Spencer Costanzo

Oahu Food Guide

Updated Jan 24, 2021
Key
★ = Worth a stop
★★ = Worth a detour
★★★ = My top picks

Bakeries, Pastries, Desserts
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  • Uncle Clay's (shaved ice)
  • Chau's Fresh Fruit (fruit + smoothies + sugarcane juice)
  • Teruya's Andagi (sweet potato mochi + andagi/okinawan donut)
  • Da Angadi Guy (andagi donuts on wednesday outside Don Quijote)
  • Leonard's Bakery (any malasada without filling here is great, especially the li hing. the fillings are not good)
  • ★ Holey Grail Donuts (turmeric tangelo donut, lilikoi, guava, miso & other taro donuts)
  • ★ Pipeline Bakeshop (try the fresh li hing malasada)
  • ★ Breadshop (city loaf, brioche, danish, pastries)

Restaurants

  • Diamond Head Market & Grill (for the mixed plate)
  • Adela's Country Eatery (unique noodles + braised beef & lechon)
  • Chubbie's Burgers (very good burger food truck)
  • The Pig & The Lady & Piggy Smalls (pho french dip, vegan pho, soup specials, etc)
  • ​Kokohead Cafe (for brunch)
  • Cream Pot (soufflé pancakes + cheesecake french toast)
  • Marukame Udon (curry nikutama + tempura)
  • ★ Nanzan Giro Giro (kaiseki style)
  • ★ Helena's Hawaiian Food (luau squid, ribs, laulau, butterfish, etc)
  • ★ Miro Kaimuki (tasting menu)
  • ★ Tanioka Market (garlic ahi poke over sushi rice + garlic fried chicken)
  • ★ Tonkatsu Tamafuji (tonkatsu set)
  • ★★ Sushi Sho (incredible omakase + chirashi takeout. this would be Michelin star elsewhere)

Miro Kaimuki, Oahu Hawaii
Sushi Sho, Oahu Hawaii
Miro Kaimuki, Oahu Hawaii
Sushi Sho, Oahu Hawaii
Breadshop, Oahu Hawaii
Marukame Udon, Oahu Hawaii

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