With just four comfy and chic cottages right on the beach, make your ressies wiki wiki (quick)!

Looking for even more blissed out beach time? We offer these year round specials – stay seven nights and your eighth night is on us or, even better, book 14 nights or more and you receive 10% off on your entire stay!

Doesn’t some warm sand between your toes sound great right about now? We’ve got everything you need for your next beach getaway!

We look forward to welcoming you soon!

Reservations only from 7 p.m. on! Phone (808) 769-5282 or click here to reserve online.

Chef Jeff and his culinary team’s classic dinner menu and nightly special will complement Henry’s newest releases along with his classics! Join us for an evening of great food, song and stars on the beach at Anaehoomalu Bay! We look forward to seeing you Friday evening!

May 12, 2013, we will be opening early for brunch at 10:00 am. In addition to our regular lunch menu select from several breakfast entrees. Chef Jeff will be serving his own version of the Hawaiian favorite, Loco Moco. Or try the Ahi Bendict, Sweet Bread French Toast or the LLBC Scramble with Portuguese Sausage, Home Fries, Cheddar Cheese, and Red Peppers.

Want to let mom sleep in? Join us for Mother’s Day dinner instead and come enjoy a classic Prime rib along with our regular dinner menu.

Call us today to secure your Mother’s Day reservation at (808) 769-LAVA (5282).

When the horizon is cloud free you may be in for an even bigger surprise, the elusive green flash – the stuff of sailor’s lore and a phenomena frequently witnessed here as the sun makes its final dip into the sea. Amazing!

Waiting and watching for the nightly sunset “show” at Lava Lava Beach Club is a favorite evening ritual. Join our Green Flash Watch group, while enjoying great food and drink!

We look forward to welcoming you soon!

Oh, and did someone say cocktails? Our signature drinks cap the perfect sunny day and chef has fresh catch sizzling on the grill with garden fresh veggies. Yum!

It doesn’t get better than this – join us for lunch and/or dinner daily! Want to stay and play? Book one of our four spacious beach cottages for a blissful night and a wake-up call in paradise! Find all the details on our website – just click here!

The editors write on page 42: “The welcoming vibe of this spot makes it easy to unwind. No wonder it’s host to the Lava Lava Beach Club.” And we’re very happy to be here!

This is the second time the editors have given us the nod. Mahalo to our friends at Hawaii Modern Luxury!

His comments arrived today: “We had a great dinner at Huggo’s the other night and I’m writing now to tell you how much we loved Lava Lava last night! So much so, we are going to have dinner there again tonight, before flying back to Oregon on Wednesday.  Absolutely now one of our favorite restaurants anywhere!!! Great meeting you…and thank you for a couple of fantastic dinners!”

Mahalo to you, John, for taking the time to write the kind words. We look forward to seeing you tonight and welcoming you and your family back again and again on your return visits to Hawaii Island!

By: Margaret Kearns

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A New World mystique hovers over Hawaii’s vast and varied namesake isle. While “The Big Island” moniker may overwhelm, Hawaii Island can be easily explored in baby steps. Take enough steps—or drive enough miles—and you can circumnavigate the isle in a day (if you’re really keen), or conquer its peaks, cascading creeks, and sea in a one-week trip. Armed with a map and a compass—or an app—here’s how to tackle the tropical island like a regular Captain Cook.

First things first: a lay of the land. While some flights head for Hilo, most major carriers land in Kona—part city, part seaside town, and one of the driest spots on the island. North of Kona along historic lava flows, the Kohala Coast hosts resort-clustered shores. Upcountry, Hawaii Island’s cowboys roam in the shadow of the world’s two tallest mountains, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa (…if you measure from the sea floor to the peaks). On the East side is Hilo’s lush and foliage-shrouded waterfalls, and as you move down to South Point—the Southernmost point in the USA—you’ll pass Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes adding over 500 acres of molten magic to the island since 1983.

Indispensible Tip: Rent a car for optimum exploration.

Where to Stay

A brood of Big Island hotels hangout in Kona; resort life unfolds along the nearby Kohala Coast; and inns and small bed and breakfast outposts are scattered over Orchid Isle’s side streets. To get a sense of all three, we recommend starting with a bird’s eye view of Western shore at the six-room coffee-estate-slash-barefoot-retreat in Kona coffee country at the Holualoa Inn.

