We first care here in 2019 when my husband and I were walking around at night. Let me tell you, we loved them. Went again on this trip and bought a dozen since we had the kids with us. Bought 6 beef and 6 chicken. The sauces are the best too!!! read more

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I came here and brought a good friend of mine from the east coast along with her family. I was so excited to share with them a little bit of what we have here on the island. They're from the East Coast and are Colombian and Puerto Rican. I was very disappointed with the taste. First and most obvious is the empanadas weren't fried they were air fried! I mean come on?! I understand wanting to be healthier but you don't air fry empanadas! The outside was like dried play dough, is the best I can describe it. Second, the chicken was dry and had no flavor. All the other stuffing we had was dry too with little flavor as well. I'm not sure id drive to Waikiki for this, you can probably find something else more flavorful and appetizing. Not worth it. read more

We tried all of Alex's empanadas today. They were all excellent. I appreciate that he is a sauce guy--we are sauce people too so it worked out well. He gave us 4 different kinds of sauces and each was unique and flavorful. The green is fairly spicy. My kids liked the white sauce. The biggest compliment I think I can personally give to a chef is when my whole family, including my food picky kids, rave about the food. That is what happened here. We shared a table with a nice older veteran man who was eating a Colombian hot dog--it looked really good. The man lives 2 miles from this food truck and comes by daily for the hot dog. Before leaving we already agreed that we would be coming back tomorrow. I would like to point out that almost all of the negative reviews here have to do with people not knowing how this food truck is run. I was a little annoyed when I stopped by last night and it was closed when Google said it would be open. You need to text him earlier in the day and he will send you the menu for that day. Each day he has different ingredients and therefore different menu items. Text him what you want and he will let you know the estimated time he will be opening. He told us to inform him when we are 15 minutes away and he will start making the food. It worked out well. read more

Let me start by saying that this spot is definitely worth trying! The food & the four sauces were all delicious. Finding good Colombian food is quite difficult but this spot will not disappoint. My fiancé is Colombian and he loved the empanadas!! We also tried the hotdog which was great. He makes his own buns for it. The reason I'm deducting a star is because of the inconvenience of eating here. You have to text him the morning of to tell him you want to order food. He will then send you the menu available for that day & then you have to select a time to pick it up. It was quite difficult trying to plan our day around picking up the food. The first night we tried to eat here we waited around to get helped only to tell us we couldn't just order food on the spot. He's the only one working & he gets busy so it would've helped if he had a sign saying that in front of the truck instead of being turned away after we waited a while. read more

Mami's Empanadas - Colombian Hotdog - Latin American Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

3.8 stars. You'll need to text ahead to get an order in. Alex is a genius in creating the hype. If you go there without having placed an order, he'll tell you that the empanadas are life changing and you can't leave the island without having them. Definitely are not, the food is just good. The samosa was the best thing we had, followed by the Cubano sandwich. The chicken empanada was whatever and the arepas suck. You won't be upset you did, but you won't be upset you didn't either. read more

Great chicken empanadas, outstanding sauce. Quite filling, 2 is all it took for lunch read more

Such a nice person! The owner let us taste test all the three salsas he had (salsa verde, mild, and garlic). All the empanadas were so delicious and we definitely went back for more the next day. Also loved that he marked the empanadas so we knew which was which. read more

Mami's Empanadas - B - beef and potatoes C - chicken D - domino (bean and cheese) - Latin American Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

The empanadas have a super buttery crust. Kind of tastes like they should be out of a Parisian bakery. The garlic sauce was just superb. I wished I had tried note of their sauces if they were anywhere as good as the garlic sauce. Very decent value. Nice people. Oh I also had a Colombian soda. Very interesting. Kind of reminded me of Irn Bru if you've ever had that. Highly highly recommended. read more

Busy, long wait, the guy who runs the food truck is super friendly, he has some tables set up for people to sit and enjoy their empanada and arepas on site! the guy is super cool and he also provide his number so you can call in advance for business hours and empanada flavors of the day. all empanadas come with these side sauces SAUCES PINK- sweet mayo and spices GREEN-spicy with cilantro WHITE CREAMY-ranch like and spices RED- not spicy, vinaher like tomatoes sauce with cilantro Air fried, all the food is air fried!! so much healthier and the taste is amazing! I did not notice the difference at all as far as flavor goes. SWEET CORN AREPA - pretty ok and true to any other arepa I have had. The awesome thing about it is that the arepa is not oily at all!! DOMINO EMPANADA - beans and cheese, pretty nice, taste very good. I wouldn't say is the best one here but o can tell u that I would have another one when I come back here. ARROZ CON POLLO- pretty good I must say! Very filling so get that if u are very hungry. GUAVA AND CHEESE- THAT was my least favorite, I did not even eat it all, the cheese consistency seemed to be not very well melted and it was a odd flavor. the rest of my friends loved it. so give it a try you might like. the truck guy lets you eat and pay later so that was pretty nice so we could add on and not worry about paying every time. when I texted him for business hours he was very quick to reply, this guy is super, is no wonder he is busy, he know how to run that business and his hospitality is great! read more

