The Best Places to Eat in Oahu: A Local's Guide, Region by Region

The best places to eat in Oahu are mostly cheap, local, and nowhere near a resort dining room — a 1952 malasada bakery on Kapahulu Avenue, a James Beard-winning Hawaiian kitchen in Kalihi, poke counters inside grocery stores, and a garlic-shrimp truck that has been parked in Kahuku since 1993. Your hotel concierge means well. The 7-Eleven musubi case means more.

This guide sorts the island by region, town side to North Shore, with what to order at each spot, when to show up, and how to keep a line from eating your beach day. It's written for first-timers and repeat visitors who'd rather eat what the island actually eats — and everything here is open and cooking as of June 2026.

One promise before we start: almost nothing in this guide requires a reservation, a collared shirt, or more than $20. Oahu's food pyramid is built on rice, and the view from the top is a parking lot.

What's in this guide

• The three rules for eating well on Oahu
• The five foods to hunt down first
• Kapahulu Avenue: the best food street in Honolulu
• The best places to eat in Waikiki without resort prices
• Chinatown and Kakaako: where Honolulu actually goes out
• The old-school legends: Helena's and Liliha Bakery
• The best food on the windward side: Kailua to Waiahole
• North Shore food: shrimp trucks, shave ice, and haupia pie
• The best food trucks on Oahu
• Where locals eat in Oahu: cheap, busy, and right
• The best restaurants in Oahu for one fancy night
• A one-day Oahu food crawl
• FAQ: eating on Oahu

The three rules for eating well on Oahu

Rule one: eat where locals line up, not where the resort points you. This is the whole strategy. Hawaii eats more Spam per capita than any state in the country — five to seven million cans a year — and the best versions of it cost a few dollars at a convenience store, not $18 on a lounge menu next to the word "artisanal." Musubi from a 7-Eleven, poke from a grocery counter, a plate lunch from a drive-in: that's the realest food in the islands, and most of it runs under $20.

Rule two: local hours are early hours. The legendary counters sell out by mid-afternoon, the food trucks shut around 5pm, and the bakeries are busiest at dawn. Oahu doesn't believe in your 8pm dinner. Plan your big food moves for breakfast and lunch, and save evenings for the few places built for them.

Rule three: cash and parking are part of the meal. Helena's lot fits about five cars. The older trucks still prefer cash. None of this is a flaw — it's a filter, and the filter works for you. Every spot in this guide is delicious enough to have earned its inconvenience, and every one of them is worth going out of your way for.

A corollary about geography: the famous spots cluster. Kapahulu Avenue alone holds four legends in a walkable mile, Kahuku's shrimp trucks sit bumper to bumper on one highway shoulder, and Haleiwa town packs shave ice, acai, and plate lunch into three blocks. You can eat historically well on this island without ever planning more than one parking spot at a time.

If you remember nothing else, remember the test below. It has never once steered us wrong.

The five foods to hunt down first

Before the where, the what. Oahu has five dishes to try before you fly home, and each one has a rightful home on this island. On a first visit, work the list in order.

Poke is cubed raw fish — usually ahi — seasoned with shoyu, sesame oil, limu, and onion, sold by the pound over rice. Start with our full guide to the best poke on Oahu, or just walk into any Foodland. Plate lunch is the working meal of Hawaii: two scoops of rice, a scoop of macaroni salad, and a protein, a formula explained properly in our Hawaiian plate lunch guide. Its richest expression is the loco moco, a gravy-and-egg situation invented in Hilo in 1949 for teenagers who wanted something cheap, fast, and filling.

Garlic shrimp is the North Shore's gift — a plate of shrimp drowned in garlic butter, served from trucks in Kahuku (the full garlic shrimp story is here). Malasadas are Portuguese doughnuts, holeless and rolled in sugar, that arrived with plantation workers in the 1800s and never left — our malasada guide covers the history. And shave ice is the closer: snow-fine ice with real-fruit flavors, ranked spot by spot in our best shave ice on Oahu guide.

There is a sixth, unofficial entry: the spam musubi, which costs pocket change and fits in a board-shorts pocket. We consider it less a food than a piece of essential beach equipment.

