Sweet Treats: New Zealand-Style Real Fruit Soft Serve Arrives in Kailua
Perfect Day is making these lingering hot days more delicious.
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Why McDonald’s Hawai‘i Has the Only Fried Apple Pies in the Country
Reprising this classic because everywhere else in the U.S. (except one spot), they’re baked.
Chao Brings Modern Vietnamese Shine to an Unlikely Stretch of Nu‘uanu
Think buttery pasta, grilled octopus and roasted bone marrow with Vietnamese touches—and chicken pho for the soul.
Honolulu Pride: LGBTQIA+ Events in October 2025
It’s Pride month! Fly your flag at the Honolulu Pride Parade and Festival, join a community 5K and enjoy a family day at the Honolulu Museum of Art.
Yonpachi Is a New Star Among Honolulu’s Udon Shops
Find chewy, silky house-made noodles, lunch sets and izakaya dishes at the corner of McCully and Young.
Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Oct. 2–8, 2025
Pau hana at architecture firms, feast on tofu, play 12+ sports, meet John John Florence and more.
A New Generation of Mixologists Is Raising the Bar for Craft Cocktails
Craft cocktails have gone mainstream in Honolulu. Meet some of the mixologists leading the charge.
New in Town
Places and activities that have opened recently, featured in HONOLULU Magazine.
4 Dubai Chocolate Desserts You Can Still Find on O‘ahu
If you love Dubai chocolate treats, you’re still in luck.
Foodflash: Nami Kaze Is Closing Next Month. Jason Peel Tells Us Why
“There’s a lack of passion and loyalty and accountability” in the industry, Peel says. “I need to step back, downsize and rebuild.”
With New Hawaiian Style Seafood Co., Waikīkī Becomes a Lobster Roll Destination
Feast Mānoa’s Jon Matsubara opens a new lobster roll and seafood spot—a block from Waikīkī’s two lobster roll specialists.
Your Insider Guide to the Mid-Autumn Festival
Celebrate the harvest season at this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival in Chinatown on Saturday, Oct. 4.
All Our Favorite Pasta in Honolulu
Finally, all the spaghetti, pappardelle, gnocchi and other pasta dishes our foodie team craves.
My Big Time Love for Big Time Bagels
To me, they’re the best bagels and bagel sandwiches on the island.
Frolic’s 7-Course Tofu Day Celebration Feast Coming to Jinya on Oct. 2
Tofu is going luxe in a kaiseki-style feast with lobster, a touch of truffle and more. *Bonus late add: appetizer trio with fall persimmon.
Cheap Eats
All Our Favorite Musubi in Honolulu
Humble to loaded, white or brown, these rice balls fuel our foodie team at all hours of the day.
Kama‘āina Deals: Restaurants and Eateries
50-plus places where it pays to show your Hawai‘i ID—just remember to ask before the check comes.
Downtown Has a New Made-to-Order Musubi Shop
Onigiri Onibe’s 45 varieties are handmade to order (and yes, they come with nori).
Reader Top 5: Best Meaty Fried Rices on O‘ahu
Revisiting a ranking by a reader who was up to 93 fried rices on O‘ahu—and counting.
Trending In Dining
We revisit a classic about places that are woven into our collective childhoods, where regulars grew up with owners’ families and you can still find old-school comfort foods.
Eleven opens inside Foodland Farms Ala Moana today, Dec. 9 with compelling cocktails and small plates that will make you forget you’re in a supermarket.
No matter how you eat it, there’s something comforting about cubes of fish mixed with sea salt, limu, ‘inamona or green onions.
Every 7-Eleven Hawai‘i store carries about 100 to 120 items in the fresh food department alone, on top of an assortment of packaged chips, snacks and candies.
At the end of his doctor-ordered vegan experiment, our carnivore concludes he’s a failure. But is he?
We’re all about deals, and after months of takeout, if it comes with elevated ambience and unexpected finesse, even better.