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 ★ 4.5
3452 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816
Hours: Sunday 10:00 to 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 Hawaiian-vegetable plates.
Tip: Sunday only. Book a week ahead on OpenTable; the brunch list changes weekly with farms.
Podmore Brunch ★ 4.5
202 Merchant Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Hours: Saturday 10:00 to 15:00, Sunday 09:00 to 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 architecturally distinct weekend menu.
Tip: Saturday 10:00 to 15:00 (full menu), Sunday 09:00 to 14:00 (brunch only). The library room books out first.
Koko Head Cafe ★ 4.4
1120 12th Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816
Hours: Daily 07:00 to 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 since 2014.
Tip: Dinner Friday to Monday from 17:00. Walk-in queue steady at 09:00 weekends; some reservations open on Resy.
Arvo Brunch ★ 4.4
324 Coral Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Hours: Daily 07:00 to 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 as the canonical menu staples.
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 to 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 brunch menu on Kapahulu Avenue.
Tip: Daily 07:00 to 14:00. The stuffed blueberry cream cheese French toast is the canonical order.
Cafe Kaila ★ 4.3
2919 Kapiolani Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96826
Hours: Daily 07:00 to 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, buttermilk pancakes and made-from-scratch French toast.
Tip: Walk-in queue from 08:30 weekends. Cornbread waffle with strawberry butter is the signature.
Cinnamon's Restaurant ★ 4.2
315 Uluniu Street, Kailua, HI 96734
Hours: Daily 07:00 to 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 a 30-deep weekend queue.
Tip: Walk-in only; queue from 07:30 weekends. Guava chiffon if the menu has it.