Hawaiʻi Eats · Honolulu, Oʻahu
Honolulu restaurants: plate lunch & drive-ins, poke, saimin and more
In Honolulu: 4 plate lunch spots, 7 poke counters and fish markets, 1 saimin spot, 3 bakeries, 5 Hawaiian food and okazuya spots, 5 musubi spots, 1 loco moco spot and 4 James Beard honorees. The Hawaii lists were checked by hand in October 2026 against 2025–26 sources. The Hawaiʻi Eats app and the web search include 1,484 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Honolulu, closest first once you share your location.
A place outside Honolulu is listed here only when Honolulu is the closest of our 20 city pages and it's within 15 miles on the same island, so each place is on one city page. Honolulu is on Oʻahu.
Plate lunch & drive-ins in Honolulu
Places in Honolulu. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 19 plate lunch spots in Hawaii.
Alicia's Market
267 Mokauea St, Honolulu
Plate lunchPokeHawaiian food On the menu: 18 kinds of poke, Hawaiian plates, pasteles, roast pork
A third-generation Kalihi market, mainly a lunch spot closing at 2 p.m., that returned to its old space after a 2018 fire destroyed its kitchen.
Nico's Pier 38
1129 N Nimitz Hwy, Honolulu
Plate lunchPoke On the menu: plate lunches, poke
A Pier 38 fish market and restaurant on the Honolulu waterfront; its fish market vendor served poke at Frolic's 2026 Poke Fest.
Rainbow Drive-In
3308 Kanaina Ave, Honolulu
Plate lunchLoco moco On the menu: mixed plate, loco moco, teriyaki beef, chili
A family-run Kapahulu drive-in serving plate lunches since 1961.
Yama's Fish Market
2332 Young St, Honolulu
Plate lunchPokeHawaiian food On the menu: lau lau, kalua pig, ʻahi limu poke, plate lunch, haupia
A Mōʻiliʻili takeout counter for Hawaiian food, poke and plate lunches.
Poke in Honolulu
Places in Honolulu. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 13 poke counters and fish markets in Hawaii.
Alicia's Market
267 Mokauea St, Honolulu
Plate lunchPokeHawaiian food On the menu: 18 kinds of poke, Hawaiian plates, pasteles, roast pork
A third-generation Kalihi market, mainly a lunch spot closing at 2 p.m., that returned to its old space after a 2018 fire destroyed its kitchen.
Cooke Street Market
725 Kapiolani Blvd C122, Honolulu
Poke On the menu: spicy mayo ʻahi poke, garlic poke, salmon poke
A Kakaʻako poke counter (Suite C122).
Mama Kim's
1481 S King St, Honolulu
Poke On the menu: spicy ʻahi poke bowls
A McCully poke shop that makes bowls to order (Suite 108).
Morning Catch
145 N King St, Honolulu
Poke On the menu: spicy ʻahi poke, king salmon poke, poke bowls
A poke stall inside Chinatown's Oʻahu Market (stall 12).
Nico's Pier 38
1129 N Nimitz Hwy, Honolulu
Plate lunchPoke On the menu: plate lunches, poke
A Pier 38 fish market and restaurant on the Honolulu waterfront; its fish market vendor served poke at Frolic's 2026 Poke Fest.
Yama's Fish Market
2332 Young St, Honolulu
Plate lunchPokeHawaiian food On the menu: lau lau, kalua pig, ʻahi limu poke, plate lunch, haupia
A Mōʻiliʻili takeout counter for Hawaiian food, poke and plate lunches.
ʻOno Seafood
747 Kapahulu Ave, Honolulu
Poke On the menu: shoyu ʻahi poke, spicy ʻahi poke, tako poke
A Kapahulu poke counter founded in 1995 by Judy and Willy Sakuma.
Saimin in Honolulu
Places in Honolulu. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 7 saimin spots in Hawaii.
Palace Saimin
1256 N King St, Honolulu
Saimin On the menu: saimin
A no-frills Kalihi saimin shop that began near the old Palace Theater and later moved to Kalihi.
Malasadas & bakeries in Honolulu
Places in Honolulu. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 12 bakeries in Hawaii.
Kamehameha Bakery
1284 Kalani St, Honolulu
Malasadas
An Oʻahu bakery that HAWAIʻI Magazine readers named among the island's bakeries in 2026.
Leonard's Bakery
933 Kapahulu Ave, Honolulu
Malasadas On the menu: malasadas, malasada puffs, pão doce
A Portuguese bakery founded in 1952 that sells malasadas and malasada puffs from its Kapahulu shop and Malasada Mobile trucks.
