Tsukenjo is one of my favorite breakfast spots downtown. The service is always great. I got the Mushroom Spinach Omelette with white rice and a fresh brewed coffee, and it was exactly the kind of breakfast I like: light, simple, satisfying, and cooked just right. The omelette had a nice balance of egg, mushrooms, and spinach, with the white rice making it feel like a proper local breakfast plate without being too heavy. It is a great way to start the day if you want something warm, filling, and still on the lighter side. Their lunch menu also looks very popular, and from what I understand, they can sell out early. I have not tried lunch here yet, but I am definitely looking forward to coming back and checking it out. Great local spot with a comfortable downtown feel. read more

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Craving local style fried rice for months now...so hard to find downtown. Totes didn't even think of Tsukenjo til my friend suggested it. Yum. Simple and tasty. And if you're looking for good fried chicken. OH.MY.GOD. So good. I just can't remember what day they have it...but so good...so good...so good. (read to tune of Sweet Caroline) read more

Great authentic Hawaiian breakfast for a very very decent price. I had a half order of French toast (2 pieces on punaluu sweet bread for $10) and a spam loco moco. This was the best French toast I've ever had in my entire life. I NEED to find that punaluu bread to keep in my own house because ohmygoshitwasincredible! Unfortunately, Yelp did not eat first this time when it came to my French toast. The spam loco moco was huge and hit the spot. The owner is really really nice and gave great suggestions. The food came out quick as well. There's no decoration inside really since it's a quick food service type of spot. I would definitely come back here for some quick, cheap breakfasts. read more

Tsukenjo - Spam Loco Moco - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Finally got to try this location. I used to work so close to where they were before and ate here frequently! Walked in and honestly, it felt the same, which was good! The nostalgia was on point. Parking is street parking only. Take out or you can dine in. They have breakfast until 10am. Their lunch menu is hand written on a white board. You can either get a mini, regular, or combo 2 choice! Mini is usually enough for me and I got the roast pork with gravy. Yum!! I missed it so much! They take card (with a fee) or cash. I would recommend going early enough so they do not run out of what you want. They only make so much for the day so get there quick! read more

Tsukenjo - Mini roast pork. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I was craving authentic Lau Lau away from the busy Waikiki area and came across this spot on the edge of Chinatown. For about $16, the Lau Lau plate came with your choice of mac salad or greens, rice, and an extra serving of Kalua pork. They also offer a mini size if you prefer a smaller portion. The regular plate was hearty and could easily feed two people. The ladies working there were so kind, and it felt great supporting a local business--you can really taste the love in the food. read more

Tsukenjo - Lau Lau Plate - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I used to pick up breakfast here on my way to work, but it was too far to backtrack for lunch. However, yesterday and today I arranged to finish my workdays early and made it a point to stop by here for lunch. Yesterday, I had a mixed plate of Beef Stew and Pork Chop Mushroom. I liked the stew -- it tasted like what I grew up eating. The Pork Chop Mushroom was different -- boneless pieces of meat in a mushroom gravy. It was a lot to eat, but I was able to finish everything, including the mac salad. Today, I had to try their Hawaiian Mix plate (laulau, long rice & kalua). The Hawaiian plate was massive and could easily serve two people. I enjoyed it but couldn't finish everything in one sitting. When I came here for breakfast, it was usually still dark outside. These two days eating in for lunch was nice, and I sat close by the windows -- actually being able to see outside. I get different vibes from ordering and eating at Tsukenjo. It's good, local-style food made by local people. One reason I keep coming back is that I knew of them at their previous location at 705 Cooke St. in Kakaako. I have nostalgic memories from working in that area in those early days. Update 6/13/2025: Stopped by to pick up one of my all-time favorites -- Roast Pork w/Gravy. Added a third photo to the ones already attached. read more

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Unassuming downtown hole in the wall. This place is a sleeper hit. The guava chicken plate is banging ! Rotating daily menu keeps things fresh. Fair pricing makes it a good protein value. Two ladies working the counter and kitchen are friendly and welcoming . read more

Great place to go for a home cooked meal. Breakfast or lunch worth the trip every time! read more

Tsukenjo - Hashbrowns - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Love the plate lunches the best in town for the price. The 2 ladies work so hard and are very nice. Favorites are anything on the breakfast menu, chow funn and roast pork with gravy. Will work my way through the menu!! read more

