Kam Bowl Pearl City, Reviewed

Address, hours and prices from Aloha State Daily (Aug 2, 2026); ownership and the prime rib from Hawaii News Now (Sep 13, 2026). Drive times from OpenStreetMap routing on Oct 14, 2026, without traffic. Kam Bowl has no website we could confirm.

Best for

• CouplesGoodBooth seating and a diner menu; a casual meal, not a date room.
• FamiliesGreatA big room with new booths, hotcakes and French toast until 11, rice-and-salad plates.
• FriendsGoodA short menu, so a table shares one soup and a few plates.
• SoloGreatSingle plates at $18.95, open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day.
• GroupsGoodThe owner calls the dining room big, but reservations are not published.

Co-owner Ryder Yoshida told Aloha State Daily the menu is “smaller and more simple” than Kalihi’s while the kitchen settles in. Four dishes had prices in that report: oxtail soup ($24.95), hamburger steak ($18.95), loco moco ($18.95) and the Japanese breakfast ($18.95), which comes with miso soup, toss salad, two eggs and mahi or salmon. The hamburger patties are wagyu, a first for the restaurant. Hotcakes and sweet bread French toast are served 7 to 11 a.m., and many plate-lunch entrees come with white rice and a choice of toss or mac salad. Slow-roasted prime rib, marinated overnight and cooked three hours, was added in response to customer demand; Hawaii News Now says it is served at Pearl City and every Thursday at Kalihi. For a wider eating plan, see our Oahu food tour.

Kam Bowl opened in Kalihi in 2016, in the former Kenny’s space at Kamehameha Shopping Center, and closed there on June 28, 2026. That room reopened July 1 as Aliʻi Diner under owner Liko Higa. Pearl City is a separate restaurant under the Kam Bowl name: it opened Aug 1 in the former IHOP space at Times Square Shopping Center, with new booths and a kitchen Yoshida says was rebuilt from empty. He says the room is big and the kitchen small compared with Kalihi. Hawaii News Now reports Yoshida, the lead chef with 30 years of cooking, became a co-owner at the move. A posted notice at Kalihi cited the end of its lease and rising rent, as reported.

Aloha State Daily reported daily hours of 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. (no newer source as of Oct 14, 2026). The four prices above are from that same Aug 2 article, so treat them as opening prices. At the Kalihi restaurant $24.95 bought the regular oxtail soup in June 2026, and the Pearl City report lists $24.95 with no size, so ask which one you are getting. Payment and reservation policies are not published. The restaurant’s number is (808) 488-1264.

Kam Bowl is at 98-1264 Kaahumanu Street, Suite B03, Pearl City, about 13 miles and 23 minutes from Waikiki without traffic, and about 2.7 miles from the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. It has not published parking details, so call ahead. It fits a Pearl Harbor day: read how to get to Pearl Harbor from Waikiki, what to know before you visit and how Pearl Harbor tickets work. If you have no car, see whether you need to rent one.

• Aliʻi Diner is the Kalihi room that used to be Kam Bowl, at 1620 N. School St., keeping loco moco, chicken katsu and prime rib on the menu, for readers staying closer to town.
• Liliha Bakery is the Honolulu counter diner with loco moco and oxtail soup, opening at 6 a.m. daily; it takes no reservations, and it fits a breakfast stop near Waikiki.
• Highway Inn is the sit-down Hawaiian plate in Waipahu: lau lau and beef stew since 1947, with a free lot out front, for a Central Oahu meal that is not a diner.

• Call first. There is no site to check; the number is (808) 488-1264.
• Order the oxtail soup. It is the dish the restaurant is known for, $24.95 at opening.
• Come for breakfast. Hotcakes and sweet bread French toast run 7 to 11 a.m.
• Try the prime rib. Hawaii News Now says it is served at Pearl City; ask which days.
• Know which Kam Bowl you want. Kalihi is now Aliʻi Diner; this one is in Pearl City.
• Pair it with Pearl Harbor. It is about 2.7 miles from the visitor center.
• Staying on the Leeward side? See things to do in Kapolei and more things to do on Oahu.