Can anyone help me find a restaurant near here?

[Acantha]

We have to fly to honolulu to see a doctor in the 300 block of kuakini street on tuesday, and we're at the mercy of kaiser for transportation. We leave at 6 AM but will have time to stop for breakfast before our appointment.

Are there any places within walking distance? They can be fast food or anything, really. I tried google maps but all I saw was a bakery and my dd is supposed to avoid sugar and carbs as much as possible. If it helps the address is 321 N. Kuakini St.

[indelibledotink]

there is a mcdonalds and foodland on school street and liliha

[KaimukiMan]

gawd, one should hope they aren't desperate enough for that.... although for breakfast some mc donald's things aren't all that bad.... you can find some decent prepared food at foodland. For that matter there is a 7/11 at Liliha and Nuuanu, they sell a passable spam musubi. But stay away from the maunapua.

[indelibledotink]

kuakini and nuuanu.

i love mcdonalds breakfast... sausage mcmuffin with egg or the mcmuffin with ham... hash browns, portuguese sausage with egg and rice.. ono!

[flylice2x]

Last resort if no can find anyting else..they might as weel oder the McD's saimin..

[macaraca]

Suspect the OP has long ago come and gone...would be polite if they posted what they actually did come up with.

[KaimukiMan]

at the time of the morning you are talking about it seems like Liliha Bakery is about it. If you are looking for lunch, then things open up some, several mentioned above. Over on Nuuanu is Bangkok Chef, or the places mentioned on Liliha.

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Bangkok Chef
1627 Nuuanu Ave, Honolulu, HI 96817

[honu2]

How far is "walking distance" for you and your dad? If you can walk a half-mile, Nice Day restaurant in Liliha Square, at the corner of Liliha and Vineyard, would be a good choice. They have dim sum and pretty straight forward Cantonese dishes.

[curiousgeo]

If you are in the area around lunch time, Hoy TIn Chop Suey is a few doors above the original L&L Drive In on Liliha Street. Very small, just a couple of tables, but serving good, old school Cantonese food. Their roast chicken over cake noodle is very good and reasonably priced. Jane's Fountain is also right there for saimin, burgers and plate lunches.

[KaimukiMan]

I've driven by Jane's for years, is it good?

[indelibledotink]

great saimin and good diner food overall.

[KaimukiMan]

thanks indelible... ive seen a few of your postings, hope chowhound is giving you what you need.

[curiousgeo]

Hey KM, I'd go to Jane's if I was in the neighborhood, but it's not someplace I'd go out of my way for. Now Liliha Bakery is another story, I'd drive over for pancakes or their mahi plate anytime.

[KaimukiMan]

especially at 3 in the morning.... LOL

sometime when i see parking available on the road, i'll have to give jane's a try.

[flylice2x]

The original L& L is just down the street from Liliha Bakery, but they open for lunch...
Sounds like you're comming in from another Island and going to the Kuakini Medical Plaza

[Acantha]

Yes, I'm on the stepchild island, so we have to fly interisland for medical stuff. All I've seen at the Honolulu airport food-wise is a lot of icky fast food, starbucks and one really overpriced restaurant/bar. We may have to pack something just in case. Worst case scenario I can always get macadamias at the gift shop to tide us over. :p

[macaraca]

Probably not too many good options that fit your dad's needs, but the bakery you saw no doubt is Liliha Bakery, much loved for its famous cream puffs. Of course that and almost everything else in the bakery section won't fit your needs. However, they also have a very popular diner counter where they serve a classic breakfast much of the day. Hard, but not impossible to avoid the carbs and sugar there: plenty of eggs and breakfast meats and things like that...most will include toast, pancakes, pastry, rice, hash browns...but you may be able to order eggs and ham or bacon ala carte, or just not eat them. Of course, if you don't have the same sugar/carb restrictions, you owe it to yourself to try the cream puffs!

[Acantha]

Thanks, that's good to know.

I think we're stuck with gawdawful airport food for lunch, because we won't have enough time after the appointment to wander. ugh.

[Joebob]

Bring lunch from home? (but can't bring fruit or any plants into HI).

[macaraca]

Your best choice in the Inter-island Terminal may be Yummy Korean BBQ. If you have any time to spare once you clear security, you could venture thru the long outside corridor to the main terminal for more choices. Lahaina Chicken has an outlet in the Central Concourse near Gate 14, and in the Ewa Concourse near Gate 28 is Gordon Biersch...both potentially better choices than the BBQ, depending on your tastes and the luck of always questionable airport fare. You won't have to go thru security again going back and forth, but there is agricultural inspection going from Inter-Island to Main.