Falekai of the Pacific is a Pacific restaurant at 335 Heretaunga St W in Hastings. It has a 4.0 rating on Google.
Its website describes a menu built around island cooking. There is a hearty island feast with BBQ lamb flap, grilled chicken, sausages, homemade island salads and chop suey, and a seafood feast of mussels, prawns and half a crayfish in a creamy garlic butter sauce. A Tongan favourite, lu sipi, is tender lamb wrapped in taro leaves and slow-cooked in coconut cream, served with rice or root crops, and there is also an Island BBQ of flame-grilled meats with rice and salads. Raw fish island style and battered fish are listed too, along with burgers and fries for those wanting something familiar. The feasts suit sharing, so going with a group lets you try more, and it is worth asking what is fresh each day.
For anyone in Hastings looking for Pacific food, Falekai of the Pacific on Heretaunga Street West is a good place to start.