Honorable mentions, so nobody writes in: saimin, the islands' own noodle soup, born in the plantation camps and still delicious on every diner menu; huli-huli chicken, turned over kiawe smoke at roadside stands until the whole highway smells like a decision; Dole Whip, the pineapple soft-serve worth a plantation detour; and the acai bowl, which is technically Brazilian but has been granted permanent residency by every surfer on the island.

Kapahulu Avenue: the best food street in Honolulu

If Oahu has one street to eat your way down, it's Kapahulu Avenue — a ten-minute walk from Waikiki's eastern edge, and home to four legends within about a mile.

Leonard's Bakery

The pink-and-white sign has marked malasada headquarters since 1952, and on a busy day the fryers turn out more than 15,000 of them. Order them hot — they come over the counter in a paper bag that immediately goes translucent — and eat them in the parking lot, sugar drifting onto your shirt like beach sand you'll be finding for days.

The move: half a dozen original sugar, plus one haupia-filled · When: before 9am or mid-afternoon · Local tip: the Malasadamobile trucks at Pearlridge and Windward Mall fry the same recipe with a fraction of the line.

Rainbow Drive-In

Cooking since 1961, and the standard-setter for the mixed plate: barbecue beef, boneless chicken, and a mahi filet over two scoops, gravy all over if you know what's good for you. Locals say a plate like this broke da mouth — the highest compliment a lunch can earn.

The move: the mixed plate, gravy all over · When: any time — it holds steady from breakfast to evening · Note: outdoor tables only, which is exactly right.

Ono Seafood

A takeout poke counter with a couple of stools and a devoted following. The shoyu and spicy ahi bowls are the benchmarks; everything is mixed when you order, not scooped from a tired tray.

The move: spicy ahi over brown rice · When: the 2:30 to 4pm lull — midday lines are real · Travel tip: carry it two blocks to Kapiolani Park and eat under a monkeypod tree.

Waiola Shave Ice

The town answer to the North Shore icons: snow so fine the syrup soaks in instead of pooling at the bottom, so you actually taste the fruit in every bite. Try it with azuki beans and condensed milk and join another debate locals love having: Waiola or Matsumoto, town or country.

The move: lilikoi and guava with the works · When: after a beach morning · Note: cash moves the line faster.

The best places to eat in Waikiki without resort prices

Waikiki dining has a reputation for $26 pancakes, and the reputation is earned. But a short list of spots inside the tourist core feeds you brilliantly for normal money — the full breakdown lives in our Waikiki restaurant guide, and these are the headliners.

Marugame Udon

Fresh udon pulled and boiled in the window while the line watches like it's live sport. A bowl plus a couple of tempura pieces costs single-digit-to-teens money, which in Waikiki qualifies as a clerical error.

The move: ontama udon, add sweet-potato tempura · When: the 2 to 4:30pm window — after 6:30 the line is a commitment · Note: the line outruns every restaurant on the strip and still moves faster.

Musubi Cafe Iyasume

A closet-sized shop dedicated to the musubi arts: classic Spam, avocado-Spam, bacon-egg, and a rotating cast. Grab a box at dawn on your way to the sand.

The move: the Spam-avocado musubi · When: early — it opens before most of Waikiki wakes up · Note: there are a few locations now, including the Seaside Avenue original, which is the charmer.

Maguro Brothers Waikiki

Hawaii Magazine readers have voted this the best poke in the state, and the brothers run it like a fish counter, not a restaurant — because it is one. The Waikiki location handles evenings; the Chinatown original works days.

The move: the maguro don with spicy ahi · When: dinner, when the Kapahulu counters have closed · Note: seating is scarce; the beach is a four-minute walk away.

Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin

A Tokyo katsu house that happens to sit on Kuhio Avenue. The kurobuta pork loin katsu — panko shell, almost-pink center, shredded cabbage — is the order.

The move: the Kurobuta loin set · When: try the lunch sets — the value play · Note: this is the step between plate lunch and the fancy night.

Me's Bar-B-Que

A Korean plate-lunch window that locals quietly mourned when it closed — and celebrated when it reopened across the street in 2026. Kalbi, barbecue chicken, and meat jun over rice, handed through a window with zero ceremony.

The move: the kalbi mixed plate · When: lunch · Note: as of 2026 it's back, located across from the old spot.

One honest Waikiki note: skip the famous beachfront dinner houses unless someone else is paying. Go at golden hour instead, for drinks and live music — the mai tai hour is the part they're genuinely great at. And if eating is the point of your trip, stay a block or two back from the sand: the Waikiki hotels one street behind the beachfront cost dramatically less, and the savings fund a week of plates.

