You Voted: Here’s Your Top 5 Chinese Roast Pork 燒肉 Shops on O‘ahu
Need a summer potluck suggestion? Here’s a classic with reader faves from Mililani to Kalihi to Chinatown.
Cheap Eats
$40 Pau Hana for 2: Tango Contemporary Café
‘Ahi poke, crab cakes, double smashed burgers with fries: Who doesn’t love an affordable, upscale happy hour?
Yakiniku Tawashi Is a Great Korean Barbecue Find—If You Go by Monday
This gem in the Ala Moana area is closing for renovations and offering some 50% discounts until then.
Celebrate Slimy Beans During O‘ahu’s July 12–14 Natto Takeout Dine-Around
Natto lovers can-natto resist: 12 eateries are featuring 28 new natto creations this weekend.
Where Lychee Meets Chinese Comfort Foods in Chinatown
Chinatown still needs support after the outages, and Sun Chong Grocery still has Big Island lychee.
Best of HONOLULU 2024: Food and Drinks on O‘ahu
Our editors picked 14 top categories plus 20 readers’ choices to establish the best food and drinks on O‘ahu this year.
The Global Menu: Khao & Papas
Husband-and-wife team Juan Ching and Kim Thepsenavong serve up Peruvian and Lao fusion dishes inspired by their childhood favorites.
The Global Menu: Aloha German Bakery
German and Native Hawaiian Cecilia Tanya Koch returned to O‘ahu to care for her father—and ended up opening a German bakery.
The Global Menu: Neha’s Kitchen
With Neha’s Kitchen, Kuber Gurung brings food from his hometown in southern Nepal to the farmers markets of O‘ahu.
The Butcher Bar, Waikīkī’s New Beefy Bistro
Aloha Steak House’s kid brother, The Butcher Bar, is focused on beef and cocktails.
A 7-Course All-Natto Dinner Is Coming to Nami Kaze on July 10
Frolic’s annual celebration of Japan’s ripe, stinky bean is back—and it’s open to all natto lovers.
Yakitori Hachibei Is Launching a $40 Happy Hour Omakase
The grilled skewer specialist from Kyushu is launching a lighter omakase on July 2 in Chinatown.
Chinatown’s Best Hidden Courtyard Is a Thai-Laotian Gem
Showing love for Chinatown eateries after the outages: At Olay’s Thai-Lao Cuisine, Laotian food standouts aren't the only draw.
Local ARMY Eats Her Way Through BTS Festa Pilgrimage—Again
A dish-by-dish recap of an O‘ahu ARMY’s second food-driven journey to BTS Festa in Seoul.
Afterthoughts: The Lunch Club at Niu Valley Middle School
Summer break is a good time to revisit this memory about the best school cafeteria food around—not just because it was free.
These Restaurants Need Your Support After Power Outages Forced Them to Close
More than 50 restaurants, cafes and bars have had to shut down for days in Downtown and Chinatown Honolulu.
Dusty Grable’s Little Plum Opens at Mānoa Marketplace
The first of two Mānoa restaurants planned by Grable’s new group is a take on the personality of the valley.
August’s specials include a cold chicken noodle soup, corn ribs and a luxe crab donburi.