I was there last minute 5:58 to get a hair tie; service wasn't bad; You could tell they were ready to go home, I would be itching to close shop too! Small little market but looks like they have a decent selection of necessary items. read more

One of my go-to convenient store. So glad we got few within our neighborhood. Easy peasy to grab few of the stuffs we need asap at home. The staffs are sometimes Filipinos. Others are snob but others are friendly. This convenient store is spacious enough to find interesting stuffs you need. Products include japanese goodies & some interesting Micronesian items that comes with reasonable prices. Prepared food are well stocked & that's pretty impressive. By far, this CS offers you most of everything you need. And also, it's like exploring Micronesian food culture as a starting lesson. Will always be my go-to & will make more trips in here for my goodies! Mahalo for reading & happy juandering fellow yelpers! read more

Micronesia Mart - Convenience Stores Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I was just browsing and found perfect plastic containers for Pho! I have been vowing to pack my own to go containers and these were perfect for $1.39!!!!! I place the noodles in the smaller container and the broth in the larger container- there is a good amount of plastic goods here sold inexpensively! Also if you want to make your own Chuukese food - you will find ingredients here- The prices are very reasonable! read more

It is not cheaper in there and you will not find anything special. Service was unprofessional and it was dirty

Micronesia Mart is super clean, well organized, convenient store right on the edge of Waikiki. It gets heavy pressure from the community and yet the store is in great shape and well stocked. The cashiers were friendly and I enjoy stopping as I'm walking past. I wondered what the store sold and now I know, it's just like the convenient store with a little more inventory. A small, friendly grocery of sorts. I was impressed with how well the store felt and looked. Particularly considering this is a little bit of a tough neighborhood. Good job Micronesia Mart! read more

*********Lets keep an open people!!!!!!****** Everything you say about Micronesians, 20 years ago Hawaiians were saying about Samoans! Truth!! Micros are just another minority migrating to Hawaii and soon they will assimilate. Anyways this store is Micronesian owned and operated! The young Micronesian girl working today was cute,friendly, and very helpful! The store is clean an cool stocked with interesting Micronesian items as well as anything else You might need. Price point on all items are very low!!!!! 32oz Power Aid only 1.25 large Tic Tacs only 99cent lots of fresh betel nuts too!!!! This place is great!!!! I will return!!!! read more

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I don't usually write reviews but I want to warn people about their store policy. My boyfriend bought a JUUL there and when he tried to charge it the light kept blinking meaning it wasn't taking the charge. We immediately went back in and tried to get a replacement and not a refund but they refused to replace it. This is bad customer service as we were not trying to get our money back but a replacement. This store sells broken stuff so buyers beware!! I would give them a 0 rating but it won't allow me to. read more

Very good like getting cheap eats like ramen and they'll make it for you and great..beats ditching old hags like dopted white people and other servers as obsolete that I haven't lived with in years :: also :: I'd like to run tax recs on properties in Lake FOrest on houses that gained from me coming over alot so and everywhere else in Illinois I used to hang and chilled with and let the residual creds process out and back to me in new bonds and treasury yields sensitivity rate to max on a good reate to market conditions... read more

I WOULD PUT NEGATIVE STARS IF I COULD. It was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen. We bought dried pastas from there and after putting it in the boiling water, a bunch of maggots and bugs popped up from it. THE WORST EXPERIENCE FROM A FOOD PLACE. To add to that, the workers were extremely rude. I really did not know how to react, it was just a horrible experience. I am just completely surprised the place is not shut down. read more

After many months and what seemed like years, Micronesia Mart finally opens their doors. For those expecting that it will be a Micronesian equivalent of Palama Supermarket for Koreas, will be disappointed. This is just a convenience store, like 7-11, but with a Micronesian twist. As you enter, you'll notice fast food items like coffee, fountain drinks, and ICEE machines to your right. The counter is on the left side and the rest of the store is ahead. There is a small section dedicated to Micronesian goods, but I had no idea what those products were. The prepared foods section is actually very well stocked. There is a wide range of prepared foods, but none of them were Micronesian nor Polynesian. You will find things like curry plates, sushi, sashimi, musubis, and other prepared foods here. The employees here are actively working but none of the employees ever acknowledged our presence nor did they greet us. There is a few parking stalls on the mauka side on Kalakaua and an overflow lot right before it. read more

