5 Must-Eat Meals in Honolulu Before You Leave Hawaii! 🍙☕️

After countless meals on the island — from hyped spots to hidden local joints — here’s my honest top 5. No filter, just real talk 💬✨ Save this for your next trip! 1️⃣ Tori Ton A controversial pick online — but hear me out! Their yakitori is just okay 👌, but the Japanese small dishes? UNREAL 😍 I ate here twice — the creativity and detail in the sides are next level. ✅ Must-order: Oden radish 🍢 Wagyu tender Sausages Fish cake Potato salad Pineapple juice 🍍 Unagi don (mind-blowingly good!!!) 2️⃣ Mitsuwa Market – Uni Bowl This uni don 🍚 — under $50 for a mountain of fresh, sweet sea urchin! So creamy, so satisfying. I’d been craving uni the whole trip — this hit the spot 🥰 The miso soup is solid too. 3️⃣ Kona Coffee Purveyors Super popular — waited 40 min in the morning ☕️… then saw no line in the afternoon 😅 Coffee = not worth the wait. BUT the black sesame croissant? LEGENDARY 🥐✨ Even haters of this place agree — this pastry has zero bad reviews! 4️⃣ Island Vintage Coffee The infamous line king 👑 — I skipped it by going to Island Vintage Wine Bar next door (same menu!). 🧡 Ube Bagel: INSANELY good! Warm bagel + cool taro cream = heavenly combo 💜 🍛 Loco Moco: Tasty (braised short rib over rice), but gets heavy fast. 5️⃣ Musubi Cafe Iyasume I’d tried other spam musubi and was skeptical… but this place? GAME CHANGER 🍙🔥 The eel + avocado + egg + spam musubi had me dreaming about it later. 🚫 Avoid their fried chicken or sides — just stick to the musubi! You’re all set 🏝️💛 #HonoluluEats #HawaiianFood #OahuFoodGuide #WaikikiEats #Foodie #UniDon #Musubi #HawaiiTravel