Hawaiʻi Eats · Wailuku, Maui
Wailuku restaurants: plate lunch & drive-ins, saimin and loco moco
In Wailuku: 2 plate lunch spots, 1 saimin spot and 1 loco moco spot. The Hawaii lists were checked by hand in October 2026 against 2025–26 sources. The Hawaiʻi Eats app and the web search include 81 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Wailuku, closest first once you share your location.
A place outside Wailuku is listed here only when Wailuku 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. Wailuku is on Maui.
Plate lunch & drive-ins in Wailuku
Places in Wailuku. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 19 plate lunch spots in Hawaii.
Kalei's Lunchbox
52 Maui Lani Pkwy, Wailuku
Plate lunchLoco moco On the menu: hamburger steak, furikake mochiko chicken, loco moco, teriyaki beef
An ʻohana-owned plate-lunch restaurant that began as a food truck in 2016.
Sam Sato's
1750 Wili Pa Loop, Wailuku
Plate lunchSaimin On the menu: dry mein, saimin, chow fun, manju, hamburger steak plate
A Wailuku noodle counter, a local staple since 1933, best known for its soupless dry mein.
Saimin in Wailuku
Places in Wailuku. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 7 saimin spots in Hawaii.
Sam Sato's
1750 Wili Pa Loop, Wailuku
Plate lunchSaimin On the menu: dry mein, saimin, chow fun, manju, hamburger steak plate
A Wailuku noodle counter, a local staple since 1933, best known for its soupless dry mein.
Loco moco in Wailuku
Places in Wailuku. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 7 loco moco spots in Hawaii.
Kalei's Lunchbox
52 Maui Lani Pkwy, Wailuku
Plate lunchLoco moco On the menu: hamburger steak, furikake mochiko chicken, loco moco, teriyaki beef
An ʻohana-owned plate-lunch restaurant that began as a food truck in 2016.
What Wailuku eats
The most common kinds among Wailuku's 81 places to eat, counted from open map data.
| Kind of place | Places |
|---|---|
| Bar & Pub | 12 |
| Coffee & Café | 11 |
| Bakery & Sweets | 9 |
| Japanese & Sushi | 8 |
| Burgers | 5 |
| Hawaiian & Local | 4 |
| Vietnamese | 3 |
| Pizza | 3 |
| Healthy & Vegan | 3 |
| Mexican | 3 |