***This list was created prior to becoming vegetarian. This is a meat-lovers list. Vegetarian friendly list is coming soon!
Foodland (Poke & Korean Friend Chicken)
Mitsuken (Breakfast Combo or Garlic Chicken)
Leonard's Bakery (Original Malasada)
Zippys (Chili & Zip Pac)
Shige's Saimin (Saimin)
Elena's (Adobo Fried Rice Omelet)
Dong Yang Inn (Meat Jun)
Helena's (Laulau)
Dave's Ice Cream (Haupia or Ube or Kulolo Ice Cream)
Matsumoto Shave Ice (Guava + Lilikoi Shave Ice w/ condensed milk)
En Fuego (Garlic Chicken or Seared Ahi)
Yummy's AKA Pearl's Korean BBQ (Meat Jun & Fish Jun or BBQ Mixed Plate)
BOB's Bar-B-QUE (Mixed Plate)
Highway Inn (Hawaiian Food)
Kim Chee Restaurant 7 or any Kim Chee Restaurant (Lunch Special or Mixed Plate)
KauKau Grill (Surf & Turf)
Koa Pancake House (Macadamia Nut Pancakes)
Ruby Tuesday (Chicken Katsu Loco Moco) - BREAKFAST ONLY - Note that this is a chain restaurant with some unique menu items during breakfast hours
Ramen Ya (Any Combo)
Curry House (Katsu Curry) - Note that this is a chain restaurant with locations in Japan
Genki Sushi (Sushi) - Note that this is a chain restaurant with locations in California
Goma Tei (Saimin)
Chun Wah Kam (Manapua & Dim Sum)
McDonalds (Portuguese Sausage, Egg, & Rice Platter; Taro Pie or Haupia Pie; Saimin) - Note that McDonalds has unique menu items in Hawaii
L&L (Chicken Katsu, BBQ Mixed Plate) - This is a chain, but you can visit the original location in Liliha
Note: A lot of locals and tourists like Giovanni's Shrimp Truck, but I personally don't think that they're anything special. I think the average person can cook shrimp better than they do. Also, they use frozen shrimp that isn't even grown in Hawaii. Everyone always assumes that their shrimp is fresh from Hawaii, because they park their truck up on the North Shore where the shrimp farms are. Its a marketing gimmick and its kinda lame to me. Send me a picture of you eating at the shrimp truck. I dare you. Also absent is Big City Diner. They're pretty good for Kim Chee Fried Rice, but its a hit/miss. I've found that the consistency has declined so it didn't make the list.
Bishop Museum
Polynesian Cultural Center
Pearl Harbor
'Iolani Palace
Battleship Missouri
Hawaii's Plantation Village
Hawaiian Mission Houses
Queen Emma Summer Palace
Honolulu Museum of Art
Byodo-In Temple
Wa'ahila Ridge State Recreation Area
Nu'uanu Pali Lookout
Likeke Falls (plenty mosquitos)
Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden
Jackass Ginger Trail (plenty mosquitos)
Kapena Falls
Lulumahu Falls
Diamond Head (Super sunny and touristy)
Manoa Falls Trail
Makapu'u Lighthouse (sunny, but u can go to tidepools!)
Lanikai Pillboxes (steep)
Ka'ena Point (from west side)
Hanauma Bay (limited admission)
Sharks Cove
Makua Beach
Tracks/Electric Beach
Kaka'ako Waterfront (if calm)
Kaka'ako Waterfront
White Plains
Tracks
Diamond Head
Waikiki
Foodland farms
Ma'ona Musubi
** Let me know if you have any that should make this list! Go to the About Tab and hit contact me!
Makua Beach
Waimanalo/Sherwood/Bellows
Lanikai/Kailua Beach
Nanakuli Beach Park
Waimea Bay (run with a rock and jump off rock)
Yokohama
Makaha
Waikiki
Koolina Lagoons
Ala Moana
Waikiki (with Hilton Fireworks)
China Walls
Nanakuli
Tracks
Anywhere on west coast
Ala Moana Center
Waikiki
Aloha Stadium Swap Meet
Hale'iwa Town Center
Ward Village (Movie theatre!)
Kailua Town
Hukilau Market Place (Polynesian Cultural Center)
Ka Makana Ali'i
Chinatown
Pearlridge/Windward Mall (locals)