Sam’s Kitchen

About

Food Stands, Asian Fusion, Hawaiian

Price Range : $11-30 ($$)

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    Yelp rating
    4.0 stars

Location

Adress: 353 Royal Hawaiian Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815

Phone: (808) 923-2244

Work Hours

Mon11:00 am-11:00 pm
Tue11:00 am-11:00 pm
Wed11:00 am-11:00 pm
Thu11:00 am-11:00 pm
Fri11:00 am-11:00 pm
Sat11:00 am-11:00 pm
Sun11:00 am-11:00 pm

Business info

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    Takes Reservations
    No
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    Delivery
    No
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    Take-out
    Yes
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    Accepts Credit Cards
    Yes
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    Accepts Apple Pay
    No
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    Good For
    Lunch, Dinner
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    Parking
    Street
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    Bike Parking
    No
  • accessibility
    Good for Kids
    Yes
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    Good for Groups
    Yes
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    Ambience
    Casual, Classy
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    Noise Level
    Average
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    Alcohol
    No
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    Outdoor Seating
    Yes
  • wifi
    Wi-Fi
    No
  • tv
    Has TV
    No
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    Caters
    No
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    Accepts Google Pay
    No

Reviews

  • Jenny T

    star star star star star_border 12 June 2026

    Located off a side street in Waikiki, Sam's kitchen is a funky open air establishment specializing in plate lunches. We went for an early dinner and waited about 10 minutes for our order. You have your option of chicken, beef, shrimp and fish. We ordered the garlic chicken plate with rice for $9. The flavour of the chicken was one of the best we had on Waikiki and would definitely go back. You are paying for the quality of the meat and flavour. The size is about half your usual lunch plate and doesn't include macaroni salad. If you are hungry, you will likely need to have two orders. I would return to Sam's Kitchen again, but this place should really be ranked $$ because of the size of the orders. Kudos for the BYOB option.

  • Emily Fratzke

    star star star star star_border 10 June 2026

    Such an amazing place!! Very funny atmosphere and delicious food. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is the portion sizes are on the smaller side. I tried their garlic shrimp with rice and it was divine! Plus their homemade pinapple tea is super refreshing! Definitely stop by!

  • Nini Hy

    star star star star star 30 May 2026

    Staff and service is great! I am sad I didn’t get to finish my food from being so full about halfway through my meal. I think about it still - 3 days later. This is the best place in the Waikiki walking area to get spicy garlic shrimp and beef. Hands down it was so good! If you can’t drive up to the north for the shrimp trucks, I promise this is the best alternative. 👍👍👍

  • Jessica T. White, M.S

    star star star star star 24 May 2026

    OMG AMAZING when I go back to Hawaii this will be my first stop for food it was so good I never knew I can love shrimp and rice so much the rice compliments the shrimp so well I first got the original shrimp and then when I went back my second time before leaving I got the spicy shrimp the spicy shrimp was was pretty good but I preferred the garlic shrimp which was just right and seasoned to Perfection I couldn't ask for anything better everything just mailed it in my mouth o yes in the lemonade the lemonade was lovely and the tea they actually give you samples of both to figure out which one you want which was pretty cool it's surrounded by a lot of shops and you will almost miss it if you're not paying attention when I was driving there I'm past it two times there is a parking garage across the street that you can park in and it's about a 7 minute walk to the restaurant but it's really nice and cozy outdoor place very small but the food has big flavor the workers were kind and accommodating and explained everything thoroughly

  • EviL Ras

    star star star star star 15 May 2026

    Great prices, amazing food and friendly staff! Well worth dropping in to say aloha and get some great food!! The beef was great! Really juicy with lots of sauce underneath!

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