HEALTHY CAFE IN THE AFTERNOON, COZY BISTRO AT NIGHT

For a different take on Japanese food, visit us at Waioli Grill & Cafe in Kapahulu, HI. Our menu is designed and created by a chef with more than 20 years of experience in Japanese cuisine and cooking styles, specializing in the teppanyaki style for cleaning and cooking meats, ensuring flavor and freshness in every bite. 

Japanese cafe in Kapahulu, HI

Unlike the traditional izakaya, we designed our Japanese food menus around the concept of New American cuisine with a Japanese twist. Our healthy lunches are served ichiju sansai style—meaning one soup and three sides—providing balanced, customized nutrition tailored to your tastes. Think of it as a classier take on traditional plate lunches, full of the freshness and flavor only found in Japanese cuisine.

For dinner, this healthy Japanese cafe becomes a cozy bistro, serving fresh fish, seasonal classics, and teppanyaki style meats. Bring your girlfriends, get a bottle of wine, relax, and enjoy everything Japanese food has to offer. Serving all of Honolulu, we are your flavor destination.    

Please call today for reservations at 808-734-5298.

Japanese Cuisine

what Makes us Different

Experienced

Our master chef has over 20 years of experience crafting and cooking Japanese cuisine, enabling us to deliver perfectly cleaned and prepared dishes to every guest we serve. We know that once you eat with us, you’ll visit often.

Variety

Our menu is loaded with a variety of delicious, healthy options that are sure to please even the pickiest of eaters. Whether you prefer fresh-caught seafood or seared beef, you’ll find it all right here.

Healthy

We offer a balanced, healthy approach to plate lunches in the form of ichiju sansai, delivering your choice of one soup and three sides—one of which is a main dish of fish, meat, eggs, or tofu. You’ll love our selection and the way you feel after dining with us.

Yelp Reviews

Great food, awesome service, and cozy atmosphere.
The 2 appetizers that came with our meal was amazing.  Agedashi tofu and their version of a caprese salad. Choices of 3 different soups were all exceptional. The vichyssoise was a cold cream soup that was perfect for today's warm weather, the minestrone soup and bone in pork miso soup was also tasty. Main dishes were great, a little bit on the firm side but it was yummy. Def will come back again for dinner which is tailored more for an adult atmosphere (per our server).
- Jenny L.
Seiya and his team did a wonderful and heartfelt job of sharing this culinary experience with us, their customers.  My colleague and I were the first customers to inaugurate the bar seating, which provides a good view of the open kitchen and the food coming through the pass. The menu is creative, with meaningful Japanese/Korean accents. Of note, the torched wagyu sashimi roll with Santa Barbara uni was well balanced, bright, and set a great stage for later dishes. Of the balance, one stand out was the bone marrow bibimbap: This was absolutely unctuous without being overly heavy. This was an unexpected and delicious find in Honolulu, with reasonable price points. Will definitely be back.  
- Jonathan C.
We walked into an unexpected hidden gem. As you walk in the atmosphere is calm and quiet, the staff is very friendly and welcoming. Everything is very clean and neat. We had the daily special which was just the right amount for flavor and portions. The minestrone soup with Portuguese sausages was very savory, and complimented the special with chicken and kale.
- Russel K.

Waioli Grill and cafe

611 Kapahulu Ave, Ste 102

Honolulu, HI 96815

(808) 734-5298

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