Where to brunch in Honolulu. The morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.

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Brunch picks

8 places

Sweet E's Cafe

  • ★ 4.3
  • $$

Order Stuffed blueberry cream cheese French toast.

Sweet E's Cafe in Kapahulu Honolulu is the casual breakfast room named for Ethel Mathews, serving stuffed French toast, crab cake Benedict and an all-day.

Cinnamon's Restaurant

  • ★ 4.0
  • $$

Order Red velvet pancakes with cream cheese frosting.

Cinnamon's Restaurant in Kailua across the Pali from Honolulu is the 1985 breakfast spot where red velvet pancakes and guava chiffon pancakes anchor.

Boots and Kimo's Homestyle Kitchen

  • ★ 4.2
  • $$

Order Banana macadamia nut pancakes with macadamia nut sauce.

Boots and Kimo's Homestyle Kitchen in Kailua across the Pali from Honolulu is the original home of the banana macadamia nut pancake stack drowned.

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Koko Head Cafe

  • ★ 4.6
  • $$

Order Cornflake-crusted French toast.

Koko Head Cafe in Kaimuki Honolulu is chef Lee Anne Wong's brunch room where the cornflake French toast and breakfast bibimbap have anchored 12th Avenue.

Cafe Kaila

  • ★ 4.1
  • $$

Order Cornbread waffle with strawberry butter and honey.

Cafe Kaila in the Market City Shopping Center in Honolulu's Kapahulu has won Hale Aina best breakfast four consecutive years with cornbread waffles.

Mud Hen Water Sunday Brunch

  • ★ 4.8
  • $$

Order The shakshuka and the chef's selection of small plates.

Mud Hen Water in Kaimuki Honolulu serves a Sunday brunch built around Ed Kenney's aina-based cooking, with shakshuka, kalua pork hash and rotating.

Podmore Brunch

  • ★ 4.7
  • $$

Order The brunch board with house-cured salmon and biscuit.

Podmore in Downtown Honolulu pours brunch and cocktails inside the 1902 lava-rock Podmore Building, with Anthony Rush's kitchen serving the city's most.

Arvo Brunch

  • ★ 4.5
  • $$

Order Loaded avocado toast.

Arvo in SALT Kakaako Honolulu is the Australian cafe brunch spot the Rose family opened, with loaded avocado toast, Nutella toast and smoked salmon toast.

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