The Chinese kitchens in this guide are in Chinatown, on N Beretania Street, Nuuanu Avenue, Maunakea Street and N King Street. Dim sum and a noodle counter share the Chinatown Cultural Plaza at 100 N Beretania St; a separate noodle shop is on Maunakea Street; a cart dim sum room is on Nuuanu Avenue; a larger dim sum, seafood and Sichuan menu is on N King Street.
6 restaurants · 2 list delivery · checked September 30, 2026
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Royal Kitchen's PDF lists Cha Siu Bun at $2.50, Vegetarian Bun at $2.50 and Roast Duck (half) at $22.00, and it prints a 2:00 pm close. The live site showed Wednesday hours of 6:30 am-2:00 pm, which does not match the PDF's 5:30 am weekday open, so call before you go early. The site says to phone in the order.
Royal Kitchen (Chinatown Cultural Plaza, Shop 175)The ChowNow page lists Shanghai Xiao Long Bao at $7.35, Siu Mai at $5.95 and Ma Po Tofu at $19.95, with Pickup and Delivery both shown. Dim sum on the operator menu page runs 8:00 am-3:30 pm, but Wednesday hours end at 3:00 pm. Peking Duck (half) is $30.95 on the same ordering page if the table wants roast meat instead of the Sichuan plate.
Hawaii Dim Sum & Seafood Restaurant (N King Street)Lam's Kitchen lists daily hours of 8:00 am-4:00 pm and a ChowNow page with Beef Flank & Tendon Look Fun at $14.99, Won Ton Mein at $12.99 and Beef Chow Fun at $14.50. That page shows Pickup and Delivery. The ordering page showed a 3:30 pm close and suite #A, which the location page does not print.
Lam's Kitchen (Maunakea Street)Hong Kong-style Cantonese dim sum
Dim sum from a cart, then cooked to order after 2:00 pm
Nuuanu Avenue, Chinatown
1170 Nuuanu Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96817808-531-3268Mei Sum Dim Sum lists a Chinatown address on Nuuanu Avenue and a handmade dim sum menu with small, medium and large plates. The menu page says steam carts run until 2:00 pm and that dim sum is cooked to order after that, so the same list covers a late lunch or an early dinner.
Build an order. Order Mei Sum Shrimp Dumpling, Shrimp Pork Hash (Siu Mai) and Steamed Barbecue Pork Manapua, all on the operator menu. Add Pan Fried Turnip Cake or Custard Egg Tart if the table wants a starch or a sweet plate. The menu does not name a vegetable entree.
Before you go. Hours on the operator site: weekdays 9:00 am-8:00 pm, weekends 8:00 am-8:00 pm, open every day. Cart service ends at 2:00 pm. The Reserve control on the site did not open a booking page. No delivery link was listed.
Dishes to know. Siu mai
No delivery listed No delivery listed on the operator's ordering page as of 2026-09-30; confirm by phone.
Mei Sum Shrimp Dumpling $5.75 · Shrimp Pork Hash (Siu Mai) $5.75 · Steamed Barbecue Pork Manapua $5.75
Operator dim sum menu page, read 2026-09-30. The page does not label a separate dine-in or delivery price. Small plates on that page are $4.50 and large plates are $7.50. Checked ; before tax, tip and fees. Prices can change, and delivery-app prices are often higher than the restaurant’s own.Operator information checked September 30, 2026. These sources support the menu and logistics; our order suggestions are editorial, without a claimed visit.
Cantonese dim sum, rice noodle rolls and vegetable plates
Dim sum, soup dumplings and a named vegetable plate
N Beretania Street, Chinatown Cultural Plaza
100 N Beretania St, Honolulu, HI 96817808-599-8899Tai Pan Dim Sum lists a Chinatown Cultural Plaza address and an all-day ordering menu that runs from small dim sum plates through rice noodle rolls, rice soup and a Vegetable section. It is the plaza pick when the table wants soup dumplings or a named greens plate with the dim sum.
Build an order. Start with Shrimp Dumpling and Soup Dumpling, then add Chinese Broccoli with Garlic Sauce or Ong Choy with Garlic Sauce from the Vegetable section. Choy Sum with Oyster Sauce is also listed; the oyster sauce means that plate is not a meat-free dish. Baked Sausage Bun is marked only served on weekend.
