon with open arms and tired legs.
Recommended for your ice cream needs!
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i had been wanting to try some island-​inspired ice cream flavours, so i stopped by here while exploring waikiki, this ice cream shoppe is located in the international market, where you can find many food and souvenir vendors. they had so many flavours, i just couldn’t pick! ice creams with macadamia nuts, lychee, guava, pineapple, mango, everything you’d expect to see in a frozen treat in hawaii. the young lady working this stand allowed me to have several samples, which i appreciated. in the end, i opted for the small cup of guava sorbet and it was very smooth, with a good, strong guava flavour. i have to say, the scoop i was given was pretty small for the $ 3.75 that i paid, but i guess that’s what you pay for being in hawaii, especially in waikiki which is crawling with tourists.

We were hankering for ice cream and didn’t want the usual mainland varieties. We heard about Hulala Ice Cream but were reserved about going because of the reports of bad customer service. We went anyway and were pleasantly surprised to have a smiling face greet us. They serve Roselani Tropics Ice Cream and it is delicious! I ordered Mango and Pauwela Sunrise. The kids had Cookies and Cream and Caramel Crème. All flavors were delicious with chunks of fruit and creamy texture. We paid $ 17 for the three of us. Cash only. Located in International Marketplace.

Went on July 30, a little before 4PM. The ice cream flavors and variety was good, I would go back for the ice cream, but they lost 1.5 stars for their horrible employee who served us. I travel a lot for work and personally so I have visited many stores, shops, businesses, restaurants, etc. and am very fair with ratings and rarely rant or rave. However, the girl (she had to be in her late teens, maybe early 20s) was a like an episode of «Mean Girls» towards customers. She was put off by having customers –acting catty, impatient and made remarks under her breath. We were gracious and nice and put up with her treatment and simply enjoyed our ice cream. However, she really offended me and my parents. I could let it go, but to treat dear sweet and smiling mom and dad poorly, that is not right. I hope management sees this. I do not want the girl fired, but taught a lesson in manners and to respect the elderly! However, she appears to not like her job, so maybe I’m doing her a favor.

Inside the International Marketplace tourist trap in Waikiki :) I was pleased to find some good local ice cream at hu-​la-​la. Most of the flavors were either macadamia or tropical fruit flavored (very appropriate). I had the Chocolate Macadamia Nut and it was quite delicious! My only regret is that it was quite pricy. But good bite on a hot day nonetheless!

I love ice cream and this had a tasty selection!

Damn good ice cream in the International Market. Lots of awesome flavors, wish i could have tried every single one! Next time I guess.

Horrible service! I stood in front of the window & finally said hi to the girl «working» to get her attention. She put down her phone & just stared at me. I asked if I could order ice cream & she said «yes» in a snotty tone. I told her to forget it at that point. Not getting my business. The aloha spirit is alive & well.

The Chocolate Macadamia Nut is my absolute Favorite! I would recommend this place to any ice-​cream lover.

Great service from the waitress/​server. had two scoops — banana macadamia and mango cream. Great flavors! Very good ice cream! Good finish to the Blue Water lunch we had.

Best flavors. Great service. Love the Aloha Cherry too addicting!

Located in the Market Place in Waikiki
Good Quick bite of Ice cream on a hot day.
Kinda Pricey though.

Cappucino Chip = To Die For!!! I returned twice in the week I was there just to get my fill.
Even so, the other flavors were just «okay» and don’t really warrant the premium price tag they come with. However, I guess you’re paying for a local experience and it’s still cheaper than Hagen Daaz up the street — why anybody would want to eat that when you can get it at any corner store in North America is beyond me.
The location in the International Market food court is convenient if you’re staying in the Waikiki area. They’re also good about letting you try out different flavors, so definitely try a couple before committing to a flavor.

This is located in the Food Court at the International Market Place, with it’s green paint and giant ice cream images you can’t miss it.
When I came up here, the girl working there was so nice and patient with me and answered all my questions about the flavors. I finally decided on getting two scoops, one of their coconut ice cream and another of their Kona mud pie (they go by other names but they’ve slipped my mind).
The verdict? Delicious! If you like creamy, silky, sweet ice cream in unique flavors this place is for you! I loved their coconut, and their coffee mud pie was good as well. This is a good place to stop by while you are in Waikiki! Especially for those who want to try local instead of food chains.

When I went there, the girl was super friendly. She let me know right away that one of the flavors were out, and offered to let me try some of the ice cream before I chose it. All of the ice cream is homemade. My brother and I got rainbow sherbet and lychee sherbet. The rainbow sherbet was delicious and other people walking past us also said it was the best. The lychee sherbet actually had pieces of lychee in them. It was worth a walk to the market place and the perfect desert after a filling meal at the market place =D

The ice cream is good, they say it’s home made, but have no details? ingredients? Estonian girl working that night said «some guy comes by and drops off the ice cream» ??? WTF? So ok, had the Kona ice cream, really good. But their customer service SUCKS. (but not the Estonian girl)
Back a week later with my sister, tall guy with short dark hair and the personality of a lamp post is working. He seems put out we’re even there… I ask him what’s in the ice cream, like real vanilla? fake vanilla? artificial, real flavors/colors…he had no idea, or did and didn’t care, or just didn’t want to tell us… Spend $ 15 and he gives us NO napkins, my sister goes back for napkins, as is a few or more, and he gives her one. I go back in for more napkins, he gives me the dirty one he’s holding while he’s helping someone else… I reject that, and he finally gives me ONE lousy napkin…
Oh, almost forgot, I had the ice cream cookie. It was ok, seemed a bit stale, my sister had the coconut, she’s liked it, my mom had the vanilla, she liked it.
This place seems to have so much potential if they’d do a little marketing, actually tell people what wonderful, natural ingredients are in the ice cream, and get better workers! They will definitely go out of business very soon with such poor customer service as he has. If he’s the owner or related to the owner, they’re doomed.

overpriced but with a reason, the ice cream is just yum. But really $ 7.50 for a 16oz of a smoothie? That isn’t even with fresh fruit? I don’t think so, the shakes are $ 6.50 for a 16 oz as well. Price is unreasonable, when considering next door has fresh fruit tapioca smoothies for only $ 5 … But to be real the ice cream is one of the best i have ever tried.

We came back! This time I also enjoyed the Maui Pineapple ice cream and the lychee sherbert — mmm, refreshing! :)

If you are in the mood for an ice cream and are near the International Market Place this is the place to go. Here you get both quality AND quantity. At first glance it looks a little pricey, but it is worth every penny. Hula-​La-​La has a great selection of local and traditional flavors and you can taste the quality.
The portions are huge. Most items are enough to share between two people. Not realizing that I ordered a banana split and left the window feeling like a little piggy. As I walked away with my gigantic banana split covered in 2 cups of whip cream, nuts, fudge sauce and a cherry on top — I said «I didn’t realize it was going to be that big» to which I quickly caught myself and under my breath coughed «that’s what she said» … I had a good laugh.
People were staring. Not sure if they were thinking — is she going to eat all that OR wow … that looks really good. I carried my ice cream to the table in a corner as far away as possible — I wanted to enjoy my dessert without gawkers. It was good. Really good. But I could only finish about ½ of it and then I had to back up off of it and sit my spoon down ;)

When we were in Honolulu, there is this ice cream place in the food court area in the International Market area. I love the pineapple ice cream
. It tasted different from the other ice creams– so creamy and flavorful.
We spoke to the owner who used to live in Long Beach and told us about her whole story how she ended up in Honolulu… She’s really friendly and polite…