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Best Late-Night Restaurants in Honolulu 2026
Open late · Honolulu · 7 kitchens ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 14, 2026 · Updated June 14, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Honolulu's late-night scene is an izakaya scene, and that is its saving grace. While the Waikiki fine-dining rooms close early, the Japanese small-plates bars of McCully, Moiliili and Kaimuki run skewers and soba to 1, 2, even 3:30 in the morning. The value question with izakaya is always the same: small plates and sake creep, so a relaxed graze can quietly become a $70-a-head bill. The figures here range from two-dollar kushikatsu skewers to an $80 sushi omakase. Ranked on how late the kitchen actually serves and what the late hour costs, with the order-discipline that keeps an izakaya night from running away on you.
1.Fujiyama Texas
A Midnight Diner menu of two-dollar deep-fried skewers runs 11 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. on King Street; go latest.
Fujiyama Texas on South King Street in McCully runs the latest kitchen in the city, a Midnight Diner menu that kicks in at 11 p.m. and serves kushikatsu, deep-fried skewers, until 3:30 a.m. every night but Tuesday. Skewers run roughly two to four dollars each, which makes it the value play of late-night Honolulu: a satisfying 2 a.m. feed for well under twenty dollars.
Honolulu Magazine profiled the McCully institution in 2023 when it added a Japanese breakfast service, and the late skewer crowd has kept it a local legend for years. The discipline here is easy, since the skewers are cheap and you pay as you go; the bill only climbs if the beer and highballs pile up. Order a spread of kushikatsu, one bowl of something brothy to anchor it, and let the after-hours room do the rest.
Walk in; Midnight Diner menu runs to 3:30 a.m.
2.Izakaya Naru
Honolulu Magazine's 2025 Best Izakaya plates miso butterfish to 2 a.m.; reserve and budget for the small plates.
Izakaya Naru on South King Street, the 2025 Hale Aina Award winner for Best Izakaya, runs its kitchen to 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 a.m. on Sundays. The Okinawan cooking is the draw, the miso butterfish, the goya chanpuru and the homemade gyoza, and it is the most decorated late kitchen on this list.
Budget around fifty dollars a head once the small plates and a round of drinks add up, which is fair for cooking this good at this hour but a reminder that izakaya bills creep. The value move is to order in two waves rather than blanketing the table at once, so you stop when you are full instead of when the plates run out. Opened in 2010, it books up, so reserve rather than chancing a 1 a.m. walk-in on a weekend.
Reserve ahead; kitchen to 2 a.m. except Sunday.
3.Izakaya Harumi
A 2024 Waikiki yakitori room runs skewers and an $80 omakase to 1 a.m. on weekends; book the splurge.
Izakaya Harumi on Royal Hawaiian Avenue in Waikiki, which the Star-Advertiser flagged as a brand-new izakaya in November 2024, holds its kitchen to 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and midnight the rest of the week. The yakitori is the core, chicken thigh, pork belly and mushroom skewers off the grill, with a jalapeno hamachi roll and karaage rounding it out.
This is the late room where the bill can run, with an 18-piece sashimi-and-sushi omakase at $79.99 sitting at the top of the menu. That omakase is the splurge play, worth it for a special late night; the skewers a la carte are the value version of the same kitchen. Sitting a block off Kalakaua, it is the most walkable late option for visitors, which is part of what you pay for. Order skewers by the piece and add the omakase only if the night calls for it.
Reserve ahead; weekend kitchen to 1 a.m.
4.Kaimuki Shokudo
A Best New Restaurant runs fresh soba and famous honey toast to 1 a.m. on weekends; finish the night here.
Kaimuki Shokudo on 11th Avenue, named a Honolulu Magazine Best New Restaurant after it opened in April 2023, runs its kitchen to 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and midnight Sunday through Thursday. The draw is fresh soba, including a cold soba with kakiage tempura, and the cult Honey Toast that the Shokudo group has carried since the mid-2000s.
It is the neighborhood late option away from the Waikiki tourist pricing, and the soba-and-a-small-plate move keeps a late dinner here genuinely reasonable. The Honey Toast is built to share, so split one for the table rather than ordering per person. For a quieter, more local late night than the Waikiki rooms, this is the call, and the kitchen runs late enough to be a real destination rather than a fallback.
Walk in; weekend kitchen to 1 a.m.
5.Waikiki Shokudo
The Waikiki sibling takes its food last call to 11:45 p.m. nightly; order the honey toast and head in late.
Waikiki Shokudo on Royal Hawaiian Avenue, the Waikiki sister to the Kaimuki room, opened in February 2024 and serves food to a last call of 11:45 p.m. every night, with the room itself open to 1 a.m. The same Honey Toast lineage applies, apple compote, graham crackers and vanilla ice cream, alongside soba and izakaya small plates.
It is the most convenient late option for anyone staying in Waikiki, walkable from the main hotels, which is the whole point. The trade-off is Waikiki pricing on the small plates, so this is a place to graze with intent rather than order the whole menu. Come for a late soba and the honey toast after a night out, keep the small plates to a handful, and it stays a sensible late stop rather than a creeping tab.
Walk in; food served to 11:45 p.m.
6.Jagalchi
A long-running Young Street Korean room serves bossam and oysters to midnight; go for the value spread.
Jagalchi on Young Street near Ala Moana runs its kitchen to midnight Monday through Saturday and to 10 p.m. on Sundays. The seafood-leaning Korean menu is the draw, with bossam, boiled pork belly served with fresh oysters and pickled sides, plus LA galbi and a proper kimchi stew.
