Rock Island Cafe

This place is so fun and the milkshakes and fries are the bomb!!! Music is from the fifties and also some of those 80s sitcoms… It’s so fun to guess the song before the chorus breaks out and gives it away lol. They have old trivia pursuit cards on some the tables to pass the time while u wait for ur food, and exercise ur mind a bit lol, which I thought was so cute! Waiters here are so friendly and I just had loads of fun here looking at all the memorabilia while I sipped my chocolate milkshake in my classic leather-​type dinner booth. Would definitely bring only fun people here to eat and enjoy I love this place will be back to taste the chili cheese hot dogs lol

All 11 of us really liked this place. The milk shake was awesome. The burgers were good. The pizza was ok. The fries were good. The atmosphere was awesome. We all really loved the 50’s 60’s atmosphere. Next time we are in Hawaii we will be coming back.

Ehhh not bad but won’t visit again, I have other places I would spend this money. I can make this quality of food in my home.

Excellent fast service reasonable prices for the area food was amazing hot delicious and fast they were cocktails and ice cream great burgers definitely good place to go

Ok, how do I begin?
I had an interest to try this restaurant out after it was aired on mystery diners and knowing I’ll be traveling back to the island.
I have to say I am so disappointed that I even walked into the place.
Nobody had a clue of what’s going on in the place.
Sat down at table and stared at each other and the menu for 10 min before waitress came over.
Very short in conversation, she kind of walked away as I was asking her for something.
She brings out a pizza and onion rings as our appetizer and ask if we needed any else like cheese or pepper flakes at which time I asked for some plates so we can eat.
So she returns with 2 plates while there are 3 of us.
As we tried to eat without any utensils
She comes back for that 3 seconds as I’m chewing she goes!
Now comes the rest of the order,
I’ll just describe my hula burger…
It was definitely a frozen ¹⁄₃ lb patty
And are we not in Hawaii?
Why would you use canned pineapple?
Why would you use chunks on a round hamburger?
At the very least use a goddamn pineapple ring if you stick to a can product or even a relish is better than chunks!
This place uses all frozen products except for the breads and produce. All the meats and even the pizza crust is frozen.
Waitress has to make all the shakes sodas and the sundaes, it’s no wonder why they disappear for so long. They have no help and the place smells of a bad grease pit.
I was not able to stay a minute longer without the risk of loosing what I just put down.
Stick to just selling the memorabilia the food scene is not your thing.
This is the 1^st restaurant since I’ve been on the island in which I was not able to finish the meal.
Actually none of us could finish the meal and I decided to give the unfinished portions to the homeless and I now feel kind of bad I did that.
Worst part is we actually walked 5 blocks there and 5 blocks back and wasted a lunch opportunity at a half decent joint else where.
Real Unilocalers keep it Real!!!

Great burgers. Love the atmosphere. My shake was able to fill the glass twice. This is a neat place with all sorts of cool things to look over. Definitely would come here again. Hey Elvis is playing how can they go wrong.

This place was better than I thought. We had wings, cheeseburger, fries and Hawaiian pizza along with a Mai Tai and Long Island. The fries and pizza were crispy and I love that. I wasn’t too crazy about the bun on the burger but it was good overall. The drinks were perfect. The server Betty was nice and friendly. The music is mostly Elvis the only opportunity I could think of is the AC. It was a tiny bit too warm. But may have been the drinks

Atmosphere is really great! Very unique. Restaurant is located off the main road in Waikiki. They share a bathroom with the shopping center so you have to go out into the center, up to the second floor and use a code to get into the bathroom. That’s a bit of an inconvenience. Food is good. Not spectacular… But good. Overall glad we popped in for lunch. Four of us ate and two of us had milkshakes. Total bill (without tip) was $ 85. But you are going to get that anywhere in Waikiki.

Food was pretty good and reasonable price for Waikiki. We left feeling full ms content. Very friendly staff and cool 1950s atmosphere.

We ordered hawaii’n pizza and a burger and there were cockroaches on the walls.
The burger had a frozen patty that was overly processed. It looked like a cafeteria patty from when I was in elementary which is explains why they didn’t allow us to order it medium rare. The pizza was okay. Dominoes has better quality then the pizza I had. I wouldn’t recommend going back.

