I am a huge fan of this place!…read more Staff are super friendly and service is great! For the food, I always have a hard time deciding between their sandwiches or the açai bowls because both are super yummy! The sandwich with salad is the perfect meal for lunch. My coworkers love their crunch wrap but I always order the Waipio Valley which is turkey, spinach, tomatoes and pesto aioli. For the açaí bowl, I always get a Manoa since it's just açaí, strawberries, granola and honey - YUM! They do take phone orders but you can also just order there and it's pretty quick. Few parking stalls in the back and I've never had issues finding a stall except one time during a lunch rush but just had to wait a couple min. A couple tables inside but best to grab and go. Highly recommend this place!!

The Valley Health Bar is one of those IYKYK places. A little hole in the wall serving fresh…read moresandwiches, wraps, tacos, salads, and acai bowls. I got the Nainoa Wrap with smoked salmon and veggies. Healthy, fresh, tasty, and I inhaled it. There are only two tables if you want to eat there, so it is also an easy grab-and-go spot. Friendly staff, fresh food, and one of those little places you're happy to know about.

It is conveniently located at Ala Moana hotel which is great if you are staying there. You don't…read morehave to eat the buffet or stand in the ridiculous Starbucks line. The food and coffee does take a while even when it's not busy. The menu selection isn't bad but today they didn't have a huge selection of baked goods and they ran out of avocado so I couldn't try their avocado toast. Blah. I had a coconut milk latte. I admit I am a coffee snob so I like good coffee. Their coffee was quite good. It was strong and had the perfect amount of ice. I like strong coffee. I asked for light ice. I almost always do not order iced drinks but because we were gonna sit and eat at the pool I needed something good. The mochi waffle was meh. Nothing spectacular. I was envisioning a bubble waffle but it was a mochi waffle and that's what I got. It was chewy but still crispy bc it was thin. I ordered it plain so I don't know how it would be with fruit. Overall I think I would come back. I would want to get the avocado toast the next time though. Or something with protein especially after working out.

Lunch on the 3rd floor of the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii…read more.. Fusion Cafe is a Hot New Business that you might want to visit. It's right between Dada Salon and the swimming pool! LOL! I ordered the Beet and Arugula Salad which was filled with cubes of orange, cashews, slices of avocado and tomato, cubed beets, and fresh arugula! I was able to change up every bite by combining the ingredients with each other! It was a fun and delicious experience! Service by the cashier was pleasant and efficient. My meal was brought to me with a cloth napkin and silverware! Thank you!

Takeout lunch from Kalihi, Honolulu, Hawaii…read more.. Roots Cafe is only open on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 11:30am and 1:30pm. I parked in the free parking lot of the Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Wellness Center and walked through the building. The cashier and cozy store are actually on the street side of the clinic. No need to go inside unless you want to dine in. I ordered the Aroz Caldo and added the egg upgrade for $1 more. It was a tasty, hearty, savory rice porridge with chunks of tender chicken and slivers of fresh ginger. It was delicious! Thanks for the friendly service and healthy meal!

Roots is one of my favorite places to eat when I visit Honolulu. The cafe is a teaching cafe within…read morea medical facility on the outskirts of Honolulu. The cafe specializes in the use of locally grown ingredients and traditional Hawaiian preparation. A goal of the cafe is to promote healthy eating. The foods are interesting, beautiful and delicious. The cafe and shop are only opened lunchtime a couple days per week and Thursday is one of those days. We stopped by the shop to pick up fresh coconuts and apple bananas before ordering our lunch. Inside, up a flight of stairs, is the cafe with seating for about 30 people. The cafe is not upscale, just plain aloha friendly. The menu changes daily depending on ingredients in season and what is part of the culinary curriculum. For lunch, I had the Miso Eggplant Bowl which was delicious with a huge serving of roasted eggplant, a saffron style rice and a few other veggies. I also had the Soursop Smoothie, which was a delightful frozen and tart beverage. I would go back for the smoothie. My daughter had a Meatball Sub which was gigantic with huge meatballs on a tomato sauce. Her meal was served with a blend of roasted local veggies that were delicious and interesting. She also had a Lemonbalm Lemonade, that she devored every last drop. We finished our meal with Lemon Bar desserts. Don't skip dessert - the desserts are wonderful. We found free street parking nearby. There are restrooms in the facility.

Absolutely love getting out to Honolulu and making my way to Ala Moana Center to make a stop here!…read moreThe sandwiches always tastes so fresh and just to clarify I have only had three visits but each time has been just as great as the first! Customer service is great, I have been helped immediately if there wasn't a line and fairly quick if there was a line. My favorite sandwich so far has been the fried scallop. I've also had the crab. The one I've had my eye on but yet to try is the egg sandwich. Each bite was tasty, I'm not sure if it was the bread or the scallop I liked more! You can choose the eat there inside there are the food court or head outside to get some amazing fresh air. Depending on the time and day the inside can be a bit of a hustle and bustle. Just because it's Hawai'i, I like to take my to go and enjoy my sandwich on the beach!

