Hawaii Heritage Center is a food tour in Honolulu.
The Hawaii Heritage Center in Chinatown Honolulu runs a Wednesday and Friday two-hour walking tour through the country's oldest Chinatown, with food tastings at family-run shops along the route.
Route: Chinatown Honolulu cultural and food walking tour
Tip: Wednesday and Friday 09:30 to 11:30. The most affordable food-and-history tour in Chinatown; book at the Center office.
Hawaii Food Tours runs the canonical Hole in the Wall tour out of Honolulu, with small groups of 13 max walking through Chinatown and Kalihi-area family kitchens with founder Matthew Gray.
Tip: Daily; hotel pickup included from Waikiki. Strong morning option for first-time visitors; closed shoes required.
Secret Hawaii Tours' Aloha Plate tour in Honolulu is led by Lanai Tabura, the Great Food Truck Race winner, hitting hidden poke, manapua and family kitchens off the Waikiki tourist track.
Tip: Daily morning departures with hotel pickup; tour shifts stops daily based on what's best. Cash for tips welcome.
E Noa Tours runs the canonical North Shore and Haleiwa day-trip from Waikiki Honolulu around the Dole Plantation, Green World Coffee, Haleiwa Beach Park and Sunset Beach. Lunch features garlic butter shrimp; Sundays include Tanaka Kahuku Shrimp.
Tip: Full-day commitment with hotel pickup; Sunday timing swaps in Tanaka Kahuku Shrimp on the lunch stop. Bring sunscreen and a water bottle.