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Empanadas were dry and unpleasant. No wonder they had no business while other food trucks had lines read more

Now let me start off by saying that since we've been here in Hawaii a few weeks and we've had the absolute worst food experience that we've ever had in our lives! Half of the food just doesn't have flavor and the other half is just honestly disgusting Sooooooooooooooooo with that being said I typed in "Best Food" And I just kept seeing The same thing over and over either Japanese Food or Asian Food or just things that was repetitive here... and I saw empanadas so I decided to click on this place and read some of the reviews. When I was looking at the pictures I was like man this place might actually be decent... I ended up calling to see where exactly he was located On what they offered and I ended up getting a text message with the full menu of what he would be making today!!! Let me say I'm Puerto Rican and we don't call them empanadas but I am version of empanadas are so good and I am so picky when it comes to the corn outside of stuff that I never eat it... These were the best empanadas that I've ever had in my life!!!! HANDS DOWN THE MOST FLAVORFUL HISPANIC FOOD I've had in a really really long time besides making my own... And let me tell you the sauces that this man has absolutely amazing!!! Geeeezzzuuuuusss be with I know I'm going to gain weight coming here lol This is definitely going to be one of our GO TO good places to hit up! My husband also had the Cubano sandwich which he said it was really good... And we ordered eight empanadas... WE ATE IT ALL!!! And I have to add that I have a two-year-old that has been going through the stage where she just doesn't wanna eat anything and she picked one right up and started eating it... She actually tried both flavors that we had purchased and she absolutely loved it and she even had the sauces as well! Can't wait to go back! The owner is absolutely awesome, super down to earth and super hard working! If you haven't tried this place definitely make sure that you try it out!!!! read more

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Delicious food and friendly people. The empanadas and sauces are gluten free, made in advance, and separated from other foods so low risk of cross contamination. A great find if you have celiac. They occasionally have a gluten free and vegan potato option as well. read more

Just amazing! I texted Alex to see what he had for the day and ordered ahead. He gave me a message five minutes prior to pick up time to see where I was so that he could make my food as fresh as possible. When he got there, he was deep frying my empanadas, and as he was packing my order, he explained everything about his food, sauces etc. He truly cares about making the best food for his customers. Everything was absolutely delicious! My husband loves Cuban sandwiches and he really enjoyed the cubano from here. I really enjoyed the beef and potato empanada and sweet yellow corn aperas. All the sauces are amazing too. If you are in Waikiki, you've got to try this place! Make sure to text for the business hour and the menu of the day. read more

I've been wanting to try this place for a while and I finally got around to walking around this area to locate this take out spot. Alex was very nice and friendly and explained the difference between his two different empanadas of the day. I ended up getting both and it was delicious!!! He says the variety of empanadas change daily and I was so lucky that my favorite beef were the choices for the day. Another thing I have to mention are the amazing sauces that he makes for these empanadas. Wow, the mixture of the white garlic sauce and the green chili was so delicious. Alex was busy with phone orders and I had to wait about 15min. or so for my order of 8 pieces, I definitely recommend calling in the order to pick up. This place is a treat and I definitely will be back for more soon. read more

Mami's Empanadas - Latin American Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Pro: Near our hotel. Con: The empanadas were old! Meaning they must have been made a month ago and forgotten in the freezer. Very disappointed. read more

So we ended up meeting with a friend from up North here in Waikiki and he told us about this empanada place, lol so turns out it's a truck right next to the pizza one we had gone to the night before. When we got there we were able to order sofrito chicken, vegan potato and beef and potato. The sofrito one was so delicious and so full of flavor! All of them were really good. This is no fast food truck, it's made to order air fried empanadas. If available, Alex also makes Cubano Sandwiches he bakes his own bread. So if you're not wanting to wait I suggest to call him up to check on the wait times for the food, and to see what he will have available for food. This spot is definitely worth the wait! read more

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This place is so freaking good!! We got one of each one, (beef and potato, chicken, and black beans and cheese) The empanadas where so good and the service was fast. The sauces were really good too but the empanadas were a little bit small, I almost got seconds lol. Overall come visit here now, it's great!! read more

