Great products. I can’t say enough good things about them. I just wish they had a website and were easier to contact. If your in Oahu don’t miss them.
Jessica S.
Place rating: 5 San Diego, CA
We stumbled into this stall during our walk through the swap meet. I wish I could say that we meant to come in here, but honestly, we saw the shade, and figured it’d be a good place to hide. It was meant to be! Once our eyes adjusted to the shade, we saw tables and tables piled high with different varieties of macadamia nuts, dried fruits, mochi and more. I honestly had no intention of buying anything, but once I started reading the labels on the packages, I realized I’d be leaving the stall with at least one bag. Four bags later, I had to tear myself away. I’m in love with the flavors I picked up, and even more in love with the price. I bought 412-ounce bags for $ 34($ 8,50/bag!) I bought one each of the Kona, cinnamon, honey roasted and caramel glazed. The best thing about my brief time under that tent was the customer service. My mom, cousin and I were yelling at each other over the tables, calling out all the names of all the different goodies we were finding. One of the guys running the table helped us out by giving samples of all the things we were going«ooh!» and«aah!» over. It really helped seal the deal for me — knowing what I’m buying is so important to me. Plus, they were delicious! The next best thing was the pricing. The bags of flavored macadamia nuts cost about a dollar more — for a smaller size! — at the Tropical Nut Farm off of Kam Hwy.
Chelsea A.
Place rating: 4 San Francisco, CA
Honey & Royal Jelly Hawaii is the only reason why I go to the swap meet. They have been around for decades and I’m glad they are still a regular vendor at the swap meet. Honey & Royal Jelly offers an incredible vast variety of local snacks ranging from macadamia nuts, fresh pickled mango, dried coconut flakes, mochi crunch, gummy bears, li-hing gummy bears, li-hing mui, li-hing powder, dried ginger, dried mangoes with li-hing or plain, pretzels, and much, much, much more. There’s something for everyone, locals and tourist alike. Staff is nice and knowledgeable, but there is a bit of a language barrier. If you buy their fresh pickled mangoes, they’ll gladly give you sticks so you can eat your mangoes as you browse the rest of the swap meet. They also give out samples of almost anything you want to try. The only problem about Honey & Royal is that they don’t properly advertise who they are. If you’re trying to find them at the swap meet, the only sign they have up is a big white«macadamia nuts» sign above their tent.
Bad News S.
Place rating: 5 Sunnyvale, CA
Extremely good macadamia nut snacks at the Aloha Swap Meet We tried this a couple years ago at their stand at the Aloha Swap Meet and were hooked. Since then, we always begs friends who are in Honolulu to gets us some. The honey roasted /coconut glazed are incredible. This is just their manufacturing location – I don’t know if they sell their products here as we’ve always gotten them at the swap meet
Leo F.
Place rating: 4 Arlington, MA
A coworker brought back 53oz bags of macadamia nuts produced by this company. The packaging of the bags seem very local with some of the bags having printed sticker labels. The 5 flavors that I tried were: 1) Kona Coffee Glazed — I can taste the coffee in this one and it almost reminded me of chocolate. 2) Hot & Spicy — I was initially put off by the bright orange color as I feared that it would be too hot. Fortunately, it wasn’t as hot as I thought it would be and was quite good. 3) Caramel — Pretty decent. Tasted like something out of a carnival. 4) Sweet Wasabi — The sweetness overwhelms the wasabi and it wasn’t as spicy as I hoped it would be. 5) Honey Roasted — Reminded me of honey roasted peanuts.