The Eastside Cafe bar is proud to use fresh fruits for its fruit cocktails. “I know because I do it myself,” said bartender Heidi Padilla. Every night they have a special cocktail and the evening of my visit it was
The Eastside Cafe bar is proud to use fresh fruits for its fruit cocktails.
“I know because I do it myself,” said bartender Heidi Padilla.
Every night they have a special cocktail and the evening of my visit it was a strawberry mojito (rum, muddled lime and mint, strawberry puree, shaken and toped with sprite with a grapefruit and mint garnish). It was refreshing and delicious with the strawberry puree giving it an additional summer fun touch.
Some of the drinks that caught my eye were: Hawaiian mojito-white rum, fresh mint, lilikoi and lime juice; lychee martini- triple distilled vodka, lychee fruit and juice and strawberry papaya punch- triple distilled vodka, fresh strawberry puree, papaya, pineapple and coconut juice (all $9).
The fresh fruit in mine made a difference in the taste and I assume it shows in the rest I didn’t get to try as well.
The restaurant also offers wines that owner Vaclav Burger picks himself.
“We offer affordable wine,” he said.
The Eastside Cafe is an upper-class restaurant with reasonable prices. Longboard and Firerock beer is available on tap as well as a variety of bottled beers. The restaurant offers many after dinner drinks such as Hennessy v.s. cognac ($10) and Courvoisier VSOP cognac ($15).
The restaurant has a daily happy hour from 4 to 5:30 p.m. and live music every evening. On Thursdays and Fridays you can enjoy the music of Norman Kaawa and Saturday’s regular is Kelii Kanealii.