Chinatown and Kakaako: where Honolulu actually goes out

Honolulu's Chinatown is one of the oldest in the country, and its lunch counters operate at a pace that rewards ordering like you've been there before, even if you haven't. Kakaako (Kakaʻako), the warehouse district next door, is where the murals, breweries, and chef-driven kitchens landed.

Maguro Brothers, the Chinatown original

Down a corridor of Kekaulike Market, two brothers break down fish in front of you and hand over poke bowls that explain the entire genre. Daytime only — when the market winds down, they move to the Waikiki shop.

The move: whatever ahi cut they recommend that morning · When: before 1pm · Note: cash speeds things up; follow the corridor past the produce stalls.

The Pig and the Lady

Chef-driven Vietnamese that grew from a farmers-market stand into one of the most loved dining rooms in town. The pho French dip — brisket, broth for dunking — is the famous one for a reason.

The move: pho French dip at lunch · When: weekday lunch is easier than dinner · Note: dinner books up; lunch mostly does not.

Highway Inn, Kakaako

A family operation serving lau lau, kalua pig, poi, and squid luau since 1947 — first in Waipahu, now with this airy Kakaako outpost. It's the easiest place in town to eat a full traditional Hawaiian spread without a luau ticket, and our guide to Hawaiian food explains every dish on the tray.

The move: the Hawaiian plate combo with lau lau · When: lunch through early dinner · Note: give poi a fair try, even if just once — our what-is-poi explainer tells you how.

Moku Kitchen

The reliable Kakaako closer: wood-fired pizzas, local fish, live music most nights, in the SALT block surrounded by murals. Not a legend, just consistently good — sometimes that's the assignment.

The move: the fish of the day, any preparation · When: early evening, before the music crowd · Note: validated parking in the SALT garage, a Honolulu miracle.

If you want the neighborhood decoded by someone who grew up eating it, the Honolulu food tour walks the markets and counters most visitors never find on their own — and it solves lunch in the process.

The old-school legends: Helena's and Liliha Bakery

Two institutions justify a detour into the workaday neighborhoods west of downtown, where the parking is tight and the food is the entire point.

Helena's Hawaiian Food

Open since 1946 and honored with a James Beard America's Classics award in 2000, Helena's is the standard against which Hawaiian food on Oahu is measured. The pipikaula short ribs — hung to dry above the stove, then seared — are the dish people cross the island for. The dining room is small, the lot fits about five cars, and the line at opening is full of regulars who have been coming for decades.

The move: pipikaula short ribs, kalua pig, lomi salmon, poi · When: 10 to 11am, right at opening · Note: short weekday hours, roughly Tuesday through Friday — check before you drive across town.

If you only make one stop from this entire guide, make it Helena's. An eighty-year-old kitchen with a national award and a five-car parking lot is not an accident; it is a thesis.

Liliha Bakery

Baking since 1950 and famous for one thing above all: the coco puff, a cream-filled choux pastry under a cap of chantilly frosting. People carry boxes of them onto inter-island flights like diplomatic pouches.

The move: coco puffs by the half-dozen, minimum · When: mornings, with a counter seat and a pancake order · Note: there are newer locations around town now, but the Liliha Street original has the diner counter and the atmosphere.

The rest of the menu earns the counter seat too — soft butter rolls, a flat-top turning out pancakes and loco moco, and a service pace that has not acknowledged a single food trend since statehood. Most people visit for the puffs and stay for the pancakes; order some of each and call it the local rhythm.

The best food on the windward side: Kailua to Waiahole

Cross the Koolau range and the pace drops by half. Kailua town earns its breakfast reputation, and the coastal road south toward Kaneohe hides one of the most Hawaiian lunches on the island.

Boots and Kimo's Homestyle Kitchen

The pancakes under warm macadamia nut sauce are the dish that put Kailua brunch on the map — a ladle of sweet mac-nut cream over a short stack, and people love it enough to queue on vacation. The line starts before the doors open, especially on weekends.

The move: mac-nut pancakes plus an omelet to split · When: a weekday, as early as you can manage · Note: portions assume you surfed all morning.

