Plate lunch & local food in Honolulu

Two scoops rice, mac salad and a main: loco moco, chicken katsu, garlic chicken.

Hawaiian food · Plate lunch & local food

Original Highway Inn, a Waipahu Hawaiian-food restaurant dating to 1947; relocated within Waipahu.

Hawaiian food · Plate lunch & local food

Kakaʻako branch of the Waipahu Hawaiian-food restaurant founded in 1947; serves laulau, kalua pig and plate lunches.

Plate lunch & local food

Original Rainbow Drive-In plate-lunch stand, open since 1961 on Kanaina Ave near Kapahulu; known for mix plates and loco moco.

Japanese · Plate lunch & local food

Takeout musubi and bento shop on Kūhiō Ave at the Aqua Pacific Monarch; part of a small Honolulu chain.

Plate lunch & local food · Udon & noodles

Old-time ʻAiea diner on the Hawaiʻi historic register, best known for inexpensive saimin; short drive from Pearl Harbor.

Poke · Plate lunch & local food

Family-run Kalihi market and deli back in its original Mokauea St spot after a fire; known for poke and roast meats.

Seafood · Plate lunch & local food

Harborside Pier 38 seafood restaurant and fish market; nightly live music listed through 2026.

Hawaiian food · Poke · Plate lunch & local food

Takeout-only Mōʻiliʻili fish market and deli for Hawaiian plates, poke and haupia pie.

Poke · Seafood · Plate lunch & local food

Waiʻalae Ave poke and seafood counter with a few tables; sister shop in Kāneʻohe.

Plate lunch & local food

Second Rainbow Drive-In, opened 2018 at School and Houghtailing streets with the Kapahulu menu.

Plate lunch & local food · Bars & pubs

Original Side Street Inn near Ala Moana, a pau hana spot for family-style local plates.