The dishSpam musubi

Tip: Daily 06:30 to 21:00. Pair a teriyaki spam musubi with a bottled matcha for a $7 breakfast.

Location

Address: 2427 Kuhio Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815

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Palace Saimin ★ 4.4

Palace Saimin in Kalihi Honolulu sells the shrimp-and-pork-dashi saimin bowl for $6, the cheapest sit-down hot-noodle bowl in the city and unchanged since the 1946 opening.

Try: Saimin bowl

Tip: Tuesday to Friday 10:00 to 20:00. Add a BBQ stick at the counter for $3.

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Highway Inn Kakaako ★ 4.3

Highway Inn Kakaako Honolulu serves a combination kalua pig plate with rice, mac salad and lomi salmon for around $15, the cheapest sit-down Hawaiian food in central Honolulu.

Try: Kalua pig combo plate

Tip: Daily 09:30 to 20:00. Mini plate at $13 feeds one; combo plate at $18 feeds two with leftovers.

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Ted's Bakery Plate Counter ★ 4.5

Ted's Bakery on the North Shore an hour from Honolulu sells garlic shrimp plates and a slice of chocolate haupia pie for $14 total, the most essential cheap eat outside the city limits.

Try: Garlic shrimp plate or chocolate haupia pie slice

Tip: Daily 07:00 to 20:00. Plate lunches sell out by 16:00; pies hold all evening.

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Maguro Brothers Hawaii Chinatown ★ 4.6

Maguro Brothers Hawaii in Chinatown Honolulu sells fish-auction-fresh poke bowls for around $12, the city's strongest sashimi-grade fish to dollar ratio at the Kekaulike Market counter.

Try: Poke bowl

Tip: Monday to Saturday 09:00 to 14:00. Sells out by 13:00; bring cash or card. Closed Sunday.

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Rainbow Drive-In ★ 4.5

Rainbow Drive-In in Kapahulu Honolulu has slung budget plate lunches since 1961, with mix plates of loco moco, BBQ beef and boneless chicken averaging $11 with rice and mac salad.

Try: Plate lunch with two scoops rice

Tip: Lunch peak 11:30 to 13:00. The mix plate at $14 is the most expensive plate and feeds two.

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Marukame Udon Waikiki ★ 4.2

Marukame Udon Waikiki in Honolulu pours kake udon for around $6 a bowl from a cafeteria-line counter, with tempura sides at a buck each making a full meal under $12.

Try: Kake udon

Tip: Daily 10:00 to 22:00. Average bowl plus tempura runs about $9 to $12. Cash and card.

2310 Kuhio Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815

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