It is a genuine survivor, operating since before the pandemic, and the pricing is the most grounded of the Honolulu late rooms, with seafood mains around twenty-six dollars and soups from about eleven. The bossam is built to share across two or three, which makes it the value anchor of a late Korean spread. There is no Waikiki surcharge here, just a neighborhood Korean kitchen that happens to stay open to midnight. Order the bossam, a stew and a couple of banchan-heavy sides, and split it.
Walk in; kitchen to midnight, closed late Sunday.
7.Genius Lounge
A hidden Lewers Street rooftop runs karaage and ramen to 1 a.m. on weekends; climb up for the happy-hour value.
Genius Lounge, a third-floor rooftop izakaya tucked off Lewers Street in Waikiki, stays open to 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and midnight the rest of the week. The Japanese-fusion menu runs to Hawaiian-style ramen, karaage and creative sushi rolls, served in an open-air room that is a genuine find in the middle of Waikiki.
The value lever here is the happy-hour pricing, with karaage at nine dollars, edamame at six and curly fries at seven; the mains climb from there. Lean on the happy-hour plates and a couple of drinks and it is one of the cheaper good nights in Waikiki; order off the full dinner menu and it lands closer to the neighborhood average. It is the rounding-out option for a late drinks-and-snacks night rather than a full sit-down dinner.
Walk in; rooftop kitchen to 1 a.m. on weekends.
Avoid for a late dinner
Local legends, early kitchens
Side Street Inn. The Kapahulu pupu institution is a beloved local late-ish hang in reputation, but its kitchen now closes around 8:30 p.m., so it is firmly an early-dinner spot rather than a true late-night option. Go for the famous pork chops at a normal hour and look to the McCully and Waikiki izakayas above once the clock passes eleven.
La Mer and the Waikiki fine-dining rooms. The grand hotel kitchens close early by design, with last seatings well before the late window opens. They are destinations for a planned, dressed-up dinner, not a midnight meal. When you want food after eleven, the izakayas of McCully and Kaimuki are the move, not the oceanfront tasting menus.
How to eat late in Honolulu
Late dining in Honolulu means following the izakayas, and they sit in two clusters. McCully and Moiliili, just inland of Waikiki, hold the latest kitchens, Fujiyama Texas to 3:30 a.m. and Izakaya Naru to 2 a.m., and are a short ride from the hotels. Waikiki itself carries the walkable options, Izakaya Harumi, Waikiki Shokudo and Genius Lounge, while Kaimuki and Ala Moana give you Kaimuki Shokudo and Jagalchi away from the tourist core. If you are staying in Waikiki without a car, the in-neighborhood rooms are the practical late call.
On value, the izakaya rule governs everything: the food is priced fairly but the small plates and sake add up fast, so order in waves and stop when you are full rather than carpeting the table. Fujiyama Texas and Jagalchi are the cheapest genuinely good late feeds; Izakaya Harumi's $80 omakase is the splurge end. The neighborhood rooms in Kaimuki and McCully undercut Waikiki on the same cooking. The Honolulu dining guide has the full picture, and the worldwide open-late ranking shows how the city compares.
Frequently asked
What Honolulu restaurant is open the latest?
Fujiyama Texas in McCully runs the latest kitchen in the city, a Midnight Diner menu of deep-fried kushikatsu skewers from 11 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. every night but Tuesday, with skewers around two to four dollars each. Izakaya Naru is next, cooking to 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday. Several Waikiki and Kaimuki izakayas run to 1 a.m. on weekends. For food in the small hours, Fujiyama Texas is the answer.
Where is the best late-night food in Waikiki?
Waikiki's best after-hours options are izakayas. Izakaya Harumi on Royal Hawaiian Avenue runs yakitori to 1 a.m. on weekends, Waikiki Shokudo serves food to 11:45 p.m. nightly, and Genius Lounge keeps a rooftop kitchen open to 1 a.m. on weekends with nine-dollar karaage at happy hour. The grand hotel dining rooms close early, so the small-plates bars are the move once the clock passes eleven in Waikiki.
Is Honolulu good for late-night dining?
It is, as long as you want izakaya. Honolulu's late-night scene runs on Japanese small-plates bars in McCully, Moiliili, Kaimuki and Waikiki that serve to 1, 2 or even 3:30 a.m., plus a midnight Korean room near Ala Moana. What it lacks is late fine dining, since the Waikiki hotel kitchens close early. For skewers, soba, ramen and Korean after eleven, the city delivers; for a late tasting menu, it does not.
How much does late-night izakaya cost in Honolulu?
It varies widely and creeps if you are not careful. Fujiyama Texas skewers run two to four dollars each, so a feed there stays under twenty. Izakaya Naru lands around fifty dollars a head once small plates and drinks add up, and Izakaya Harumi tops out with an $80 sushi omakase. The izakaya trap is ordering until the table is full rather than until you are; order in waves and watch the sake tab to keep the bill sane.
What's the best late-night restaurant in Honolulu?
Fujiyama Texas is our top pick, the latest and best-value kitchen in the city, with deep-fried skewers from 11 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. for a couple of dollars each. For the best food, Izakaya Naru, the 2025 Best Izakaya, cooks to 2 a.m. For a Waikiki splurge, Izakaya Harumi runs an $80 omakase to 1 a.m. on weekends. Pick by neighborhood, how late you need, and how much you want to spend.
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