Kalapawai Market

The green landmark near Kailua Beach has been the neighborhood's general store since 1932 — now with a deli counter building sandwiches and breakfast burritos worthy of the drive. Grab provisions here before a Lanikai morning.

The move: the deli sandwich of the day and a drip coffee · When: beach o'clock · Note: the original market by the beach is the one you want.

Buzz's Original Steak House

Across the road from Kailua Beach Park: dark wood, paper menus, and a charcoal grill that hasn't changed its mind since the sixties. Go at lunch for the kiawe-grilled burger and the salad bar.

The move: the teri burger at lunch · When: lunch — dinner doubles the price and the wait · Note: old-school rules; relax into it.

Waiahole Poi Factory

Twenty minutes south along Kamehameha Highway, in a 1905 storefront that really was a poi factory, this kitchen serves some of the best traditional Hawaiian food on the island — kalua pig, lau lau, squid luau, fresh poi. The dessert, Sweet Lady of Waiahole, is warm kulolo (taro-coconut pudding) under a scoop of haupia ice cream, and it alone is worth the travel.

The move: the combination plate, then the Sweet Lady · When: lunch on your windward or North Shore day · Note: mostly outdoor seating with the Koolau cliffs behind you.

Island Snow back in Kailua town handles dessert duty — it's the shave ice stop a certain former president made famous. His usual mix of flavors is still the unofficial house order, and asking for it by name is half the fun. For everything else worth doing on this coast, our things to do on Oahu guide has the full day planned.

North Shore food: shrimp trucks, shave ice, and haupia pie

The North Shore is a food pilgrimage disguised as a surf trip. The route is simple — Kamehameha Highway, one lane each way — and the eating is concentrated in two clusters: the shrimp trucks around Kahuku, and Haleiwa (Haleʻiwa) town at the far end.

Giovanni's Shrimp Truck

The white truck covered in two decades of Sharpie signatures has been parked in Kahuku since 1993, serving the plate that started the whole genre: shrimp scampi, a mountain of garlic, two scoops of rice. The scampi sauce is mostly butter and garlic, as tradition demands. The line looks alarming and moves fast.

The move: the original scampi · When: an early lunch beats the tour-bus window · Note: the garlic stays with you into next week, and you'll defend it.

Romy's Kahuku Prawns and Shrimp

Another few minutes up the road, Romy's raises its own shrimp and prawns in the ponds right behind the kitchen and cooks everything to order. It's a different experience entirely: slower, fresher, and gone when it's gone, because they close when the day's stock sells out.

The move: butter-garlic prawns, shell-on · When: before mid-afternoon, before the sold-out sign · Note: the wait is longer than Giovanni's; that's the price of pond-to-plate.

Fumi's and Jenny's hold down the same Kahuku stretch with their own loyalists — we have tried them all, and honestly, the gap between them is one good squeeze of lemon. While you wait in line, consider where you're standing: Kahuku is old sugar-mill country, and it was a Laie (Lāʻie) mill worker named Hamana Kalili — three fingers lost to the rollers — whose thumb-and-pinky "all clear" wave became the shaka. You're eating shrimp at the birthplace of Hawaii's official gesture.

Matsumoto Shave Ice

In Haleiwa town, the family store has been shaving ice since 1951 and moves north of a thousand cones on a busy summer day, especially in July. The flavors list runs long, but the classics are the classics for a reason. The line wraps the lanai in peak season. If it does, Aoki's a few doors down serves the same tradition with a fraction of the wait — the only thing you'll miss is the line.

The move: strawberry, pineapple, and lilikoi with condensed milk · When: mid-afternoon, between beach sessions · Note: get the snow fine, and don't rush the flavors decision — three is the classic count.

Ted's Bakery

By Sunset Beach, Ted's is technically a plate-lunch stop, but everyone is there for the chocolate haupia cream pie — a must on any North Shore run: chocolate custard, coconut haupia, whipped cream, a crust that holds the whole argument together. A slice is a rookie mistake. Buy the pie.

The move: the whole chocolate haupia pie, plus a garlic-shrimp plate if the trucks beat you · When: before 4pm for the best selection · Note: the cooler section sells whole pies; the math works out to cheaper-per-smile than any dessert on the island.