Its a throwback kind of spot. Elvis and coca cola themed. They have shakes, pizza, dogs, burgers, and specialty sandwiches. I tried the Laverne and Shirley fries with bacon and chili. They were pretty decent, but would have been better with a burger for sure.

This place has a great gift shop with a lot of TV, movie & music memorabilia. We stopped in while on Oahu a couple of months ago and were eyeing the Hawaii Five-​0– related items (from both the original and reboot series’). My husband gave me a big birthday surprise by presenting me with one of the prints we had seen there, autographed by the new Hawaii Five-​0 cast, including certificate of authenticity. He had worked with Michael from the store via email and phone and had a great experience. Michael arranged to send via expedited shipping and it arrived in perfect shape in time for the birthday party. Thank you! I’m happy to have this little piece of Hawaiian TV history. We will be sure to stop back in next time we’re in town — for food, too.

I absolutely LOVED this place! The atmosphere is super fun! The décor, music, and staff made it a really neat experience. I ordered a burger and oh. my. gosh. It was to die for! Probably one of my favorite meals on the island. My husband got the pork sandwich. It was good, but I would definitely recommend the burger. And the chili cheese fries were also fabulous!
We loved it here! If we ever come back to Oahu, we’ll definitely be making a stop here again.

To fun. Didn’t come for the food came for the atmosphere but hey that’s all that matters.

Cool spot to eat, good food, kind of pricey for the portions but overall good place for a Something to keep you goig

This a diner hiding inside waikiki! They have pretty cool staff and the food has this old school perspective. Totally out of the waikiki norm of restaurants. You should definitely try their pizza dog! I love the vintage old school Elvis look and coca cola products.

Definitely touristy and definitely kitschy. Nothing super special about the food (except that the put their sandwiches on hawaiian bread) but that’s not to say it wasn’t tasty.
The waitress was very friendly and service was quick. I had the pulled pork sandwich and it was very tasty. I wouldn’t really complain if I was with a group of people and they wanted to here. I just feel like I could’ve been anywhere in the country when I was inside. When I’m in Hawaii, I want to feel like I’m in Hawaii.

This place is a throwback. If you love Elvis and love a decorative atmosphere, this is the place to visit and eat. I got the grilled cheese and the waiter suggested to put tomatoes and diced onions in it. It was so delicious! Not greasy or too buttery either which was a plus. Their turkey bacon sandwich was amazing too!
If you are staying on the Waikiki strip, visit this place! The customer service is 5-​stars because the lady who served us was very pleasant. The atmosphere is awesome. The food is awesome and the customer service is awesome.

Not only is this place awesome to just be inside, but the food is mighty good too. I started with Homer Simpson’s chicken wings. They were fall off the bone tender, cooked perfectly, spicy, and NOT messy! Delicious! Wings were $ 9.95 and worth it!
For dinner I had the a East of Eden veggie pizza (but asked for no mushrooms or cheese). It was a 9″ pie and very filling. I repeat… very filling. There was no room for dessert so after eating we just walked around and looked at the memorabilia for sale. I saw a billion things I wanted, but decided to hold off. Maybe next time.

Really a neat place to eat. Four stars for overall super friendly customer service. Definitely different style for touristy Waikiki Beach, this is your typical main-​land Diner food boasting the King of Rock n Roll and 60’s/70’s from wall to wall including their tv shows!
Very unique definitely something you should try once. We ordered a few items from the menu and I have to admit it, their peanut butter, banana, and honey melted sandwich was GOOD!
The cheeseburger for me was just not the greatest, (not bad) and it cost $ 9 and doesn’t include fries or chips. A little pricey considering. Several awesome desserts on the menu to choose from!
Photos were not allowed but the lady (owner?) working there came around offering to snap a courtesy pic of families w their smart phones. That was nice! Thanks :)
Man would’ve loved to take a pic of that PB sandwich to show off here on Unilocal.But there is so much memorabilia and uniqueness here if you love Elvis or this era in time def stop by, or just curious to try one of Elvis’ fav dinners, stop by and stuff yo faces w this amazing PB sandwich ;)