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Home > United States > 8 of the Best Restaurants in Honolulu, Hawaii

8 of the Best Restaurants in Honolulu, Hawaii

By Dymphe / September 20, 2022

If you're going to have dinner in Honolulu, United States, this is the article where you can find the best restaurants in Honolulu with menus and addresses!

Table of Contents

  • 1. Helena’s Hawaiian Food
  • 2. Senia
  • 3. Arancino di Mare
  • 4. Giovanni Pastrami
  • 5. Greek Marina
  • 6. Marugame Udon
  • 7. Los Chaparros
  • 8. Noi Thai Cuisine

1. Helena’s Hawaiian Food

One of the best restaurants in Honolulu is Helena's Hawaiian Food.

Here, you can have authentic and local dishes from Hawaiian cuisine.

This restaurant already exists since 1946, because then Helen Chock started it. That's also why this restaurant is called Helena's Hawaiian Food.

For years, this restaurant served the most amazing Hawaiian dishes at the first location of the restaurant.

After more than 50 years, Helena's Hawaiian Food went to another place where it's still located nowadays.

At this moment, the grandchild of Helen is the manager of the restaurant. Therefore, it's still a family business after more than 60 years!

The whole family has contributed to this place! Every day many people enjoy having dinner at Helena's Hawaiian Food.

Furthermore, Helena's Hawaiian Food even won an award. There are many very delicious dishes on the menu that you should really try.

Especially if you haven't had Hawaiian food yet, this is the place to go! It's an amazing cuisine and it's also great to get to know it if you're in Hawaii.

Menu: Here is the menu of Helena's Hawaiian Food!

Address: 1240 N School St, Honolulu, HI 96817, United States

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2. Senia

Senia is another one of the best restaurants in Honolulu.

The owners of this place are Chris Kajioka and Anthony Rush. They are both chefs and they wanted to create a restaurant people can have very good dishes in a comfortable place while having great drinks and wine.

The dishes you can find here are from the Regional American cuisine.

Furthermore, it is a very casual place to be and there are great cocktails as well!

The restaurant is called Senia because it sounds like Xenia. Xenia stands for hospitality in ancient Greece.

The restaurant says that back when people believed that the gods were amid the humans, people treated each other with generosity.

Senia actually wants to welcome you as if you're friends, so you will feel very welcome when you're having dinner here.

Moreover, if you want to have dinner here, you can choose between three options.

The first one is to have dinner in the main dining room. Here, you can order dishes from the à la carte menu, which is an informal menu.

Furthermore, you can also have dinner at the open kitchen of Senia. Both Kajioka and Rush will be there to host a small group of people. This is a very nice experience since you will have several courses with many great tastes.

You can also choose to have dinner in the private dining room. There, you can be with at least eight people in an intimate setting.

Menu: You can have a look at the menu of Senia here!

Address: 75 N King St, Honolulu, HI 96817, United States

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3. Arancino di Mare

Arancino di Mare is a place where you can order traditional Italian food. Here, you can have very delicious dishes. For example, there is amazing pasta and the lasagna is very good as well.

Everyone who loves pizza can go here too because there are several very good pizzas!

You can either choose between a classic pizza such as the Margherita, or you can have the owner's favorite pizza!

Furthermore, there's also soup and there are delicious antipasti.

The desserts here are amazing as well. For example, there's homemade tiramisu and there's vanilla ice cream!

There are also dishes for kids, so if you have children this place is convenient too! For example, there's pizza in the shape of a bear that children will love.

This is really one of the best restaurants in Honolulu. The restaurant even imports a lot of ingredients that they use for the dishes from Italy! Moreover, Arancino di Mare won an award and many celebrities have had dinner here as well!

Menu: You can find the menu of Arancino di Mare on this page!

Address: 2552 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815, United States

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4. Giovanni Pastrami

Giovanni Pastrami is the place to go to if you love comfort foods.

The dishes here are from American cuisine and there are many meals to choose from!

For example, you can have a burger, a salad, but you can also have pasta or pizza.

Furthermore, besides dinner, this is a great place to have breakfast as well and there are sandwiches too.

This place is amazing if you just want to have a casual evening with a lot of fun. While having dinner, you can watch sports on the screens that are in the restaurant.

