Honolulu's street food lives at the truck and the walk-up window, much of it strung along the North Shore and country highways. Giovanni's Shrimp Truck and Romy's Kahuku Prawns serve the famous garlic shrimp out in Kahuku, while Jenny's Shrimp works the same trade near Haleiwa. Closer to town, Rainbow Drive-In on Kanaina Avenue and Maguro Brothers Hawaii in Chinatown keep the grab-and-go tradition going.
10 street food places in Honolulu we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Honolulu · Street Food across every city.
Try Garlic butter shrimp scampi over rice
Giovanni's Shrimp Truck in Kahuku on Oahu's North Shore, an hour from Honolulu, has slung butter-garlic shrimp scampi since 1993 and parked.
Try Sweet shrimp and prawns from the farm next door
Romy's Kahuku Prawns on the North Shore an hour from Honolulu farms its own shrimp and prawns on the property and serves them butterfly-cut from the lunch.
Try Garlic butter shrimp plate
Jenny's Shrimp on Kamehameha Highway in Haleiwa, an hour from Honolulu, is the lunch wagon the former Macky's head chef opened after Macky's closed in 2018.
Try Spam musubi in a dozen styles
Musubi Cafe Iyasume on Kuhio in Waikiki Honolulu has fed handheld spam musubi to Waikiki visitors since 2000, with handmade Koshihikari rice and a dozen.
Try Sashimi-grade poke bowl
Maguro Brothers Hawaii in Kekaulike Market in Chinatown Honolulu is the lunch poke counter brothers Junichiro and Ryojiro Tsuchiya stock from the Honolulu.
Try Two-scoop poke bowl
Ono Seafood in Kapahulu Honolulu is the takeout-only poke counter that sells shoyu ahi, spicy ahi and tako preparations from a refrigerated case.
Try Loco moco and mix plate
Rainbow Drive-In in Kapahulu Honolulu is the canonical Hawaii plate lunch counter since 1961, slinging loco moco, BBQ beef and boneless chicken plates.
Try Sugar malasada straight from the fryer
Leonard's Malasadamobile on Kalanianaole Highway in Honolulu Kai is the mobile food truck arm of the 1952 Leonard's Bakery, frying the canonical Hawaii.
Try Chocolate haupia cream pie and garlic shrimp plate
Ted's Bakery at Sunset Beach on Oahu's North Shore, an hour from Honolulu, runs a plate lunch counter alongside the pie case with garlic shrimp.
Try Strawberry condensed milk shave ice
Waiola Shave Ice in Kapahulu Honolulu has shaved the city's finest-grain shave ice since 1940, with house syrups and the canonical strawberry condensed milk.
