Filipino businesses in Honolulu

Pinoy street food kitchen on North School Street in Kalihi serving grilled skewers, chicken inasal and Ilocano soups. It also caters weddings and parties with Filipino street food grazing tables and boodle fight spreads.

Filipino fusion eatery near the Honolulu Zoo in Waikiki run by Chef Glory Escal, who serves Filipino classics such as lechon kawali, pork adobo and pancit alongside lobster rolls and burgers.

Ilocano food shop, caterer and variety store on North School Street in Kalihi. It makes Ilocos empanada and longganisa and serves daily Filipino dishes and desserts.

Jollibee, the Philippine fast-food chain, in Honolulu, Hawaii, run as a company-operated store by Jollibee Foods Corporation's North American arm. This listing is the 555 North King Street store; Honolulu also has a Jollibee at Ala Moana Center. The store offers dine-in, takeout, drive-thru, delivery and catering.

Family-owned Filipino restaurant serving home-style Ilocano cooking since 1989. It moved from North King Street to Nuuanu Avenue and serves daily dishes, plate lunches and catering trays.

Honolulu franchise of Max's Restaurant, the Philippine fried-chicken chain, in the Costco Iwilei complex on Dillingham Boulevard since 2009. It is run by the San Luis family's Philippine Restaurant Group and serves Filipino dishes for dine-in, pickup and catering.

Filipino turo-turo stall in the Maunakea Marketplace food court in Chinatown, run by Aunty Naty for about 25 years. It serves ready-made Filipino stews, fried fish and lumpia from the counter.

Longtime Kalihi diner on North King Street run by Felix Pintor, who moved to Kalihi from Vigan, Ilocos Sur, in 1971. It serves local-style plate lunches rather than Filipino dishes.

Downtown Honolulu bakery and baking workshop studio run by pastry chef Cristina Nishioka, who trained and baked in the Philippines. It makes contemporary Filipino-inspired breads and pastries, with a Filipino Pastry Friday each week.

Kalihi branch of Golden Coin, a Hawaii Filipino bakeshop and fast-food chain founded in 1987. It sells breads, pastries and desserts alongside Filipino plate lunches and party trays, and the chain has further shops in Waipahu, Ewa Beach, Wahiawa and Wailuku.

Filipino bakery on Gulick Avenue in Kalihi, founded in 2001 by Fernando "Nanding" Paez after he moved to Honolulu from the Philippines. It bakes Spanish rolls daily alongside pan de sal, ensaymada and other Filipino breads, and has further shops in Kapahulu and Waipahu.

Filipino-owned ube dessert shop in Kalihi founded in 2017 by Adrienne-Joy and Jeremy Jataas. It bakes ube cheesecakes, crinkle cookies and other ube sweets, and has a second shop at Pearlridge Center.

Tattoo studio founded by Filipino tattoo artist Brandon Tenedora, who specializes in contemporary Filipino tribal designs and Baybayin script. Its main studio is on North Nimitz Highway in Iwilei, and a second studio is at SALT at Our Kaka'ako. Its resident artists also do fine line, realism, Japanese, ornamental and color work.

Video and photo production company in downtown Honolulu, owned and run by writer and director Jeff Orig, who is of Filipino descent. It makes commercials, training and marketing videos, event coverage, short films and a local TV show.

Honolulu photo and video company founded by CEO Jerome Adarna Jr. It covers real estate with photos, drone footage, virtual staging and 3D tours. It also covers weddings, funerals, and corporate and community events, including Filipino community events, and rents photo booths.

Kalihi office of MB Remittance Center Hawaii, the Hawaii remittance subsidiary of Metrobank, on North King Street. It is open daily for money transfers to the Philippines.

Honolulu branch of PNB Remittance Centers (PNB RCI), the US remittance subsidiary of the Philippine National Bank, on Fort Street Mall downtown. It sends money to the Philippines for pick-up, bank credit or delivery.

Honolulu construction contractor founded by Anacleto "Lito" Alcantra, who is still its president. The Hawaii Filipino Chronicle calls it the only Filipino-owned construction company among the state's top contractors. It handles drywall, acoustics, fireproofing, cabinets, millwork, insulation and lath and plaster on commercial projects.

Engineering and general contracting firm founded by its president, John Cabulisan, who was named the Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii's 2026 Filipino Entrepreneur of the Year. It does civil engineering and public works construction such as drainage and water line repairs.

Travel agency on North King Street in Kalihi, owned by Rose Galanto. She is president of the Hawaii Association of Filipino Travel Agents and a past president of the Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii. It books flights, tours and trips to the Philippines and elsewhere for Hawaii's Filipino community.

Travel agency on North School Street run by Andrea "Rea" Castillo, a member of the Hawaii Association of Filipino Travel Agents. It issues airline tickets for domestic and international travel, including trips to the Philippines.

Honolulu branch of LBC, the Philippine courier, cargo and remittance company, on Kamehameha Highway in Kalihi. It sends money and air cargo to the Philippines and takes balikbayan box drop-offs for sea shipment.

Filipino grocery stall in the Marketplace at City Square on Dillingham Boulevard in Kalihi. It sells Filipino and Asian groceries, frozen foods, snacks and beauty products.