Zippy's feels like the Hawaiian equivalent to what we (I) in the Mainland (Continental United States) see as a chain diner restaurant (like Denny's, iHop, Norm's, etc.) specializing in breakfast and comfort food dishes. It feels like a known quality type place for convenience. If it opens late or early it becomes a reliable place as well. I didn't try their famous "Chili" dish, but I think I did over 2 decades ago on a visit. I can't recall if it was good or great or not, but the fact that I can't remember made it not memorable for me back then so I opted to try other things here. I'd say this is a good spot if you're in the area and wanted reliable food quality with reasonable prices. read more

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Getting a little pricy there but same ol same ol. If you're from Hawaii, you already know Zippy's is a must. Anyway decided to come here for take out. Service is okay. Staff aren't friendly at all. Aside from that, Our food came out fast and tasted great! read more

Came here straight from the airport since they were open until midnight. Food definitely hit the spot. Zippy's is a chain, I would say it's the equivalent of Dennys in Oahu. So many choices on the menu and I appreciate that they have mini and regular portions. My go to is normally the loco moco and it didn't disappoint. The fried noodles was a pretty large portion so we all had some and it was very good too. The Korean fried chicken was super crispy with a sweet flavor. It always good to go with several people and hopefully they share so you can taste a little bit of everything. They still have barriers between their booths so if feel more comfortable with social distancing and Covid barriers, you'll be fine here read more

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Horrible customer service. Waited in take out line for over 10 minutes, I was 3rd person. Cashier/counter person walked away and later walked out with her handbag, guess she finished work. Other cashier came out did some tasks with 2 of us waited in line. Could see cook person just standing around. We left went next door to Liliha Bakery. Got seated as soon as we entered, ordered within 5 minutes, 5 minutes later got our food. Time at Liliha bakery 10 minutes to get our food. Time wasted at Zippy's standing around 10 minutes. I think that's why I rarely eat at Zippy's read more

The food and ambiance were ok. The service was nice. I ordered the Chicken Katsu mini and I enjoyed the macaroni salad. I did taste the chilli beans and rice and surprisingly, it was good. I tried this establishment because it's a local Hawaii restaurant. read more

Picked up some lunch via their mobile app since I was close by on Saturday, 10/07/23. The Zippy's app is easy to use. The one thing they need to improve on is adding a special instructions line. Since the app is about a year old, hopefully down the road they'll improve on this. App indicated the pick-up time was 15 minutes. Didn't realize I was really close to this location Iocation, like 2 minutes away by GPS. It didn't take me long because it was also a Saturday afternoon, just after 1PM, minimum traffic heading west on Nimitz. This was my 1st time going to this location so did not know where the designated spots were for mobile/online pickups. As I turned left into their parking lot, I saw the orange signs right away to my right. In fact, it's the 1st 2 spots on the right. I was surprised that there were only 2 spots unless there were more by the disabled parking spots. Other Zippy's I've been to have at least 4+ spots. Also the signs weren't numbered so on the app I just typed in mobile since they already got your car descrip when you order. I knew I was early but right before I pulled in, I had received a text from Zippy's letting me know they were ahead of schedule & that my order would be ready at 1:23PM, perfect! I waited not even 5 minutes & a nice young Filipino gal brought my order out. I was impressed with the quick service I ordered a mini fried chicken plate with brown rice & mac salad along with a large Portuguese bean soup which came with 2 pkgs of Diamond Bakery crackers. The soup is my go-to & I always order it at Zippy's. Their soup was ONO It was probably the best tasting one of all the different Zippy's I've been to over the years. It had chunks of meat - smoked ham & Portuguese sausage, & lots of veggies with each spoonful. Broth was tasty & not over seasoned. Some Zippy's have given me a few pieces of Portuguese sausage, less veggies, ton of soup. Not here. There was a perfect balance of meat/veggies/soup & I felt I got what I paid for. Mini fried chicken - ONO! Cooked perfectly, juicy, not dried out or burnt. Good sized thighs, tasty & simply fried chicken, the kind I grew up at home before KFC came along. Zippy's fried chicken is hit or miss. When it's fresh out of the fryer, it's a 10, when it's been sitting under the heat lamps it's a 0. Theirs was a 10. Mac salad - ok, seasoned just right, a little too mayonnaisy but edible. Not the best but not the worst. Overall good experience - quick service & ono food read more

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This is my one of my FAVORITE spots whenever I travel to Oahu. I always look forward to getting the breakfast plate (karaage chicken, scrambled eggs, and fried rice). OMG! The fried rice is soooo good! Between that and they're fried chicken & chili, I'm in heaven! If you haven't been-you won't be disappointed! The price and meal sizes are worth it!!! read more

