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    Pastele & pastele filled lumpia.
    C P.

    Super flavorful. We've eaten the shrimp tacos, pasteles, & my favorite pastele lumpia. They are an awesome couple who provide great service.

    Nelly C.

    Best shrimp taco I have ever had since California. It was so nice and it legit made the opu happy.

    Pastele stew with rice and side Mac salad $13
    Jeanette E.

    We both ordered the pastele stew. Mine was a mini and hubby had the add on of mac salad. It was tasty, but we both agreed that it was too salty. There was a huge helping of rice, but not enough stew. We only waited a few minutes in the line and then a couple more minutes for the order.

    Pastele plate and pastele lumpia
    Jesse A.

    If your looking for gandule rice and pastele do not pass this place up. Food is great.

    Pastele lumpia ... ONO!!!
    Owen K.

    My sister and her husband was in the area and thought it would be a great idea to try Happy Rico. They had already got some food to bring over for dinner and saw a line forming at Rico's. Well, "Fomo" set in and they joined the line. What a find! They ordered some Pastele lumpia (see pic) WOW, not at all greasy w/crisp exterior. I'm hooked, especially with that creamy sauce. Call and order in advance (if can) See you in line folks! - Take care

    Happy Rico at Bellows. Saturday and Sunday.

    To call the food at Happy Rico "good" is to offend the English language. To call it "Amazing" is to lack the appreciation for the incredible. Spectacularly Good food is what you will find at Happy Rico. Shrimp tacos with toppings that perfectly blend to make a mouth watering delight not normally found in a food truck. Pork Pastele Stew tacos that will make you wonder why you didn't order more! The Crunch Wrap that looks so simple, even humble, when you first see it, that you are guaranteed to be surprised at how incredibly good it is. And then... when you don't think they can raise the bar any more, you try their fried pork pies. Better than my mom's, and that's all I can say, cuz my mom's polish meat pies were beyond comfort food. If you like good food... and want to redefine what that is, stop by and tell Rich and Loretta that Matt said "hi"... and then order anything on the menu. You'll be thanking me.

    Borinki Pasteles
    Nelson Q.

    HEY OAHU ?!?!? You guys ARE SLEEPING on Happy Rico Truck!!!!. Its run by a couple serving up Puerto Rican Fusion food. There is a big community of Puerto Ricans or "Borinkis" as locals would say, living in Hawaii. I always like to drive down Kahekili Highway to hunt down street vendors, and this is how we found Happy Rico! Perusing the menu, we were sold on their Surf and Turf Plate-Pastele Stew, Gandule Rice, Mac Salad, and Pickled Shrimp Ceviche with Air Fried Saltine Crackers. Of course, we added a couple of Borinki Pasteles to our order. We LOVED everything on the Surf and Turf Plate, however, the pasteles have a super soft texture than we're used to, but taste was good. These are the types of small businesses I will continue to support, and I hope to feast on some Happy Rico on my next visit home. ALOHA!!! SHAKA METER: \uuu/ \uuu/ \uuu/ \uuu/ \uuu/ 5

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    Michael I.

    The good was good. I wasn't a fan of the Mac salad but the stew was so ono. The rice was great! The guy who helped us was super nice and was very helpful with what was sold out and what he recommends. We payed via Venmo which was convenient. Make sure to check the Instagram for the up to date hours though.

    Across from Zippy's Kaneohe
    Seka T.

    Back again to try out others items on their menu. I wanted something fried and this is what I got. Honestly I forgot what it was called lol but it was really good. There was a grilled cheese on the top of it, definitely getting it again

    nuff said
    S. K.

    Fast, Friendly, Clean, and most importantly....Delicious. Good amount of food for the price. If u stay shopping at Windward mall or passing thru Kaneohe and its time fo grindz, try check out dis food truck...get parking right in front. Food is mean!

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    I'm Puerto Rican and I haven't been home in years. This place took me back home I loved it so much

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    We had the Surf n Turf tacos, empanadas, the various lumpias, the pastele stew and rice, and the Ulu patele.

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    Khao and Papas - Beef anticuchos over sticky rice w/ jeow mak len sauce.

    Khao and Papas

    4.7(32 reviews)
    14.2 km
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    This is my first review of 2026!…read more Tonight I enjoyed the sticky rice with chicken anticucho and it is my favorite meal of 2026 so far. The chicken thighs were beautifully seasoned and slightly charred. The meat was cooked all the way through yet still juicy with bone in thigh. The purple sticky rice was perfectly done and I love the texture of sticky rice in general. The plate also came with sliced cucumbers and pickled mustard greens (reminiscent of Vietnamese pickled mustard greens - but in a much more vibrant green color). My favorite part of the meal was the tart and aromatic sauce that came in the meal. If you're not a fan of lime juice and fish sauce, you may want to use sparingly. However, I was thoroughly enjoying the sauce and when accompanied with a bit of the mustard greens, it toned down the sour aspect of the flavor profile. Overall, so delicious and I would love to find them again and enjoy more of their menu items!

    Love Laotian and Peruvian Food, so we went to the Pearlridge Night Market specifically to try Khao…read moreand Papas. Ordered the anticucho and short rib plate ($23). Our food was ready in about 10 mins. One skewer and one short ribs cut in half (3 bones), served with cucumber slices, pickled veggies, and chili sauce. There was a lot of rice. The flavor was ok - wouldve liked the anticucho to be grilled a bit longer. Thought it was pricey for what it was.

