Definitely a plus for having their own parking lot w/ mitsu ken right across. They definitely rock w/ their sweet potato crumbles, which, by the way, run out very fast so you should get there in the morning. Their chow fun is delish but their garlic chicken is a bit dry with too much skin so i do prefer mitsu ken's. I've also tried the hamburger, hot dog, and nishime which is all just ok. Overall you just cant beat those delicious potato crumbles! read more

Soooo annoying!! The yelp site says they are OPEN on Monday morning, we get there and they are Closed!!

U know what time it is! Open early for you that are out late or start work in the wee hours. Garlic chicken here is BOMB due to whole chicken pieces! Counter staff is helpful and cheery for 3am and are ready to take your phone orders as well. Owner is a good guy and will help you with whatever you need! ALWAYS GREETED WITH A SMILE! I love this place! Hands down best breakfast and okazuya before 6 am! read more

Awesome neighborhood delicatessen. I've been coming here since high school and enjoy their fried rice plate and bentos.

Was looking for the perfect place to grab some food for the airplane and this is my new place. It is very reasonably price and is very tasty. It is best to grab food to go. As far as that goes this is one of my new favorite places. read more

Parking can be challenging sometimes. Okazuya is average and price is comparable to other okazuyas.

I love coming to Mitsuba for their breakfast! Located on North School Street, this place is easy to miss if you aren't really looking for it. Mitsuba is located on the first floor of this building, so there is ample parking, depending what time you come. It's real similar to Mitsuken's breakfast combo plate, but a slight price difference due to the food being ordered separately. Let me explain- I got the fried rice with two eggs for 4 dollars-ish, then ordered a side of breakfast meats (I got bacon) and then I also added a side order of garlic chicken (2 pieces for 1.75?) which will bring it to about $7 something, versus like 6 bucks at Mitsuken. I personally like their fried rice better and garlic chicken better because of the crispy skin on the chicken and the rice is soft and cooked well. However, the portion of rice given isn't that much, which I really didn't like. Eggs cooked perfectly (how can one mess eggs up tho..) but, the side order of bacon was well worth it because the bacon was thick and they give decent portions. The service was great and they have other really good looking food items like assorted tempura and other foods so definitely check this place out! read more

Ive been going to this okazuya for years, but my recent experience wasnt so good.. The mini bento tasted old, noodles were extra dry along with the musubi rice was hard, dont care for the red hot dog,and the chicken was salty. I didnt have a good experience. read more

I have been coming to Mitsuba since I was a kid. My grandmother used to attend the church across the street so we used to go to Mitsuba's all the time. While the owners have changed over the years, they are still my favorite okazu-yas. They have a cheap bento with hot dog; noodles; musibi; chicken; takuan...LOVE. My husband likes the potato crumbles and the hot dog sushi. We also like the fact that they are open at 3 a.m. We go there early in the AM to take food on the airplane! Going there later tonight/early morning! read more

Their garlic chicken has better flavor and a better crunch than mitsukens and their fried rice has more flavor and doesnt use leftover anykine meat for its protein. Generous portions and good quality for some of the best prices, all around $8, cant be beat. 9 times out of 10 ill choose these guys over mitsuken and they dont have the same cash only and waiting in a ridiculous line issues that they do. Only obstacle here is the parking but surprisingly the cars that pull in also leave quickly so its a wise move to call ahead for your order. And the secret killah here is the hot dog sushi bento with pickles.. try em bah read more

While it's hard to beat the Mitsu Ken garlic chicken across the street, the 3 great things about this okazuya is the parking, breakfast special (fried rice and eggs over easy w/ bacon) and the crumbles. The crumbles are similar to the Maui manju but these are shaped more like perogies. They're filled with steamed okinawan sweet potato and are yummy! read more

Good price. Good size servings. Tasty but quite salty and definitely very oily. Garlic Chicken was alright, not great. No big deal. I guess for a local joint, the salt and oil is expected, so I'm giving this a 3 instead of 2 stars. Also they have a little parking lot. read more

this place is a small local deli..i saw it after checking out mitsuken. i was like hmmm.. im curious to see whats up and the mitsuba mascot logo looks kinda nice. so i went and ordered a few items.. I ordered one spam musubi. although the musubi had a pale sitting out color .. it tasted damn good when i snarfed it up. i also got a nishime but it was just ok..the rice was dripping with the inari juice.. i also got a taro/sweet potato pastry..the filling was purple so it could have been ube/taro .the filling was nice n tasty and the crust was crunchy crisp. and yum great service, and nice selection of local yum yums. will try some more items next time around... read more

