Bar Leather Apron
- ★ 4.9
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
Drink Old fashioned
Bar Leather Apron in Downtown Honolulu is Justin and Tom Park's intimate cocktail bar on the TOPA Financial Center mezzanine, the 2023 James Beard winner.
22 upscale places in Honolulu, editor-picked. Occasion restaurants in Honolulu: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Honolulu food.
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Fete Hawaii
- ★ 4.7
- New American
- $$$
- Chinatown
Order The pasta of the day and whatever local fish entree is running.
Fete Hawaii in Chinatown Honolulu is chef Robynne Maii's James Beard winning room of seasonal new American plates, awarded Best Chef Northwest and Pacific.
The Pig and The Lady
- ★ 4.6
- Vietnamese
- $$$
- Kaimuki
Order Mama Le's pho and the pho French dip with brisket.
The Pig and The Lady is chef Andrew Le's modern Vietnamese room, which moved from Chinatown to a Civil Beat Plaza space on Waialae in Kaimuki Honolulu.
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Sushi Izakaya Gaku
- ★ 4.6
- Japanese Izakaya
- $$$
- Ala Moana
Order The chef's sashimi selection and the buta no kakuni braised pork.
Sushi Izakaya Gaku on South King is the long-running Japanese izakaya in Honolulu with sashimi, robata grill plates and the cult-favourite buta no kakuni.
MW Restaurant
- ★ 4.6
- Modern Hawaiian
- $$$
- Ala Moana
Order Mochi-crusted local fish and the oxtail soup dumplings to start.
MW Restaurant in Ala Moana Honolulu is chefs Wade and Michelle Karr-Ueoka's modern Hawaiian room of mochi-crusted fish and oxtail soup dumplings.
Lewers Lounge
- ★ 4.6
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
Drink Smoke Rings (Sam Cooke)
Lewers Lounge at the Halekulani in Waikiki Honolulu is the seven-nights-a-week jazz cocktail bar where Hawaiian-grown ingredients meet Chet Baker and Ella.
The Tchin Tchin Bar
- ★ 4.6
- Wine bar
- $$$
The Tchin Tchin Bar in Chinatown Honolulu is the rooftop wine bar Dusty Grable and Jesse Cruz opened above Lucky Belly, with a plant-walled outdoor terrace.
Silver Lining
- ★ 4.6
- Wine bar
- $$$
Silver Lining in Kakaako Honolulu is the natural wine bar Rick Lilley opened on Waimanu Street, with hundreds of bottles to taste and a focus.
Roy's Hawaii Kai
- ★ 4.5
- Hawaiian
- $$$
- Hawaii Kai
Order The misoyaki butterfish and the dark chocolate souffle to finish.
Roy's Hawaii Kai is where Roy Yamaguchi launched Hawaiian Regional Cuisine in 1988, still the flagship of the chain and the canonical room for misoyaki.
House Without a Key
- ★ 4.5
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
Drink Mai Tai
House Without a Key at the Halekulani in Waikiki Honolulu pours sunset cocktails under a 130-year-old kiawe tree with Hawaiian entertainment.
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La Mariana Sailing Club
- ★ 4.5
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
Drink Mai Tai
La Mariana Sailing Club on Sand Island in Honolulu is the city's last original tiki bar, opened in 1957 with carved tikis from the Sheraton Kon Tiki Room.
Skull and Crown Trading Co.
- ★ 4.5
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
Drink Modern tiki cocktails
Skull and Crown Trading Co. in Chinatown Honolulu is the modern tiki bar on Hotel Street, with fresh-juice cocktails and a deeper-than-typical rum list.
Podmore
- ★ 4.5
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
Drink House old fashioned
Podmore in Downtown Honolulu is the cocktail bar Anthony Rush and Katherine Nomura opened in the 1902 Joseph W. Podmore Building, with bartender Alex Law.
The Curb Wine Bar
- ★ 4.5
- Wine bar
- $$$
The Curb in Kaimuki Honolulu added an evening wine-bar service to its multi-roaster cafe, pouring natural and biodynamic bottles alongside oat-milk-ricotta.
Mud Hen Water
- ★ 4.4
- Modern Hawaiian
- $$$
- Kaimuki
Order The shishito pepper romesco and whatever fish the kitchen ran that morning.
Mud Hen Water is Ed Kenney's Kaimuki Honolulu room of contemporary Hawaiian aina-based plates, named for the English translation of Waialae and a 2025 James.
The Manifest
- ★ 4.4
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
Drink Hawaii's largest whiskey selection
The Manifest in Chinatown Honolulu is the dual cafe-and-cocktail bar with the state's largest whiskey selection, serving Waialua-grown coffee by day and live.
Mai Tai Bar at the Royal Hawaiian
- ★ 4.4
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
Drink Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai
The Mai Tai Bar at the Royal Hawaiian in Waikiki Honolulu pours the canonical Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai daily, the drink first served on hotel grounds in 1953.
Bevy
- ★ 4.4
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
Drink Mai Thai
Bevy in Kakaako Honolulu is the SALT block cocktail bar with industrial decor, repurposed wine-box tables and a Mai Thai built on Bacardi 7.
Amuse Wine Bar
- ★ 4.4
- Wine bar
- $$$
Amuse Wine Bar on Kapiolani in Honolulu is the second-floor Honolulu Design Center wine bar with 60 Enomatic-pour bottles you sample yourself.
Buzz's Original Steak House
- ★ 4.2
- Steakhouse
- $$$
- Kailua
Order Teriyaki sirloin off the kiawe-wood grill with a trip through the salad bar.
Buzz's Original Steak House in Kailua across the Pali from Honolulu is the surf-shack steakhouse where Barack Obama used to eat the teriyaki sirloin.
Off The Wall Craft Beer and Wine
- ★ 4.2
- Wine bar
- $$$
Off The Wall Craft Beer and Wine in Ward Village Honolulu is the self-pour taproom at South Shore Market, with 40 taps of local craft beer, kombucha.
Duke's Waikiki
- ★ 4.0
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
Drink Hula Pie
Duke's Waikiki on Kalakaua in Honolulu has been the Outrigger Waikiki beach bar since 1994, named for Duke Kahanamoku with the Hula Pie ice cream finish.
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