Fusion Cafe x DADA — Restaurant in Honolulu

At the urging of my favorite epicure, I dined at FUSION café + wine with my wife on Friday. A relatively new addition to Waialae Ave’s constellation of eateries, gm Malie Moran and head chef Rian Lee are soft launching dinner Thursday through Saturday. They offer free 2nd floor parking; entrance just Ewa of the restaurant off Waialae. Ambience is dark, NY chic with a wine bar motif replete with artful wall displays of corks and a striking table centerpiece. I started with a delightful Ancient Peaks Cab while my wife enjoyed the unique Moscato Sunrise, a twin-layered aperitif of amber Moscato and plum Pinot. For our appetizer we savored the grilled octopus with Kamuela tomato, watercress, arugula, and sweet pickled onion. I marveled at the freshness and flavor of the tomatoes and greens. Octopus was fork tender, drizzled in olive oil with a squeeze of fresh lemon. My preference is charred on all sides. For our entrée, my wife loved the fresh pappardelle pasta, handmade right next door at Onda Pasta, with wild (Shimeji?) mushrooms, sauteed with slightly spiced serrano and sour verjus. I enjoyed the balsamic and demi glazed pork ribs, reminiscent of the spice-and-vinegar style of North Carolina. Dessert was a delicious affogato with the most flavorful espresso in recent memory. Our exceptional server Nevaeh – that’s “heaven” backwards – was attentive, charming, and quite knowledgeable. Pricing is moderate. Highly recommend giving FUSION a try. Who knows? We may...

Amadeos and Rebekah were super friendly and nice and helpful with important information about each detail.

Hours 7am to 1pm and changes in January for longer hours.

UPDATE HOURS CHANGED FROM 8AM TO 3PM AND WILL CHANGE AGAIN VALENTINES DAY FOR GALENTINES GIRLS NIGHT OUT 🌙 💕 AND FOR DIN ER SPECIALS COMING SOON.

Breakfast sandwiches 🥪 and quiches and lots of various scones too.

Great wine bar and pupus, free parking upstairs. Wine 🍷 bar opens in February. Stay tuned.

In the heart of kaimuki

Scone changes periodically and homemade chocolates sold here in time for valentines day!

UPDATES JUNE 1, 2024 New tea time started around Easter 🐣 and I just was able to try it out today. We loved it. And we love that you can pick some wine or bubbly 🍾 for your choice of drink 🍸. Lots of food and all for 50 dollars. A very good deal for tea time. It's only 1st and 3rd week of the month and only on...

I came here twice during my stay at the Alamona Hotel. The ACAI BOWL is fresh fruit banana, berries, granola, nalo honey. It became a source of energy for the morning. I also had a dinner for JUMBO SHRIMP LINGUINE: Creamy tomato, toasted breadcrumb. All dishes feature locally made pasta from Onda Pasta in Kaimuki. The pasta is freshly made, hot, and has a lot of jumbo shrimp in it. However, there are shrimp shells, so eat carefully. The lady at the store greet me with smiles. The store was quite empty, so I was able to sit wherever I wanted,...