Oahu Food Guide

Updated Jan 10, 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 (tropical fruit + smoothies + sugarcane juice)
  • Teruya's Andagi (sweet potato mochi + andagi/okinawan donut)
  • Da Angadi Guy (andagi donuts on wednesday outside Don Quijote)
  • Holey Grail Donuts (cinnamon sugar donut)
  • Leonard's Bakery (any malasada without filling here is great, especially the li hing)
  • ★ Pipeline Bakeshop (fresh li hing malasada)
  • ★ Breadshop (city loaf, brioche, danish, pastries)

Restaurants

  • Adela's Country Eatery (unique noodles + braised beef & lechon)
  • Diamond Head Market & Grill (for the mixed plate)
  • Yama's Fish Market (ahi with sushi rice + luau squid)
  • The Pig & The Lady / Piggy Smalls (pho french dip, etc)
  • Maguro Brothers Chinatown (chutoro with sushi rice)
  • Mami's Empanadas (call/text hours ahead)
  • Kokohead Cafe (for brunch)
  • Cream Pot (soufflé pancakes + cheesecake french toast)
  • Marukame Udon (curry nikutama + tempura)
  • Helena's Hawaiian Food (luau squid, ribs, laulau, butterfish, etc)
  • ★ Tanioka Market (garlic ahi poke over sushi rice + garlic fried chicken)
  • ★ Tonkatsu Tamafuji 
  • ★ Nanzan Giro Giro
  • ★★ Miro Kaimuki (tasting menu)
  • ★★ Sushi Sho (incredible omakase + chirashi takeout)