So I went there at about 1 o'clock, and they were already sold out of everything except for garlic chicken!! I guess that made my decision easier. The garlic chicken itself is delicious. Boneless chicken fried hard, swimming in a sweet soy-saucy/vinegary sauce. For $7, we got as many large pieces, each about 5 inches long. It would have been great with some rice or other sides, but they didn't even have that! To their credit, the garlic chicken was great. But what deli runs out of supplies at 1 PM? Maybe that proves that they only have fresh ingredients (?) I'll have to come back to form a better opinion. If you're arriving in the late afternoon, call ahead to make sure they haven't run out of food! read more

This has always been one of my favorite places to eat, but I was disappointed on my last visit. I went around lunch time, around 11am, and there seemed to be a lttle food out, so I asked if there was any garlic chicken and was told yes. To make a long story short, I feel the man gave me the leftover over scraps and the portion was so much smaller than I was used to. I had a single piece of garlic chicken as a serving. Had I been more diligent to check prior to leaving I would've said something. I didnt check because my past experience haf always been good. I also got the scraps of the chow fun as well. My advice is to not go there at lunch when there are only scraps left and to check your plate before leaving to ensure you don't get shortchanged. read more

Not the same! I use to love this place....now the food taste like its been cooked in old dirty oil, all I can taste I oil! I bought 2 plates (okazuya)and a small bento my bill was $31!!!! Are you serious! I will not be returning! Its a shame read more

This is a small, soulful, mom and pop okazuya in the neighborhood of Mexico restaurant and Helena's in Kalihi. The couple who runs it prepares a number of delicious Japanese and American dishes in the morning and gradually sells them off. Some things are made to order too. The various types of fish, nishime, and other dishes are great and for the price, they're a real bargain. There aren't a lot of spots like this left in Hawai'i, so visit soon for a bit of a throwback. read more

Haven't been here in a while. Used to like the food before. However, I just went the other day and thought the prices went a lot higher, the food was way too salty, the sushi was horrible tasting, and the crumbles don't taste as good as before. We bought 2 Okazu plates, a sushi roll, and 4 crumbles and paid over $30. Yikes! The worst part is that we both didn't finish our plates because it was just way too salty. Don't think we will be going back. read more

Mom and pops spot in kalihi. If you from kalihi then you know what I'm talking about.

I used to like this place, but was disappointed with the quality of the food. Inari was soggy, namasu was placed in container as is (no extra cup to hold the sauce), and everything was so salty! Did the owner or cook change? read more

I like their garlic chicken even better than Mitsuken (which happens to be across the street) but that's a personal preference. Both places make good garlic chicken btw. It's another local 'hole in the wall' kind of place with great food at very decent prices. I can buy a breakfast (two eggs, choice of meat & with two scoops of rice) and a mini-bento for lunch for under $10 = very good value. My review rated them at four stars due to (minus half star) parking at peak times is a difficult; they do have a parking lot but a limited number of usable stalls. (minus half star) rare occasions of flies getting inside the establishment; otherwise they'd have received a perfect score. read more

Hash. That was the first thing I remember having from Mitsuba that got me coming back for more. No, I don't mean the cannabis product. Their potato hash is so good! But so is pretty much everything else that I've tried here! Not only that, but their prices make the Chinese in me smile! I feel like I'm stealing product from them for the price I pay at times. Case in point: While planning for our Kalaupapa trip, I was in charge of looking for a place to purchase lunch for 25 people that they could have after hiking. Looking at previous years, lunch was 2 manapuas and 2 pork hash from some place that probably cost $5+ per person. Plus they had to pick it up the day before. Yuck. Talk about food borne illness. That, or they're eating cold, hard manapuas. I was determined to find a place that opened early prior to my 4:30 AM meet time at the airport. I was also on a serious budget. Mitsuba was the perfect solution. I ordered 25 mini bentos priced at $5 each (I know, right?!) for pick up at 3:45 AM. Yup, they were on it. Plus those bentos weren't as mini as I thought. They were a lot bigger than I imagined. Thank God I hadn't ordered the regular bento because I was in charge of carrying the 6 bentos in my backpack down the hike for the people who flew the charter plane down into Kalaupapa. I would've been lying on the floor halfway in! The food was so good, and all the hikers were happy with their lunch. Besides the cheap bentos I'm talking about, Mitsuba has a cheap breakfast plate too! Definitely my go to when I want a cheap, delicious, on-the-go breakfast. Mitsuba has great-tasting garlic chicken. Their sweet potato crumbles are unique and will please any party. Plus they have these awesome maki sushi. Honestly, you can't go wrong with this okazuya. The older man working here is always so sweet too! I'm always happy to be supporting this place! read more

Oishii! Picked up makisushi and crab maki for friends and they devoured the deliciousness. And celebrated with Sweet Potato Crumbles - yum! Mitsuba is the old-fashioned okazuya that opens early with lots of food choices and closes when the last sushi is sold, which can be before noon! So go early and enjoy taking out your bento, plate lunch, or crumbles. read more

