Editor’s choice: 12 favorite restaurants in Honolulu
For decades, I’ve covered Honolulu’s food and drink scene for publications like Eater, The Guardian, and HONOLULU magazine, and realized it’s filled with oceanfront beauties that match its destination-city status.
But having grown up in Hawai’i , I also know it’s home to cozier restaurants that share the same neighborhoods as their diners—the ones that keep their lights on late and are there for me on birthdays, after tough work weeks, and everything in between. For every splashy seafront spot with hula performances and umbrella cocktails, there’s an underrated local gem that doesn’t always make the guide books.
Read on for a list of 12 restaurants that have wedged themselves most deeply into my soul. These are the places in Honolulu I find myself returning to again and again.
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