Late night bites in Waikiki (flight arrives at 9:30pm!)
Hello everyone! We will be arriving in Honolulu very late at night, and need to pick up our rental car before making our way to our hotel. We will be staying at the Aqua Waikiki Wave in Waikiki. With 3 hungry kids in tow, we will need grab a quick bite after our long flight!! Do you have any suggestions for places near our hotel? I've heard that most places close early on the island. Are there any places open until 11pm at all? Even a McDonald's, Starbucks, or other chain would suffice :) Mahalo!
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Beach Chick
Feb 5, 2013 06:28 AM
Never count on your flight getting there at the arrival time and then add getting the car....lucky if you check in by 11pm.
Your hotel has a resto in the lobby that serves till 3-4am..
I would dine there or get the food to go to eat in the room.
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Since you'll have 3 kids with you, I suggest you stop at the Zippy's restaurant at 601 Kapahulu Ave. Zippy's is a local fast food and casual dining chain which caters mostly to people who live in Hawaii. The Zippy's on Kapahulu will be on the way to your hotel; it's open 24 hours per day with decent parking; and it will give you a chance to try some local favorite dishes like Portuguese bean soup, teri-beef (ie., teriyaki beef) sandwich; a mahi (ie. mahimahi) burger or plate; saimin. You can check out their menu online. Most Zippy'sRestaurants have a Napoleon bakery as part of the operation, so you could pick up some breakfast pastries for the next day and not worry about feeding five people who will probably be getting up at different times the next morning. Napeleon is known for its apple turnovers but banana bread is a staple Hawaii breakfast item.
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KaimukiMan
Feb 2, 2013 12:33 PM
And this Zippy's is just a quarter mile or less down the road from Safeway, so backtracking to do some quick shopping afterward isn't a big deal, just a couple of blocks and across the street. It's also not far away if you want to stop at the Hotel first. I just wish this Zippy's had table service and a nicer eating area, but the food is the same.
H1 past the University off ramp, next exit is King Street, take that one and get in either middle lane. Go through the first intersection, past Foodland (on the right) turn right at the next intersection under the freeway (by the big green building-board of water supply pump station), and you will be headed down Kapahulu.
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Thanks! I see from google maps that this location is very close to the hotel, so I am writing it down now as another option for us! My goal is to try local Hawaiian fare as much as we can, and this place sounds like a perfect intro for us... great way to kick off our vacation on the first night :)
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KaimukiMan
Feb 4, 2013 10:59 PM
by the time you get to zippy's chances are they will be out of whatever specials they had that day. Popular items at Zippy's are Fried Chicken plate, Chili Frank plate, , Portuguese Bean Soup, All the Saimins, Zip Pac (a bento style meal in a box), catch of the day if they still have any, clubhouse sandwich, teri chicken sandwich. The salads not so much. Burgers are so so. If available at whatever time, most of the breakfast stuff is pretty good.
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Thanks all!! We will be arriving on a weeknight. Kathryn - I will check out that thread.. thank you. I was also thinking that I'd stop up on snacks from home to put in our luggage so that we'd have at least some stuff on hand once we land. What time do grocery stores close in Honolulu or Waikiki? Any 24-hr grocery stores by any chance?
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The Safeway on Kapahulu is open 24/7.
http://local.safeway.com/hi/honolulu-... -
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KaimukiMan
Jan 31, 2013 05:57 PM
Safeway is gonna be better price wise (you won't necessarily believe that at the time, food's expensive here.) There are two entrances to Safeway, one at either end of the store facing the parking lot. Late night one or the other will be open, so don't panic if you walk up to the entrance and find shopping carts turned up blocking the doors, the other entrance will be open.
A few blocks up Kapahulu, and a block or so west is a 24 hour Foodland. A local supermarket chain, it is also open 24 hours (Market City Foodland). In general Safeways and Foodland's here are open 24 hours.
In Waikiki itself is a Food Pantry on Kuhio between Walina and Kanekapolei, parking behind store, 30 minutes free if you buy something. They are open till 1am, but the prices there on most items will really scare you. Food Pantry (2 locations) is the only true grocery store in Waikiki, although there are some small mom & pop stores here and there, they generally close by 10 or so, more convenience marts than grocers.
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killersmile
Jan 31, 2013 06:22 PM
Since you arrive on a weekday, I would say get a meal before you head to your hotel. On Kapahulu Ave., you could go to Side Street Inn or Izakaya Nonbei which are open till midnight or even pick up something from Zippy's or the Safeway which are both open 24 hours. Just so you know, there is a Mcdonald's open 24 hours about a block away from your hotel on Kuhio Avenue.
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re: f00die
Instead of apple pie, you may see taro pie, pineapple pie, or haupia (coconut pudding) pie. As well as saimin (Hawaiian ramen). For breakfast, portugese sausage, and spam, with eggs and rice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_availability_of_McDonald's_products#United_States
http://www.eatinginvancouver.ca/coffe...Also, Starbucks in Hawaii offer mocha coconut frappucinos.
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KaimukiMan
Feb 1, 2013 11:51 AM
Actually it's in addition to apple, yes Hawaii McD's still serve the deep fried apple pies, I know many areas in the U.S. mainland do not. The saimin kathryn mentioned was McD's first ever departure from their standard menu items.
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KaimukiMan
Feb 2, 2013 08:43 PM
saimin was introduced in the very late 60's, and within a couple of years they started serving rice and Portuguese sausage for breakfast. Portuguese sausage, eggs, and rice is still one of McDonald's of Hawaii's best selling items.
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KaimukiMan
Feb 5, 2013 02:11 PM
similar to chorizo, maybe a little moister, but i've seen a lot of variation in what people call chorizo.
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killersmile
Jan 30, 2013 05:53 PM
are you coming in on a weekday or a weekend? that makes a difference because restaurants open later on weekends, so you would have more options available to you then.
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KaimukiMan
Jan 30, 2013 05:35 PM
kathryn gave some good advice. for a tourist location Waikiki closes down early except for the bars. Because of time zones Hawaii, including our tourists tend to be early to bed, early to rise.
If all else fails Mac 24/7 in the Hilton Waikiki Beach toward the east (Diamond Head) end of Kuhio Ave - not in the Hilton Hawaiian Village. It's not my favorite place, it's not cheap, but about the only place in Waikiki to get a variety of food in the wee hours. The other best option is Wailana Coffee Shop. I recommend sticking to breakfast type foods, pancakes, eggs, etc. Wailana is toward the west (Ewa) end of Waikiki on Ala Moana Blvd. Note that the Waikiki IHOP closes at 10pm, not 24 hours as many mainland locations.
The thread kathryn noted is well worth reading.
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A fairly recent discussion of late night places here:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/877508It is good that you have a rental car because then you can grab a quick bite on the way to your hotel from the airport, rather than trying to rely on a cab or bus after you check in. If you try to eat after you check in, it might be 11pm already... I'd eat as soon as you can after you land.
Your hotel is right in the middle of in the main tourist area of Waikiki, but you will likely end up going to another neighborhood for good late night eats.
