Hawaiʻi Eats guide · checked October 2026

Hawaii's oldest restaurants

Hawaii kitchens we could put a year on at their own address, oldest first: 4 restaurants, bakeries and cafés. Three go back before 1950: Teshima's Restaurant (Kealakekua, 1929), T. Komoda Store & Bakery (Makawao, 1932) and Kanemitsu Bakery (Kaunakakai, 1945). A note under each one says where its year comes from.

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What the year means

The year beside each place is when it started serving at the address it has today, in much the form it has today, as the place itself or a published history tells it. A dining room that opened together with its hotel takes the hotel's year. A business that began somewhere else, or moved, gets only the year it reached this address, never its older start. When two sources give different years we take the later one, and when the only source is the place's own telling, the note says so. Each was checked by hand in October 2026 against a 2025–26 source. A place we couldn't date at its address isn't on this list, so an older one may be missing.

Other guides: Hawaii plate lunch & drive-ins, Hawaii poke counters & fish markets, Hawaii saimin stands, Hawaii shave ice stands, Hawaii malasadas & bakeries, Hawaiian food & okazuya, Hawaii musubi shops, Hawaii loco moco, Lahaina restaurants open again, Hawaii James Beard honorees, Hawaii restaurant inspections. City pages: Honolulu, Kailua-Kona, Hilo, Kīhei, Kapolei, ʻAiea, Waipahu, Kailua, Kāneʻohe, Kahului, Līhuʻe, Kapaʻa, Wailuku, Haleʻiwa, Pearl City, Kāʻanapali, Waimea (Hawaiʻi Island), Kōloa, Mililani, Waikoloa. Regions: Oʻahu, Maui, Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.

Oldest first

  1. Teshima's Restaurant

    79-7251 Hawai'i Belt Rd, Kealakekua

    On the menu: No. 3 teishoku, shrimp tempura, sukiyaki, sashimi · Since 1929

    A Kealakekua family restaurant on the property where the Teshima family opened a general store in 1929; the restaurant replaced the store there in 1957.

    The Teshima family opened their store on this property in 1929 and built the restaurant there in 1957 (Honolulu Magazine).

    teshimarestaurant.com

  2. T. Komoda Store & Bakery

    3674 Baldwin Ave, Makawao

    Malasadas On the menu: cream puffs, stick donuts, malasadas · Since 1932

    A Makawao family store and bakery with roots in 1916, run by Betty and Michele Shibuya.

    T. Komoda Store was founded in 1916 at Makawao and Baldwin avenues; the family bought its current spot on Baldwin Avenue in 1932 (The Maui News, 2016).

  3. Kanemitsu Bakery

    79 Ala Malama Ave, Kaunakakai

    Malasadas On the menu: Molokai hot bread · Since 1945

    A Kaunakakai bakery and coffee shop known for Molokai hot bread, split and filled; it started about 1935 in Manila Camp and moved to Kaunakakai about 1945.

    Moved to Kaunakakai around 1945 and still operates in the same location (Hawaiʻi Public Radio, 2025).

  4. Hamura Saimin

    2956 Kress St, Līhuʻe

    America's ClassicSaimin On the menu: saimin, barbecue sticks, lilikoʻi chiffon pie · Since 1952

    A Līhuʻe saimin stand open since 1952 that still operates out of the same wooden building on Kress Street.

    Opened in 1952 (Onolicious Hawaiʻi); Civil Beat (Feb 2026) says it still operates out of the same wooden building on Kress Street.