Guidebook for Honolulu
Food Scene
Has the best pastries around and you can have dinner first. The fried chicken is great!
116 locals recommend
Liliha Bakery
515 N Kuakini StHas the best pastries around and you can have dinner first. The fried chicken is great!
The pastrami sandwiches are the best. Pizza is good too. They have a sports bar with plenty of TV's or you can just sit in the dining room for dinner
8 locals recommend
Giovanni Pastrami
227 Lewers StThe pastrami sandwiches are the best. Pizza is good too. They have a sports bar with plenty of TV's or you can just sit in the dining room for dinner
Ruth's Chris Steak House
226 Lewers StGreat food but a bit pricey
Lots of tourist go here. There's always a wait so it must be good and it's close by.
80 locals recommend
The Cheesecake Factory
2301 Kalakaua AveLots of tourist go here. There's always a wait so it must be good and it's close by.
Leonard's Bakery
933 Kapahulu AveLocals love Leonard's Bakery!
This place was on Diners, Dive Ins and Dives. They BBQ the chicken right out front and it taste great and it give you a good reason to drive around the island.
21 locals recommend
Mike's Kiawe Broiled Huli Huli Chicken
56-565 Kamehameha HwyThis place was on Diners, Dive Ins and Dives. They BBQ the chicken right out front and it taste great and it give you a good reason to drive around the island.
Drinks & Nightlife
Great music lots of people having a good time. There is a shuttle bus that will take you to 3 other locations all with live music in Honolulu.
Irish Rose Saloon
478 Ena RdGreat music lots of people having a good time. There is a shuttle bus that will take you to 3 other locations all with live music in Honolulu.
Duke's is right in the center of the Waikiki beach and is right on the beach. It is a bar and restaurant with live local music and on Sunday the favorite local band is playing for you. Everyone is dancing outside on the patio and it's a great time.
311 locals recommend
Duke's Waikiki
2335 Kalakaua AveDuke's is right in the center of the Waikiki beach and is right on the beach. It is a bar and restaurant with live local music and on Sunday the favorite local band is playing for you. Everyone is dancing outside on the patio and it's a great time.
Sightseeing
The Arizona is a very emotional place to visit but it's a must see. Here's a tip the first 1300 tickets are free. show up at 6:00am or so and you enter free.
171 locals recommend
Pearl Harbor Historic Sites Visitor Center
1 Arizona Memorial PlThe Arizona is a very emotional place to visit but it's a must see. Here's a tip the first 1300 tickets are free. show up at 6:00am or so and you enter free.
I like going to the Pali look out on a windy day. When you get right to the look out point the wind is incredible!! The view is awesome and the story of the battle of Nu'uana Pali is on a plaque and you can learn all about it.
168 locals recommend
Nu'uanu Pali Lookout
Nuuanu Pali DriveI like going to the Pali look out on a windy day. When you get right to the look out point the wind is incredible!! The view is awesome and the story of the battle of Nu'uana Pali is on a plaque and you can learn all about it.
Rent a car for the day and drive all the way around the island. There are so many place to stop and take in the beautiful views or taste the food etc.....
Captain Bob's picnic sail is in Kaneohe. Sounds kind of funny but a great snorkel and you get lunch in the middle of the ocean on a sand bar. It's lot's of fun and the fish are plentiful around the huge reef as it crops up from the bottom of the ocean. There's nothing like it.
7 locals recommend
Kaneohe
Rent a car for the day and drive all the way around the island. There are so many place to stop and take in the beautiful views or taste the food etc.....
Captain Bob's picnic sail is in Kaneohe. Sounds kind of funny but a great snorkel and you get lunch in the middle of the ocean on a sand bar. It's lot's of fun and the fish are plentiful around the huge reef as it crops up from the bottom of the ocean. There's nothing like it.
Parks & Nature
Manoa Falls is a short and easy hike that opens up the a beautiful water fall. Scenes from Jurassic were filmed here. There is also a botanical garden you can walk through!
198 locals recommend
Manoa Falls
37 Manoa RdManoa Falls is a short and easy hike that opens up the a beautiful water fall. Scenes from Jurassic were filmed here. There is also a botanical garden you can walk through!
This paved trail leads up to the Makapuu light house. When you reach the top the view is breathtaking. Along the way if you're feeling adventurous you can climb down to the tide pools, but be aware it is a difficult hike up and down.
261 locals recommend
Makapu'u Point Lighthouse Trail
Makapuʻu Point Lighthouse TrailThis paved trail leads up to the Makapuu light house. When you reach the top the view is breathtaking. Along the way if you're feeling adventurous you can climb down to the tide pools, but be aware it is a difficult hike up and down.
Take a hike to the top of Diamond head. At the top you have to walk up 99 stairs but it's worth every step as you look out over the ocean and Waikiki.
261 locals recommend
Diamond Head Crater Hike
KapahuluTake a hike to the top of Diamond head. At the top you have to walk up 99 stairs but it's worth every step as you look out over the ocean and Waikiki.
During the winter months this is the area you want to go if you want to see the big waves or the Bonsai Pipeline. Quit a sight to see, but don't go in the water leave that for the experts. During the summer it much more calm.
389 locals recommend
Waimea Bay Beach
During the winter months this is the area you want to go if you want to see the big waves or the Bonsai Pipeline. Quit a sight to see, but don't go in the water leave that for the experts. During the summer it much more calm.
Arts & Culture
See and feel the culture of the Polynesian people here and enjoy a luau. This is where the best fire show on the island is in my opinion. It's a fun place to spend the day.
547 locals recommend
Polylnesian cutlural center
See and feel the culture of the Polynesian people here and enjoy a luau. This is where the best fire show on the island is in my opinion. It's a fun place to spend the day.
Germaine's Luau is one of the largest on the island, check it out. You have to experience a luau if you go to Hawaii
42 locals recommend
Germaine's Luau
91-119 Olai StGermaine's Luau is one of the largest on the island, check it out. You have to experience a luau if you go to Hawaii
Shopping
The biggest mall on the island. If you like to shop you got to go.
829 locals recommend
Ala Moana Center
1450 Ala Moana BlvdThe biggest mall on the island. If you like to shop you got to go.
Walk along Kalakaua Street in Waikiki and there is shopping everywhere! From the ABC store to the international Market Place.
23 locals recommend
Kalakaua Ave
Kalākaua AvenueWalk along Kalakaua Street in Waikiki and there is shopping everywhere! From the ABC store to the international Market Place.
The newly renovated International Market Place located right in the middle of Waikiki.
212 locals recommend
International Market Place
2330 Kalakaua AveThe newly renovated International Market Place located right in the middle of Waikiki.
Essentials
Safeway
888 Kapahulu AveJust for everyday items. There is also a Costco and Wallmart near by
Costco Wholesale
4589 Kapolei PkwyWalmart
700 Ke’eaumoku St