A small convenience store that sells Asian goods and daily food specials. Call in for specials…read more No air conditioning here or tables. Just take out. It's pretty dark inside. A variety of unique drinks such as a zero sugar watermelon and strawberry flavored sparkling seltzer water. Thanks Donna O.! Interesting items you won't find in a Safeway. Similar to 1-2 Buy, but on a much smaller scale. Service was 4/5 stars. Nice lady said she will contact me when the ginger plum candy comes into the store! Free parking is limited here. Careful as you enter and exit the parking lot. Big dip. Prices appear reasonable here. Check expiration dates before buying. Ambiance: 2/5 stars. Food: Drinks were refreshing and hydrating. 4/5 stars

Shopping in Kalihi, Honolulu, Hawaii…read more.. Donna O. raved about Provinces Snacks on School Street. I read her review and knew that the shop had some free parking spaces next to the snack/convenience store. One thing that could be improved in the shop is the air-conditioning... I think there was none. Service was very pleasant! The cashier knew Donna when I mentioned her name. Shop keepers usually want to know how you found out about them. Merchandise was plentiful and had much variety. Basic groceries, cookies, candies, chips, etc. were neatly arranged on the shelves. Sanrio character plushies, keychains, and other items were either by the cashier or behind her. I looked at the Sale Items and got the Roasted garlic-flavored peanuts. They were good, but didn't have much garlic essence. LOL! I'll return and try something else like Spiced Braised Beef Flavor Lay's potato chips!

Visited our favorite Japanese / Asian store, Marukai Wholesale located on Dillingham Highway. The…read moreroad work is in its final stages, but you still have to approach the driveway heading Ewa along Dillingham. Today they were featuring products from Okinawa. I love the produce department which features imported produce from Japan. Although pricey the quality and taste are Top Notch. Local produce is fresh and vibrant. The fresh meats and seafoods are replenished daily always fresh. Sales associates and cashiers are always helpful and friendly.

I Heart Marukai…read more Going to Marukai is like being in a candy store for me. Entering the store, my senses are barraged with upteen choices, starting with snacks. Really have to hold myself back as I could subsist on Japanese snacks alone lol. Love that freshly milled rice is available here, amongst the myriad of bagged rice choices. Hot and cold food available here, along with poke bar and food items of regional fairs regularly held here. Getting here may pose a challenge with lane closures due to rail construction. Once you get here, finding parking is usually not an issue (save special holidays). Perhaps tonight I will be dreaming of having a shopping spree at Marukai where I get to consume what I wish to my hearts delight!

A Store owner? was very nice to check the parking meter. He came out to check it's working or not…read more We are not even his customers. Thank you so much. Wishing you the very best of business!

What a great little store. They had exactly what I was looking for. They have a large variety of…read morecondiments, sauces,spices, noodles, rice and frozen items. We had fun exploring the products. The staff o4 owners were very friendly and helpful. I highly recommend this shop and look forward to another visit when I need to stock up on Thai products again

Love this place on Bethel Street. Have been going here for their pickle mango. The owner makes the…read morepickle mango and always call me and say hello nice lady she calls me that I make pickle mango how much you like i save for you. I normally buy 1 pound tell her I be down later in the week or that same day. I love the lemon peel strips it doesn't have a taste where other c mui places carry does. So I go there all the time. If you in town on Bethel Street go and get some seeds. She even have candies too all ready bagged.

The sweetest lady helped us! Her seeds were excellent!! Can't wait to go again!! Her recipe does…read morenot include saccharine which gives us headaches! They were delicious!

Great selection of specialty Asian items…read more Good service Convenient location. Lots of narrow aisles with loads of treasures

New Hong Kong Market in Chinatown is my go-to place for frozen buns (bao). The last row against the…read morewall, has all the freezers and they are stocked with different brands of frozen buns, shrimp dumplings, soup dumpling (xiao long bao) and glutinous rice balls (tong yuan). They have the cleanest freezers because they don't post their price tags all over the glass. They have the salted egg yolk custard buns here and they're $6 for 12 pieces. All the frozen buns in the baby blue colored package are good. The buns are moist and soft when you steam them at home. If you're looking for Asian sauces, dried noodles, Asian canned goods, or authentic snacks, you will also find those here. The aisles are tight, and each shelf is filled with merchandise. If you can't find something, ask the person sitting at the register and they will let you know if they have it and which aisle. The owners speak Mandarin and a little bit of English but if you show them a photo of the product on your phone, they'll be able to help you out. Whenever I shop in Chinatown, I park in the Marin Tower parking. The parking structure is well lit, and they have reasonable rates. It's only a few minutes walk to New Hong Kong Market.