Before you go. Hours on the operator site and on its qMenu page: 8:00 AM-3:00 PM, Sunday-Saturday. The ordering page lists Pickup and Dine-in, each at about 30 minutes. The plaza directory lists a longer window and suites 167-168B; the operator site does not print a suite, so call if you need the stall number.
Dishes to know. Soup dumplings
Shrimp Dumpling $5.95 · Soup Dumpling $10.95 · Chinese Broccoli with Garlic Sauce $15.95
Operator-linked qMenu ordering page, all-day menu, read 2026-09-30. Pickup and dine-in are both listed; no separate dine-in price is shown. Checked ; before tax, tip and fees. Prices can change, and delivery-app prices are often higher than the restaurant’s own.Operator information checked September 30, 2026. These sources support the menu and logistics; our order suggestions are editorial, without a claimed visit.
Cantonese noodles, rice plates and vegetable sides
Cantonese noodles, rice plates and named greens
N Beretania Street, Chinatown Cultural Plaza
100 N Beretania St Ste 170, Honolulu, HI 96817808-536-6077Lee Ho Fook Restaurant lists suite 170 in the Chinatown Cultural Plaza and a long takeout menu of soup noodles, tossed noodles, cake noodles, fried fun and rice plates. Choose it for a noodle or rice meal rather than a dim sum cart. The Vegetables section names ong choi and choi sum.
Build an order. Order Sauteed Ong Choi or Sauteed Choi Sum with Wonton w/ Noodle or Tossed Noodles w/ Choi Sum. Mapo Tofu (Mince Pork) Spice and Shrimp in Spicy Sauce (Szechuan Style) are on the same menu if the table wants a hotter plate. Plain Rice Per Bowl is listed separately.
Before you go. Hours on the operator site: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10:00 AM-6:30 PM, Wednesday 10:00 AM-2:00 PM, Sunday 10:00 AM-6:00 PM. The ordering page offered Pick up and, after the Wednesday close, showed closed until 10:00 AM Thursday. The plaza directory lists Wednesday as closed; use the operator hours and call if you are going on a Wednesday.
Dishes to know. Mapo tofu
Sauteed Ong Choi $16.45 · Wonton w/ Noodle $15.25 · Mapo Tofu (Mince Pork) Spice $16.45
Operator online ordering menu, read 2026-09-30. The page offers pickup and does not publish a separate dine-in price. Sauteed Choi Sum is $16.45 on the same menu. Checked ; before tax, tip and fees. Prices can change, and delivery-app prices are often higher than the restaurant’s own.Operator information checked September 30, 2026. These sources support the menu and logistics; our order suggestions are editorial, without a claimed visit.
Baked manapua, Cantonese roast meats and local Hawaii fillings
Baked manapua and roast meat, early in the day
N Beretania Street, Chinatown Cultural Plaza
100 N Beretania St, Shop 175, Honolulu, HI 96817808-524-4461Royal Kitchen lists Shop 175 at 100 N Beretania Street and describes baked manapua, the local name it uses for baked bao, with cha siu, chicken, kalua pork, Portuguese sausage and a vegetarian filling. The same menu sells roast duck, cha siu and roast pork by the pound, so it is the early roast-meat and bun stop rather than a cart dim sum room.
Build an order. Order a Vegetarian Bun or Cha Siu Bun with Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gow) if you want a small plate, or take Roast Duck by the half with a cha siu plate. Kalua Pork Bun and Portuguese Sausage Bun are the local fillings on the same baked-manapua list. Jai is listed as a catering tray, not a single plate.
Before you go. The operator PDF lists Mon-Fri 5:30 AM-2:00 PM and Sat-Sun 6:30 AM-2:00 PM. The live site, read on a Wednesday, showed open today 6:30 am-2:00 pm, so the printed weekday open time and the live widget do not match; call before an early arrival. The site says to call (808) 524-4461 to order. Parking: free 30-minute parking behind the shop, enter on N Kukui St between River and Maunakea St.
No delivery listed No delivery listed on the operator's ordering page as of 2026-09-30; confirm by phone.
Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gow) $2.30 · Cha Siu Bun $2.50 · Roast Duck (half) $22.00
Operator PDF menu linked from the menu page, footer dated Feb 28, 2025, read 2026-09-30. Dim sum and bun prices after the first dollar sign in each list are printed without a repeated dollar sign. Roast duck is printed as half/whole $22.00 / $40.00. This is not a separately labeled dine-in or delivery price. Checked ; before tax, tip and fees. Prices can change, and delivery-app prices are often higher than the restaurant’s own.Operator information checked September 30, 2026. These sources support the menu and logistics; our order suggestions are editorial, without a claimed visit.
Cantonese dim sum, Sichuan dishes, roast duck and seafood
Dim sum plus a Sichuan section, roast duck and seafood
North King Street, Chinatown
111 N King St, Honolulu, HI 96817808-888-2823Hawaii Dim Sum & Seafood Restaurant lists 111 N King St in Chinatown and an ordering menu that splits dim sum, a Sichuan section, BBQ roast, seafood and vegetable plates. It is the pick when one table wants Shanghai soup dumplings, a Sichuan plate and roast duck without changing restaurants.
Build an order. Order Shanghai Xiao Long Bao, Siu Mai and Vegetarian Steamed Bun from the dim sum list, then add Ma Po Tofu or Sichuan Spicy Boiled Beef from the Sichuan section. Peking Duck (half) and Roast Duck (half) are on the BBQ roast list. Jai is the named vegetarian vegetable plate.
Before you go. Hours on the operator site: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 8:00 am-9:00 pm, Wednesday 8:00 am-3:00 pm. The menu page says dim sum is served 8:00 am-3:30 pm, with steamed items possibly available later until sold out, and the regular menu 10:00 am-9:00 pm. On Wednesday the restaurant's own hours end at 3:00 pm, and the ChowNow page showed open until 3:15 pm, so do not plan a 3:30 pm dim sum stop that day. Party dishes are by phone.
Dishes to know. Mapo tofu, Soup dumplings, Peking duck, Siu mai
Shanghai Xiao Long Bao $7.35 · Siu Mai $5.95 · Ma Po Tofu $19.95
Operator-linked ChowNow ordering page, read 2026-09-30. Pickup and delivery are both listed; no separate dine-in price is shown. Peking Duck (half) is $30.95 and Vegetarian Steamed Bun is $5.95 on the same page. Checked ; before tax, tip and fees. Prices can change, and delivery-app prices are often higher than the restaurant’s own.Operator information checked September 30, 2026. These sources support the menu and logistics; our order suggestions are editorial, without a claimed visit.
Cantonese noodle shop, jook and chow fun
Beef noodle soup, look fun and chow fun
Maunakea Street, Chinatown
1152 Maunakea St, Honolulu, HI 96817808-536-6222Lam's Kitchen calls itself a family Chinese noodle shop in Chinatown and lists house-made look fun, beef flank and tendon soup, won ton mein and beef chow fun. Use it for a noodle bowl on Maunakea Street, not for a dim sum cart.
Build an order. Order Beef Flank & Tendon Look Fun or Beef Flank & Tendon Mein, and add Won Ton Mein or Beef Chow Fun for a second bowl. Head Lettuce with Oyster Sauce is the named vegetable side; the oyster sauce means it is not a meat-free plate. Chinese Doughnut Stick is listed by the piece.
Before you go. Hours on the operator location page: daily 8:00 am-4:00 pm. The ChowNow page, opened from the site's Order Online button, showed open until 3:30 pm and the address as 1152 Maunakea St. #A. The operator location page does not print suite #A. Call if you need the stall number or a 3:45 pm arrival.
Dishes to know. Beef chow fun
Beef Flank & Tendon Look Fun $14.99 · Won Ton Mein $12.99 · Beef Chow Fun $14.50
Operator-linked ChowNow ordering page, read 2026-09-30. Pickup and delivery are both listed; no separate dine-in price is shown. The operator website menu lists the same dish names without prices. Checked ; before tax, tip and fees. Prices can change, and delivery-app prices are often higher than the restaurant’s own.Operator information checked September 30, 2026. These sources support the menu and logistics; our order suggestions are editorial, without a claimed visit.