There are twenty screens at Giovanni Pastrami, so that's really cool!

You can even hear what's on the screens with tabletop speakers.

The restaurant thinks it's very important that the food is very good and therefore, that's the priority of the personnel. Even though the live sports are amazing, the food is the most important thing!

The ingredients are always of high quality and as much as possible from a local source.

Furthermore, you can also create your own pizza at this place! I think that's really amazing because you can actually get the pizza that's perfect for you.

Menu: Here you can see the menu of Giovanni Pastrami!

Address: 227 Lewers St, Honolulu, HI 96815, United States

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5. Greek Marina

If you want to have Greek food, then Greek Marina is one of the best restaurants in Honolulu to have dinner for you!

At this place, you can have traditional Greek dishes, but you can also have more modern Greek meals.

Furthermore, there are also some very healthy dishes on the menu as well, such as the Mix Vege Plate.

Therefore, if you're looking for something healthy to eat, then you can go here!

Also, you will find many famous Greek dishes on the menu too, such as souvlaki, moussaka, and gyros.

Moreover, the desserts at Greek Marina are also very good! You should definitely try one of the desserts.

Besides that, Greek Marina is also a very nice restaurant to spend your evening at. There is a really good atmosphere and there is lovely music.

You can either sit inside, but you can also have a great evening on the terrace of the restaurant.

Menu: You can see the menu of Greek Marina on this page!

Address: 7192 Kalanianaʻole Hwy e126, Honolulu, HI 96825, United States

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6. Marugame Udon

Marugame Udon is a great place to have dinner if you love noodles! This restaurant serves very good handmade noodles of traditional Japanese cuisine.

More specifically, you can have Sanuki Udon noodles here. Sanuki is a place in Japan that's famous for the amazing Udon noodles. The restaurant even has a machine that's from Japan to prepare the noodles!

If you're going here, the noodles are cooked in front of you, so that's really amazing!

The open kitchen makes this restaurant very special. You can choose the toppings you would like most.

Furthermore, this is also an affordable restaurant, so that's very convenient!

The restaurant has several locations in the United States, so if you like it when you're in Honolulu, you can get the food again in another city in the United States.

It's definitely one of the best restaurants in Honolulu, so I would highly recommend going here!

Menu: Click here to see the menu of Marugame Udon!

Address: 2310 Kūhiō Ave. #124, Honolulu, HI 96815, United States

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7. Los Chaparros

Los Chaparros is also one of the best restaurants in Honolulu and this place serves dishes of Mexican cuisine.

The owners of the restaurant are Mario and Lisa. Lisa is from California and Mario is from Mexico City.

They created this restaurant in 2005 because they both loved preparing Mexican dishes a lot! They also really loved having Mexican meals for dinner and they wanted to share this with the people and visitors of Hawaii!

Furthermore, the restaurant is called Los Chaparros, because the meaning of that is "the shorties" and both Mario and Lisa are short!

It's actually a Mexican tradition to give other people nicknames for how they look and people do that to show affection.

You should definitely see the menu of Los Charrapos because you won't believe how many dishes there are!

There is really something for everyone's liking. For example, there are amazing noodles and enchiladas. You should also really try the burritos because these are great as well.

Furthermore, there are also very unique things you can order! For example, there are family meals. It's really a great experience to have such a family meal when you're having dinner here.

Moreover, there is a special menu for children as well. You should also check out the sides because there are so many delicious options!

For example, the guacamole is great, but so are the fried potatoes and the corn tortillas!

Address: 2140 S Beretania St, Honolulu, HI 96826, United States

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8. Noi Thai Cuisine

If you love Thai food, then you should go to Noi Thai Cuisine! At this place, you can have dishes that are prepared by amazing chefs that are actually from Thailand!

Furthermore, the restaurant also has a Thai setting. The team of Noi Thai Cuisine really cares a lot about the great food, but they also care about the presentation of the food, the service, and how the restaurant looks.

They want to make sure that you have an evening that you won't forget! Therefore, this is really one of the best restaurants in Honolulu.

Menu: Here's the menu of Noi Thai Cuisine!

Address: 2301 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815, United States

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