Walmart

Had a bad experience with a dead car battery. Took it back to Walmart and after testing it and going through the proper procedures they refunded my money. The customer service representative Danielle as well as the manager Michael we’re very courteous, efficient, and the helpful. I enjoyed the Walmart much more than Target where the management was quite rude .
The Vision Center in Walmart is also very good. David and Whitney are extremely helpful knowledgeable and the selection of frames is very good and the turnaround for your lenses is very fast.

Never enough lanes open, but that’s practically every Walmart.
I don’t appreciate the attitude that a lot of the cashiers have, either.

I really love WalMart because they have a great selection and awesome prices. Honestly, out of all the other places to buy essentials (or random) things, WalMart is by far my, favorite.
They have a nice clearance section, and once I bought a board game for probably half the price (or something like that). Board games can get pretty expensive so this was such an awesome deal. Their clearance section is kinda near the garden section.
At this particular location, I always go to the cash registers at the back in the garden area. There aren’t as many registers back here but I feel like it’s typically less crowded.
They have their own parking lot – which is pretty big – and inside they have a small McDonalds as well as an eye center near the main entrance of the store.

This is a very nice Walmart in a convenient location. We were on a cruise and in Kona for the day and needed to pick up some odds n ends. This store had a very good variety of products, well stocked and at reasonable prices. We even picked up a couple of souvenirs at good prices.

My wife and I stopped here to buy fresh food items for our week’s vacation on the big island. Our first impression were not good as the parking lot design is a cluster-#@$k that forces all incoming traffic down one narrow lane to the entrance of the store where customers are walking to and from the entrance. After entering the store we discovered that the store’s food shelves looked like they’d been ravished during a big storm though there was no storm warning. We pushed our cart around the food isles at least twice looking for «fresh» food to prepare and cook but this store seems to specialize in prepackaged frozen foods. The produce department consisted of 1−½ cooler doors of micro bags of mixed greens and veggie party trays. After 25 disappointing minutes of shopping and trying to plan our week’s meals we gave up and headed to the check out with a few breakfast items and a frozen pizza. The check out lines were ridiculously long and moving very slowly. I gave two stars because our check out clerk made eye contact and was friendly.
Yeah, I know… we’re in Hawaii on vacation and need to mellow out/​relax/​chill/​whatever but the next day we went to the Kona Target store for a CD my wife wanted and found the parking lot was quite functional plus the Target store was well stocked with the fresh food we expected to find in WalMart. I’d never shopped for food in a Target store before and we were impressed! I won’t go into details regarding the Target store as this a review of the Kona WalMart but if you are looking for real and fresh food avoid the Kona Walmart.

It’s a Walmart.
But it’s a Walmart with a freaking amazing view. Hello!
On my honeymoon, I had a few trips here for essentials. And souvenir shopping is incredibly cheap. I’m talking Oahu swap meet cheap. Yes. Don’t bother with ABC stores, Walmart is it for the crap you take home to your people.
Besides that, it’s a Walmart.
I will say, I went crazy in the Hawaiian good area. Kauai Kookies, macadamia nuts, and any kind of li hing goodies here are incredibly affordable. I love Hawaii.

Hey you tourists! This is a great place to buy your groceries and souvenirs. Groceries are cheaper than places like Foodland and KTA. They carry an array of souvenirs at pretty good prices, way cheaper than ABC stores. They carry everything from magnets, Hawaiian shirts, calendars and lots of Hawaiian themed products that are made in China. Ha! They also carry Macnut chocolates, coffee, and popular local snacks. So forget about the other places tourists, get your made in China, Hawaiian souvenirs here!
Last, this Walmart is open late! So while other shops are closed, you can come here to shop at your own leisure.

As much as I don’t care for Wal Mart this one is simply the best and it’s all for one reason, Bruddah Iz. This Wal Mart is always playing Bruddah Iz on the tv so it’s like a fun dance party for all your friends. I go there for all my Bruddah Iz needs. Unfortunately I haven’t found any Bruddah Iz shirts, but I did find a tank top that says «here 2 party» so next time I go in for a Bruddah Iz party everyone will know what’s up.

The Walmarts and Kmarts in the Hawaiian Islands are better than the ones on the mainland because they carry things that are not found on the mainland. There are plenty of Hawaiian clothes and souvenirs sold year round. I found so many swimsuits that were not found on the mainland. I ended up buying two. Great price for $ 25 each. The only thing that was annoying was in the fitting rooms when I could only take 6 items in, I had to leave the other 4 out. That was fine. But then someone would come by and take the clothes that I was planning to try on. The lady who was working the fitting room just didn’t care and not paying attention.

I love Walmart! Great place to shop for food, clothes and everything else that you forgot on vacation!

Whitney at the Vision Center here greeted us and left us very impressed as she far exceeded what we had hoped to accomplish when we stepped into the Vision Center. My son’s frames, purchased from a different store, kept losing its arms and I had already been through a few rounds of super-​gluing it back on.
This awesome woman (Whitney!) took his frames and fixed it by attaching other arms to it. And when she handed it back to him, I asked how much I owe. She said nothing. Can you believe it — nothing! I have had so much heartache over my son’s glasses and its arms (and he’s particular about what shape/​style he is willing to wear), and this wonderful lady took care of those arms for us by just giving him new ones. I was truly touched. Afterward, Whitney proceeded to take care of the rest of the family by straightening out and cleaning my 5-​year old’s glasses, mine, and my mom’s too.
I highly recommend Walmart Vision at Kona. Here is a business that shows they really care about customers, not just going through the motions. Whitney is the best, and we are super-​duper satisfied customers. Like, more-​than-​5-​stars satisfied! I will definitely come back here again!