TIP *** This location is so busy that you have to call or text your order BEFORE hand. You can sometimes order there but orders come in so much that he can't always take walkups, or you will have to wait a long time. I think he should make a bigger note of this online and somewhere on his truck to help people understand the system! LOCATION: Located in the middle of Waikiki there is a reason this little gem has such great buzz! It's a small location bc it is a food truck, but offers some cool small tables and chairs out front OR you can always take you empanadas to go! FOOD: As a Colombian woman and Chicago native, I have had my fair share of delicious Colombian food. This truck lives up to the name and has some of the most delicious empanadas I've ever tried! I love the classic beef and potato, and the chicken is full of flavor. My vegetarian sister was able to get the domino flavor which features black beans and mozzarella- YUM! Unfortunately I've never had the pleasure of trying arepas or the goat cheese and guava empanadas as they aren't always available - but I look forward to it one day! The sauces on the side are the great but the vinegar based ones are my personal favorite. Bring a few beers and have a relaxing easy meal near the beach after a long day of beaching it up! read more

Mami's Empanadas - Beef and Chicken empanadas - Latin American Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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We hit up Mami's food truck because we were looking for a quick bite. We ordered three chicken empanadas and not only were they really small (probably the smallest empanadas I've ever had), but they were super dry. The garlic sauce and the green spicy sauces were both amazing, but with underwhelming sauce vehicles (I.e. the way to get sauce into your mouth besides just spooning it in), we were left pretty disappointed. read more

Update: We came 4 times out of our 5 days in Waikiki. Pretty much tried everything and it was all good. Here I am sitting at home in California wishing I could go get some. I think I'm sticking with my favorite still but I could use a Cubano sandwich right now! I had this place in my Yelp Bookmarks for a few months for our trip to Oahu. Mami' s just happened to be about 3 minutes walking from our hotel. Fisrt night here my husband and I walked over. The was a little line and a little bit of a wait after ordering but it was definitely worth it. We tried 3 different kinds of Empanadas, black bean and cheese, Colombian potatoe and Puerto Rican beef. My personal favorite was the Colombian potatoe then black been and cheese and then the Puerto Rican beef. None of them were bad.. at all !! You get 3 different sauces with them. The green one being a little spicy and the red one i couldn't figue but the flavor but .. it was delicious. There were a few other kinds of empanadas and other things on the menu. I'm super happy it's so close to our room because I can't wait to go back . I love Yelp !!!! read more

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I needed something to eat later in the evening, and sometimes that is difficult on the island, especially when you are gluten free! But this food truck was absolutely perfect! Each empanada is cooked to perfection. The texture of the crust was amazing and the insides were all so flavorful! I especially loved the meat and potato one. We bought a bunch for our whole family and shared, and everyone loved them - even the kids! Not to mentioned the owner uses a corn-based (gluten free) dough! She was so nice, helpful, and patient with us trying to figure out how many we needed. The truck is located in between some building structures, so plan on parking a little bit further. I definitely want to come back the next time we are on the island! read more

Cute little food truck on a side street in Waikiki, close to lots of hotels and the beach. I felt like the empanadas were very expensive despite being very small. Ordered online and food was ready when expected read more

Simple menu but real authentic flavor and delicious texture. Staff are super friendly and professional. The food comes with a delicious house made salsa that really brings the food to the next level. Awesome food and awesome spot! read more

We stayed at the Hyatt Place and passed this food truck for 7 days straight and never saw it open... It has some weird instructions on the window... Not sure how they stay in business.... Sure wish I could have tried one!! read more

empanadas are very tasty but the green sauce!!!! try the green sauce!!! it brings out the wonderful spices in the chicken empanadas. Anthony was super nice and helpful as well. Highly recommend. read more

I think about their empanadas all the time, I've never had empanadas until that day but I was hooked:)

I love empanadas, so I was excited to grab a snack here based on the great reviews. Grabbed three empanadas -- Colombian beef and potatoes, Sofrito chicken, and Domino (cheese and beans) -- and sadly, all were really dry. Perhaps because they weren't fried to order. Perhaps they needed to be pair with salsa or something. read more

Mami's Empanadas - Menu - Latin American Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

*****Call first. This isn't something you walk up and order. Although this is basically a food truck there is only one person running it and he is SUPER busy. People reserve their meal in advance for the day and it's taken out of inventory so he is sold most times before he opens. You want to realistically text him (the number on Yelp) first thing in the morning. He will replay with the menu for the day. You let him know: - if you plan to eat there or get to go. (Eating there is tricky since it's just a table outside his truck, there isn't a lot of room, so not a lot of parties can eat there) - what time you will be there (text him before pick up so he can prep it for you) - your order for that evening Everything is home made. Empanadas are air fried so are not greasy. Everything was good and we did try everything on the menu for the day (it can rotate daily based on stock) read more

