Love this shop. Hope they stop using food coloring in their crack seed (especially Red #40) as it has been linked to causing cancer. read more

My boyfriend & I was looking for a nearby place for something cold since it was hot as heck that day! So then we stopped by here to try some shave ice. This place was alright, affordable prices, we got the mango shave ice with condensed milk & ice cream. I wish they use fresh mangos instead of canned mangos but overall it tasted ok. At least it gave us some cool.. But anyways this place got a lot of Hawaiian goodies so stop here for affordable priced candies! read more

Lin's Hawaiian Snacks - Mango Shave ice with condensed milk/ice cream - Bubble Tea Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

What a wonderful find! Great snacks, prepackaged in several sizes or bulk, the store is filled with every imaginable local snack. Add the shave ice creations rivaling Mrs Aoki's on the North Shore (but without the long drive) and flavored teas make Lin's a perfect stop when you're out shopping around Ward Center. Parking is a minor issue especially if you just want to "pop in" for a snack & drink. read more

It's nice to see these local snack shops (crack seed) still around. I've bought some snacks here before going to the movies. If you are looking for Li Hing anything no doubt you can find it here! I think items are reasonably priced here. I have not tried their bubble teas, but people seem to enjoy them. I'm a little sad that they no longer have an Icee machine, but they do serve shave ice! read more

I think I haven't gotten excited about these kinds of candy stores since I was a little kid, but I recently realized that there's a very real need for shops like Lin's. I was shopping for dried papaya to send to someone on the mainland, and as one might expect, dried papaya is a very specific and difficult item to come by. Seriously, where would you just automatically think to buy these kinds of things except maybe in Chinatown? But you can bet that it wouldn't come as nicely packaged as it does at Lin's. Long story short, I found not just one but TWO kinds of dried papaya at Lin's, both in "spear" and "diced" form. Looking around, they also carry all kinds of different candies and crack seed snacks that will please both young, hip kiddos as well as those looking for a little nostalgia. read more

They do have a variety of products. Their seeds however you have to purchase a minimum of $5. I wanted a snow ice and that was down! When you have the taste for something because their advertisements drawn you in and they don't have any? Worse feeling! Then you go up to the cashier with some taste testers and go to pay for items which total less than $5 you can't use your credit card because they have a minimum purchase for that too! Don't think I'll be returning! read more

Lin's is an amazing shop with all sorts of Hawaiian goodies. They have a great selection of crackseed, all sorts of dried fruits and veggies, fresh papaya and other fruits with Li Hing Mui. But, the best part definitely is their shave ice. The fresh mango ice with ice cream is our favorite shave ice on the island for sure! Come by and treat yourself with some awesome snacks and amazing shave ice. The people are so kind and helpful, Gabby always knows how to make our shave ice just right! read more

Lin's Hawaiian Snacks - Bubble Tea Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Cheap, yummy boba...that is all. This place is located on Kamakee St. right across from World Gym and near the TJ Maxx parking lot. They have 2 parking stalls in that little lot that's paid parking, but it's free for 15 minutes. Otherwise I'd just park across the street. This place is a snack store and they also serve boba, smoothies, and shave ice. I've only tried their boba because I'm really picky about my shave ice but I'm happy. There's a few tables to sit down inside and then a few more table outside to enjoy your shaved ice or whatever it is you get. The workers are always nice and helpful and it's just another one of those mom and pop stores that I like. My regular order is the large Taro boba and I love it. read more

The Fresh Mango Shave Ice blew me away! So delicious! Light fluffy ice, creamy ice cream, and generous mango chunks. Ever since I had it I can't stop thinking about it. It was only $5.50! Are you kidding me? How is this place not more popular? read more

I bought a package of goji berries last month and opened them today. A rusty nail fell out of the bag. That is NOT OK!!! Obviously they don't check their food very thoroughly. The bag doesn't even have an expiration date on it or anything. It's very fishy to me. Their food packaging and processes need to be reviewed. Finding a rusty nail in a bag of food is ridiculous and unsafe. It's lucky that I'm the one who found it and not a child. read more

Needed some munchies and decided to do a quick stop at this business as I always do but after what I've discovered, I will not patronize this business until they start placing dates on their products, dates as to when the product was made and date of expiration, I'm absolutely positive sure that consumables do expire and I'm not sure why this business does not date their products, we don't know for sure how long the snacks have been stored in those big DO NOT TOUCH jars or what's on the shelves. Anyways, I returned back to this business to return the products that I bought which one of them had a LIVE BUG w/ WINGS still ALIVE inside the SEALED BAG that was running all over inside the bag, how did that bug survive was it was eating the snacks sealed in the bag it was in, the cashier just said " ooo sorry " and processed the refund, then the cashier showed the owner who was on the sales floor and she looked at the bag and just threw the bag down on the counter to attend to her customer, no apologies from the owner, anyways please do not buy your snacks from this place, there are NO DATES or when the product was made or bag and when it will EXPIRE, mahalo. read more

Lin's Hawaiian Snacks - A live BUG w/ wings inside a sealed bag. - Bubble Tea Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I went to Lin's Hawaiian Snacks last month to buy some goodies for my boyfriend's care package. They have an extensive collection of li hing mui and local snacks there. Some items were a little pricey, so I just bought snacks that I knew my boyfriend would enjoy. He told me that he liked them, so I will probably be going there again to pick up more snacks for him, and try some for myself too. read more

Bubble tea, boiled peanuts, tea cookies and other snacks. If you planing on watching movies just go here get your snacks and sneak them into the movies. Movie prices for snacks is off the charts, a bag of boiled peanuts in the movies or tea cookies. Just have to purchase your refreshments. read more

I love Lins but I've gone two times in a row and they were out of pearls. Very disappointing. Early on a Saturday night too.

