Hawaiʻi Eats guide · Musubi · checked October 2026

Hawaii musubi shops

Rice, nori and a topping, warm by the register: 7 musubi spots across the islands, each read against its own 2025–26 menu or a recent local news story in October 2026.

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Musubi, briefly

A musubi is pressed rice wrapped in nori, sold from a warmer by the register. The best-known one has a slice of fried luncheon meat on top, but shops also make them with egg, teriyaki chicken, salmon, ume and more, and this list includes musubi shops and the counters known for their musubi.

Where they are: six on Oʻahu and one on Maui.

By town: Honolulu (5), Kīhei (1), Wahiawā (1).

Dishes these menus name most: chashu mayo musubi (1), chicken and gobo onigiri (1), chicken katsu (1), deep-fried musubi (1), grilled saba (1), handrolls (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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Musubi questions

What is a musubi?

Pressed rice wrapped in nori, usually with a topping: fried luncheon meat, egg, teriyaki chicken, salmon or ume.

Why isn't my favorite musubi spot 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

6 musubi spots, by town. The Oʻahu page has the region's other lists.

  1. 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.

  2. 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).

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Shige's Saimin Stand

    70 Kukui St, Wahiawā

    SaiminMusubi On the menu: saimin with house-made noodles, musubi

    A Wahiawā saimin stand that makes its own noodles daily.

Maui

1 musubi spot, by town. The Maui page has the region's other lists.

  1. Da Kitchen

    1215 S Kihei Rd, Kīhei

    Plate lunchMusubi On the menu: chicken katsu, kalbi ribs, deep-fried musubi

    A Kīhei plate-lunch counter (Suite E) known for oversized chicken katsu and kalbi plates.

    dakitchenkihei.com