Open early mornings, like okazuyas used to be. Always friendly and usually busy. Good early before sold out. Sweet potato crumbles order ahead! Cornflakes cookies are very light and crispy. Takeout only. read more

Mitsuba is always a go to when I'm in the area Dirty rice over easy and bacon and when I'm hungry a side of garlic chicken. Reasonable prices for a okazu and taste is always consistent Go treat yourself to some crumbles or Darryl's cookies! Old man seems grouchy to some people but buggah is pretty cool when you try talking to him! He starts at 2am or something crazy, by the time you walk in at 6am he had a full day already! Keep up the awesome grinds! Flash uncle a smile since we no need mask now and no give him hard time read more

Aloha! Hana hou, can't believe I haven't wrote a review yet for Mitsuba Delicatessen (home of some Delicious Delicatessen Food served here!!), it's Oct. '2021, the next yr will soon be here, hellurrrrrrrrrrr?!!!!! Lol. Our Ohana has a lot of History with this Delicatessen, from my late :( Dad coming here while I was growing up to pick us up some Ono Delicatessen Grinds, especially on the Weekends when my parents would always watch Pro Football on the Weekends & my Sisters & I would wake up in the Mornings & as I walked into our tiny kitchen area (haha!), I would spark that "Pink Box" sitting there on our Cute kitchen table counter. Lol. I would think to myself, da Delicatessen Grinds is here (Yumm! Yumm!), so thankful that my late Dad would always think of all of us (My Ohana), while I was still in la la land somewhere in my dreams! Haha! Okay, getting back to the Grinds here @Mitsuba Delicatessen, that continues till this day for myself, my Mom & my Youngest Nephew to come back here to pick up food, of course all different times of the day, etc. What we enjoy here the most would definitely have to be the Tasty & very moist *CONE SUSHI*, Iykyk what I'm talking about!! It's Super moist, but ooh so Delicious, well in our Opinion, u must try their *Cone Sushi*, it's Super Good!! I always will pick up a few extra, while picking up my Mini Bento for my Lunch. Speaking of Bentos from here, keep in mind that the Reg. SZ. Bentos here are pretty packed in with lots of Food (Rice, ChowFun, Teriyaki, Red Hotdog, your Choice of Chicken, etc., & price is not too bad for a Reg. Bento from here either! But, I've learned from da past that their Lge Sz. Bento has way too much Food for just one person to Chow down (IMO!), so nowadays I'll just stick to their Mini Bento & 2 *Cone Sushis* please to go with my usual order from here. I usually will Customize my Mini Bento, no Rice & all Chowfun, no red hotdog (please!) & a Hamburger (which is kinda Mini Sz!) & some Fried or Garlic Chicken & that's more than enough Food for 1 person to eat for their Lunch, again, IMO. Lol. I also enjoy their sm. Order size of *Maki Sushi*, very tasty & made freshly daily, just like da Ono Moist *Cone Sushis*, all made fresh daily!! Give this Mitsuba Delicatessen a try if u are ever in the Kalihi Area & please Support Small Local Businesses here in Hawai'i!! This Delicatessen is located right on School St., pretty easy to find this place, U can always yelp it if you are not familiar with the School St. Area. The prkg is not that big at all here, I always will luck out the times when I swing on by here! Their are around 9 Prkg Stalls here, which can be filled up, since ppl do reside above *Mitsuba Delicatessen*. Come here Hungry & u definitely won't be disappointed! They take Cash, Debit & C-Cards here. Delicatessen Food to try from here.... Moist *Cone Sushis*, is a must from here!.... Maki Sushis R really good too!.... Chowfun (a lil more on the Saltier side), u decide.... Hash Patty, yummy!....... They have Fried, Shoyu & Garlic Chicken, I enjoy all of 'em, since I really like Chicken! Haha!..... Shrimp Tempura, (a lot of batter on da outside, as my Hubby would say. Haha!)......But, I still enjoy it. Shoyu Longrice, theirs is Tasty & Good...... Macaroni & Potato Salad, tastes good & nicely Chilled... Spam, Red Hotdog (2 me no thanks to da hotdog) lol.... Hamburger Patty- Sm sz, but I'll still order it..lol... Butterfish - Never ordered it yet??.... Spam Musubis, Lup Cheong, etc. Egg Fuyong, & many more other Deli Food items to try from this Delicatessen. I've never tried their Sweet Potato Crumble yet, maybe next time, hmmm? You have to try their homemade, *Rice Crispy Cookies*, they sell it by the Dozen, it's Super Onolicious!! These also makes great Gifts to, which I've picked up these Cookies in the past to give them away to share my A-L-O-H-A. Lastly, they also sell Breakfast & Loco Lunch Plates here too. And, you can order your Breakfast Entrées with Fried Rice & your choice of Meat, etc. The Breakfast plates are pretty good & inexpensive. The owner & Son here are pretty Nice!! They open really early in the Morning here, like 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. They close earlier also, by Noon time daily! Closed on; Monday & Tuesday, & Saturday, if I'm correct?? I'm Hungry now for some Okazuya today!! Haha! Stay safe, Hawai'i peeps & Continue to Support Local Hawai'i Businesses if u can, they would Appreciate your Patronage! Mahalo Nui! Aloha from, Hawai'i Nei \000/ read more

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Good one of the last good okazuya left on oahu. True to the 45 yrs ago when had Hondas on Liliha. I really miss that place.

