Honolulu Seafood Restaurants

Honolulu is a wonderful vacation spot rich in history and tropical landscape. Although known commonly for Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head, there is much more to see. Oahu is home of twenty-one state parks scattered around the island featuring eight hiking trails. Swimming, biking, climbing, shopping, and eating are just a few experiences that you might take with you. The location is paramount for an abundance of fresh seafood. Restaurants located all over the island prepare many species of fish, crab, lobster, shrimp, and shellfish using a diversity of techniques. Whether it is raw, steamed, baked, sautéed or pickled, eating seafood is an experience for the senses.

Sam Choy's Breakfast, Lunch, Crab & Big Aloha Brewery

Since 1997, award-winning chef Sam Choy's casual family-style restaurant has been offering huge portions of local fare at a reasonable price. Just one of the features is the "Big Aloha" beer, brewed on location. Help yourself at the breakfast buffet, enjoy happy hour, and feast on the fresh local seafood along with steak, ribs, and chicken.

Sam Choy's Breakfast, Lunch, Crab & Big Aloha Brewery
580 N. Nimitz Highway
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
(808) 545-7979
samchoy.com

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

Based on the movie "Forrest Gump", there is no shortage of shrimp here. This themed restaurant offers a variety of Louisiana-style food with fun décor and a family atmosphere. Dive into a bucket of peel and eat shrimp, try a po' boy, or enjoy burgers and ribs. The gift shop attached to the restaurant offers fun souvenirs including hats, clothes, drinkware, and Mama Gump's seafood boil spice mix.

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
Ala Moana Shopping Center
1450 Ala Moana Blvd, Suite 3253
Honolulu, HI 96814
(808) 949-GUMP (4867)
bubbagump.com

Oceanarium Restaurant at the Pacific Beach Hotel

The three stories of windows into an indoor aquarium, replicating the surrounding ocean, provide a beautiful view. You can watch the fish eat their meal as you enjoy your own! Serving breakfast through dinner, daily and weekend buffets are offered to cater to everyone's tastes including the nightly prime rib and seafood buffet. This is an excellent place for tourists, taking visitors, and having breakfast.

Oceanarium Restaurant-Pacific Beach Hotel
2490 Kalakaua Ave
Honolulu, HI 96815-3240
(808) 922-1233
pacificbeachhotel.com

Hau Tree Lanai Restaurant atThe New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel

Enjoy the ancient Hui trees where author Robert Louis Stevenson once sat and wrote. This restaurant offers great food at a reasonable price while you dine beachfront, whether inside or on the lanai. The Pacific Rim cuisine here features Eggs Benedict at breakfast, curries and fresh fish at lunch, steak and lobster dinners along with their other offerings.

Hau Tree Lanai Restaurant-The New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel
2863 Kalakaua Ave.
Honolulu, HI 96815
(808) 923-1555
kaimana.com

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