Haleiwa Bowls covers the acai-and-granola portion of the day from a thatched hut, and Seven Brothers in Laie and Kahuku grills the North Shore's best burgers for anyone shrimped out. Maui Mike's in Wahiawa, on the drive up, fire-roasts chickens worth planning around: the feast — a whole chicken, two sides, and four sauces for about $25 — is dinner for two, solved.

One honest caveat: if you're staying in Waikiki without a car, skip the shrimp pilgrimage. It's two hours of round-trip travel on a good traffic day, and the circle-island day tour handles the driving — or stay in town and let Chinatown feed you. Our North Shore guide covers the full day if you do make the drive.

The best food trucks on Oahu

On most islands the food truck is a genre; on Oahu, Hawaii, it's an institution with regional dialects. The Kahuku shrimp corridor is the famous one, but trucks and pop-up stands run the island's whole perimeter.

The rules of engagement are consistent. Trucks keep farmer's hours — most shut around 5pm, some earlier, and the great ones serve until the food runs out, then close. Cash is still smart at the older operations, even where cards work. And a truck with a dusty gravel lot and a line of work trucks at 11:45am is a better restaurant review than anything ever published online.

Beyond Kahuku, the ones worth steering for: the Haleiwa truck lots along Kamehameha Highway, which collect rotating poke, plate-lunch, and acai operations in one parking-lot food court; Ray's Kiawe Broiled Chicken, a weekend fixture on the Haleiwa roadside — look for the smoke column, because you'll smell the huli-huli chicken turning over kiawe coals a quarter mile before you see it, and the correct response is to pull over; and the Kakaako lunch pods that feed the warehouse district's construction crews, which is the most reliable endorsement in food.

Two field notes from years of truck lunches. A truck with the window down and nobody inside is not closed — it's usually out of shrimp, which is a recommendation in disguise; keep going back earlier until you win. And build a small kit before you go: napkins, wet wipes, water, and a towel for your lap, because garlic butter obeys gravity and rental-car upholstery files a report with the agency. Weekdays beat weekends at every truck on the island by a comfortable margin.

Where locals eat in Oahu: cheap, busy, and right

So where do locals actually eat in Oahu? Mostly: grocery stores, diners, and counters with zero Instagram presence and forty years of regulars. This section is the one to screenshot.

Foodland is the island's homegrown supermarket, and its poke counter is the great equalizer — made fresh through the day, sold by the pound, and routinely better than restaurant versions costing twice as much. Once you have tried counter poke at grocery-store prices, restaurant markups get hard to defend. Ask for the Maikai member price at checkout; they'll sign you up with a phone number on the spot, and the discount is real. The Ala Moana flagship has the widest case.

Zippy's is Oahu's all-purpose diner — the place for chili over rice, saimin, and breakfast at hours when nothing else is open. It's where the island goes after games, shifts, and bad days, which is the highest civic honor a restaurant can hold.

Tanioka's in Waipahu is the pre-beach ritual for the west side: poke by the pound, boxed bentos, and party platters assembled with assembly-line grace. Heading to Ko Olina, you pass it; not stopping is a planning error.

Sweet Home Cafe in town runs the island's favorite hot pot — a refrigerator case of skewers and broths, and locals love it enough to absorb an hour-plus wait most evenings, which tells you everything.

And the humblest tier is the proudest one: the 7-Eleven warm case. Hawaii's 7-Elevens are nothing like the mainland's — the spam musubi and manapua are made for the local palate, cost pocket change, and have rescued more beach days than sunscreen. Grab an extra for the afternoon — warm-case math rewards optimism. The full budget playbook for Hawaii is built on exactly this tier.

Our favorite dinner reservation on the island costs about $15: a tub of Foodland poke, a west-facing beach, and a sunset. If you want that evening with the low table, linens, and permits handled for you, that's literally our job — beach picnics from $349 for two. Either way, eat dinner on the sand at least once.

The best restaurants in Oahu for one fancy night

One dressed-up dinner is the right amount on a trip built around plate lunch. These are the rooms worth the splurge, in rough order of occasion.

La Mer at the Halekulani is the formal classic — French technique, local fish, and the dining room every Honolulu anniversary eventually graduates to. Senia in Chinatown is the modern pick: a tasting counter in front of the kitchen, fine-dining craft with local soul, and the toughest booking in town. MW Restaurant is where Hawaii's comfort food gets the chef treatment — mochi-crusted fish, polished in execution, unchanged in attitude. And Roy's in Hawaii Kai is the 1988 original that taught the world the phrase Hawaiian fusion, still turning out misoyaki butterfish over Maunalua Bay.

