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Where to eat in Honolulu: a 3-day food itinerary

Three days of breakfast, lunch and dinner in Honolulu, HI, at about $120 a person a day. FoodTrip built it from its 28 picks in the city, of which 4 carry a James Beard Foundation honor.

Plan Honolulu for your dates and budget

Day 1: about $119 a person

9:00 AM · Breakfast

Liliha Bakery

Bakery & Sweets · $ · about $14 a person · 515 N Kuakini St

Eats Ranked pick

coco puffs; poi mochi donuts

12:30 PM · Lunch

Fête

American & Other · $$$ · about $60 a person · 2 N Hotel St

James Beard winner

Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific winner 2022 (Robynne Maiʻi)

7:00 PM · Dinner

Helena's Hawaiian Food

Hawaiian & Local · $$ · about $45 a person · 1240 N School St

James Beard America's Classic

pipikaula; kalua pig; squid luau; lomi salmon; haupia

Day 2: about $119 a person

9:00 AM · Breakfast

Leonard's Bakery

Bakery & Sweets · $ · about $14 a person · 933 Kapahulu Ave

Eats Ranked pick

malasadas; malasada puffs; pão doce

12:30 PM · Lunch

Nico's Pier 38

Seafood · $$$ · about $60 a person · 1129 N Nimitz Hwy

Eats Ranked pick

plate lunches; poke

7:00 PM · Dinner

Cooke Street Market

Poke · $$ · about $45 a person · 725 Kapiolani Blvd C122

Eats Ranked pick

spicy mayo ʻahi poke; garlic poke; salmon poke

Day 3: about $119 a person

9:00 AM · Breakfast

Island Snow

Bakery & Sweets · $ · about $14 a person · Kailua · 130 Kailua Rd

Eats Ranked pick

shave ice

12:30 PM · Lunch

Alan Wong's

American & Other · $$$ · about $60 a person · 5000 Kahala Ave

James Beard winner

Best Chefs winner 1996 (Alan Wong)

7:00 PM · Dinner

Highway Inn

Hawaiian & Local · $$ · about $45 a person · 680 Ala Moana Blvd #105

Eats Ranked pick

kalua pig; lau lau; chicken long rice; lomi salmon; squid luau

About $357 a person for the three days. Prices are estimates for food, tax and tip, without drinks. Times are suggestions: check each restaurant's hours and book ahead.

19 more places to eat in Honolulu

The planner swaps any stop for one of these, and uses them when your dates, meals or budget are different.

Bar Leather Apron · Bar & Pub · $$$ · James Beard winner
Morning Catch · Poke · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Palace Saimin · Hawaiian & Local · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Kamehameha Bakery · Hawaiian & Local · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Alicia's Market · Hawaiian & Local · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Yama's Fish Market · Hawaiian & Local · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Mama Kim's · Poke · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
ʻOno Seafood · Poke · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Rainbow Drive-In · Hawaiian & Local · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Fukuya Deli & Catering · Hawaiian & Local · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Gohan · American & Other · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Nana Musubi · Hawaiian & Local · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Mai Musubi · Hawaiian & Local · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Onigiri Onibe · American & Other · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Komedokoro M's · American & Other · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Masa & Joyce · Hawaiian & Local · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Waiāhole Poi Factory · Hawaiian & Local · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Tanioka's Seafoods and Catering · Hawaiian & Local · $$ · Eats Ranked pick
Shiro's Saimin Haven · Hawaiian & Local · $$ · Eats Ranked pick

How this plan was made

Every place on this page holds a MICHELIN Guide distinction or a James Beard Foundation honor, or was checked by hand for Eats Ranked. Chains are left out and no restaurant pays to be listed. For each day FoodTrip picks dinner first, then lunch and breakfast, keeps to the budget, uses a different cuisine each meal and keeps the day's stops close together. No place appears twice.

This is one plan out of many. Open it in the planner to set your own dates, meals a day, budget and party size, swap any stop, reserve a table and add the meals to your calendar. See every city FoodTrip covers.