This restaurant serves Hawaiian inspired Euro-Asian cuisine prepared with fresh local ingredients, and perfectly-paired wines brilliant wines. Roy’s service and cuisine have won Hale Aina Awards’ Restaurant of the Year four times, and countless other Hale Aina Awards every year, including Best Oahu Restaurant, Best Service, Best Wine List, Best Wine Program, and Best Place […]
This restaurant, in serving Cuban cuisine, already stands out, since there are so few of these places in Hawaii. Its owner, Jesus Puerto, brought not only Cuban cuisine to Honolulu, but his country’s welcoming atmosphere (complete with Salsa music) and crowd-pleasing drinks. These days, Soul de Cuba has also branched out to New Haven, Connecticut […]
Celebrated as Hawaii’s longest, consecutively ranked AAA 5 Diamond Restaurant, La Mer blends elevated service with exceptional cuisine, all with extraordinary views of the Pacific. Tranquil, graceful and refined, La Mer epitomizes superlative fine dining, and is Honolulu’s most sought-after restaurant. Its internationally acclaimed menu features local, tropical ingredients in dishes inspired by flavors from […]
Patrons who dine here will taste the unique bounty of Hawaii influenced by Chef Mavro’s native Provence, France. Lobster, wagyu beef, lamb, pork & Island fish & upcountry vegetables are all popular dishes served here. Chef Mavro’s award-winning contemporary Hawaii Regional Cuisine is also rooted in training with numerous masters of contemporary French cuisine and […]
Chef Chai Chaowasaree (“Chef Chai”), owner and chef of Singha Thai Cuisine in Waikiki and Chef Chai at Pacifica Honolulu is recognized as one of Hawaii’s top Hawaii Regional Cuisine chefs. Known for fusing fresh Hawaii ingredients with the exotic flavors of Asia, Chef Chai has created a culinary style that reflects the cultural diversity […]
After its initial opening in 2007, Café Kaila quickly became one of the most talked about breakfast cafes in Honolulu. Word spread quickly, and within months of opening, there were lines outside the door. Since then, Café Kaila has gone from strength to strength, and in 2012 opened its second store in Tokyo, Japan. With […]
The house specialties that this highly-rated Italian restaurant serves include Rigatoni Alla Rocotta, Baked Stuffed Eggplant, Fettucini Alfredo, Sicilian Chicken, Shrimp Picante, and Lasagna. Honolulu Magazine noted: “What Assaggio does brilliantly, and consistently, is deliver a high-end restaurant experience at a moderate price.”
Visitors can find taxi stands at most major Honolulu shopping centers, in the business district and at the airport. Note that rather than hailing a cab, finding taxi stands at major shopping centers and businesses, as well as calling for pick-ups via hotel concierge or phone is the norm in Hawaii. Starting fare is […]
Here are car rental agencies that operate in Honolulu: Alamo: (808) 833-4585 Budget: (808) 836-1700 Dollar Rent-a-Car: (808) 952-4264 Enterprise: (808) 836-2213 Hertz: (808) 942-5626 National: (808) 973-7200 Thrifty: (877) 283-0898
For more than 160 years, Washington Place has remained at the center of social and political life in the Hawaiian Islands and since 1922, has served as official residence for the Governor of Hawaii. In 1999, the Washington Place Foundation was founded with a key mission of encouraging interest in and providing support for the […]