Best of Oahu 2019: ​Food & Drink

HAWAII Magazine Staff,
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Chef 

1. Roy Yamaguchi

2. Alan Wong

3. George Mavrothalassitis

4. Masaharu Morimoto

5. Ed Kenney

Restaurant  ($61+ per person)

1. Roy’s Hawaii

2. Hy’s Steak House

3. Alan Wong’s Honolulu

4. Stripsteak Waikiki

5. Ruth’s Chris Steak House

Restaurant  ($3o–$6o per person) 

1. The Surfing Pig

2. Duke’s Waikiki

3. Kono’s

4. The Pig & The Lady

5. Hula Grill Waikiki

Restaurant  (<$29 per person) 

1. Kono’s

2. Nico’s Pier 38

3. Cheeseburger in Paradise

4. Marukame Udon

5. Helena’s Hawaiian Food

New Restaurant 

1. The Surfing Pig

2. Scratch Kitchen & Meatery

3. Merriman’s Honolulu

Gastropub 

1. Pint + Jigger

2. Kona Brewing Co.

3. Honolulu BeerWorks

Bartender 

1. Dave Newman, Pint + Jigger

2. Andrew Woodley, The Street, a Michael Mina Social House

3. Keola Lasconia, Embassy Suites Waikiki Beach Hotel

Bar or Lounge 

1. Mai Tai Bar at The Royal Hawaiian

2. Barefoot Bar at Duke’s Waikiki

3. La Mariana Sailing Club

4. RumFire

5. Pint + Jigger

Nightclub (Editors’ Picks) 

1. Sky Waikiki

2. The District

3. RumFire

4. Artistry Honolulu

5. Scarlet Honolulu

Breakfast 

1. Kono’s

2. Eggs ’n’ Things

3. Sweet E’s Café

4. Cinnamon’s

5. Lulu’s Waikiki

Buffet 

1. Duke’s Waikiki

2. Hale Koa Hotel

3. Plumeria Beach House at The Kahala Hotel & Resort

4. Pagoda Floating Restaurant

Burger

1. Teddy’s Bigger Burgers

2. Cheeseburger in Paradise

3. Kua Aina Sandwich Shop

4. The Counter

5. Duke’s Waikiki

Cheap Eats (Editors’ Picks)*

1. Rainbow Drive-In

2. Zippy’s Restaurants

3. Ethel’s Grill

4. Marukame Udon

5. Musubi & Bento Iyasume

Chinese Restaurant

1. Little Village Noodle House

2. Happy Days Chinese Seafood Restaurant

3. P.F. Chang’s

4. Pah Ke’s Chinese Restaurant

5. Legend Seafood Restaurant

Farm-to-Table Restaurant

1. Kahumana Organic Farm & Café

2. Monkeypod Kitchen

3. Town

4. Ai Love Nalo

5. Roy’s

Filipino Restaurant 

1. Elena’s Restaurant

2. Max’s Restaurant, Cuisine of the Philippines

3. Thelma’s Restaurant

4. Shay’s Filipino Café

5. Bautista’s Filipino Kitchen

Food Truck

1. Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck

2. Leonard’s Bakery

3. Surf N Salsa

4. Chubbies Burgers

5. Fumi’s Kahuku Shrimp

Hotel or Resort Restaurant 

1. La Mer at Halekulani

2. Beachhouse at the Moana Surfrider

3. Duke’s Waikiki at the Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort

4. Koko at Kalia at Hale Koa

5. Longboards at Ko Olina Resort

Italian Restaurant 

1. Assaggio Ristorante Italiano

2. Arancino at The Kahala

3. Taormina Sicilian Cuisine

4. Buca di Beppo

5. La Cucina Ristorante Italiano

Hawaiian Restaurant*

1. Helena’s Hawaiian Food

2. Highway Inn

3. Waiahole Poi Factory

4.Hale Kealoha Restaurant

5. Haili’s Hawaiian Food

Japanese Restaurant 

1. Gyotaku

2. Tanaka of Tokyo

3. Nanzan Giro Giro

4. Doraku Sushi

5. Nobu Honolulu

Korean Restaurant 

1. Jin Joo Korean Restaurant

2. Willow Tree Korean Restaurant

3. Million Restaurant

4. Kyung’s Seafood Restaurant

5. Sura Hawaii

Noodle, Saimin or Ramen Restaurant

1. Marukame Udon

2. Shiro’s Saimin Haven

3. Agu Ramen

4. Shige’s Saimin Stand

5. Goma Tei

Pizza 

1. J.J. Dolan’s

2. Brick Oven Pizza

3. Big Kahuna’s Pizza

Plate Lunch

1. Kono’s

2. Rainbow Drive-In

3. L&L Hawaiian Barbecue

4. Ted’s Bakery

5. Kakaako Kitchen

Poke* 

1. Foodland

2. Tamura’s Fine Wine

3. Fresh Catch

4. Ono Seafood

5. Maguro Brothers Hawaii

Romantic Restaurant 

1. La Mer

2. Michel’s at the Colony Surf

3. Hy’s Steak House

4. Top of Waikiki

5. House Without A Key

Seafood Restaurant 

1. Nico’s Pier 38

2. Uncle’s Fish Market & Grill

3. Roy’s Hawaii

4. Duke’s Waikiki

5. Atlantis Steak & Seafood

Shave Ice Stand or Store

1. Matsumoto Shave Ice

2. Waiola Shave Ice

3. Island Vintage Shave Ice

4. Uncle Clay’s House of Pure Aloha

5. Aoki’s Shave Ice

Steak House

1. Hy’s Steak House

2. Ruth’s Chris Steak House

3. Stripsteak Waikiki

4. Buzz’s Original Steak House

5. Wolfgang’s Steakhouse

Thai Restaurant 

1. Maile’s Thai Bistro

2. Champa Thai of Kailua

3. Opal Thai

4. Noi Thai Cuisine

5. Phuket Thai

Vietnamese Restaurant 

1. The Pig & The Lady

2. Ba-Le Sandwich & Thai Cuisine

3. Ha Long Pho Noodle House

4. Pho King

5. Piggy Smalls

 

*Read more about these categories in our Best of the Best blog. 

Categories: Best of 2019, Readers’ Choice Winners