Best of O‘ahu 2020: Food & Drink

HAWAII Magazine Staff,
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Chef

1. Alan Wong

2. Roy Yamaguchi

3. Masaharu Morimoto

4. Hiroyuki Mimura

5. Ed Kenney

Restaurant ($61+ per person)

1. Roy’s Waikīkī

2. Alan Wong’s

3. Hy’s Steak House

4. Ruth’s Chris Steak House

5. Senia

Restaurant ($30-$60 per person)

1. Duke’s Waikīkī

2. Nico’s Pier 38

3. Hale‘iwa Joe’s

4. Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman

5. The Pig & The Lady

Restaurant (under $29 per person)

1. Zippy’s

2. Nico’s Pier 38

3. Marukame Udon

4. Helena’s Hawaiian Food

5. Moku Kitchen

New Restaurant

1. Merriman’s Honolulu

2. Rangoon Burmese Kitchen

3. Zigu

4. Nico’s Upstairs

5. Rigo Spanish Italian Restaurant

Gastropub

1. Pint + Jigger

2. Kona Brewing Co.

3. Side Street Inn

4. Aloha Beer Co.

5. Stormy’s Gastropub

Bar or Lounge

1. Duke’s Waikīkī

2. RumFire Waikīkī

3. Bar Leather Apron

4. House Without a Key

5. Maui Brewing Co.

Bakery

1. Leonard’s Bakery

2. Liliha Bakery

3. Ted’s Bakery

4. Kamehameha Bakery

5. Sugarlina Bakeshop

Breakfast

1. Kono’s

2. Eggs ‘n Things

3. Cinnamon’s

4. Duke’s Waikīkī

5. Liliha Bakery

Buffet

1. Duke’s Waikīkī

2. 100 Sails Restaurant & Bar

3. Pagoda Floating Restaurant & Catering

4. Nico’s Upstairs

5. Plumeria Beach House

Burger

1. Teddy’s Bigger Burgers

2. Cheeseburger in Paradise

3. Rainbow Drive-in

4. Ku ‘Āina Burger

5. Chubbies Burgers

Chinese Restaurant

1. Little Village Noodle House

2. Kin Wah Chop Suey

3. Dew Drop Inn

4. P.F. Chang’s

5. Happy Days Chinese Seafood Restaurant

Farm-To-Table Restaurant

1. Town

2. Kahumana Organic Farm & Café

3. Moku Kitchen

4. Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman

5. Merriman’s Honolulu

Filipino Restaurant

1. Elena’s Restaurant

2. Thelma’s Restaurant

3. Pinoy One Deli Cuisine

Food Truck

1. Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck

2. Fumi’s Kahuku Shrimp Truck

3. Chubbies Burgers

4. Cheesus Crust

5. Sweet Revenge Honolulu

Hotel or Resort Restaurant

1. Duke’s Waikīkī at the Outrigger Waikīkī Beach Resort

2. Plumeira Beach House at The Kāhala Hotel & Resort

3. House Without a Key at the Halekūlani

4. Bali Steak & Seafood at Hilton Hawaiian Village

5. The Beachhouse at the Moana Surfrider

Italian Restaurant

1. Assagio Hawai‘i

2. Arancino Ristorante Italiano

3. La Cuchina Ristorante Italiano

4. Buca di Beppo

5. Taormina Sicilian Cuisine

Traditional Hawaiian Restaurant

1. Helena’s Hawaiian Food   

2. Highway Inn

3. Waiāhole Poi Factory

4. Yama’s Fish Market

5. Haili’s Hawaiian Food

Japanese Restaurant

1. Restaurant Kunio

2. Gyu-Kaku

3. Tanaka of Tokyo

4. Shokudo Japanese Restaurant and Bar

5. Nobu Honolulu

Korean Restaurant

1. GEN Korean BBQ House

2. Yummy Korean B-B-Q

3. Topped

4. Jin Joo Korean Restaurant

5. Kim Chee III

Noodle, Saimin or Ramen Restaurant

1. Marukame Udon     

2. Shiro’s Saimin Haven

3. Shige’s Saimin Stand

4. Palace Saimin

5. Bario Ramen

Pizza

1. Pieology Pizzeria

2. Boston Pizza

3. J.J. Dolan’s

4. Big Kahuna’s Pizza

5. Round Table Pizza

Plate Lunch

1. Kono’s

2. Rainbow Drive-In

3. Nico’s Pier 38

4. L&L Hawaiian BBQ

5. Alicia’s Market

Poke

1. Foodland

2. Tanioka’s Seafood and Catering

3. ‘Ono Seafood

4. Nico’s Fish Market

5. Fresh Catch

Romantic Restaurant

1. La Mer

2. Michel’s at the Colony Surf

3. Nico’s Upstairs

4. House Without a Key

5. Top of Waikīkī

Seafood Restaurant

1. Nico’s Pier 38

2. 53 By The Sea

3. Hale‘iwa Joe’s

4. Roy’s Waikīkī

5. Duke’s Waikīkī

Shave Ice Stand or Store

1. Matsumoto Shave Ice

2. Waiola Shave Ice

3. Uncle Clay’s House of Pure Aloha

4. Island Vintage Shave Ice

5. Shimazu Shave Ice

Steak House

1. Hy’s Steak House

2. Ruth’s Chris Steak House

3. D.K Steak House

4. Roy’s Waikīkī

5. Bali Steak & Seafood

Thai Restaurant

1. Maile’s Thai Bistro

2. Opal Thai

3. Thai Village

4. Bangkok Chef

5. Siam Palace Thai Restaurant

Vietnamese Restaurant

1. The Pig & The Lady

2. Bac Nam

3. Pho King

4. Saigon Noodle House

5. Duc’s Bistro

Categories: Best of 2020