If you are looking for local Hawaiian candy, snacks or shaved iced, this place is phenomenal. From packaged/dried mango to pineapple mango shaved ice, you really can't go wrong. read more

Best Boba - sorry, Pearl Tea - in town! Or the best I've had at least! Lin's also has every snack you could ever possibly want/crave/desire!!! Good service, great location, great selection of products! Always my Go-To place for local snacks to ship back home. My friends in Cali definitely appreciate it! read more

Ordered a mango snow ice with mochi topping. It was fantastic!! It's very big so best if shared, but if not, more for you! :D It's great for pictures too since it looks so pretty read more

Love Lin's! They have the best hands down Jasmine Milk tea with Custard! Absolute favorite! The workers are always friendly and make sure to greet you when you walk in!A great perk is their vast variety of snacks from mint chocolate chip malted milk balls to cuttle fish and do it yourself fillable tubes of sugar candy. It's close to ward and they also sell convenient little bags of $1 candy for a single serving. Great place! You can't go wrong :) I work at Star Event upstairs and always make sure to visit when I'm dropping by the office! read more

Out of all the milk tea places on the island, Lin's is definitely the place to go! Great atmosphere, and tons of variety of island favorite snacks. They have other desserts there that I haven't tried yet. I always order the same thing; Jasmine milk tea, no boba no ice. Usually, I like when the owner makes drinks, the other workers aren't as great at making drinks. The staff is friendly and usually you they make your order quick. The price is fairly decent as well. There is two available parking spots for customers in the private lot on the side of the building. Definitely must check this place out! read more

Li hing strawberry belts, rainbow belts and green apple candy! Candies are like crack - can't just have one. I'm not a big person on candies like this - but I love this hawaiian snacks! The BF loves it here and this is always a must visit place - i bring bags on bags back home to the mainland. read more

LOVE LOVE LOVE this place. It is for sure a hole in the wall type of place that is genuinely filled with various snacks and candies. The staff is very helpful and allowed me to try whatever I wanted. The prices are a bit high but it is a mom and pop type of shop so higher prices should be expected. Every time I go to hawaii I always stalk up to take back. read more

I love Lin's. I have to support my Taiwanese peeps. Great shave ice or snow ice. Clean and huge selection of candies, which my daughters eyes lit up when they go into their store. The store is clean and the workers know their stuff. read more

Love the snacks and the frozen treats!!! Friendly staff and family owned. Great place to stop by before the movies.

Milk tea cravings!! Milk tea with pearl is my all-time favorite here! Blended milk tea- accepts credit/debit but $5 minimum purchase. Alongside of the yummy snow ice, bubble teas and desserts, there is also a wide assortment of snack-sized packaged sweets like Trolli gummi candies, local snacks such as hurricane popcorn, taro chips and even asian goodies. If you buy a milk tea, they start you on a customer appreciation POG in which you buy 9 milk teas and you get the 10th free! Yum! read more

Nice store where you can find all kinds of specialty candy from your childhood like, the Hawaiian version of Pop Rocks, gummy bears and sour patch kids. They even had rock candy. Most things were reasonably priced. They had larger bags of the packaged candy for $2.50 and if you wanted to just have a sampling of them, there is a section where a large portion of them are packaged in smaller quantities for $.99. This is really cool for someone that wants to taste the different candies but doesn't want a lot of one kind. They also sell Hawaiian ice although I didn't see anyone order it. I wish it was a little more "inviting" inside because it's more of a candy store than a convenience store so I feel there should be vibrant colors. The staff was nice but it took them a moment to "warm up." All in all I'd definitely suggest this place if you want cool little souvenirs of candy to take back home. read more

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Cute store with helpful employees. My daughter and I had the mango snow ice with lychee toppings which was delicious.

going there - you WILL be crazed at the selection - we go to the swap meet but going here is just as fun ....we buy the seedless li hing mui n stuff go there and GO CHECK IT OUT read more

Wow good smoothies and shave ice .. Price is good too .. staff is great !! Never knew it was there will definitely go there often !

