Been going here since I was younger and it's one of my favorite places to get Filipino desserts!…read moreIt's always fun walking around the market seeing all the fresh vegetables, seafood, meats, specialty products, and food stands. They accept credit card (usually for purchases over $10) and you can withdraw cash from the ATM out front. It's kept clean and stays busy on the weekends, and it's great hearing the community of all ages gathered here

My friends took me to this market. To my surprise, it was an indoor farmers' market!!!! They had…read moreall of your tropical fruits and vegetables like parda, pako, chayote leaves, etc. Yes! They had soursop for $1.99/lb! I bought a small and a large one, so sweet. They even had Filipino foods there. I had an Ilocos empanada. I never knew this empanada existed. It was so good dipped in garlic vinegar. I have to say, I'm so glad my friends brought me here since it was hard to find a farmers' market near Ko'Olina. Mahalo!

Amazing light display in this neighborhood! Very busy with cars so I recommend parking outside the…read moreneighborhood or on a side street and walking, it's much more enjoyable that way. Nearly every single house participates and really goes all out. A must see for the family during the Holiday season.

Wow.... what a magical night! Ewa Gentry residents definitely knows how to celebrate Christmas…read more This section of the homes (Pukanala St.) are pretty much all decked out for the holiday. The neighborhood is nice and clean with easy to walk sideways so super friendly to bring the kids. As we were going around the neighborhood, we found a hidden gem. This house on Kamaehu Way totally takes Christmas lighting to the next level. The owner sync up songs (Disney theme, Hawaiian, patriotic) to go along with the light show, with a TV outside. Some visitors even brought their own chairs to sit to enjoy the show. It's an hour long show. This should definitely be on your list of Christmas Lanes to visit. Merry Christmas!

Come here every year since 2020. It used to be just one house. This year it looks like the neighbor…read moreis getting in on the fun too! The more the merrier! Note: be prepared to wait for parking. Not sure of when the bust peaks are but it gets crowded.

If this house doesn't get you into the Yelpy Christmas spirit I don't know what will. You have to…read moresee it, it's totally a must see. Even during the day it still brought smiles to my children's faces. They stood wide eyed just staring at the 20ft Mega light tree. This is their 9th year that this amazing family (Yes a family with kids) has made this spectacular Synchronized Light Show for the world to enjoy! *If you decide to stay in your car to watch the spectacle of lights tune into 106.5FM *The show normally starts at 5:30pm and ends at 10pm. This Christmas light show has it's own fan Facebook page named Da Ohana Christmas Light Show and it's own website: http://www.daohanachristmaslightshow.com/index.html According to this website the shows length is 2 hours and 38 minutes and it gives a detailed line up of each song. 68 songs total. Check it out the website before you go. ::Some Cool Facts:: This light show has 49,000 Lights. A hundred of them are strobe lights. Check out the side of the house to see Santa waving in the window. ::The family that just keeps on giving:: I can see a bump up on the electricity bill when the holiday season comes around. But can you imagine the bill for this family? It must be cray, cray! Instead of asking donations to help pay their electricity bills. This family decides to donate 100% of the proceeds to a charity. In front of the house is a Make-A -Wish mail box which you can put your donation in. All the proceeds go to the Make a Wish Foundation HAWAII chapter. If you decide to write a check write it out to the Make A Wish Foundation Hawaii Chapter. If your in the neighborhood do make it a point to see this amazing light show. It will surely wow anyone of any age.

You will not believe that last night 2/6/2026 was my first time here! VIRGIN LOL!…read more Located in the Waikele Shopping Center (lot where the old K Mart was). Parking was so easy to find, we got there a little after 5 pm. First place we stop at was Mama Mercy's but they didn't have her famous empanadas, so then we headed to Joja's for their smash burgers and truffle fries. We were happy we got in line because shortly after, they were sold out. We ordered two smash burgers and truffle fries and the wait was a little over an hour but I must say, it was the best burger I ever had!!! The fries were perfectly fried and so damn tasty!!! While waiting we ordered food from a Himalayan food vendor and my goodness, soooooo good (we wanted to try foods that we normally don't eat). We also got drinks, Sunrise from Dragon Teagirls was the best, the Smashed Lemons lemonade was a little too sweet for me but it was still yummy (I gave the rest to my boyfriend who was at home lol). The strawberry shortcake parfait from Ruby's ended our food and it was perfectly delicious! It started pouring rain pretty heavy and we retreated to Grandma's Pasteles where the owner gave us a free pastele empanada that was so delicious and we bought 12 Pasteles (11 frozen and 1 fresh). There was alot of people and the best part is that it's pet friendly! Lots of room to walk (I hate super crowded places) around and check out all the vendors there. I will definitely head back there whenever I can, BEST FIRST EXPERIENCE EVER!!!!