One of my favorite places to go when I stay across the street at the Marriot. The best part of this place is the amount of food you get and the pricing. Can't really beat the price for this place as it's actually still under $10 for basically home made meal for some protein and rice. Breakfast special is my go to The place is small. Has about 4 tables downstairs and I am not sure if there is extra room upstairs. You're not here for some elaborate food..it's simple and does it's job for a good price. Service is fast and decent food. read more

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Great service from a long established Island eatery, I've been a customer for over 30 years. The Bishop location has all kinds o tasty stuff, favorites are Shoyu Chicken, Pancakes and Laulau Plate. That hard working crew deserves every nice thing sed about them. Try to give them big tips because they earned it! read more

I stayed across the street at AC hotel for a week and I went to Taukenjo every day! So good and friendly staff. The French toast is to die for!!! read more

Tsukenjo - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

We came here for breakfast, however, it is super difficult to find parking, by the time we arrive here it is already past 10:30am, no more breakfast. We ordered one of the specials - Lau Lau, to share. It is one of the best we tried in Hawaii. Highly recommend if you don't mind the parking situation. Also, there is no restroom in this restaurant and it is difficult to find restroom in the area, just so you know. read more

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Had a rare morning off getting my car serviced downtown. After doing a little shopping in Chinatown, I made my way to Tsukenjo's for brunch. They are located near the Union Mall walkway on Bishop Street between Beretania and Hotel Streets. It's mostly take out, with about 5 2-person tables available. Craved breakfast, so I got the Local Special (2 eggs, rice, 2 pieces each of Spam, Vienna Sausage, & Portuguese Sausage) with the fried rice upgrade (+$1). My usual, the Early Bird Special (1 each of everything in the Local Special), is only available until 8 am. My food came out soon enough, nice and piping hot! The fried rice had a decent amount of meat in it. Meat, eggs, and rice, the perfect local breakfast for me! Tsukenjo's is another restaurant with rotating daily specials, can't wait to try their baked chicken! Repeat and recommend! read more

Tsukenjo - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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This place is a hidden gem in downtown! My favorite local spot for breakfast, with a rotating daily menu--like the Kalua pork on Fridays. It's run by two really nice ladies who work incredibly hard to keep things running. The food is delicious, and the prices are unbeatable--$9 for the pancake special and $7.50 for omelets. It's a true hole-in-the-wall that's easy to miss, but I'm so glad I found it. Highly recommend! read more

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I hadn't been here In a few years but they did not disappoint. Portion size was a bit smaller but it's still a lot for food! That pork and gravy was just as tasty as ever. One of the best hole in the walls I've ever found ~ read more

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Ho doesn't like an affordable plate lunch in downtown? This was my first time here and definitely not my last. For downtown the prices are on the more affordable side. They give heaping portions so it's well worth the price. They have daily specials. On Thursday's the specials include pastele stew so I tried that and shoyu chicken. The pastele stew was delicious. Very flavorful and had lots of meat. The shoyu chicken was soft and falling off the bone. The sauce wasn't too salty. I will definitely be back to try other specials. read more

Tsukenjo - Combo with pastele stew & shoyu chicken - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

This business has been around for several years. I haven't been here for a couple of years since COVID. The owner makes all the food. An employee is cashier. My favorite is the roast pork which is shredded and really soft. Prices are affordable at $12.50 with a big portion. I will definitely come again to try pastele stew. read more

Tsukenjo - Menu - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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The best fatty beef stew eva. So delish and fresh. I forgot to order the poi. This place has a very large variety of local foods. Best find across from AC Honolulu Marriott on Bishop. read more

Tsukenjo - The best beef stew with the flava and fatty beef. So so ono. This is a mini. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

This place is a diamond in the rough. It's a small kind of divey joint but the food is delicious and reasonably priced. You order at the counter and everything is served in to go containers. There is a small and clean seating area. The breakfast is spot on. Perfectly cooked eggs, crisp bacon and hash browns. The French toast is made with sweetbread and is YUMMY! You will love the food. read more

Just a simple diner with great prices. Definitely no ambience but the food was delicious and the service fast. The portions were also great. read more

Tsukenjo - Breakfast Special was not only delicious but only $7 - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Wow! Love this place. The prices are awesome. Staying across the street and the hotel sucks, and so does the restaurant. Prices are $28 for buffet that's mostly pastries, $18 for American breakfast and they do not even have sausage. Come across the street and get amazing service and food in this hole in the wall. The prices are more than half of the hotel! read more

