Despite the name, the area is quite grassy, with little sand. The best alternative we could find by land was traveling a bit down Kamehameha Hwy over to Waiahole Beach Park at 48-199 Kamehameha Hwy, Kaneohe, HI 96744. You would need to actually continue onto the property, which is private, in order to obtain a good view. From where the road dead ends, you still can’t see the house very well, as you’re facing behind it and from a distance. You can in fact walk down this road, as we did, but the houses do not appear to have any registered addresses. That is the road that leads to Lucy’s house. There is an unnamed road sitting right beside the store.
So the easiest way to pinpoint the general area is to find the Waikane Store on Kamehameha Hwy, located at 48-377 Kamehameha Hwy, Kaneohe, HI 96744. There is a lot of conflicting information about its location and GPS does not offer a definitive address. It is a challenge to find the house of Lucy and even more of a challenge to photograph it. Here is a small sign nearby marking it as the filming location. LOCATION: 49-243 Kuukama St, Kailua, HI 96734 Here is a view of the general area where the cafe set was built. However, the Premier Movie Site Tour offered by Kualoa Ranch itself stops at this area and covers it in detail, which is our recommended way to see it. The local shops near the pond, which rent their buildings from Kualoa Ranch, offer tours of their own near the water for a small fee. There are a couple ways to see this area.
The ranch in fact owns this land and it has been featured in many films, including “ Jurassic World,” “ Triple Frontier,” “ Snatched,” “Tears of the Sun,” “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,” “You, Me and Dupree” and the TV show “Lost.” There are some buildings there, but they were not used as the restaurant set, which was torn down after filming. It was filmed near the Moli’i Fishpond, which is adjacent to Kualoa Ranch. Contrary to some information online, it definitely no longer exists. The Hukilau Cafe, where Henry, played by Adam Sandler, first meets Lucy, played by Drew Barrymore, was a set built for the film. The 2004 comedy “50 First Dates” was filmed primarily in Oahu, Hawaii, with some additional scenes filmed in Southern California.