Aina's Kitchen

Aina's Kitchen アイナ食堂 Aina Cafeteria
Aina's Kitchen
Region	Alola
Debut	The Guardian's Challenge!

Aina's Kitchen (Japanese: アイナ食堂 Aina Cafeteria) is an animated series-exclusive location in the Alola region. It first appeared in The Guardian's Challenge!. Aina's Kitchen is located in Hau'oli City on Melemele Island.

Aina's Kitchen is run by Abe with the help of his daughter Mallow, and is a popular place to eat. One of its best menu items is Pinap Juice.

In Mallow and the Forest Teacher!, Aina's Kitchen's popularity led Abe to be interviewed on Alola TV by Anna. However, Mallow stormed out during the broadcast, having had enough of preparing all of the food for her father.

In Sours for the Sweet!, Aina's Kitchen was entered into the Alola Bread Festival. As a result, Mallow took part alongside her brother Ulu, who had returned from his cooking travels in order to participate. They ultimately won the competition.

In A Recipe for Success!, after enjoying serving Pokémon at Oranguru's café, Mallow decided that from now on, Aina's Kitchen will now serve both people and Pokémon. Taking a step towards her dream, Mallow invited her classmates and their Pokémon to a tasting party in Dreams of the Sun and Moon!, where she unveiled her latest dish: Berry-topped Poni radish, which was well-received.

Trivia

The line revealing the restaurant's name in The Guardian's Challenge! is changed in the dub to refer to "Mallow's restaurant". However, the English closed captions and the Pokémon official website for Asia still refer to it as "Aina's Kitchen", leading several dubs based on the English dub to retain the reference. Later episodes continued to avoid referring to the restaurant by name by referring to it as the Family Restaurant.
A picture of the restaurant was shown in a newspaper Jessie was reading in Kicking It from Here Into Tomorrow!.
In the Pokémon Adventures chapter Finale!! The Battle Against the Other Dimension!, Mallow's restaurant was called Aina's Kitchen as well.

Name origin

ʻAina is Hawaiian for meal.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	艾納餐館 Ngaaihnaahp Chāangún
Chinese	Mandarin	艾納餐館 / 艾纳餐馆 Àinà Cānguǎn
Danish		Aina's køkken
Indonesian		Aina's Kitchen
Italian		Cucina di Aina
Korean		아이나식당 Aina Sikdang
Malaysian		Aina's Kitchen
Spanish	Latin America	Restaurante de Aina
Spanish	Spain	La Cocina de Aina
Thai		ครัวของร้านไอนา Kruakongraan Aina
Vietnamese		Aina's Kitchen

Animated series-exclusive locations in Alola
Aina's Kitchen • Alola TV • Bamboo Hill • Bewear's den • Clawmark Hill • Manalo Stadium • Oranguru's place Pokémon Paradise Resort • Pokémon School • Starfall Hill • Treasure Island • Viren Stadium • Viren Tower

Animated series-exclusive location templates
Kanto • Orange Islands • Johto • Hoenn • Sinnoh • Unova • Decolore Islands • Kalos • Alola • Galar • Paldea • Kitakami • Other

This article is part of both Project Anime and Project Locations, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Anime and Locations, respectively.