Cake Works is a bakery in Honolulu.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Walk-in for cupcakes and macarons; custom cake consultations require a deposit. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Address: 2820 South King Street, Honolulu, HI 96826
Ted's Bakery at Sunset Beach on Oahu's North Shore, an hour from Honolulu, is the original home of the chocolate haupia cream pie and a plate lunch counter.
Tip: Pies sell by the slice or whole; the chocolate haupia is the move. Combo plate lunches run until close.
Worth the queue: Chocolate haupia cream pie
Diamond Head Market and Grill in Honolulu is the Monsarrat counter where Kelvin Ro fries plate lunches and the bakery side sells the city's most-asked-about.
Tip: Pair the scone with the takeout grilled ahi plate; the bakery sells out by 13:00 weekends.
Worth the queue: Blueberry cream cheese scone
Matsumoto Shave Ice in Haleiwa on Oahu's North Shore, an hour from Honolulu, has scraped fine-grain shave ice since the Matsumoto family opened.
Tip: Queue runs 20 to 60 minutes; order the rainbow with azuki beans and condensed milk. Free parking behind the lot.
Worth the queue: Rainbow shave ice
Waiola Shave Ice in Kapahulu Honolulu has scraped the finest shave ice in the city since 1940, now on Mokihana Street after the original Kapahulu Avenue.
Tip: Strawberry condensed milk over vanilla ice cream is the canonical order; cash and card.
Worth the queue: Strawberry condensed milk shave ice
Honu Bakery on North School Street in Honolulu is the laminated-pastry bakery and cafe at Kam Shopping Center with croissants, kouign-amann and rotating.
Tip: Croissants sell out by 11:00. The kouign-amann is the move; second location on South King also runs daily.
Worth the queue: Croissant
Leonard's Bakery in Kapahulu Honolulu has fried Portuguese malasadas since Leonard Rego opened the family shop in 1952, the canonical version.
Tip: Original sugar malasadas are the move; haupia and custard fillings rotate. Lines move quickly even at peak.
Worth the queue: Original sugar malasada
