Hawaiʻi Eats guide · Loco moco · checked October 2026

Hawaii loco moco

Rice, a hamburger patty, a fried egg and gravy: 7 places across the islands that serve loco moco, each read against its own 2025–26 menu or a recent local news story in October 2026.

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Loco moco, briefly

A loco moco is white rice topped with a hamburger patty, a fried egg and brown gravy. Diners and drive-ins add their own versions, with kalua pork, fried rice or fish in place of the patty. Where it was first served is disputed, so this page doesn't say.

Where they are: three on Maui, three on Hawaiʻi Island and one on Oʻahu.

By town: Hilo (2), Lahaina (1), Kailua-Kona (1), Wailuku (1), Makawao (1).

Dishes these menus name most: loco moco (5), teriyaki beef (3), furikake mochiko chicken (2), hamburger steak (2), plate lunches (2), aliʻi plate (kalua pork, lau lau, lomi salmon, poi) (1).

How this list was made: for every place we read a 2025 or 2026 source, usually its own menu page or a dated story in Hawaii news, and matched the street address to it. A place whose only source was older, whose website had gone dark, or whose menu named the dish just in passing stayed off. Review sites played no part, and the places run by region and town, not by anybody's score. Menus change, so check before you go. Our sources are on the about Hawaiʻi Eats page.

On an iPhone or iPad, Hawaiʻi Eats puts this same list in order of distance from wherever you're standing, and a tap on a place brings up Apple Maps' card with today's hours, photos and directions.

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Loco moco questions

What is a loco moco?

White rice, a hamburger patty, a fried egg and brown gravy, in one bowl or plate.

Where was the loco moco invented?

That's disputed, so we don't pick a side. The places on this list serve it today.

Why isn't my favorite loco moco here?

The list grows as places are checked. A place is in only when a 2025 or 2026 source shows it serving this at this address. Tell us at nick@eatsranked.com.

Oʻahu

1 loco moco spot, by town. The Oʻahu page has the region's other lists.

  1. 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.

    rainbowdrivein.com

Maui

3 loco moco spots, by town. The Maui page has the region's other lists.

  1. Aloha Mixed Plate

    1285 Front St, Lahaina

    Plate lunchLoco mocoReopened On the menu: Aloha Mixed Plate (shoyu chicken, teriyaki ribeye, fish), Aliʻi Plate (kalua pork, lau lau, lomi salmon, poi), fried rice loco moco

    A Front Street plate-lunch restaurant on the ocean, open since 1996; it reopened at its original location and serves lunch and dinner daily.

    alohamixedplate.com

  2. Kalei's Lunchbox

    55 Pukalani St, Makawao

    Plate lunchLoco moco On the menu: hamburger steak, furikake mochiko chicken, loco moco, teriyaki beef

    Kalei's Lunchbox in Pukalani, the family's second plate-lunch restaurant.

    foodtruckmaui.com

  3. 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.

    foodtruckmaui.com

Hawaiʻi Island

3 loco moco spots, by town. The Hawaiʻi Island page has the region's other lists.

  1. Café 100

    969 Kilauea Ave, Hilo

    Plate lunchLoco moco On the menu: loco moco (dozens of varieties), plate lunches

    A family-run Hilo drive-in serving dozens of loco moco varieties.

  2. Ken's House of Pancakes

    1730 Kamehameha Ave, Hilo

    Loco moco On the menu: loco moco, pancakes, omelets, tripe stew

    A Hilo diner known for pancakes, omelets and loco moco.

    kenshouseofpancakes.com

  3. Big Island Grill

    75-5702 Kuakini Hwy, Kailua-Kona

    Plate lunchLoco moco On the menu: loco moco, plate lunches

    A Kailua-Kona local-food restaurant that HAWAIʻI Magazine readers named for loco moco and plate lunch in 2026.