Zippy's Nimitz - Korean Fried Chicken Breakfast - Diners Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I'm traveling around with locals for my holiday in Hawaii, and Zippy's was high on the hit list. It definitely didn't disappoint! Coming from California I was very pleased that they're checking vaccine cards and temperatures for sit down dining. Our waitress was pleasant and attentive, and everything we ordered came out in a timely manner. Of course I had to get a spam musubi and loco moco, both of which were absolutely perfect. The loco moco comes in a bowl with a good amount of rice and lots of gravy (yes!). I'm excited to come back! read more

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Due to a two hour flight delay, I picked up my friend at the airport at 11:15pm. He had initially had plans of eating a dinner in Waikiki but with restaurants closing at 11 or 11:30pm, that plan was out the door. He started check for restaurants on Yelp and directed my to this Zippy's location, which closed at midnight. Driving into the parking lot, there was two cars so we weren't sure if they were still open. But two guys standing next to a car said the restaurant was open. We walked to the dining area and the waitress sat us at a table. There was one other party there, but they were about ready to leave. My friend checked out the menu and wanted the Hawaiian stew, but it was sold out. He opted for the Zip Pac Deluxe, which was a large combination plate consisting of a piece of fried chicken, spam, beef teriyaki, fried fish, a fried egg, rice, chili and macaroni salad. The food looked good and the variety that was in this order! The food came out fairly quickly and my friend finished most of it and packed some to go. Since I had dinner, I just ordered a cup of coffee, which was pretty good and not watered down like coffee at some diners. Since we were the only customers in the restaurant, we chatted with waitress about travels and her plans to fly to Arizona to visit family. I'm glad my friend was able to get some food after his long flight and not have to wait until breakfast the next morning. read more

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There's one thing I hate doing when going to a restaurant which is showing up thirty minutes or less from their closing time. With my flight delayed two hours due to a plane tire issue, I arrived shortly before 11 pm and had to get my luggage. With most if not all restaurants in Waikiki closing by 11 pm, my choices were limited. I Yelped for 24-hour restaurants and two of the top four choices were Zippy's. With this being the closest to the airport, we pulled into the parking lot and I asked two guys whether they were still open and they confirmed yes. When we walked in, the bakery to the left was dark (it was 11:30 pm) and only the right side of the place was lit. There was a table of four guests at a booth by the greeting podium as we waited to be seated. We were led to a booth to the left across from the counter. The menu is a two-sided sheet with breakfast on one side and lunch/dinner items on the other. After deciding on the latter, I asked about a specials item which was Hawaiian stew on that Wednesday. I ordered this but our waitress checked the kitchen and told me that they were out. Disappointed, I opted for the Zip pac deluxe (https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=ewn1VrOoL73MNUkp8g6LNw&userid=saJuyv784apZzH--psHZ3Q), which consists of chili, fried chicken, spam, beef teriyaki, and fried fish (guessing mahi mahi) and my eyes went full Botox. The portions made me think, "what am I doing to myself". Working my way clockwise from the chili, I nodded my head at each new bite. What a variety! Every bite, a different texture and flavor. Being that it was 11:45 pm (1:45 am PST), I knew better than to try to finish that plate. I finished the chili, the spam slice, and half of everything else, savings the rest for breakfast two mornings later. I am glad that I am a speedy eater so we were able to pay the bill and leave the restaurant before their midnight close time. I was a bit apprehensive when we walked in, given the time. The vibe was matter-of-factly until I struck a conversation up with our waitress Raydine. Before you knew it, we were talking about travel plans, family, and vacations with chuckles and smiles until we walked out the door. Thank you, Zippy's, for satisfying a hungry bear's stomach (me) and letting me unpack and settle into my hotel room with a full tummy. Hope it won't be this late next time I stop by. read more

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If not for the second poorest steak I've ever had I would give them three stars. The waitress was the saving grace for this place. I ordered the $24 garlic rib steak. It was basically a 12oz ribeye steak and take a look at the picture because the cook obviously was not educated on how to cook a proper steak. The fat wasn't rendered and the meat color was gray when I asked for medium rare. It was chewy and bland. The only other steak which I had that was worse is Sizzler's sirloin steak. That's the toughest steak out there. You can do better like Liliha Bakery next door. read more

Zippy's Nimitz - Diners Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I had to get my yearly St. Patrick's Day special- Pot O Gold stew. It's a little different than I remember - used to have more corned beef. I understand times are different. However, if you're going to raise the price of an item, don't skimp on the ingredients. I felt like I should go home and cube some of my corned beef to add in. Still happy to get my traditional soup, though. read more

Zippy's Nimitz - Pot O Gold soup - Diners Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Best Korean fast fried chicken x chili combo. Classic quick comfort food that doesn't break the bank. read more

Zippy's Nimitz - Diners Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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The Staff at this location is always so friendly... I would drive just to eat at this location... The service is great! The flood always comes out fresh n hot. Never an issue with parking. read more

