Kadota Liquor in Hilo, HI

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Telephone:	+1 808-935-1802
Website:	www.kadotas.com
Address:	194 Hualalai St, Hilo, HI, 96720

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Local time (Hilo)	7:49 PM Wednesday, June 25, 2025

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Description

Specialties

Largest selection of beer, wine, sake and spirits on the island. Large inventory of craft and import beers, unique and vintage wines, premium sakes, specialty and small batch spirits and liqueurs, especially those hard to find items. We do special orders as well.

History

Established in 1964.

Kadota Liquor is a family-owned and operated specialty liquor and convenience store located in Hilo, Hawaii. We have a wide selection of beers, wines, spirits and sakes from your everyday brands to those harder to find items.

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8 reviews of Kadota Liquor

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Todd C.

Place rating: 4
Morrison, CO

Great selection! You can find many things here that you can’t find elsewhere on the island.

Lyn B.

Place rating: 5
Kailua-Kona, HI

Awesome wine selection and good prices

Casey B.

Place rating: 2
Honolulu, HI

BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL of buying any wine from the backroom. This is where they cellar their premium wines. I purchased 5 bottles a few months ago. I probably should have done more homework on the provenance of the bottles or cellaring skills of Kadotas. ive recently opened two bottles (paid over $ 100 for each bottle) and both wines have turned. One was cooked the other oxidized. had to dump. It was so disappointing. Im sure they’re good people and perhaps are unaware about the state of their older wines but when you’re selling close to market value and have price tags from $ 100 to over $ 1000 a bottle you should have a good handle on the condition of your wine.
The staff was excellent… in fact they was cool. Full on local style… bruddah — sistah kine. I would go back to buy from them but I aint touching any bottles older than a year.

J K.

Place rating: 4
Hilo, HI

Great selection of booze. A ton of imported beer, wines from all over the world, sakes, and liquor. Expect around a $ 10 or more mark up on a lot of the higher end sakes and liquor, but its expected when your the only game in town.

Shauna G.

Place rating: 5
Hilo, HI

Awesome selection of beer, wine, sake, and all other forms of liquid happiness! :-)
They even have a little wine vault located at the back. You just have to ask them and they’ll let you see it. Haven’t bought any of those wines yet as they tended to be the expensive ones. But we will definitely try some one of these days.

Geoff L.

Place rating: 5
Anaheim, CA

came here after eating at K’s Drive In, which was next door and delicious. Met Dale who gave me a tour around the establishment and educated me about all the selections available, he had a lot of pride with his wide selection and top shelf liquor. i highly recommend coming here to find just about any type of alcohol you desire, from Belgium beer to premium sake and fine wines. prices aren’t bad either.

Jade T.

Place rating: 5
Hawaii County, HI

if its «Happy Water» that you want, they’ve got it! They have an amazing selection of wine, hards, and beers crammed into this little Liquor Store.
They also carry a few snack items and of course cigarettes too, eeeeew! The prices are pretty compatible to other Convenient/Liquor Stores in town.
The only downside would be the parking. It’s a very small lot, as they share it with their fast food Drive-In next door (K’s Drive-In aka The Home of the «Twist Cone» see my pic’s).
So, if your into Liquor, this place could make you become an alcoholic, lol! Literally walls and walls of it, that can make you go dizzy reading all the different labels (see my pic’s).
Good variety and a casual place to buy some quality or low quality liquor, that is, if you are low on cash, but need to drink, lol! Especially when your not dressed in decent attire to walk into a big grocery store, this place is convenient!
The staff is friendly and helpful too!
**Remember «Don’t Drink and Drive» = MADD

Melissa D.