She put de lime on de betel nut and she chew it all up She put de lime on de betel nut and she chew it all up She chew de lime with de betel nut and she spit it all out So on my last visit to Hawaii I was smitten with kava. This time around I was curious about the stuff the Micronesians chew - betel nut. Well, they're not really the only ones - people chew this all over Asia but in different ways. I remember watching that show on TV called Outsourced and there was an episode where a bunch of the characters were chewing paan. Needless to say that made me curious as to what the heck this betel nut stuff is all about. Sure - it rots your teeth, gives you oral cancer, makes your whole freaking face fall off - whatever. I was just curious to try it out not make it a habit or a career FFS. So I walked into Micronesia Mart and grabbed a bag of frozen Betel Nuts from Vietnam from the freezer. When I went to ring it up, there was a friendly cashier with a cute smile who told me all about what you need to chew this the way Micronesians do. I didn't know there were so many moving parts to it. Good thing or I'd end up like that guy on youtube (Man gets buzzed on a Betel Nut) that chews the whole betel nut by itself without the lime or anything else. LOL. So you need the Betel Nut of course but you definitely need lime (calcium hydroxide) as well. The Betel leaf is needed as well because it adds another aspect to the mix. For taste/flavor you can add some tobacco and cardamom seed as well. You really need this because the taste of the betel nut and lime together is pretty vile and the flavoring takes some of the edge off. Unfortunately they were out of the Betel leaf at the time I was there so the girl at the counter suggested I substitute the green outer shell/skin/peel of the Betel nut instead. I realize one of the main advantages of actually having the leaf is it holds all the ingredients together so stuff doesn't fall apart before you put it in your mouth. After she rung me up and gave me advice I walked out of there with my mouthful and walked down Kapiolani spitting like a freaking camel. By the time I hit Ala Wai Park I started really feeling it - a weird mix of nausea and bliss. Tried it a couple of times since but I'm not sure how much I like the "experience" you get from it - definitely won't make it a habit. It makes your heart beat faster - if I really wanted that I'd just snort a line of MSG. Come to find out Asian grocery stores on the mainland sell this stuff frozen as well but instead of calling it Betel nut they call it "palm nut" and is usually sold in the frozen foods section. I actually meant to come back to this store before leaving and getting one of those Yap or Palau caps but forgot all about it - maybe next time. As always, your mileage may vary and kids - don't try this at home or be influenced by the Yelp jackass in this review. read more

Micronesia Mart - All (or most) of the ingredients needed for betel nut chewing adventure - betel nuts, lime (calcium hydroxide), tobacco and cardamom seeds. - Convenience Stores Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Great hospitality from the staffs here. Great service and value for a convenient store that just opened about a year. The services never changed, great aloha spirit. Their pricing on their merchandise are reasonable. Not over priced like in waikiki. read more

They were closed for technical difficulties no timeline to when they would re open. Kinda bummed, I needed to restock on my combs

The lady that answer the phone was so rude she hang up the phone on me but I wasn't done talking yet. Please talk to this employee she needs to change her attidute to customers over the phone. I called to ask of they still have Kon she just said yea We do have kon and hang up.. I called at 4:05p 12/29/15 She's sound like the pohnpeian lady that works there I go there sometimes but now Im not gonna go there anymore read more

First time in this store. The two male cashiers were super friendly and the prices are reasonable. I use to wonder what they sell. Pretty cool! read more

The following negative comments are dumb! and full of jealous bastards that cant stand Micronesians. You cant complain about coming here and not finding Polynesian food! are you that stupid? The store clearly says MICRONESIAN, and yet people come in here expecting POLYNESIAN food? that's like going into a Egyptian store and asking for Israeli food! btw my review on this store is, They're awesome. They might not have what ya'll be complaining about, but they have great customer service.! and to me, that's all that really matters. If you don't like it, don't come. its that simple. Stop with the 711 comparison! 711 got nothing on Micronesian store! Bye haters! read more