In my opinion the best place to go after watching a movie at ward. Simply the best snacking place in that area. It is not even that far away from the theater and it has a lot of variety kinds of snacks Lin's milk tea in my opinion is the best milk tea I ever tried. You can taste the freshness that it just had been made and the taste is just unbelievable. Also, their bubbles are really good unlike other stores where its all soggy and mushy. They have a lot of seats and tables to sit and drink and eat. There snow ice is pretty good too. With two toppings it is actually pretty cheap and enjoyable. Well, If you are looking for a snacking period after watching a movie with your girlfriend then Lin's is the place to go! read more

Absolutely love this place. Great place to stock on snacks before heading to Ward theatres haha. They range from candies, chocolate, seafood, sweet and sour plums, to their ONO Boba drinks! And yes they have shave ice of course. My favorite Boba drink is the papaya and peanut butter, must have and fresh! And the mango kine shaved ice, so delicious! They take credit cards and cash. They also have parking space to the left side of their building. :) my recommended sweets are the chocolate gummies and sweet crabs. super friendly people and very knowledgeable about their products. They also sell at the Swamp meet on the weekends at the Stadium. :) read more

I wend down here for the first time recently not knowing that this place existed around the Ward area until my sister told me about it. We walked down there on a bright and sunny day. I was pretty impressed the first time I stepped into the store. They had a whole bunch of local kine snacks from li hing mui, crack seed, gummi snacks, local kine crackers, little cookies, pickled mango, and choke more local kine little knick knack snacks. They also have a menu of shave ice, bubble drinks, and smoothies. The store is pretty clean, neat, and smells good with all of the snacks surrounding the store. They have a few tables and chairs lined up just in case you want to "dine in" eating your snacks. Since it was a sunny day, I decided to get a bubble drink, jasmine honey tea. They automatically charged me 75 cents more with tapioca black balls after the 2.50 price which I didn't expect. I thought it was going to be 2.50 with the black pearl balls already. That was for a regular sized drink. The drink tasted Ok. The straws for them are too small for the black pearl balls. The first time I tried sucking on them and trying to drink the drink, I couldn't sip anything because of the balls getting stuck on the bottom of the straw. Perhaps another visit will be needed. Yelp 365 Challenge #246/365 read more

This is such a fun place to explore all the many different Hawaiian snacks. We came here twice to get the awesome shaved ice too. The girls are super friendly and know a lot about their products. They have a wide variety of the Asian dried plum snack. It's a great place to get unique snacks for friends and family back home. I asked one girl what a popular snack was and she led me to some dried mini crabs with sweet chili and they looked pretty good to eat. But when I got home and I tried one omg i wanted to spit it out. Don't get that snack unless you like eating dusty shells. Stick to the candies and the li hing dried plums, a favorite with my family. read more

Yum - we had shaved ices. The ice was very fine and just enough syrup. The ladies there were very helpful. They were very accommodating and kind to the kids that came in while we were enjoying our shaved ices. Definitely have to come back. read more

This place has the worst shave ice ever. Their small is smaller than everybody else's, costs more, and is really chintzy with the syrup. My shave ice was literally a quarter unflavored ice. Nice rounded mound like everybody else? Naah, a conical shape saves on the ice and the syrup. Another thing they do is when you order ice cream is they put some shaved ice on the bottom of the cup (the syrup never reaches it) then they add the ice cream, then more shave ice then the syrup. It would cost them literal pennies to make a good product and yet they cut every imaginable corner. Another example...buy a small shave ice? It doesn't count toward their punch card. You gotta upsize to make it count. What? Do they lie awake at night thinking if ways to cheap-out? For shave ice in the area let me recommend a little place called Dis 'n Dat. Their small is almost twice the size of the ridiculously unsatisfying one I got at Lin's, plenty of really flavorful syrup (imagine! it reached to the bottom of the cup) and even the cup was better-quality. In all fairness, shave ice was the only thing I had at this place and they sell lots of stuff, but if they cut corners on everything the way they do on the shave ice, they must really suck. I just can't get over the fact that they cheap-out on ice! Ice! It's frozen water!!! read more

Reasonably prices snacks, awesome drinks, quick service and everyone is so nice!! I would definitely come back whenever I'm in the area. Even if I'm sending a care package to friends or family out of state I would come out of my way for their selection. Way cheaper than Longs, Safeway and Foodland. read more

OMG ! Look like going back to old time again ! This store combined old and new modern fusion of kids and adult candy store! This is one of the best around in hawaii snack store! read more

Do you sell dried abalone? I've been looking for dried abalone for a while. Do you know anyone who sells them in Hawaii?

They have tons of snacks packages like nuts and dried fruit. They also have boba and shaved ice but no mochi ice cream like someone told us. They have some indoor seating and outdoor as well. read more

I love these Hawaiian snacks. A short list of what i recall procuring: choco mochi crunch, li hing anything/everything, choco (milk and white) gummy bears, shoyu peanuts, sriracha peanuts, garlic chips, orange peel, shrimp chips (god: these are sooo good). I bought 10 or so bags of assorted snacks, unfortunately only a few made it back home. Don't judge me. read more

Love this place! Came here for the first time when I was visiting home. Had the jasmine milk boba which was delish. My sister had shave ice and that was alright but ive had way better. What I like the most about this place is that they had tiny packets of snacks for $1! They're the perfect snack size. My sister and I got a few tiny packets of li hing kakimochi, sour belts, and gummies. Its in the perfect tiny pack rather than the big bags. They seem to have such an extensive variety of treats. I'd like to try their snow ice next time to compare it to snow factory. That looked good. read more