Two-Minute Takeout: Koko I-naba Hawai‘i Kai
The opening menu is small, but this new outpost is serving up some of your favorite bowls from the original Restaurant I-naba.
Hale ‘Aina Happenings
You’re Invited to an Exclusive Dinner with Hau Tree at the Kaimana Beach Hotel Waikīkī
As part of our Hale ‘Aina Dinner Series, we’re celebrating 2021’s Gold winner for Best Outdoor Dining with an exclusive culinary experience on Nov. 4 featuring cocktail pairings by a veteran mixologist.
You’re Invited to an Exclusive Dinner with Et Al. at KĀHALA MKT.
As part of our 2021 Hale ‘Aina Dinner Series, our Silver winner for Best New Restaurant will offer an exclusive culinary experience on Nov. 12.
Highway Inn: A Family Legacy That’s Still Going Strong
More than 70 years later, the family-owned business still has a special place in our hearts and stomachs.
Best Bites: Comfort Food Made from Scratch at 12th Avenue Grill
From local beef burgers on house-baked buns to complete meals for two, Kaimukī’s American bistro provides the wholesome comfort we all crave.
Best Bites: Foodland Farms’ Pau Hana Bar’s Local Grinds Are Worth Stopping For
Crispy chicken skin, rich oxtail soup and whimsical craft cocktails prove that Foodland might know us more than we know ourselves.
Pig & the Lady’s New Menu Restores Its Flavor Bomb Heights
It’s the Chinatown restaurant’s first menu overhaul in nearly a year and a half.
Olive Tree Café: Classic, Comfort, Greek
Twenty-six years, a change in ownership and one pandemic later, the Kāhala restaurant’s food, and philosophy, remain the same.
You’re Invited to An Exclusive Dinner with Kapa Hale
Our 2021 Hale ‘Aina chef’s dinner series kicks off on Thursday, July 29, with our 2021 Gold winner for Best New Restaurant.
Best Bites: Waiāhole Poi Factory Has Been a Pillar of the Windward Community for Decades
Iconic for the Sweet Lady of Waiāhole, this centuries-old establishment holds on to tradition with hand-pounded poi.
This Restaurant on O‘ahu’s Leeward Side Serves Mad Good Pizza and Pasta
Attention to detail and made-from-scratch dishes make Mad Bene the ultimate in Italian comfort food.
Chef Chai Brings Hawaiian Food to Waikīkī
From pipikaula to chicken long rice, Kalo puts Hawaiian food—and some of Chai's signature dishes—within reach of visitors.
The Best Steak Restaurants (and Places to Get a Steak Dinner) on O‘ahu
Multi-course menus, boozy buffets and brunches, stylish special occasion restaurants and old-school meals featuring classic cuts of beef: Treat your loved ones to a dine-in dinner or a takeout meal from one of these top steak-centric restaurants.
Merriman’s Honolulu is Bringing Culinary Creativity to the Table
Enjoy unique daily dishes inspired by just-delivered local produce.
New Daily Happy Hour at Merriman’s Honolulu Offers Deep-Fried Shrimp, Poke, Taro Hummus and Signature Cocktails
Take a (very) late outdoor lunch or (very) early dinner of delicious discounted dishes and drinks in Kaka‘ako.
Get 15 Percent Off Hy’s Steak House on Mahalo Mondays
Plus, a peek at some of the fine dining restaurant’s new menu items.
Guess Who’s Behind the New Pūpū Menu at Downtown’s Bar Leather Apron
Haute cuisine chef Colin Hazama of C4 Table serves up playful, sophisticated bites to go with a revamped drink menu.
MW Restaurant Reopens Today at a New Location in Kaka‘ako Across From the Blaisdell Center
Upstairs, it’s upscale new MW; downstairs, it’s chic-casual Artizen Café. Here’s an upstairs-downstairs taste.
Looking Up: Sky Waikīkī Shifts to a Raw Bar, Poke and Pūpū
The former nightclub is bringing locals back to Waikīkī with new food and drink menus.
Eating House 1849’s New Dinner Menu Is Reely Good
The star of the new items: a build-your-own option that lets you choose fish, preparation and sauces.
Usher in the Year of the Ox the Chinese Way
Chinese New Year is Feb. 12 this year, and Jade Dynasty Seafood Restaurant has you covered.
Dine at Hale ‘Aina Gold-Winning Restaurants, Get Double the Points
Now through Feb. 28, get twice the rewards when you use your First Hawaiian Bank x Mastercard credit card at qualifying restaurants.
MW Restaurant Just Gave Its Kitchen Equipment to Kahuku High School
Future culinarians on the North Shore will learn to cook at the same flattop that produced dinner for the Obamas.
Thick pan-fried pork chops, sizzling boneless kalbi and meaty fried rice are only half of Chef Colin’s Classics, a family-style pau hana feast for four (or more).
Top Stories From
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We asked our readers and searched the island for the best of everything—locally-made light beer to locally-grown açaí, sushi cake to soufflé pancakes, sherbet to taro doughnuts—all so you can live better in Honolulu.
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Volunteer in a garden and swim near a waterfall, watch Cinderella build a rocket in a live-streaming musical, putt around a haunted trail and order some spooky sweet treats.