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A few days ago, I felt like eating really good fried rice and remembered I used to order it from here almost every Friday's on my way to work prior to COVID. I ordered Chili Frank for my husband (one of his many favorites) and ordered a side order of fried rice for myself which consists of 2 scoops. My husband liked his plate lunch as always...you can never go wrong with this selection. As for my fried rice, it wasn't the same. It hardly had any meat...just look at my picture of it. You can tell it's mostly rice! Also, it had no taste even after adding a packet of pepper! So disappointing! read more

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#FirstStop Always coming from the airport gotta have the fried chicken cravings satisfied!!! And chili rice!!! Good service. Always a great welcome home meal!!! read more

Zippy's Nimitz - Chili Spaghetti with Fried Chicken - Diners Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Ever since this Zippys has reopened they have improved drastically and it has become my go to Zippys when I have that Zippys craving. The place is cleaner and managed so much better. They have hand sanitizer and practice and enforce safe distancing. The staff are always polite and helpful and do a great job in getting orders out quickly. All my orders, knock on wood have been perfect. The Zippys take out service during COVID19 has been so convenient and providing a vital service to the community, I so appreciate them. I always order the Chili of course as well as the Chicken Katsu Sandwich, Korean Fried chicken plate and the Zippys Saimin. I have never been disappointed and my order has always been perfect. Thank you so much to the management and Zippys Team for your service with Aloha and professionalism in the face of a pandemic. We appreciate you guys, keep up the great service & stay safe. read more

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Another place I have to stop at while I'm in Hawaii is Zippys. Their fried chicken and chili are so good. We stopped by this Nimitz location after arriving from the airport and I was a bit disappointed. The fried chicken was still good, but it took over an hour for us to get our food. We were there with my sister and her husband and although we all ordered at the same time, they got their food 30-40 minutes before we did. Before you ask, we ordered the same thing as them too! Turns out the location was short staffed, and they only had one chef. There were so many people just waiting around. If you're gonna try Zippys, maybe try another location. I can't really speak on the staff or ambiance inside because my husband went in to wait for the food, since we got takeout. read more

Zippy's Nimitz - Zip Pac Deluxe - Diners Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Very friendly server, she definitely has the knack for her job. I think the inside can use a little remodeling myself, but everything is clean and neat. My hamburger was very flavorful And my associates club sandwich was everything to be expected. read more

I love coming here! The lilikoi drink is always my favorite and the spaghetti with chili sauce is my go-to every time. read more

Zippy's Nimitz - Spaghetti with Garlic Bread - Diners Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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It was a Thursday night. We dine in and were greeted by the most disrespectful wait-staff EVER. Food is terribly! Saimin dashi was salty. Forgot my side order and charged us for it! Very terrible Zippys ever. read more

I enjoy coming to this Zippy's rather than the one near my house. This location has bigger & better parking, having the option to dine in with table service, and less crowded, which means there's always desserts on deck that I haven't seen run out yet. read more

Had lunch here today, the service today was excellent. Very friendly server. Wife had the mini fried rice and I had a small wonton mein. Except for the machine try to take my temperature everything was good. Stay safe, wear your mask and support local. read more

Zippy's Nimitz - Diners Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Ordered on line...Teri chicken plate. When I arrived at the Nimitz store around 8:06pm 10-16-23. The Polynesian cashier did not understand me. Explained that I came in to pickup my plate lunch. Ordered on LINE. Tried to ring my order but I corrected him that I ordered ON LINE. Got my phone that told him I have proof of ordering. Gave the cashier my name again. He finally found my order. This is the first time I encountered a cashier that don't know English or how to serve customers. Needs to listen more as to what the customer wants. Frequent Zippy's a lot. Tonight my service is way below service level. Please assist in training this individual for better service to your clients. I will think about returning due to the type of service I received. We all want good service and the manager or management need to correct this ASAP! read more

After my family and I arrive in Honolulu our first stop is always Zippy's. I think of it as the Denny's of Hawaii but way better. My usual order is the Regular Chili Moco for $11.95. It's basically Loco Moco but instead of gravy they use chili. Such a great idea! For my drink I got the Large Lilikoi Drink for $2.85. This fruity sweet drink will really put you in the island mood. The customer service was wonderful. The waitresses always checked on us to make sure we were doing okay. They are very kind and hard working. read more

Zippy's Nimitz - Regular Chili Moco $11.95 and Lilikoi Drink $2.85 - Diners Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

1045 pm and a dozen tables open. A couple waited to be seated before us. Amelia tells us, "Sorry, they are before you. It's going to be a 40 minute wait." Only 2 of us-really?!?! No one else waiting btw. She suggested we order take out on the other side. Remind me again why we don't go to Zippys?? read more