Liliha Bakery
515 N Kuakini St, Honolulu
Malasadas On the menu: coco puffs, poi mochi donuts
The original Liliha Bakery, home of the coco puff, open since 1950.
Hawaiian food & okazuya in Honolulu
Places in Honolulu. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 10 Hawaiian food and okazuya spots in Hawaii.
Alicia's Market
267 Mokauea St, Honolulu
Plate lunchPokeHawaiian food On the menu: 18 kinds of poke, Hawaiian plates, pasteles, roast pork
A third-generation Kalihi market, mainly a lunch spot closing at 2 p.m., that returned to its old space after a 2018 fire destroyed its kitchen.
Fukuya Deli & Catering
2710 S King St, Honolulu
Hawaiian food On the menu: nori chicken, shrimp tempura, inari, potato croquette, chichi mochi
A family-run Mōʻiliʻili okazuya, open since 1939.
Helena's Hawaiian Food
1240 N School St, Honolulu
America's ClassicHawaiian food On the menu: pipikaula, kalua pig, squid luau, lomi salmon, haupia
A family-run Kalihi restaurant serving Hawaiian food since 1946; the James Beard Foundation named it one of America's Classics in 2000.
Highway Inn
680 Ala Moana Blvd #105, Honolulu
Hawaiian food On the menu: kalua pig, lau lau, chicken long rice, lomi salmon, squid luau
Highway Inn's Kakaʻako restaurant, in the 680 Ala Moana building, serves the Waipahu family's Hawaiian plates.
Yama's Fish Market
2332 Young St, Honolulu
Plate lunchPokeHawaiian food On the menu: lau lau, kalua pig, ʻahi limu poke, plate lunch, haupia
A Mōʻiliʻili takeout counter for Hawaiian food, poke and plate lunches.
Musubi in Honolulu
Places in Honolulu. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 7 musubi spots in Hawaii.
Gohan
1314 S King St, Honolulu
Musubi On the menu: made-to-order musubi, yuzu ikura, grilled saba, unagi, handrolls
Honolulu's first craft musubi bar, opened on South King Street in late 2024.
Komedokoro M's
438 Hobron Ln, Honolulu
Musubi On the menu: chicken and gobo onigiri
An onigiri shop in Waikīkī's Eaton Square (No. 107).
Mai Musubi
614 Cooke St, Honolulu
Musubi On the menu: ume musubi, mentaiko mayo musubi, unagi musubi
A Kakaʻako musubi shop (No. 103) with made-to-order and grab-and-go musubi.
Nana Musubi
2250 Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu
Musubi On the menu: onigiri, chashu mayo musubi
A Waikīkī musubi and onigiri shop (B1) with white and brown rice.
Onigiri Onibe
921 Alakea St, Honolulu
Musubi On the menu: miso beef on shiso musubi
A Downtown craft musubi shop with an eight-seat counter.
Loco moco in Honolulu
Places in Honolulu. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 7 loco moco spots in Hawaii.
Rainbow Drive-In
3308 Kanaina Ave, Honolulu
Plate lunchLoco moco On the menu: mixed plate, loco moco, teriyaki beef, chili
A family-run Kapahulu drive-in serving plate lunches since 1961.
James Beard honorees in Honolulu
Honors the James Beard Foundation gave, from semifinalist up to winner and America's Classic. They're facts, not ratings. Every island: 6 Hawaii James Beard honorees.
Helena's Hawaiian Food
1240 N School St, Honolulu
America's ClassicHawaiian food On the menu: pipikaula, kalua pig, squid luau, lomi salmon, haupia
A family-run Kalihi restaurant serving Hawaiian food since 1946; the James Beard Foundation named it one of America's Classics in 2000.
James Beard: America's Classics 2000
Alan Wong's
5000 Kahala Ave, Honolulu
James Beard winner
James Beard: Best Chefs winner 1996 (Alan Wong)
Bar Leather Apron
745 Fort St #127A, Honolulu
James Beard winner
James Beard: Outstanding Bar winner 2023
Fête
2 N Hotel St, Honolulu
James Beard winner
James Beard: Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific winner 2022 (Robynne Maiʻi)
What Honolulu eats
The most common kinds among Honolulu's 1,484 places to eat, counted from open map data.
| Kind of place | Places |
|---|---|
| Japanese & Sushi | 201 |
| Coffee & Café | 160 |
| Bakery & Sweets | 148 |
| Bar & Pub | 135 |
| Hawaiian & Local | 105 |
| Chinese | 66 |
| Sandwiches & Deli | 56 |
| Pizza | 45 |
| Burgers | 45 |
| Vietnamese | 43 |