I've lived down the road from this for the past 3 years & finally made it a point to check it out…read more I love this concept. Reminds me of Food truck alley at MTP, but a much bigger scale. Such an awesome variety of food vendors. Chamorro, Mexican, local, sweet treats, cool drinks, bbq, Filipino. I could go on & on. Is it crowded? Yes. Is it loud? Yes. Is there parking? Yes. Is it fun? Yes! Yes! Yes! Karaoke tent, a few crafty type vendor tents, a good handful of standing tables to eat at. My suggestion is pack a chair, come early & find close parking. Pick & choose a few dishes. Retreat back to car or grassy area, pop a squat and enjoy!

The old nostalgia 50th state fair........the place I loved as a child as it was the only cool rides…read moreI could get on (didn't get to go to real theme parks until college haha). How it's the same but NOT the same lol. Like every one else you have power cards and gone are the scrips. My favorite ride I still the zipper. Now coming from a father perspective.....aka wallet.....WOOF lol. $9 parking, rides and games are few bucks or more per person. Food is a whooping $15-20+ per meal lol. A Hundo $$ don't last very long......and I only have my wife and son. We had the gyro and waffle fries, forget the spots name....but that was delicious. . Greet job to all you parents with more kids, haha. However being able to see the utter joy, excitement, and fun my son had on that evening makes it all worth it..........BUT not again until next year haha.

I haven't been to the 50th State fair like almost 25 years omgeee.. Things have have changed a lot…read morefor one thing everything is now on a pre-paid card lol. So it's 200 points for $20 and 1500 points for $100. All rides average 30points and that's only because Sunday 12n-6pm is at a discount. It could be more in the evening. Compared to long time ago there's less rides and game booths. The pre-paid cards is also good for games and food booths . They do not except any cash at the game booths anymore. It was a new experience for me but I guess it's easier that way plus more efficient. It was very hot on a Sunday afternoon but my grand nephew had fun that's the main thing . We also had pizza and cotton candy to bring home . I guess due to Covid19 it's hard to maintain workers so EK Fernandez have to go on a smaller scale carnival. It was smaller than I could remember way back when . Support local so they can still be in business

First time attending the weekend drive-in movie nights…read more Purchased tickets on Eventbrite. Price decent: $20 per movie per car with up to 5 family members. Live music playing on stage 2. First screen was showing one movie, second screen a double feature. I arrived in a truck and was parked in the back fence near the walk-through for the restroom. We could easily see the screen and hear the soundtrack which were blaring through the concert speakers. Mind you, this isn't a HUGE outdoor movie screen. It's a large screen set up on a stage with speakers on each side. A food truck was present til halfway through the first movie. Small concession stand set up in the front building. Bathrooms also in the front building. A little strange walking into the school, but restroom were right inside the building. 3 stalls for women. It would have been nice to have them cleaned before intermission as The floor was littered with TP. All staff were very nice and gave directions to facilities and parking. Overall a pleasant experience, would definitely recommend.

None of my friends knew where this place was, maybe because it wasn't on Yelp? Maybe because no one…read morehad heard of it? The address was confusing because it was listed as 91-1180 Midway Street on Stubhub and Google reviews, the official webpage lists it as 300 Franklin Avenue. If you get lost, just follow the long line of cars heading to the same concert that you're going to. We were headed to see Kaskade play on November 2 and we were just following the cars pulling off Midway into a large field. They charged us $20 to park in a big, dusty, Keawe-thorn strewn lot. My friends were mad that they had to pay $20 after shelling out $68 for the concert, which was in a large field. I told them hey, at least they posted their prices, because I've been to events where the parking attendants are shady as hell and quote you any price they want. I once got ripped off at an Wonderland event, where they said "$35" for parking on a grass field. My friend, who was in another car, got charged $25, so where is the justice in that? For this very reason, I boycott Wonderland Events. I think a much more fair price would have been $10...after all, it is a DIRT field with giant roaches, centipedes, thorns and trash. It appeared as the place had been weed-whacked the day before as there were huge clumps of chopped vegetation every where, logs, rocks and detrius. It was so dusty the dust went right through my sneakers. PAT DOWN: I heard someone say, "women line up" and I was separated from my friends for my very own frisking. I am sure the girl patting all of us up hated the job. She asked me to open my fanny pack and started asking me what was inside my ziplock bag. She picked it up and started to inspect it when I told her it was my "pee stick", you know, so you can pee standing up like a man, coz no way was I going to sit down on those nasty porta-potty seats. She very quickly returned the bag back to me. CONFISCATED: my friend got his cigarettes taken away. Again he was mad, because there were people smoking everywhere at the concert. You can take in a sealed pack, but not an open one. MINI-FLASHLIGHTS come in handy, and I always say this at concerts where there are Porta-Potties. Super duper nasty and dark, so you don't know where, or what, you are stepping on. Also good for using in the parking "lot" to avoid stepping on those large obnoxious roaches. NAKED WOMEN: plenty of them. I've never been to a concert with this many half-naked and nearly-naked women. Perv paradise. SOUND and STAGE: pretty decent. We were able to get pretty close to Kaskade but I don't think in my concert-going years that I had this many people STEP on my foot, shove past and generally be rude about it. Maybe it was because we were squished up toward the front. My friend had a broken toe with a post-op shoe and a crutch. I was worried for him. My concert days in giant fields with cigarette smoke, pora-potties, outrageous parking fees, sweaty arms and bods shoving past, toe-mashers and half-naked to nearly-naked women are slowly coming to an end. I'd probably repeat this scenario only if my favorite band Above and Beyond came around again, but they would probably have a classier getup.