Great place only thing is their associates don't know much about the products they sell…read moreEven if you show them a picture from their ad

I found a lot of Mold on their beets and taro!…read more They had a container labeled special special with some kind of pickled vegetable and when I asked this woman working there "excuse what is this" only to be shocked with her response. In a loud rude tone with her hands up holding papers replied "ask them" pointing to the back area. Of course no one was there so I waited and this young local girl working there was able to assist me. After I paid for my items I went looking for Yang and when I found her, I told her I didn't appreciate how rude she was and can't treat customers like that. Of course Yang denied everything. I asked a handful of workers where's the manager and they all acted like they didn't understood. I was going to contact and inform H Mart corporate office only to find this store location is not part of their company but an independent store. I will no longer support or shop at this Kalihi store!

I came for two things and was in and out in less than 5 minutes…read more The staff was super nice with getting something they were out of and the cashier was nice to look up my account number

It's a locally owned and operated and part of the Y. Hata Ohana. Their warehouse has gourmet food…read moreand restaurant's supply for food service professionals and home cooks. You can find some local products and gourmet food supplies that you may not be able to find at other places. You will find frozen products and produce in the chiller and containers, utensils & plastic bags and other restaurant supplies. Sometimes they have specials going on and gourmet items that you will need to make your dish a stand out. It great to browse around and see what they have. They have free memberships for Ohana and business memberships. For businesses, can enter 2 hour prior from regular memberships. Although they may not turn away paying customers if they happened to show up early. There's enough free parking available. Recently forgot something in my cart and I took a chance to call if anyone turned it in. Yay, they had it on their log and so grateful. The chef zone's red roof can be seen from afar! It's located at Ualena street and close to Lagoon Drive! Sign up and your card will be ready when the next time you visit again.

BLAH!? Like blah blah blah? Why do you call this BLAH? You're lying, cuz there is NOTHING BLAH…read moreabout Blah's smoked meat. I was a vendor at a recent Christmas craft fair at Dole Cannery and stumbled on Blah's because it was the only food vendor there. THIS. THIS IS WHAT SMOKED MEAT tastes like. Holy smoked meat you guys. You gotta sampo if you ever come across this booth. I think the only way to get your hands on his meat is to visit the air conditioned farmers markets. Yeah, this is my kind of guy, only doing business in the A/C! Basically you have to catch him at Windward Mall farmers markets inside the mall or at these air conditioned Christmas craft fairs. He sells most of it uncooked, so you just have to throw it in a fry pan when you get home. I was lucky enough to get a bento with smoked meat/rice to go, and I inhaled it all. Do yourself a flavor and find this guy and buy a slab of his meat. Get one for me too.

I'm super picky when it comes to smoked meat bring from off island I have certain standards…read more I came to Windward mall and Blahs was one of the first vendors I saw and was offered a sample. Not only did I love the sample but my 7 year old boy loved it. My intention was to walk through the whole farmers market and come back to get a bento. Well that didn't last long. After a few mins I went back to get my smoked meat bento. My son and I shared the bento and we are both full. Not sure if they use guava Jam or jelly but I could definitely taste the sweet but it was equally balanced with the savory of the what I'm assuming is soy and other spices. The meat was tender and had just enough fat to balance it all out. The sauce over the rice was winner! Mahalo Blahs Bonus: the guy selling the smoked meat was awesome too. Super friendly and even offered my son 2 samples

I like their prices. I don't like that, even for a fee, they can't cut large bulk pieces into…read moresmaller manageable chunks for home use.

Always come here for their 10lb snow crab legs. Workers are approachable and friendly. Great…read morecustomer service! Prices are reasonable. Only downside is the parking, it can get crowded and difficult to find.

The Palama Supermarket specializes in Asian ingredients. We stopped in at 8 a.m. store opening to…read morepick up mushrooms and peppers. The vegetables are super fresh and reasonably priced. The store is neat and well organized. In the morning, fresh rice cakes, mochi and other desserts are dropped off by a local bakery. Store patrons rush to get their favorites. I avoided the temptation, but the treats looked remarkable. The store carries what you'd expect from a grocery plus lots of specialty items for Asian cooking. We also picked up teriyaki sauce. There is a food court on one side of the supermarket that offers prepared lunch options (but was not opened during our visit). The clerks were friendly and welcoming.

Nice local market with Men & Woman Bathrooms. See Register…read morefor key to men's room. Stopped in to use restrooms and wondered the aisles, will be back to try their fresh sushi window in the future. Grabbed a few nice looking navel oranges, thin sliced ribeye & an ice cream on a stick. Friendly service and well laid out store with a meat dept in the back.