The plaza directory lists the building at 100 N Beretania St, Honolulu, HI 96817. Tai Pan Dim Sum and Lee Ho Fook Restaurant are in that building, and Royal Kitchen lists Shop 175 at the same street address. Use each operator's own hours: they do not match the plaza directory.
Show these restaurantsMei Sum Dim Sum lists 1170 Nuuanu Avenue. That is a separate walk from the Cultural Plaza on N Beretania Street. Its dim sum carts run until 2:00 pm; after that the same menu is cooked to order.
Show these restaurantsLam's Kitchen lists 1152 Maunakea St and calls itself a Chinatown noodle shop. Its ChowNow page adds suite #A. This is the noodle stop in the guide, not a dim sum room.
Show these restaurantsHawaii Dim Sum & Seafood Restaurant lists 111 N King St. The menu here is the wide one: dim sum, a Sichuan section, roast duck and seafood. It is not inside the Cultural Plaza.
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The Chinatown Historic District page describes a neighborhood whose usual boundaries are Honolulu Harbor, Nuuanu stream, Beretania Street and Nuuanu Avenue, and it notes that those boundaries are disputed. It places Chinatown Cultural Plaza at 100 N Beretania St, Maunakea Marketplace at 1120 Maunakea St and Oahu Market at 145 N King St. In this guide, Tai Pan Dim Sum, Lee Ho Fook Restaurant and Royal Kitchen list 100 N Beretania St, Mei Sum Dim Sum lists 1170 Nuuanu Avenue, Lam's Kitchen lists 1152 Maunakea St, and Hawaii Dim Sum & Seafood Restaurant lists 111 N King St.
Mei Sum Dim Sum lists carts until 2:00 pm and cooked-to-order dim sum after that, with weekday hours 9:00 am-8:00 pm and weekend hours 8:00 am-8:00 pm. Tai Pan Dim Sum lists 8:00 AM-3:00 PM daily, with Shrimp Dumpling at $5.95 and Soup Dumpling at $10.95 on its ordering page. Hawaii Dim Sum & Seafood Restaurant lists dim sum 8:00 am-3:30 pm on its menu page, but its Wednesday hours end at 3:00 pm. Royal Kitchen's PDF lists small plates including Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gow), and its printed hours end at 2:00 pm.
Mei Sum Dim Sum and Tai Pan Dim Sum list Cantonese dim sum. Lee Ho Fook Restaurant and Lam's Kitchen list Cantonese noodles and rice plates; Lee Ho Fook also lists Mapo Tofu and a shrimp dish marked Szechuan Style, and Lam's lists a Szechuan pickle noodle. Hawaii Dim Sum & Seafood Restaurant has a separate Sichuan section, plus Shanghai Xiao Long Bao and Cantonese dim sum, so it is not only Cantonese and not only Sichuan. Royal Kitchen lists Cantonese roast meats and baked buns with kalua pork and Portuguese sausage fillings.
On 2026-09-30, Hawaii Dim Sum & Seafood Restaurant and Lam's Kitchen showed Pickup and Delivery on the ChowNow pages linked from their own sites, with no fee or radius printed before checkout. Tai Pan Dim Sum's ordering page listed pickup and dine-in only. Lee Ho Fook Restaurant's ordering page listed pickup only. Mei Sum Dim Sum and Royal Kitchen listed no delivery; call them.
Royal Kitchen's parking page says free 30-minute parking is behind the shop, with the entrance on N Kukui St between River and Maunakea St. That note is for Royal Kitchen, not a plaza-wide rule. Restaurant hours on the operator pages do not match the Chinatown Cultural Plaza directory: Tai Pan Dim Sum lists 8:00 AM-3:00 PM, not the directory's 7:00 am-4:00 pm, and Lee Ho Fook Restaurant lists Wednesday 10:00 AM-2:00 PM, not a Wednesday closure.
We selected 6 Honolulu restaurants for different meals. This is not a numerical ranking or a record of dining visits. We checked operator menus, exact locations, delivery options and practical constraints on September 30, 2026, and left out places we could not verify.
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