Food & Dining

Stop by and say aloha to Aloha State Daily at Hawaiʻi FoodieCon & Spring Expo

Explore more than 200 vendors — including 100 food vendors — from March 28-29 at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. Plus, enter for a chance to win prizes from ASD like a staycation at White Sands Hotel in Waikīkī and a Wai Kai Ultimate experience for four, and more.

Kady PascualMarch 13, 2026

Kapiʻolani Seafood Restaurant moves to new location

The eatery’s new location on Amana Street is just steps away from its former spot on Kapiʻolani Boulevard. The restaurant’s menu is the same, so customers can look forward to signature dim sum staples and shareable dishes like peking duck, honey walnut shrimp, Hong Kong style wonton noodles and more.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 13, 2026

Elotes business Corn Onoz Hawaiʻi opens its first store

The business, which specializes in creative dishes centered around corn, pops up at night markets and events across Oʻahu. It just celebrated the grand opening of its new storefront in Pearl City.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 13, 2026

Le Petit Chef dinner experience available in Honolulu

This creative experience features a combination of 3D projection technology and culinary excellence. The dining experience is available nightly at Romer House Waikīkī.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 12, 2026

Preview of Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaiʻi’s new Honolulu store

The biz is officially opening its first Honolulu store in Kaimukī on March 13, but its soft opening is tomorrow. The menu features a variety of hot and cold drinks.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 12, 2026

San Paolo Pizza & Wine is starting brunch

The Honolulu-based eatery, known for its Italian-Brazilian fusion, is launching its new brunch menu starting March 14. Brunch will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekends only for now. The menu features a mix of classics — including French toast, pancakes and avocado toast — with unique options like Brazilian breakfast platters, spaghetti carbonara and bombolonis (malasadas).

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 11, 2026

ZIGU launched a new late-night happy hour

Located in Waikīkī, the Japanese izakaya’s new late-night menu is offered from 9 to 11 p.m. Sundays to Thursdays. Customers can enjoy discounted dishes like mochiko fried chicken, spicy tuna roll, hot sukiyaki soba and more.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 10, 2026

Cool Cat Express brings its burgers back to West Maui

Cool Cat Café, known for its burgers and shakes, originally opened on Front Street in Lahaina in 2003. After the 2023 Lahaina fires, the business reopened in Kihei; last summer, the biz opened an express location in Whaler’s Village, and is now open there daily.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 09, 2026

Bad Ass Coffee opens in Kaimukī March 13

You'll find the newest location at 3502-C Wai‘alae Ave.

Stephanie SalmonsMarch 07, 2026

Thirty Eight Honolulu launches lunch service

The new eatery, which recently opened for dinner at Pier 38, just debuted its new lunch menu. The menu features some of the most popular pūpū from the dinner menu, along with elevated plate lunches like a mix plate, Korean fried chicken, loco moco and more.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 07, 2026

Where to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2026

Get ready to (sham) rock and roll with green beers, corned beef and these limited-time specials.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 06, 2026

New happy hour at Prince Waikīkī

100 Sails Restaurant & Bar’s new happy hour menu is available daily from 4 to 6 p.m. in the restaurant’s bar and lounge area. Dishes include poke nachos, brisket sliders — a happy hour exclusive — coffee rib-eye steak and barbecue chicken pinsa flatbread. Also new: The eatery’s secret menu, which includes a mouthwatering bone-in beef rib platter.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 05, 2026

Fish, it's what's for lunch

Invasive fish species were on the menu at the close of the three-day Eat the Invaders Fishing Tournament organized by the nonprofit Mālama Maunalua and held at Maunalua Bay. Learn just how many fish were captured as part of the event.

Katie HellandMarch 05, 2026

Alejandro’s Mexican Food opens in Pauoa

This is the third location for the business, which opened its first store in Kalihi Valley in 2015. Customers can look forward to tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nacho fries and more.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 04, 2026

Leonard’s Bakery has a new malasada mobile location

The newest malasada mobile location is on Lagoon Drive, near Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. It’s open daily from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and customers can get “travel packs” of malasadas right before catching their next flight.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 03, 2026

Budget Bites: Da Crawfish & Crab Shack’s $10 plate lunches

This Kapolei eatery is known for its seafood boils, but offers $9.99 lunch specials from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays to Fridays.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 02, 2026

New bento and musubi shop opens in Downtown Honolulu

U-Kitchen Hawaiʻi — whose original location is in Kalihi — is known for its affordable bentos, but the Downtown Honolulu store has several exclusive items, including assorted musubi, chicken katsu bentos and chicken katsu curry.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaMarch 02, 2026

‘Sip’ on these aesthetic matcha lattes

Sippin’ Pretty specializes in curated matcha lattes and coffees. The biz pops up at various events across Oʻahu. While the banana bread latte and cream latte are popular choices from its regular menu, the biz also offers monthly specials. March brings St. Patrick’s Day-themed specialties like End of the Rainbow and Charmed & Lucky.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaFebruary 28, 2026

Pitch Sports Bar launches a new lunch sushi omakase

This Kakaʻako sports bar’s omakase is a hidden gem. Its new lunch offering costs $80 per person, features 12 courses, and is available daily between 12 and 1 p.m.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaFebruary 27, 2026

This late-night Chinatown spot has a new menu

Bar 35’s new food menu launched in December and now includes tacos and more shareable dishes. Its new chef, Julio Gutierrez, came from now-closed Tlaxcalli — and brought his popular tacos with him.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaFebruary 27, 2026

This “Shokudo Throwback” menu is available for a limited time

Shokudo is celebrating its 21st anniversary with different specials at its various locations from March 1 to 14. Waikīkī Shokudo will offer 21% off select dishes; Kaimukī Shokudo will feature a “throwback” menu — with favorites from the business’s original Kapiʻolani location — and Poke Stand by Shokudo will offer $10 poke bowls.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaFebruary 26, 2026

Where to find treats for Girls’ Day 2026

Whether you’re looking for mochi or specialty desserts, we’ve got you covered.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaFebruary 25, 2026

CU Hawaiʻi opens in Kāhala

The Korean convenience store just opened its second location in Kāhala Korner, the same plaza as Kapa Hale and Olive Tree Café. The store opened in the former Subway space, and while not as big as the brand’s Downtown Honolulu location, it includes some of its most popular features.