Kona Brewing Co from Kailua Pier

[wendycook22]

I was wondering what the best way is to get from the pier to the Kona Brewing Company?

 

Is it walkable? I was looking at it on a map and it seems like you would have to walk a highway to get there?

 

Has anyone done this before?

 

If it isn't walkable how much is a taxi?

 

Thanks in advance!

[Cruisin Rick]

It is a short walk from the pier. The highway you have to cross is just a big road basically. There are crosswalks and traffic lights. It should just take you about10 minutes from the pier.

[wendycook22]

It is a short walk from the pier. The highway you have to cross is just a big road basically. There are crosswalks and traffic lights. It should just take you about10 minutes from the pier.

 

OK Great! Thanks :)

 

I wasn't certain what kind of Highway we were looking at crossing.

 

Greatly appreciate it.

[PCWalton1]

2012 we walked up there for lunch. A little bit of an uphill incline heading there but nothing worrisome. There are a few pictures I took at the end of the page at this link.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1706027&page=12

[Kartgv]

It's a 10-15 minute walk, providing you can handle a set of stone steps with no railing up a 10 foot (approx.) bank (see picture below). The 'highway' is no problem - just a 2 lane, low speed limit road with a stoplight and crosswalk at the corner. If you can't handle the stairs, then you'd have to walk around several more blocks - probably 20 minutes total. You cannot access the pub from the parking lot of the small strip-mall just before you get to the stairs - it's fenced off due to too many people parking there for the pub.

 

[Kartgv]

By the way, that's the 'highway' in the foreground of the photo! The pub is behind those trees you see - even though it's in an industrial area with no view, they've done a very nice job of making the setting very nice and tropical feeling.

Edited December 15, 2015 by Kartgv

[wendycook22]

By the way, that's the 'highway' in the foreground of the photo! The pub is behind those trees you see - even though it's in an industrial area with no view, they've done a very nice job of making the setting very nice and tropical feeling.

 

Great thank you! We don't have any mobility issues, so those rocks won't be too challenging.

 

I greatly appreciate the time everyone took to reply. I will add this to our time in Kona. I believe we are going to snorkel in the morning and then hit up the brewery in the afternoon for lunch and beer tasting.

[puddles99]

I believe we are going to snorkel in the morning and then hit up the brewery in the afternoon for lunch and beer tasting.

 

 

This is exactly what we did in 2013. I will never eat another "Hawaiian" pizza anywhere else. Food is great, beers are great, walk is easy. Enjoy!

[wendycook22]

This is exactly what we did in 2013. I will never eat another "Hawaiian" pizza anywhere else. Food is great, beers are great, walk is easy. Enjoy!

 

Glad to hear! We are looking froward to it.

[whogo]

We were advised to cut through the parking lot at the Firestone auto center to reach Kona Brewing Company, worked well for us.