We always have a great time at the annual Pumpkin Festival at Aloun Farms!…read more This year, they had great rides from E.K. Fernandez, including a Ferris Wheel! We had a blast. They also had the free hayride, entertainment, the pumpkin patch, sunflower patch, pony rides, and more! I love that they partner with organizations for great giveaways. My hubby won 2 RT airline tickets to anywhere Southwest flies on the mainland by winning a watermelon eating contest! Woop woop! They also had really cute staged areas for photo taking, tons of food vendors, a farmer's market, etc. You can't go wrong when there's something for everyone to do. Highly recommend checking this place out for Halloween time. Bring boots and plenty of water and sunscreen - it's hot out there, but always fun.

We went to Aloun Farms for the Fall Festival this year and overall had a nice time! It was great…read morethat the event was dog friendly. We brought our pup along and she loved exploring. The decorations were cute and festive, and the staff we interacted with were all friendly and welcoming. It was definitely crowded and a bit overwhelming, so we only stayed for about an hour. It was also really hot, which made it tough for both us and our dog. We walked around, grabbed some food, checked out the sunflowers and pumpkin patch, and then stopped by the farmers market store before heading out. The store service was quick, but one moment stood out. A young boy was trying his best to help us and do the math for our items when another staff member suddenly took over and told him, "You're going to the side. You're way too slow." It felt a little uncomfortable to witness, since the boy was clearly trying his best. I understand things can get busy, but it just didn't feel right to scold him in front of customers. Despite that, the festival itself was fun, the food and produce were great, and it's always nice to see local families and pets enjoying the day. We'll probably go again, maybe earlier in the morning next time when it's less crowded and cooler.

B-E-A-utiful...It takes great neighbors to make this a festive holiday event~FuN Times!read more

I've been coming here for a few years before the pandemic and it's one my mom and I's favorite…read moreholiday things to do. We don't have to drive far to see Christmas decorations and we can sit on the side walk to watch and enjoy! I'm really glad they came back this year! There's many houses that have decorations in their cul-de-sac on Anapau Pl. It's really nice and enjoyable to see them all. I can't believe all the hard work they put in to set everything up because they enjoy it and they know we all enjoy it. Their show hours are 7-9:30pm and each show lasts about 45 mins with a few mins in between. I wish I remembered how many songs were played but I lost count. It really is enjoyable and I hope everyones gets to experience it at least once! :)

4-stars because I feel festive at the moment. Also because it's a very short walk for us to the…read moreparade & to the after-parade events at the Kapolei Hale. But to be honest, the parade itself is pretty corny. Trucks with strings of lights thrown on them, etc. some decked out floats would be cool! Heck, lots of parade participants just cruise their company vehicle down Kap Pkway... what is this, a holiday or advertisement parade? Lastly, after experiencing the after-parade events here for a 3rd year, it amazes me the organizers haven't drawn up a new plan to handle the massive crowd. It is craaaazy packed at the Hale area afterward....nuff said.

This is our second year coming to this parade. They decorate all kinds of vehicles with lights and…read morepass out candy to the kids. Expert tips... Come early (like 4:30-5) to get a good seat otherwise you'll be walking a while to find a place to camp out. Bring your chair and maybe some dinner to munch on while you are waiting for the parade to start. Make sure to bring something your kids can carry all their candy in! Have fun!

Crowded but a popular place to purchase food as well as crafts/jewelry from local artisans. There…read moreis not a lot of parking so be prepared to walk.

They need to have all this at the Okinawan Festival…read more.. What a show of love at this craft fair as there are so many vendors majority are all handmade items uniquely their own you know is made with pride, many are the same located at the same spot there are a few different ones at times but I do love it as they do try their best to welcome everyone. Parking is insanely limited so it can be difficult but they do try their very best to accommodate as the staff are so graciously on top of anyone that leaves to make room for anyone searching for parking. On this visit was a challenge and was so sad to see both lots was full and with that overhead that the staff had moved their own car to another location to make room for the shoppers and that there was shuttle service provided by two taxis to take us to the Okinawa Center so we didn't need to walk...how amazing is that! Because they didn't use the lot like in the past it was really crammed inside filled to a point that it was difficult to pass one someone stopped to shop but everyone did shop and I was thrilled to find a few items making it so worth the effort to support and shop small and local. Thank you! side note...I was so thrilled to find parking I left my phone in the car...no pics!