I don't know if I've ever mentioned this but I love food trucks! I wanted to check out some local places for LatinX Heritage month and this came up on the search. I walked up, text for the menu and it was sent quickly. I got 4 different kinds of empanadas: potato, Mac n cheese, chicken, and beef and potato. I also got a strawberry horchata. The potato empanada was my favorite, it was like a samosa empanada and with the spicy green sauce it was amazing. The Mac n cheese had an unexpected flavor, it wasn't super cheesy but it tasted really good. The potato and beef was just like the potato, it didn't even need the beef. The chicken had a nice spice to it. The strawberry horchata was a surprise, I have never heard of strawberry horchata. The chef told me that it's made in house and instead of cinnamon they blend the fruit. It was so refreshing, I drank the whole thing so fast. The wait at 7:30pm on Friday night was about 15 minutes, that's not terrible. I would go back to this truck so many times. Honestly, I want to go back right now! read more

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Good food good service! Empanadas were served hot and fresh with free salsa. Really enjoyed the owner as well, he was a nice person.

Freakin delicious. The green sauce is awesome, and the owners are really nice. The potato empanada was awesome as well. Just be cautious of bone fragments in the chicken empanadas. read more

Mami's Empanadas - Chicken empanada - Latin American Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Very average empanadas. I had the beef and potatoes and chicken. They are very dry even with the one sauce you can pick but the corn tortilla is very authentic. Only one person taking orders, prepping and having our orders. He also wasn't friendly but I get after doing 3 jobs. I wouldn't recommend and skip this truck. read more

My wife and I went here two and a half years ago during a one week vacation. We ordered various types of empanadas and they were all amazing - fresh, flavorful and generously filled. We came back July 2023. The beef and potato empanadas were mostly potatoes as you can see from the picture. They were tasteless/under seasoned. The dough seemed like it sat all day. The vegetarian and the chicken empanadas were also disappointing. read more

Mami's Empanadas - Beef and Potato Empanada - Latin American Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

.. Love every flavor. The problem is, they sell out so quickly. Definitely think they should franchise and go global because the taste is out of this world. Keep it just empanadas though. I can do without the rest; keep the main thing, the main thing! read more

This isn't actually a food truck where you can go to grab something to eat. It's more like some guy's satellite kitchen in an alley where if you try to order an empanada, he looks at you like you're crazy. Then he explains how you are supposed to text him first thing in the morning (with no website for contact info) to place your order to pick up at the end of the day. In fact, any menu you see online (like here on Yelp) is confusing to him because he doesn't even know what his menu is because he doesn't know what ingredients he has. He explained all of this to me verbatim. So no take out. Plan your meal 12 hours in advance. And don't walk up to this food truck thinking that you can order anything without being berated about how silly you are for thinking that you could walk up to a food truck and order food. Yelp, maybe change this to appear under "Catering". read more

OMG is all I can say. Food is so delicious and chef is super nice. I saw him explaining to several people about the food. Call in for order your empanadas as he often run outs of food so always call in advance and order yours. So so so delicious! read more

Cute little food truck tucked down a side street just steps away from Marriott and Aston hotels at Waikiki beach. Delicious comfort food! Menu changes frequently based on ingredient availability. We sampled a few different flavors. The chicken arroz was excellent and the vegan potato was out of this world! The cheese filled was one of the tastiest items we ate all week! The chili cheese was more like sloppy joe flavor, and the spinach mushroom was a little too wet. But all of the others were fabulous. He had a great selection of local juices and Latin sodas. read more

Mami's Empanadas - Empanadas - Latin American Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Lots of great food in Honolulu, so I wasn't impressed by Mami's empanadas. Employee was impatient and seemed annoyed when I asked about the menu. They were out of some of the vegetarian options, which was disappointing. Tried the beef, chicken, and beans&cheese empanadas, and all of the sauces. Chicken was my favorite, although all of them lacked flavor and were pretty dry. Not the worst empanadas I've ever had, but there is tons of other food in Waikiki that's quick and convenient. read more

one word: FIRE like when I tell you I was licking my fingerssssss. The flavor: on point! The seasonings: to the flavor gawds! Also Chef Alex is such a nice guy and is so passionate about his food!!!! $3 for the Colombian potato empanadas and you have to text in your order super duper early in the day! Just order 5 per person if you can because they are that good! read more

Definitely recommend to go here! The guy was super nice and let us try the sauces. The garlic sauce and salsa verde (spicy) are the best! We tried the Domino, chicken, and beef and potato empanadas and they were delicious!! He made them fresh and also marks the empanadas so you know which one you're eating. The food and vibes are awesome! If you're visiting the area, make this one of your pitstops. You won't regret it!! read more