This is a very affordable place. $13 for a regular plate. Came for a roast pork with gravy but it was sold out. They had a few sold out items by noon so better to come early. Went with the pastele stew option and I was very happy with the serving size. The flavor was a bit off to me though ... reminded me of pork guisantes. I still thought it was pretty good, would definitely return. The two ladies are incredibly fast. I swear they got through the line of 6 people in under ten minutes. Recommend if you're very hungry and in the area. read more

Tsukenjo - Regular plate Pastele stew with Mac salad - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

The best food for lunch The best service Best ambiance These are some words to fill the length requirement read more

My first time coming here and I got to say, it's really good. From my understanding they rotate their menu daily but repeat every week. I went around lunch and there was a line but it moved really quick. This place is nice because all the food is already made so it's more like grab and go than wait 25 mins for ur food to cook. Parking isn't the most convenient but when you can get a street spot right out front, you're golden. The miso chicken fell right off the bone and the fried chicken had good flavor. (Still prefer zippys fried chicken tho) you can pick between toss salad or Mac salad. The Mac salad was really good and not too Mayo-y Overall really enjoyed the food here and would recommend stopping by!! read more

Tsukenjo - Fried chicken and miso chicken - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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So the business owner sent me a nasty message about my honest review. Let me be clear, if you're in a hurry and want a reasonably priced meal that's filling it's a good place to go. Just don't expect food as good as freshly prepared thats all read more

This place is a little gem on Bishop St!! The Pastele Stew and Fried Noodle Plate ($14) was humongous and sooo delicious. Definitely big enough to share between 2 people. I normally don't like olives but the olives in this pastele stew went so perfectly well with the dish I could eat them all. Also holy moly they really scooped the fried noodles on top! Not sure if it's because we came around closing or if they always do this! Seems like the specials change daily so you just gotta check when you get there. Definitely try the pastele stew if they have it! read more

Tsukenjo - Pastele Stew and Fried Noodle Plate $14 - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

The corn beef hash from this modest mom & pop restaurant was just what I needed. Just like home-cooked. Friendly service and good price too! Awesome way to start the day strong especially for a weary traveler. read more

A small hole in the wall place located on Bishop Street, right across from the old Remington College building, Tsukenjo has your local favorites on hand. I go there in the morning for breakfast since they are reasonably priced. Please see attached photos of their most recent menu. The same two ladies are there working hard. They are very friendly and strive for customer satisfaction. For the amount of food you get, the price cant be beaten. Definitely a more local twist on the McDonalds local deluxe platter or Jack in the Box's breakfast platter. You can tell the food is "cleaner" and cooked fresh. They have an array of soft drinks in the cooler and specials daily. The restaurant is small, two story, and is air conditioned. There is no public parking. You will need to find street parking on another adjacent street, in a parking structure, or just walk there if you are close by. Would I go out of my way to get here? Probably not. But if you are in the area and are looking for a good, non fast food, breakfast and a place with many options, then Tsukenjo is the place. Their lunch options, I have to say, are ono. Again, I wouldn't go out of my way to get here, but if you are in the area, you DEFINITELY should grab lunch there. Cheapest and most tasty plate lunches in the area for sure. read more

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Perfect timing to go when it isn't busy. A lot of food and the ladies are nice in there roast pork with gravy. Can't go wrong with that!! read more

Tsukenjo - "Mini" roast pork. They load it! Mean!! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Quiet and peaceful place! Reasonably priced and Ono food! The lady who runs it is very nice! read more

Tsukenjo - French toast - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Food is amazing! Good old school plate lunch menu. Fried chicken is big, baked spaghetti hits the spot and that roast pork with gravy are my go tos! read more

Holy moly found my new favorite local spot..if you don't know...that's good lol..cause the place I like'em all to myself...the spaghetti is like Hanabatah dayz mean!!!!! read more

Tsukenjo - Baked spaghetti - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Straightforward tasty plate lunches at decent prices in downtown Honolulu. You walk in and there's usually two ladies behind the counter. The first lady takes your order and your payment and the second lady puts together your plate lunch. They are very quick (and friendly too). They are very generous with their serving portions. You'll walk out with carrying a hefty lunch container, especially if you order the Hawaiian plate. I'd call their plate lunches local comfort food (homemade and satisfying). I've enjoyed everything that I've ordered here. There is one dish (reason for 4 stars instead of 5) that was tasty but I had a hard time eating. It was the shoyu chicken. You could still see the chicken's feather barb sticking out if the meat. Visually unappetizing. Other than that, the kitchen looks clean, the owners are friendly, the food is good and the prices are reasonable. I will be back to try the different daily specials. read more

