Best of O‘ahu 2021: Food and Drink

HAWAII Magazine Staff,

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Best Restaurant 

  1. Roy’s Waikīkī 
  2. Orchids
  3. Merriman’s Honolulu
  4. Hy’s Steak House
  5. The Surfing Pig 

Best Cheap Eats 

  1. Zippy’s
  2. L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
  3. Nico’s Pier 38
  4. Helena’s Hawaiian Food
  5. Marukame Udon 

Best New Restaurant  

  1. Café Miro 
  2. Feast Hawai‘i  
  3. Kapi‘olani Spaghetti House  
  4. Mad Bene 
  5. Mugen 

Best Bar or Lounge 

  1. Duke’s Waikīkī 
  2. Maui Brewing Co.
  3. House Without a Key
  4. RumFire Waikīkī 
  5. Bar Leather Apron

Best Bakery 

  1. Leonard’s Bakery
  2. Liliha Bakery 
  3. Kamehameha Bakery
  4. Ted’s Bakery
  5. Sugarlina Bakeshop 

Best Breakfast or Brunch 

  1. Eggs ‘n Things
  2. Liliha Bakery 
  3. Koko Head Café
  4. Cinnamon’s
  5. Kono’s

Best Burger 

  1. Cheeseburger in Paradise
  2. Rainbow Drive-in
  3. Teddy’s Bigger Burgers
  4. Kua ‘Āina Burger 
  5. Chubbies Burgers 

 Best Farm-to-Table Restaurant 

  1. Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman
  2. Merriman’s Honolulu
  3. Kahumana Organic Farm & Café 
  4. Moku Kitchen 
  5. Dean & Deluca 

 Best Food Truck 

  1. Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck
  2. Fumi’s Kahuku Shrimp Truck 
  3. Big Wave Shrimp
  4. Chubbies Burgers 
  5. Sweet Revenge Honolulu

 Best Hotel or Resort Restaurant 

  1. Duke’s Waikīkī at the Outrigger Waikīkī Beach Resort 
  2. House Without a Key at the Halekūlani 
  3. Plumeria Beach House at The Kāhala Hotel & Resort
  4. The Beachhouse at the Moana Surfrider 
  5. Bali Steak & Seafood at Hilton Hawaiian Village

Best Traditional Hawaiian Restaurant 

  1. Helena’s Hawaiian Food
  2. Highway Inn
  3. Waiāhole Poi Factory 
  4. Haili’s Hawaiian Food 
  5. Yama’s Fish Market

Best Noodle, Saimin or Ramen 

  1. Marukame Udon 
  2. Shiro’s Saimin Haven
  3. Palace Saimin
  4. Bario Ramen 
  5. Shige’s Saimin Stand

Best Pizza 

  1. Big Kahuna’s Pizza
  2. Pieology Pizzeria 
  3. Round Table Pizza
  4. J. Dolan’s
  5. Boston Pizza

Best Plate Lunch 

  1. Rainbow Drive-In
  2. L&L Hawaiian BBQ
  3. Nico’s Pier 38
  4. Kono’s
  5. Alicia’s Market

Best Poke

  1. Foodland
  2. ‘Ono Seafood
  3. Nico’s Fish Market
  4. Redfish Poke Bar
  5. Yama’s Fish Market

Best Happy Hour 

  1. Duke’s Waikīkī 
  2. Kona Brewing Co.
  3. Tiki’s Grill & Bar
  4. Maui Brewing Co.
  5. Rum Fire Waikīkī 

Best Seafood Restaurant 

  1. Duke’s Waikīkī 
  2. Nico’s Pier 38
  3. Hale‘iwa Joe’s  
  4. Roy’s Waikīkī 
  5. Herringbone Waikīkī  

 Best 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. Shimazu Shave Ice

Best Steak House 

  1. Roy’s Waikīkī 
  2. Ruth’s Chris Steak House
  3. Hy’s Steak House
  4. Bali Steak & Seafood
  5. D.K Steak House
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