We drove outside of the "strip" to find this sando shop which is located inside a mall. The mall…read morewas a nice change of pace and plenty of shops to look at and walk around. There are many places to eat and at least 2 food courts. Mana sandwiches were just okay. There's nothing special about the sandos here. If anything they taste "commercialized." The strawberry and Nutella was our favorite out of all the sandos we purchased. I'd skip this if you're limited on time and want good eats.

I ordered online and the food was ready for pick up early!…read more Great customer service. They double checked my order before leaving. The salads were delicious!

You do not have to be vegan to enjoy Umeke Market Hawaii. Let's just start there. While I don't…read moreconsume land animals and I avoid dairy, I still enjoy seafood. I guess I'd say I'm a plant-based pescatarian. Pesky labels aside, I choose to eat at Umeke Market because the food is fresh and delicious and the service is efficient and courteous. And honestly, Umeke makes it easy and simple if you have dietary restrictions because every dish is fair game! I never have to think. I just eat what I crave and what looks good. And it all looks good! They have a regular menu--everything from breakfast, to smoothies, to burgers, to tacos, to make-your-own plate lunch. But I really like the specials menu. They change it up every week, and I plan my visits to Umeke when they serve my favorites or when they have something especially enticing on the menu, which is like every week. But I still don't get there as often as I wish I could! It's counter service and they have both indoor and outdoor seating. I prefer grabbing my food and heading back to the office. It always takes me just a few minutes, so I don't waste my lunch hour waiting for my lunch order. They even offer online ordering but I've never used that service. I imagine it would be great for a large office order. The restaurant is squeaky clean and the staff is very friendly and helpful. They know their food and they eagerly answer questions and provide information on ingredients and preparation. They have a passion for serving great tasting food that's good for you. I appreciate that! Also prices are reasonable and servings are generous. And who doesn't appreciate that?! Actually, there's a lot to appreciate about Umeke Market Hawaii. Give it a try! Don't let the labels prevent you from enjoying a healthy and delicious meal served with a smile.

I first discovered Saap Saap at the Foodie Con event at the Blaisdell. I tried their red curry…read morechicken, braised pork and lemongrass fried chicken. I brought it home to share with my mom and we both fell in love!! The owners are so incredibly nice and I became friends with them so I went to visit their food truck at the Village Night Market which happens on Saturday evenings in the old Sears parking lot at Pearlridge. They recommended I try their Lao sausage with crack sauce... okay so I'm not a sausage person. But omg, I'm craving their Lao sausage as I'm typing this!! It's so flavorful and yummy! The crack sauce reminds me of the Thai chili sauce but better! The wife also makes super yummy matcha, hojicha, and coffee drinks, but that will be in a separate post! Follow them on IG @saapsaap_hi for their weekly schedule

I rarely patronize food trucks because I don't follow Instagram for where they set up and they're…read moreusually out of my way anyway. It just happened that Saap Saap was in the Hawaii Kai Shopping Center one Satuday morning. When your name is Saap Saap the food better be plenty delicious. I am happy to say the food is delicious delicious. I grabbed a mini plate of Lao sausage and blue butterfly rice. The sai oua sausages are made in house and grilled to order. They're filled with fatty pork and some wonderful aromatics - maybe galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaf, cilantro - and probably garlic, shallots, fish sauce, sticky rice. There may be kaeng khua curry paste too. The rice was a fluffy aromatic version of nasi kerabu, with lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, and coconut oil. I should have ordered a full plate but the owner generously gave me three sausages anyway. Unfortunately, I couldn't try the LFC or thom khem pork. If the sai oua were saap saap then I bet the rest of the offerings are equally as good. Thank you Rocky and Tamara for a great plate of blue butterfly pea rice and housemade sausages.

Thank goodness for this conveniently located food court. I can remember when Ala Moana only had one…read morecentrally located food court and the only other option was a small food court above Shirokiya. So much has changed since then but it makes sense, with the expansion of the mall, to have more food courts available. On top of the convenience, The Lanai has something for all my various cravings while shopping, especially dim sum or musubi. Will return again.

Great food court at Ala Moana mall near Macys. This is not your normal food court. It's mostly…read moreAsian food, but there are some other options like a bar and a hamburger spot. There's lots of seating and of course there's a musubi café. I do like this food court better than the one in the middle of the mall.

After a couple of bad experiences with service over a year or two, we finally went back and ordered…read morea katsu plate and a taco rice plate. I ordered in person and the food took about 12-15 minutes to be made. The food looked good and tasted great. There was only one other customer eating inside while I was there. I think the owner's daughter and friend was running the front of the shop while the mother was making the food in the kitchen. I'd definitely good back with them working and the food is vegan friendly and very healthy to eat. Mahalos!!

No Tempeh! My barbecue tempeh dish not available! Heart and…read moreSoul used to have marinated vegetables, now they are plain! Not as tasty! No more infused water! We were disappointed that things had changed since our last visit! Still friendly and kind service. That has not changed... Hope the changes are temporary! We want the wonderful Peace Cafe that we remember!