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    Adela’s Country Eatery - #1 "Best Restaurant in Hawai`i" USA Today 2024 Readers' Choice Awards

    Adela’s Country Eatery

    4.8(3.8k reviews)
    0.3 km
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    Locally sourced ingredients
    Locally owned & operated

    This was probably my favorite meal during my whole trip. I'm writing this review late, and can tell…read moreyou that even though it's been a year, I still think about the food we got from here, more than I'd like to admit. Adela's is a small, take-out order only place, but extremely busy. We phoned in the order ahead of time and the wait time was about 45 mins. We got the Sweet Potato Noodles with Garlic Butter and Lechon. Gracious, it was delicious. Worth every penny. The lechon was crispy, tender, and flavorful. The noodles had the perfect texture and paired flawlessly with the garlic butter. We also got Okinawan Sweet Potato Poi Bread, but this unfortunately was blown out of the water by the noodles. I would not order the bread again, but would instead order 2 plates of food for myself, diets be damned. Easiest 5/5 of my life.

    Knowing this place from my friend and she insisted that I should definitely give it a try…read more Fortunately she suggested me to call and pre-order to avoid long wait. They indeed seemed to be very popular as I could see how busy the place was when we picked up ours. It's also a to-go concept only so we enjoyed our pasta at the bench right next to the venue. The pasta was organic and all homemade from peculiar natural ingredients including moringa, taro, sweet potato, bread fruit, avocado, and local saimin. The one serving us was so nice and attentive, which indeed seemed to be needed here given how rich selections they offered. You got the option to pick your own choice of pasta, sauce, and protein or went for their combo. We opted for the latter as we got their Lechon Malunggay Pasta, which was Moringa pasta with roasted pork belly. Portion was HUGEEE and certainly shareable unless your appetite was so big. Meat to pasta ratio was also super general. The pork was cooked to perfection with flawlessly crispy skin yet juicy meat. The pasta came in just the right texture and was already flavorful on its own. You could pick spiciness level for which we took mild and we thought we should've gone for spicy. We also got Ube cheesecake for dessert that was also gigantic LOL. We finished it finally after multiple servings and it was still so good despite kept in fridge overnight. Dense yet not overwhelming and the ube flavor was so strong and I could tell it used real ube. This place was seriously MUST GO!

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    Adela’s Country Eatery - We're so grateful to share that we've been named #7 on @Yelp's 2024 Top 100 Places to Eat in the US! Mahalo for all your love and support!

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    Yumyum Tumtum

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    4.5(13 reviews)
    15.0 km

    Found them at the former Chi-Chans Okazuya location at Kaneohe. It's for takeout, no tables inside…read more They do have a nice selection of comfort food like pancit, pork or chicken adobo, dinuguan, pork guisantes, lumpia, and desserts as well. They also have packaged snacks they sell too. Greeted immediately by the guys behind the counter, my daughter and I already knew what we wanted, so we got the fried rice adobo, pork adobo and pancit to go. When I say comfort food, after one bite I was brought back to when I was little and my mom making these for us. I'm looking forward to going back and trying their other offerings. It's good to have a Filipino food spot in Kaneohe instead of driving all the way down to the Leeward side. Visit them and try it out for yourselves.

    A delicious experience! We had a special event at work and all employees got to choose a combo…read moreplate. I pre-ordered bbq chicken & Shanghai lumpia. The plate included pansit, rice, dipping sauce and 1/2 of a calamansi! Everything was well seasoned. The chicken was boneless thighs, very flavorful and succulent. The lumpia was crispy & hot and loaded! So much yum. The ordering system worked perfectly and the lady was super nice. All of my coworkers were talking about how good the pork adobo and guisantes was. They said they are usually at Bellows Beach Park. I know what I'm getting next time I'm over there!

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    Yumyum Tumtum - Each plate comes with a drink... help yourself!

    Each plate comes with a drink... help yourself!

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    Whiskey Smoke 808 - My delicious mix plate

    Whiskey Smoke 808

    4.4(478 reviews)
    0.4 km
    $$

    What's up 808 and visitors to the 808,…read more This BBQ is excellent plus, we enjoy our experience at Whiskey Smoke 808. Literally we ate everything on our plates with that in mind, we almost ate up our plate as well. The customer service was fantastic. Excellent plus they cater to our needs and then also some dietary restrictions that were easily adjusted. I ended up ordering the beautiful pulled pork nachos, which were fantastic made with an excellent brilliant taste and cheese sauce, which they make on site themselves and also utilizes it in the macaroni and cheese. I was more than pleased with this restaurant. Highly recommend it and will definitely be coming back again when we visit the 808. The environment gives classic barbecue restaurant lots of good art on the wall lots of good high-quality vibes thank you guys so much and really appreciate what you're doing.

    The owners are horrible humans. I pulled into the parking…read morelot on a Monday and as I was pulling in, saw that they were closed. Bummer. So go to leave and the owner is there in his big white diesel truck blocking the 1 way to leave. So I give a Lil tap of the horn to let him know I'm there. I attempt to then turn around to go backwards out of the 1 way and it was not safe, so I come back through and am waiting behind the truck again. Another man comes out and says, "he's waiting for someone," okay, I respond with a smile, can he pull up so I can leave? Kid relays the message. Owner aggressively slamms on gas spinning out the tires. As I'm pulling through, the kid scolds, "this isn't a roundabout. " I said yea, I'm a customer. I thought you were open. He goes well "We aren't so leave" motioning with his arm. I guess the bummer part, is I really like this place. The food is good. But I won't help companies who are shit to others.

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