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I love this place! It's not fine dining but it's great food at an affordable price. Local Special was excellent. read more

Tsukenjo - The special breakfast is incredible! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

=== 1. VERDICT/VALUE Why are HPD officers in here every morning for breakfast? The specials and great food at decent prices, that's what :) === 2. FOOD Combo Plate ($10): you get your chance to choose two entrees on a plate with scoops of rice and a choice of mac salad or tossed salad. On this day for lunch, I chose the roast pork and fried chicken. The roast pork is a city-wide favorite: soft and if there had been a bone, this is moist meat that would have fallen off the bone, covered in wholesome gravy. It was the first time trying the fried chicken (available on Wednesdays)...and it was unfortunately dry, despite being fresh, just before the lunch hour. Think fried chicken that lacks flavor - perhaps it wasn't marinated or seasoned - the meat and skin are a far cry from the flavors you get from Popeyes, Jollibee, KFC, Zippy's, etc. Roast pork good, fried chicken not so much :S But in general, pastele stew, roast pork, and hamburger steak always work out well :) === 3. SERVICE Always friendly and helpful! The food is prepared, served almost cafeteria-style and so the service is quick. === 4. ATMOSPHERE It's a small location with a number four-seat tables under air conditioning for dining in, though most folks carry their food out. If you're driving here, you'll have to park in one of the nearby buildings because there's only commercial (short-term) parking out front. read more

Tsukenjo - Combo Plate ($10): roast pork and fried chicken! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Open through covid, serving up some good homestyle plate lunches from a tiny hole in the wall downtown. I've had ups and downs here, but Tsukenjo is delicious and consistent enough that I keep coming on back. My biggest complaint is that they sell out of the good stuff, fast. My absolute favorite so far is the chicken cutlet with gravy, a Tuesday special. However, my lunch hour starts at 12, and the only time I've been able to get it is when I have an opportunity for an earlier lunch. Even the mini plate has a hulking pile of fried-chicken style cutlet smothered in rich gravy, which everyone in front and behind me in line ordered. Inject it straight into my veins~ Their roast pork is legit - pull apart, slow cooked, with all the fat marbled around garlic and rosemary flavors. Portion size for this one disappointed me for a mini plate, but it pairs beautifully in a mix plate. Furikake panko chicken was top notch as well - it had a sweet teri glaze on the skin, crusted with a furikake dusting. Flavor explosion. All plates come with rice and mac or tossed salad. Toss is a nice mix, with a sweet dressing (papaya seed maybe) that makes you feel a little better about your life choices. Prices are up there, with a mini at 7.75, reg at 10, and a mix plate at 11 I believe. Depending on your choices, a mini chicken cutlet could be two meals worth for some people, while the mini roast pork is one. Either way, I don't mind paying up for this legit kine food from two of the nicest aunties in town. Update: stopped in before work for breakfast, snagged an early bird special ($4) + fried rice ($1). Simple, delicious breakfast - 2 vienna sausage, 1 portugese sausage, 1 fried ham slice, and 1 egg on rice. Easy comfort food for $4. The fried rice had a nice assortment of meat, but waaay too much black pepper. So much pepper. I don't remember the last time a dish started to get spicy because of black pepper. The rest of the breakfast is good, just can't recommend the fried rice. read more

Tsukenjo - Mini chicken cutlet - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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This is the same Tsukenjo that used to be located on Cooke st. Now open on Bishop St in between That place subs and Bread of Life. This is a downtown lunch spot there is no restaurant parking just street parking available if you have a loading zone sticker. HOURS M-F 530a-2pm Mini plate: $7.50, Reg $9 and mixed plate $10. They also have affordable breakfast specials for $5. They have a daily menu and Daily specials that rotate. I had to check this place out as I keep seeing a line out the door with local people so must be Good! The ladies inside were friendly and efficient looks like the food is cooked prior and kept warm so the plates come out very quickly. Inside is clean and has about 5 tables of you want to dine in. Most people are taking out instead. I tried the mini hamburger steak it wasn't bad definitely homemade and the gravy wasn't too thick or salty. They can do all toss salad for .50 more. The popular items here are the roast pork, garlic chicken and pastele stew. I'll definitely be back to try more items on the menu! read more

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The food is still top notch. The ambiance is like eating in a back alley food hall. The service is fine as usual. There's no parking. Which is pretty inconvenient. But if you work downtown then you're probably walking anyway. read more

I love their breakfast, but I wish they would extend breakfast hours a little later into the day. Their cut off is 10 AM.