Ordering and eating there I felt it was pretty clean. The food is like the other zippys but we got the chili bowl so it made be consistent as they may shipped premade. The blueberry muffin was average at best we came later at night so maybe the selection of pastries is less than other Zippy's. The long John is good but still hard but decent. The chili was especially with onions. read more

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the workers just seem like they dont want to be there and the food was all cold and barely cooked. there was minimum to no furikake on rice and fish filets were super light like they were fried for 2 seconds read more

Online ordering is a breeze. Pull into one of the front stalls, click the email link that says you're here, add your info and voila! Someone walks your food out to you. The only caveat of this Zippys location is you can't exit the parking and head Diamond head bound on Nimitz. read more

Zippy's Nimitz - Lunch! - Diners Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Found a hair strand in the rice, and the macaroni salad was sour. Looked in the cook area, girl was not wearing a hair net. Spoke to manager, told her about it, she apologized. Said she is putting on a hair net. why now, it is part of the uniform when working with Food. Anyway, never will i return, and I will tell others about it. read more

Zippy's is a good place to try. I got the zip pac and it wasn't bad. I liked the fried fish that came with it. There's no mac salad included with it though so you could just order it as a side if you want. The mac salad is decent too. Service is good. You order at the counter and wait for your number to be called. We waited less than 20 minutes for our food. Ambiance of the restaurant is casual. There's enough indoor seating and enough parking spaces outside. read more

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We had a zippys gift card that we wanted to use, so after going to the beach we got in the car and I checked their website. It was super easy to preorder everything! And even better their daily special was Turkey Neck soup which is basically oxtail soup but with turkey necks. Oh boy oh boy I love me some turkey neck soup! They also had a roast turkey plate which we also got plus a surf pack which is two teri beef, two fried chicken, spam, and rice. The food was ready within 15 minutes which is when we arrived to pick it up. It was perfect after being at the beach snd the turkey neck soup was everything I had hoped and dreamed of. read more

Zippy's Nimitz - Turkey neck soup!! - Diners Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Like everywhere else, Zippys has rising prices but this location is one of our go to's for when we don't want to cook dinner. Being a zipster also helps by allowing me to redeem points for qualifying menu items. Favorites: Korean chicken plate Korean chicken breakfast Chili & chicken mix Spaghetti Chili with rice Mac salad Orange bang Had dinner here last night and I think the air condition was off. It seemed warm which can make dining in uncomfortable but we still dined in. The service here is always great! read more

Unbelievablly slow af! Don't know why? Maybe the dam cooks are too pissed off to work? Ordered a zip pac and takin forever and a day to get my order! Just ate the zip pac... First, I'd like to say... There was some weight to it. Regardless of the chicken and hoki and spam. The teri beef was all fat and looked like it was munched on amd spat out. Hardly any cabbage. Lastly, there must've had a shortage on furikake seasoning, because there was in my zip pac. This location, has definitely went down mauna Kea (Hill)! Never coming back to this location. read more

I mean its ZIPPYS! fried chicken and chili plate. Its a must stop when arriving on Oahu! and best munchie meal when you are hungry and 2am. read more

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This review is for today 5/4/22 I was craving Zippy's today so I went to this Zippy's and ordered myself the zippac deluxe sub.. teri beef for xtra chicken. And an order of jin dui. I got home to satisfy my craving but was met with utter disappoint. The chicken was dry like it has been sitting for awhile, and was just thrown in the fryer to make it seem fresh. That's why the coloration of it looks so dark and the same thing with the Jin dui....just throw it the fryer for a couple of minutes and act like it was just made. See photos for reference!!! Very disappointed!! read more

Zippy's Nimitz - The zip pac deluxe with xtra chicken...dry as a bone and I just know they just threw it back in the fryer!! - Diners Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Not the same as it used to be. Chicken is ok compared to other stores. Not as crispy and out of the fryer taste. Service is great. Wait was a minute to get a table. read more

I went to zippys yesterday, and was very disappointed with the food there. I don't understand how you can screw up omelette, especially with there babe on it. It looked like a burnt pizza, with dried fried rice. The server was nice and friendly, and tried the remedied the situation. I told her it's her not her fault but should address this immediately to her manager. This embarrassment should not left the kitchen, and should be retrained within there standards. Big management fail read more

Zippy's Nimitz - Zippys omelette with fried rice? - Diners Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

We came here at the suggestion of someone else. Despite the low rating reviews on my trusty Yelp site, I thought I would give my friend the benefit of the doubt. Well...I should have trusted my fellow Yelp reviewers! After a 6 hour flight into Oahu, this was not the first taste of Hawaii we were hoping for. Food was low quality and tasted horrible. The seimen lacked taste and the loco moco meat quality was subpar. Will not be back again. read more

Ordered a chicken trio, unfortunately there was no katsu sauce. Happened to me at Kahala as well.