Hilo Hatties are all over Hawaii, and you can not go to Hawaii with out going here.
It is Hawaii in a shop literally!
Filled to the brim with all of Hawaiis most popular gift ideas, save all your present shopping for here.
They have so many great buys from Hawaiian atire, to the best coffee in the world (KONA), macadamea nuts (Get me some please), mugs, T-shirts, Hula dolls, Hawaiian kitchen utensils, picture frames and much much more.
You really should stop into Hilo Hatties, there is free Hilo Hattie transport throughout the islands so no excusses, pick up a tourist guide on the streets to find the pick up points.
I have a particular favorite to Kona Vanilla Coffee and the chocolate covered Macadamea nuts, I would never say no if you buy too many!!!!!
Hilo Hattie although just a tourist shop is a mini experience in itself, you walk in and are often greated with free coffee or juice, given a lay andyou begin your shopping. There is so much to choose from. t is a very colourful exciting shop that really gives the essence of Hawaiian culture. You can collect tockens and if you spend a certain amount in any combination of Hilo Hatties you can get a free gift.
Depending on which shop you go in the experience will be different. In Honolulu the shop gave us free coffee and was packed with loads of different clothes. The changing rooms were not overly friendly or tidy. In Hilo however, the store was packed with non-clothing items and food stuffs to take home. I got some very cool seeds to grow my own hawaiian pulmaria at home. Because this shop is for tourists thay have information regarding travel regulations. Like the seeds I bought can go through customs and agriculture checks. Some of them cant and it tells you in the shop. So you wont buy something you can take home - unless it wont fit in your suitcase!!!
I really enjoyed Hilo Hatties, at first I thought it was tacky and cheap but upon looking at it I was wrong. The Hawaiian people I spoke to recommended this shop over and over and if it has backing from the locals then it must be a good place to go.
Hilo Hatties is one of the few shops we found that sold real Hawaiian items like hula gear and hand made items. amny other shops were very Americanised and had little true Hawaiian culture.
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Nov 17th, 2005
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