Fort Shafter Exchange — Attraction in Honolulu

🛒 Fort Shafter Exchange – Small, Simple, and Just Okay 🤷‍♂️

If you’re on Fort Shafter and need to grab a few essentials, the Exchange will get the job done—but let’s be real, it’s nothing to write home about. It’s small, limited in selection, and definitely more of a quick-stop shop than a place to browse or stock up.

You’ll find the basics—snacks, uniforms, toiletries, and a few household items—but don’t expect a wide variety or specialty goods. Honestly, it feels more like a satellite shop than a full-service Exchange.

If you’ve got time and transportation, head over to the Pearl Harbor NEX instead. Bigger, better selection, more dining options, and just a more complete shopping experience overall. Fort Shafter’s Exchange is fine for what it is—but if you want options,...

It is a PX. Kind of small when compared to others, but Ft. Shafter is a small installation. Selection is a little lacking at times. There is a Subway for food, barber shop and MCCS. Nothing fancy, gets the job done.

Update as of 5APR22: no masks are required anywhere in the store. The sandwich place is gone but Subway is still in business.

No change of as 20JUL22. There is a pizza place now, but it has been there for a while.

No major changes as of 19SEPT22. Masks are still not required, pizza and Subway places are still there but a new food place (unknown name) coming eventually next to Subway.

No major changes...

Do you live and work on Shafter? Well then this is probably your only option at lunch time. If you're NOT from Shafter and happen to be one of us peasants that stumbled upon this place then you are in for a treat. Walking into the Shafter exchange will take you back to memories of walking into the Camp Taji or Camp Liberty PXs and being instantly surrounded by FOBBITs who look at you like you're some kind of strange alien because they haven't seen an actual Regular operations level Soldier in so long that normal Divisional Patches confuse them. Is the selection great? No.. But is it the only shopping option you have...