The Tchin Tchin Bar is a wine bar in Honolulu.
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 and wines by 2oz, 6oz or bottle.
Food program: Mediterranean small plates
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. Terrace tables turn at 19:00; come early for one.
Address: 39 North Hotel Street, Honolulu, HI 96817
Bevy in Kakaako Honolulu opened as the SALT block's first cocktail and wine bar, with industrial decor, repurposed wine-box tables and a European-style by-the-glass list.
Signature pour: Burgundy by the glass
Wine focus: Boutique European-leaning list plus cocktails
Food: Small plates, cheese boards
Tip: DJ sets Friday and Saturday 21:00 to 02:00. Closed Sunday and Monday.
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 on low-intervention producers.
Signature pour: Pet-nat by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and low-intervention pours by the glass
Food: Small plates, charcuterie
Tip: Bottle shop runs alongside the bar with reduced corkage. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Amuse Wine Bar on Kapiolani in Honolulu is the second-floor Honolulu Design Center wine bar with 60 Enomatic-pour bottles you sample yourself with a refillable card.
Signature pour: Self-poured Enomatic flights
Wine focus: Old and New World by the Enomatic pour
Food: Tapas, small plates from Stage Restaurant
Tip: Buy the refillable card at the door, pour your own; sommelier-led flights run Saturday at 18:00.
Podmore on Merchant Street in Downtown Honolulu is Anthony Rush and Katherine Nomura's brunch-and-cocktail bar inside the lava-rock 1902 Joseph W. Podmore Building, with bartender Alex Law.
Signature pour: House old fashioned
Wine focus: European bottle list plus classic cocktails
Food: Brunch by day, snacks at night
Tip: Closed Monday. Brunch only on Sundays from 09:00 to 14:00; the library room books out first.
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, cider and wine pours.
Signature pour: Local Hawaiian beer or self-pour wine
Wine focus: Self-pour wine taps plus craft beer
Food: South American small plates
Tip: Wristband-activated taps; pay by the ounce. South American food window stays open through close.
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 toasts under the same Waialae roof.
Signature pour: Pet-nat by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and biodynamic by the glass
Food: Toasts, small plates
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday for wine service; come for a pet-nat after a Kaimuki dinner.