Today I tried the Mitsuba breakfast plate with garlic chicken. As soon as I opened the lid of the plate I could see how dark with shoyu the fried rice was. I thought to myself that this was going to be a very salty meal. My prediction was confirmed only seconds later when I ate the rice. I forgot to snap a pic so let me describe it. The fried rice was spread out on the bottom of the plate and topped with 2 eggs over easy and a decent size garlic chicken about the size of a tennis ball. So as I mentioned the rice was salty, maybe too salty for some folks and especially for me. Then I tasted the garlic chicken. It became apparent that the sodium theme would be carried over throughout the dish. The garlic sauce over the chicken had a good flavor but, again, the saltiness overwhelmed it. The 2 eggs were good, nice and runny the way I like it and surprisingly not salty. I would say that of this entire plate the eggs were the best. The rice and the chicken were just overly salted. I did finish the entire meal and maybe I shouldn't have. I became very thirsty after eating this. I had to drink two 750ml bottles of water shortly after eating. Sorry, I just can't make a recommendation on this. read more

Yummm chow fun! And Hot dog sushi! I used to come here a couple times a week for years when I worked in Kalihi. Sadly, I don't anymore and now my Mitsuba runs are far and few between. The lady and guy that works there are super nice too and remember me when I come in. I usually get a regular bento with chow fun and garlic chicken and sometimes an order of Hotdog sushi. The chowfun does have large chunks of onion and green onion and once in a while can be a little too oily. Their breakfasts are pretty good too as is the sweet potato crumble. You can also order a pan of the garlic chicken for office parties or potlucks. Plus they put the sauce in a seperate container so the chicken doesnt get soggy and your car doesnt turn into a garlic mobile if you hit a pothole. There's also a small parking lot right in front. So convenient. It really upsets me when I see mitsuken customers parking in that lot when there's a big sign that says not to. Anyway, yay Mitsuba! I'll be back soon! read more

the food here is gross, don't bother wasting your money. i hadn't been here in years and apparently it has changed for the worse. i had my usual standards for okazuya - chow funn (oily mess), long rice (tasted shrimpy), musubi (one was fine, the other was made up of hard rice), shoyu chicken (another oily mess), and fishcake (super fishy and salty). i swear everything i ate tasted fishy and salty and nasty. i literally spit out my food and threw it away. it cost $12.30 - what a waste. i'm never coming here again. read more

On Wednesday, January 11 2012 I thought I would give this deli another try. They are quite pricey which I don't mind that much if the quality of the food is good. This is not in question now. It is the service received. First of all the young man at the counter kept having a personal conversation with a prior customer. When 2 of us were in line, the lady from the back prompted the server that there were customers.. Next was that I mentioned that there was someone panhandling sitting almost in front of their building and the server replied that we chase him away but he keeps coming back. I retorted that they should call police since it is illegal to panhandle. He ignored my comment. Then when I ordered the 2 small plates, he put in the wrong things that I did not order. (Didn't notice till I got home). I ended up paying $11.41 for 2 cone sushi (I only ordered 1), 2 orders of chicken, 1 furikake musubi, a vegie tempura, and some kind of steamed egg thing (which I didn't order). The worker was so disinterested in his job, I won't be going there again.. You can bad mouth Mitsuken, but their food is good , reasonable, and their workers are polite and efficient and my order has always been right. Kudo's to you Mitsuba read more

my favorite place to get garlic chicken on the island!!! they do an amazing job at making the chicken super crispy and super saucy at the same time. i get the breakfast whenever i go, but have had other items and liked them all read more

Best garlic chicken on the island! Better than those guys across the street . Super friendly staff, great food. cheap too!

Best late night spot to grab some food to help sober you up!!! They got it all, Loco Mocos, Bentos, Fried Chicken, even spaghetti. I recommend getting them all. But if u gottah choose only one, you gottah go with the chicken. read more

I woke up early this morning just so that I could make an order for 15 chow fun/garlic chicken combos for pick up at 11:30. I inquired about the cost and was told $13 for chow fun and 4 pieces of garlic chicken. Being that $13 was too much for me to spend on one person, I inquired about 2 pieces of garlic chicken. The woman helping me asked her boss, the owner of Mitsuba and I overheard him in the background saying, "Why, he no more money?" WTH was that all about? So I asked to speak to him. Once I got him on the phone, I told him that I heard what he said and informed him that I did have money and that I was intending on placing 15 orders. But because of his rudeness and inconsiderate attitude, I chose not too. He lost not only money today, but a customer as well as future customers since I don't intend on suggesting this place to anyone. The owner is the one that will end up with NO money if he keeps his attitude up. read more