Book any of these well ahead — they're the four reservations on the island that genuinely require it.

Practical notes for the dressy evening. Aloha wear counts as dressed up here — a pressed aloha shirt clears nearly every dress code on the island, and even La Mer, the strictest room in town, keeps things gentler than its mainland equivalents. Budget honestly: a tasting menu runs what three days of plate lunch cost, per person, which is exactly why one ceremony per trip is the right dose. And ask for the early seating — sunset does the lighting design for free.

There is also a version of the fancy night that skips the dining room entirely: a sunset catamaran sail off Waikiki trades the tasting menu for a horizon, and pairs dangerously well with a Maguro Brothers bowl beforehand. Our full Waikiki nightlife guide maps the rest of the evening.

A one-day Oahu food crawl

If you have one free day and a rental car, here is the route we would drive, clockwise from town. It hits four regions, six legends, and exactly zero reservations.

The crawl's secret is restraint: order less than you think you need, one thing per stop, and share it. You're pacing a marathon, not winning a buffet, and if you love eating more than sightseeing, this is the best day this island offers. The drive itself is half the meal — the windward stretch of Kamehameha Highway between Kaneohe and Kahuku, cliffs on your left and fishponds on your right, is the most scenic stretch of food travel in the United States.

Two adjustments worth making. If it's a weekend, start thirty minutes earlier — the Kailua and North Shore stops all run weekend lines. And if you're building a bigger trip around eating, our 7-day Oahu itinerary spreads these stops across a week so no single day has to carry the whole menu.

You can also run it in reverse if you want the day to end in the dark: counter-clockwise puts you on the North Shore for last light, where Sunset Beach is the obvious closing act and Haleiwa handles dinner. Fill the gas tank in town before you start — stations thin out along the windward stretch — and don't let rain on the Kailua side cancel anything. Windward showers pass in minutes, and the shrimp trucks cook straight through them.

For everything else competing for your stomach real estate — the luau question, the snorkel-day snack run, where the things to do on Oahu intersect with the things to eat — the rest of the blog has you covered.

FAQ: eating on Oahu

Do you tip in Hawaii like on the mainland?

Yes — 18 to 20 percent at sit-down restaurants, the same as any US city. Counter spots and trucks have tip jars; a dollar or two per plate is appreciated and normal. You will also see Oahu's 4.712 percent general excise tax on every check — that's standard, not a tourist surcharge.

How expensive is food on Oahu?

Pricier than the mainland, cheaper than you fear — nearly everything ships 2,400 miles, and visiting shoppers feel it in the first grocery aisle. The local tier is a different story: plate lunches, poke counters, musubi, and trucks mostly run under $20 a person, while resort-district dining runs big-city prices and up.

Do I need restaurant reservations on Oahu?

Only at the top end. La Mer, Senia, MW, and Roy's book out days to weeks ahead. Everything else in this guide is a walk-up line, which is the island's preferred reservation system.

Can you drink alcohol on the beach in Oahu?

No — alcohol is prohibited at Honolulu's public beaches and parks, and rangers do enforce it. Keep the beach picnic to poke and something cold from the cooler, and save the mai tai for a bar with a sunset view. The drink is better with a roof anyway.

Can vegetarians eat well on Oahu?

Yes, with a little strategy. Acai bowls, fresh fruit, udon, a tofu option at most poke counters, meatless dishes at Hawaiian spots (lau lau usually contains pork, so ask), and Kakaako's newer kitchens all deliver. Just don't count on the shrimp trucks — that genre has no real meatless lane.

What food should I bring home from Oahu?

Made-in-Hawaii and sealed. Safe bets include 100 percent Kona or Waialua coffee, macadamia nuts, li hing mui candy, and Hawaiian honey. Fresh fruit needs USDA inspection, so buy the pre-packed airport-approved boxes. Our Hawaii souvenirs guide separates the real thing from the made-overseas shelf.

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Eat where the line is local, tip like you mean it, and always leave room for one more malasada. The sun sets around 7 most of the year, the pie from Ted's is already in your cooler, and the best table on Oahu is still the one on the sand.

Next up: the full North Shore day guide, or go deeper on Waikiki's restaurant scene.

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