7 brunch in Honolulu, editor-picked for sunday brunch. The sunday brunch destinations editors return to. All brunch in Honolulu.
Mud Hen Water Sunday Brunch ★ 4.8
3452 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816
Hours: Sunday 10:00-14:00
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.
Tip: Sunday only. Book a week ahead on OpenTable; the brunch list changes weekly with farms.
Podmore Brunch ★ 4.7
202 Merchant Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Hours: Saturday 10:00-15:00, Sunday 09:00-14:00
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.
Tip: Saturday 10:00-15:00 (full menu), Sunday 09:00-14:00 (brunch only). The library room books out first.
Koko Head Cafe ★ 4.6
1120 12th Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816
Hours: Daily 07:00-14:30
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.
Tip: Dinner Friday to Monday from 17:00. Walk-in queue steady at 09:00 weekends; some reservations open on Resy.
Arvo Brunch ★ 4.5
324 Coral Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Hours: Daily 07:00-14:00
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.
Tip: Order at the counter, take a number and sit; first hour parking free with validation.
Sweet E's Cafe ★ 4.3
1006 Kapahulu Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816
Hours: Daily 07:00-14:00
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.
Tip: Daily 07:00-14:00. The stuffed blueberry cream cheese French toast is the canonical order.
Cafe Kaila ★ 4.1
2919 Kapiolani Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96826
Hours: Daily 07:00-15:30
Cafe Kaila in the Market City Shopping Center in Honolulu's Kapahulu has won Hale Aina best breakfast four consecutive years with cornbread waffles.
Tip: Walk-in queue from 08:30 weekends. Cornbread waffle with strawberry butter is the signature.
Cinnamon's Restaurant ★ 4.0
315 Uluniu Street, Kailua, HI 96734
Hours: Daily 07:00-14:00
Cinnamon's Restaurant in Kailua across the Pali from Honolulu is the 1985 breakfast spot where red velvet pancakes and guava chiffon pancakes anchor.
Tip: Walk-in only; queue from 07:30 weekends. Guava chiffon if the menu has it.