Must-see restaurants in Waikiki

  • Side Street Inn Kapahulu

    Waikiki

    This is a Hawaiian-style sports bar with meal portions so huge that virtually everyone walks out with a bag containing what they couldn't eat. The good…

  • Kaimana Farm Cafe

    Waikiki

    Food fresh right off the farm is the ethos at this creative and healthy cafe. Most dishes are vegetarian (although the pork-belly Benedict is a winner)…

  • Eggs 'n' Things

    Waikiki

    This bustling diner dishes straight-up comfort food: banana macadamia-nut pancakes with tropical syrups (guava, honey or coconut), sugary crepes topped…

  • Da Cove Health Bar & Cafe

    Waikiki

    This place specializes in acai bowls, fruit smoothies, healthy wraps, fresh poke and sashimi. Chill out with a coconut-husk dose of ʻawa (kava), Polynesia…

  • Siam Square

    Waikiki

    In a town full of pan-Asian restaurants, this one brings you food from the furthest corner. You want your Thai meal spicy? You won’t have to work too hard…

  • Nanding's Bakery

    Waikiki

    A fine alternative to overhyped bakeries, Nanding's has a great range of excellent baked goods and no lines. Their Spanish rolls are light, fluffy and…

  • Bogart's Cafe

    Waikiki

    Regulars crave the taro-banana pancakes at Bogart's, which uses fresh local produce in its full menu of breakfast and lunch items. The avocado-and-spinach…

  • People's Open Market

    Waikiki

    City-sponsored farmers market in Kapiʻolani Regional Park that trades in Oʻahu's enormous fresh bounty from mauka (land) to makai (sea). Only a short walk…

  • Teddy’s Bigger Burgers

    Waikiki

    Although the 1950s-style black-and-white checkered decor looks a bit out of place by the beach, this fast-growing chain’s hand-formed burgers, milkshakes…

  • Hula Grill

    Waikiki

    Come early to the Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort to score a table overhanging Kahaloa & Ulukou Beaches and watch the sun set as slack key guitars play…

  • Moose's Pub & Cafe

    Waikiki

    This 1980s time-warped bar and dance club rakes in a penny-pinching breakfast crowd with huge omelets, loco moco and fluffy banana muffins. At night, a…

  • Ruffage Natural Foods

    Waikiki

    This pint-sized, bare-bones health-food store whips up taro burgers, veggie burritos, deli sandwiches with fresh avocado, and real-fruit smoothies. Gluten…

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