This has got to be the bestest location for a business being at the corner of kalakaua and kapiolani! It's a no miss! Great selection of moo moos and other island wear and far out food items. read more

The best place to find memorable goodies. The best integrated store with almost all varieties of merchandise. Convinent location with respectful cultural hospitality. read more

What a dump. Could have been a real cool space for a cafe.. instead they took forever to put in a wanna be 7-11. Nothing island about the food.. Not even Micro foods.. Dont expect to find any Hawaiian, taro, lau lau, ulu, coconut, flowers or any Polynesian food.. probably because Micronesians are NOT Polynesian. Went in hoping to find some fresh fruits and hot foods or Micronesian dishes and found chips sodas and cigarettes.. but I have aloha so I wished them good luck and suggested they put a few umbrella covered tables and even some nice flower landscaping and island music outside on the patio ... people could see they were open.. and they looked at me like I was speaking some foreign language .. I was, English. They had a tent sale in the parking lot... their first week .. this is not the stadium flea market.. what is that old saying about the boy and the country?.. "you can take da kine off of an island but you can not take da island out of da kine"... I expect they will resort to getting a few couples making flower leis... pull the lei scam on Japanese tourists. I think this is going to be spot for the popo to hang out and ticket the many cars who U turn illegally when can not turn west on Kapiolani during rush hour. Someone should cone this place. read more

This store has a nice assortment of items in town for Islanders to buy. Near the register are a small assortment of turtle shell combs and jewelry, and on the side are lauhala purses, stylish T-shirts and hats for men, there may have been some items for women but someone was standing there, browsing & I was more interested in the food. The front of the store has kon, labeled with ingredients, another option with banana leaves maybe it was apagigi but Im not sure, and some other ready to eat island goods. Perhaps they have expanded their offerings in the last year as I was pleasantly surprised after reading these other yelp reviews before going. I think I also saw betel nut still provided in the store as well. The store also has a small selection of fresh fruits and vegetables. In the back freezer are frozen taro, fish, and lots of other meal options that are not available at either 7-11 or your local grocery store. The center aisle has convenience packaged items, such as cereals, local lihing candies, etc. Overall, a nice store for Islanders to shop at. read more

I went to Micronesia Mart for the first time today. I was just going to run in for a drink, but walked out with several bars of soap and some yummy smelling coconut oil from Pohnpei. The staff was friendly and helpful and they had a nice selection of treats to remind you of Micronesia: hand made crafts, Diamond tuna, Roma laundry soap, bright skirts, Marshallese movies, fresh papayas, and lots more. The prices are really low, too. In fact, I felt like I should pay much more for the organic, small-scale production beauty products. Easily, the soaps could fetch $4-5 each at the craft markets, and they were less than a dollar. read more

Polynesians and other Hawaiians, once proud navigators of the ocean, please remember that back in the 1970's, Native Hawaiians went in search of someone who would teach them the lost ancient Pacific Islander art of ocean navigation in canoes and where did they find their Traditional Master Navigator? On the island of Satawal in MICRONESIA!!! This MICRONESIAN master navigator was Mau Piailug, who taught and guided a crew of Native Hawaiians on a traditional Hawaiian ocean-going canoe named the Hokule'a from Hawaii to Tahiti back in 1976. The Hawaiians truly loved Mau and called him Papa Mau and referred to him as a grandmaster navigator. Mau was honored by both the Smithsonian Institute and the Bishop Museum and received an honorary degree from the University of Hawaii. Mau Paiulug's efforts to teach Polynesians their lost art of ocean navigation sparked a Ploynesian cultural revolution throughout Polynesia! So when you Polynesians get praised for your traditional canoe navigation by outsiders and tourists, ALWAYS remember to tell them that it was a MICRONESIAN master canoe navigator by the name of Mau Paiulug, who taught you everything you needed to know. read more