I was JUST in this wal-​mart & was pretty much annoyed with it. I looked all over the food dept for someone to help me & there was NO ONE! went to the clothing dept to get some help & her response was «i dont work in that area. let me get someone in that area» .so she looks for someone & comes across some elderly guy & asks him to scan the product for me but he looked at me like he was annoyed & in an irritated voice says «i dont have nothing to scan». he then tries to look for someone else as i waited in the drink aisle & never comes back. pretty much abandoned me. super annoyed with that.

This location was near the airport and the perfect place to pick up a styrofoam cooler, breakfast items, and snacks for our stay. Since it wasn’t a supercenter they didn’t have a full grocery but what they had was perfect for what we needed. There are tons of great little local shops to pick up fresh items. *tip* they have bags you have to purchase so be ready to just load your car or do what we did and use the cooler to pack your items in!

This is a great store near the airport if you forgot something like your sunscreen at home. It’s also a great place to buy souvenirs before heading to the airport to bring home! The store is a little dingy inside, but it has everything.

What can I say its Walmart, a place where you can find pretty much everything you need at good prices.

Well like a few others I didn’t think I’d be rating a Walmart. However, I want to comment on the lack of cashiers. If you’re a tourist avoid the after work hrs rush (like any other town/​city). They should staff a few more tills from 4:30 to 7 at least. Long line ups after an exhausting day caused me to dump my whole cart in the women’s clothing somewhere and walk right out after picking items for 30+ min. I was just done. Waiting in line at 7 – 8 people per line just wouldn’t happen for me that day.
Souvenirs: not bad. I even saw some souvenir Walmart items for (re)sale at a tiny local shop in Honukaa! Price? Only 5 cents more in the mum and pop shop.
Food: deplorable in fresh food. We have a huge selection of fresh veggies, fresh fruit in Canadian Walmart superstores. My jaw dropped when I saw the state of the unstocked fresh area and the total lack of any fresh veggies. no onions, tomatoes, carrots, etc. Walmart executives, are you listening??? Big Island Kona Walmart needs help in fresh veggies and fruit.
Frozen: not bad. Great piles of frozen edamame. Saw some pizza options but hardly any real vegetarian options except plain cheese pizza. No pesto?! Or spinach? I’m not vegetarian but options are nice. I don’t enjoy heavy meat meals especially for dinner.
McDonald’s: very friendly service but mcnuggets were more stale than a 300 year old bread bun from the 18^th century. Maybe I just got shafted with some else’s sloppy seconds left in the fryer from earlier.
Jewelry: yes, I browsed out of curiosity. not competitive. I can find most of those items for half the price at a Canadian west coast Walmart at Canadian prices. Maybe it’s because this IS tourist central. Don’t bother here.
Did not check out electronics.
Everything else including pharmacy and home/​toiletries: not bad. generally the same as other walmarts.
3 stars because of the horrible lack of competition in fresh fruits and veggies. Not convenient. Long line ups. Not cool.

The best part about this Walmart is that they have a whole section for souvenirs and gifts, it is a lot of the same stuff you’ll find everywhere else but less expensive and all condensed into a few aisles.
We browsed the food aisles as well and found some local treats! We brought home some Hawaiian salt and a few other items.

I know, I know… who reviews a Walmart? Who even goes into Walmart while on vacation? I do, because my daughter needed more diapers! And my husband didn’t like the sunscreen I packed so he wanted another kind. And my daughter wanted more dvds to watch on her dvd player, so we came here and made a trip out of it. While finding things to buy, my toddler decided to throw my wallet on the floor and it went missing. I looked in the cart at the check out line and panicked. Losing a wallet while on vacation is not something you want to deal with. I traced back to where we walked and of course, I heard over the loud speaker for me to go to Customer Service. I ran there and of course, they had my wallet. All the credit cards were in there and my ID, I was soooo happy, i wanted to kiss the Customer Service associate there. Someone had return it to the desk and took $ 5 from my wallet, but at least my cards were all there. They can take the $ 5, that’s their reward for returning my wallet!
And thanks to Walmart for making my vacation a bit easier with kids.

I thought souvenirs would be cheaper here. Keychains, magnets, and chocolate macadamia nuts are the same price as the ABC store!
This is a small Wal-​Mart in comparison to the ones in Vegas. I guess it had the basics.

I concluded from doing months of research, that Wal-​Mart was going to be a «must-​do» when our cruise ship made a stop in Kailua Kona — for several reasons.
Reason number one being that apparently the parking lot is a great place to take photos, especially with the cruise ship in the background.
Reason number two being so we could stock up on provisions. Our intent was to buy some cans of diet Dr. Pepper but we ended up not doing that for some reason.
Reason number three being that we heard multiple people say it was a great place to buy souvenirs at a very reasonable prices. (That’s Wal-​Mart for you!)
Reason number four is that I grew up in the South and Wal-​Mart was like a cultural institution and a way of life in a sense so naturally I had to check one out in Hawaii, for comparison if nothing else.
Anyway. The tidbit about the parking lot being a great place to take pictures was true. We did end up buying quite a few souvenirs here, including our Kona coffee. Then we bought some boring but necessary things like sunscreen and extra batteries and another memory card for my camera. Oh and I bought some Hawaii decals to put on my car when I got back home. I really fell in love with it there, as I imagine most people do.
There was a free shuttle bus in a parking lot right as we got off our tender boat that dropped us off/​picked us up right at the front door. I think it ran every 20 minutes or so. Muy bien!!!