Best Brunch on Oahu: By Area

The price is one signature plate from the current menu, or the buffet price at Orchids. Hours are brunch hours, and two of the ten keep unusual days.

Prices are as printed, before tax and tip. Koko Head Cafe adds a 5% kitchen service charge to every check, which you can ask staff to remove, and Hau Tree adds 20% to parties of more than five.

Hau Tree is the oceanfront table. The Kaimana Beach Hotel’s restaurant, at 2863 Kalākaua Avenue, is open to non-guests and serves brunch from 8 a.m. on weekdays and 7:30 a.m. on weekends, until 1:30 p.m. The Hau Tree eggs benedict (ham, harissa, hollandaise, tarragon) is $28, the loco moco $31 and the ube cinnamon roll $19 (Hau Tree menu). Our Hau Tree review covers the menu and the beach.

Orchids is the Halekulani’s Sunday splurge: one buffet, Sundays from 9 a.m., last seating at 2 p.m. It costs $125 for adults and $67 for children 5 to 10, plus tax and an automatic 20% gratuity (brunch menu). The stations run from an oyster, crab leg and sashimi bar to prime rib, roast suckling pig and made-to-order eggs, plus the Halekulani coconut cake. A card is required to book, and cancelling within 72 hours costs $50 a guest (Orchids). Dress is resort casual: no tank tops, beachwear, exercise clothes or flip-flops. Details are in our Orchids review. Not a Sunday? House Without a Key serves a breakfast buffet daily from 7 a.m. (last seating 10); see the House Without a Key review.

Eggs ʻn Things is the cheaper, louder answer. Its About page dates it to 1974 in Waikīkī, and the Saratoga Road restaurant, at 339 Saratoga Road, serves from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily (locations page). Strawberry whipped cream pancakes are $17.95 and the Hawaiian loco moco $18.95 (menu). The About page says there are often lines at peak times (About). For parking near all three, see our Waikīkī parking guide.

One more Waikīkī-side option is Goofy Cafe & Dine, which serves breakfast from 7 a.m. at both its Waikiki Beach shop in the Twin Fin Hotel and its Village shop near the Hilton Hawaiian Village. The beef loco moco is $24 at both.

Koko Head Cafe, at 1120 12th Avenue in Kaimuki, has served island-style brunch since 2014. It is open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and weekends 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Koko Moco (local beef patty, mushroom gravy, sunny-up egg, tempura kimchi, crispy garlic rice) and the Cornflake French Toast are $26 each on the menu we read (menu). Reservations run through OpenTable; the bar and counter are first come, first served, and the menu asks that a visit stay under 90 minutes. It is next to a municipal lot (FAQ). Our Koko Head Cafe review goes deeper on the menu.

For dim sum instead of eggs, Kapiolani Seafood Restaurant reopened on March 8, 2026 at 747 Amana Street, after leaving Kapiolani Boulevard (its Instagram). It is open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and weekends from 8:30 a.m. (its bio). The new room posts no dim sum cutoff, so go in the morning. See the Kapiolani Seafood review for parking and the move. For pastries and coffee instead, try the best bakeries on Oʻahu.

Over Easy, at 418 Kuʻulei Road, serves Wednesday to Friday 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and weekends 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. It is closed Monday and Tuesday. It takes no reservations; its own page says typical waits run 15 to 60 minutes, and you can call 808-260-1732 to join the waitlist when you are within a half hour. The Kalua Pig Hash (kalua pork, Okinawan and fingerling potatoes, lomi tomato, eggs, green goddess) is the dish its page photographs. The printed menu has no prices, and parties of eight or more share one check with an 18% service charge (Over Easy). It points to a public garage within walking distance.

Cinnamon’s, at 315 Uluniu Street, opens daily 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is the pancake stop: Guava Chiffon, Red Velvet, Cinnamon Roll and Pistachio are each $13.75 for two and $19.50 for four, and the Signature Eggs Benedict is $22 (menu). Morning Brew, at 600 Kailua Road, is the quick one: open daily 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a breakfast burrito at $11.50 (menu). At the Kailua Beach Park entrance, Kalapawai Market’s deli opens at 6:30 a.m. with breakfast sandwiches to carry to the sand (Kalapawai). Our Kailua Beach Park guide covers parking and wind.

Farm to Barn Cafe and Juicery, at 66-320 Kamehameha Highway in Haleʻiwa, is open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and weekends 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Its site describes an open-air property with live music on weekends and ingredients from local organic farms (Farm to Barn; hours). Kono’s Northshore, at 66-250 Kamehameha Highway, is the quick stop, open 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily, and sells its “Bomber” breakfast burritos (locations page). After brunch, our Haleʻiwa walking tour and the North Shore food truck guide cover the rest of the day.

Our pick for most visitors is Koko Head Cafe. It takes reservations on every day it serves brunch, it names its signature plates on the menu, and it sits next to a municipal lot. The trade-offs are the 90-minute request, a drive from Waikīkī and a 5% kitchen charge (you can ask staff to drop it). Past that, pick by what you want from the morning.

Kaimuki, Kailua and Haleʻiwa are all outside Waikīkī. Our getting around Oʻahu guide compares TheBus, rideshare and a rental car. For dinners and the rest of the island’s food, see the best food on Oʻahu guide, the self-guided Oʻahu food tour and our cost of food in Hawaii guide.

• The view: Hau Tree. It sits on Kaimana Beach and serves from 7:30 a.m. on weekends.
• The splurge: Orchids. Two adults come to $250 before tax, gratuity and a $15 brunch cocktail. At Hau Tree, a benedict ($28) and a loco moco ($31) come to $59 for two before tax and tip.
• Pancakes under $20: Eggs ʻn Things ($17.95) and Cinnamon’s ($13.75 for two, $19.50 for four).
• Under $15: Morning Brew’s breakfast burrito ($11.50) and Cinnamon’s two-pancake stacks ($13.75).
• A table without a wait: Book Orchids, Koko Head Cafe or Hau Tree ahead. Over Easy takes no reservations and posts waits of 15 to 60 minutes.
• Days to check: Orchids brunch is Sundays only, and Over Easy is closed Monday and Tuesday.