For a taste of the beach life (of the cottage variety), drive 40 minutes North and settle at the bottom of an 1890s flow where lava meets beach at the 2012-built, four-cottage Lava Lava Beach Club. Bonus, every night at 5 pm appetizers and cocktails are delivered to your porch in preparation for sundown. Finally, for a full-featured approach to vacationing, check into the Fodor’s Choice Fairmont Orchid to stay, spa, sip, savor, and swim under one (open-air) roof.

Where to Eat

Boasting 4 of the world’s 5 major climate zones, Hawaii Island’s garden-, farm-, and ocean-to-table fare is so fresh, some restaurants even advertise a 15-mile sourcing radius. Reeling in a boat load of fresh, Da Poke Shack quietly chops just-caught ahi seven days a week in a standing room-only lunch market visible only by a neon-colored sign and two picnic tables outside. The $10 poke bowl (we love the dynamite poke with avocados) is so mouth-watering and tender, you’re likely to join the school of regulars.

Another local favorite using the locavore approach (before it was even a thing) is Peter Merriman’s self-named outpost. One of the pioneers of Hawaiian regional cuisine, Merriman now transports his culinary handiwork from Waimea to other restaurants in the Kohala Coast, Maui, and Kauai. Try the wok-charred ahi (seared on the outside, sashimi-like on the inside) or the macadamia nut-crusted ono in a miso wine truffle reduction.

What to Do

Bubbling lava, black- and white-sand beaches, cascading waterfalls, awe-inspired lookouts, and every other natural wonder under the sun show off Hawaii’s many microclimates.

Plan a heart-pumping hike overlooking Pololu Valley’s steep and palm-packed cliffs, and trek downward to the rocky and wind-swept beach below; or, head to the Waipio Valley Lookout to shimmy on foot down a 25%-grade paved path (used by some locals and tours companies as a road, but beware, it’s not covered in many rental car agreements) to a black sand beach, and the boyhood home of famed Hawaiian King, Kamehameha I.

On the Hilo side, just North of Hawaii’s largest city, drive the 4-mile scenic route along one-lane bridges and Tarzan-tropical foliage—complete with vines that brush the top of your car—toward the Hawaii Botanical Gardens, then visit Akaka Falls, tumbling 442 feet into a steam-eroded gorge in the center of a rainforest.

Finally, the hot-ticket items: volcanoes and lava. An hour from Hilo, Kilauea continues to broil below the earth. An active cauldron of lava still bubbles at the peak, while at its base the Pu’u ‘O’o vent slowly flows, creating more mass, and an opportunity to map new ground like the explorers of old.

Insider Tip: For safety reasons, book a tour to see the Pu’u ‘O’o flow. There are no paved paths, and good physical condition is required to walk over the sometimes-unstable lava. Best viewing happens after sundown, so many tours walk home by flashlight.

Photo credits: Map of Hawaii Island courtesy of Hawaii Island; all other photos courtesy of author, Trish Friesen. Article originally published here: 
http://www.fodors.com/news/travel-guide-hawaii-big-island-6608.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews 

• Roasted Red Pepper, Spinach, and Big Island Goat Cheese Frittata $13
• Tropical fruit and Candied Macadamia Nut Bread Pudding with Salted Caramel Drizzle and Fresh Whipped Cream $14
• Lava Lava Loco Loco Moco with Hamakua Mushroom Gravy, Teriyaki Steak, Jasmine Rice and Two Eggs cooked to order with Local Mushroom Gravy $18

We are taking reservations now, please call us at (808) 769-5282.

The “Fodor’s” review reads in part:

“Where to Stay: A brood of Big Island hotels hangout in Kailua-Kona; resort life unfolds along the nearby Kohala Coast; and inns and small bed and breakfast outposts are scattered over the Orchid Isle’s side streets. For a taste of the beach life (of the cottage variety), drive 40 minutes North of Kailua-Kona and settle at the bottom of an 1890s flow where lava meets beach at the 2012-built, four-cottage Lava Lava Beach Club. Bonus, every night at 5 pm appetizers and cocktails are delivered to your porch in preparation for sundown.”

Read the full write up of “How to Tackle Hawaii’s Big Island Like a Pro” here.

And Lava Lava Beach Club is also the top pick of places to stay – one of just four chosen – on Hawaii Island in Trip Styler’s “Spotlight on Hawaii Island”. The succinct review reads: “Lava Lava Beach Club is a four-cottage beach retreat we profiled in our most recent (March issue) Roam+Board feature. Love!”

We are both humbled and honored by these fantastic write-ups. Mahalo (thank you) to the writers and editors!

By: Margaret Kearns