Same quailty of food since my first visit. Sadly the prices have gone up enough for me to frequent this place less but honestly the prices before were too good for how the economy currently is. Still a decent deal tho. I mostly come here for the breakfast plates and sweet potato crumbles. Most other things arent too great imo and maybe that how it is and I dont like it. Chowfun is a bit flavorless, cone sushi is too wet, garlic chicken is a bit dry but has decent flavor, fried chicken is decent. Again I go for bfast plates and sweet p crumbles. Hours are still great as they open at 2am. Compared to K&K at 6am and Gullick at 5am and mitsuken at 7am. Tho K&K and Gullick have more days open during the week. FYI you will come out the store smelling like it and feeling a bit greasy haha. read more

Been coming here 20+ years. Food always good from this classic okazuya. Best sushi, namasu and noodles. I like the Filipino style spaghetti.

Sweet potato crumbles so good! Bentos are also great value and taste good. Family owners work hard and are always there.....tough business....and they open so early......while I still prefer Gulick, masa and Joyce......this is on par with musket and better than Nuuanu okazuya in my opinion.....hope they continue to stay open.... read more

Family owned and run. The elderly couple who work tirelessly just adds to the appeal and authenticity. There is nothing contemporary here. Old school with no innovation. Plantation food from a Japanese village. Is this okazuya paradise found? Maki sushi - Sold out every visit. Inari (AKA cone sushi) - Extremely well seasoned rice, on the sweeter side. Bits of carrots and age interspersed inside. It's all loosely packed in a sopping WET, ie dripping, seasoned cone that ruins the entire thing. Sigh as this would otherwise be the best tasting cone sushi on the island. Konbu maki (seasoned seaweed wrapped pork)- Not offered. Fried chicken - Very good. Well seasoned with a hint of ginger flavor. Simple flour dusted, blistered skin where exposed. Moist and not oily even at room temp. Tempura - Yet again, yellow food coloring puff balls. Shrimp, overcooked but well seasoned. Sweetness enhanced by a bit of sugar in the batter. Veg tempura, heavily coated carrots and beans. Not too oily but not crisp. 70/30 batter to filling. Odds and ends - Very good flattop grilled salted saba. Oily and not fishy. Very good boiled, not to sweet, shoyu chicken. Good hamburger patty cooked in its own beef fat drippings with some fillers as expected. OK hash, more potato than canned corned beef but tasty. Real fried luncheon meat (not Spam). Extremely friendly service. Be patient, they are getting on in the years. Despite the lack of innovation and not being as well known as the other old school "giants" (Fukuya and Sekiya), they deserve a place as one of the best old school establishments still remaining on the Island. read more

I came here to buy some of their sweet potato crumble, but they ran out. Figured since I was already here, I might as well but some food. Honestly, I felt that the food didn't look fresh or appetizing, but hey, support local. I ordered 2 plates of cone sushi, noodles, and 3 other items like a hot dog, a hash, etc. I was floored when I was charged $37. THIRTY SEVEN dollars? This better be the best tasting hot dog ever. The hash doesn't even look like okazu style hash. Never stepping foot back here. Just posting to let others know that this is not fine dining, but they charge like it is. Outrageous prices even with inflation, its way too much. read more

Absolutely disappointed with the quality of food . More so because this was a place my other half grew up going to as a child and he raved to me about it. This was my first time trying it and the food was awful , service was meh . I hate giving out bad ratings to a local business but I could not help but share my experience. When we entered the delicatessen we weren't greeted, the old man seemed either tired or depressed ( i always say you can tell a lot about how well a business is doing by the way the service is ) anyway we began our order let's start with the hash pattie's 2/5 stars , too much potato decent sized but i prefer gulick delicatessens pattie's over these . Fish cake pattie's tasted like it was soaked(not fried) in oil , the veggie tempura SO SALTY!! When i bit into it oil oozed out and just an overwhelming amount of salt. Garlic chicken COLD and dry , like they took out of the fridge and it was yesterdays batch , also very very sweet so unnecessary it tasted like liquid diabetes . Luncheon meat was meh , teri beef meh, the worst part of the entire order was the chow fun i was really looking forward to it and it was burnt! like how can you serve burnt food and be so dishonest selling that to customers?! but hey i loved the red hot dog and daikon radish ... yep. my other half continued to defend this spot and said "maybe it's because we came later in the day. the mornings are usually the best time to go." but i personally feel like a business should have the same standards no matter the time of day. I don't think I will be back again. read more

Mitsuba Delicatessen - corn beefed hash pattie's , fish cake pattie's , veggie tempura - Delis Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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I can't believe I've never given this place a review!? Well this is 1 of the OG okazuya places! They open at like 2:30am 5 days a week! They have a pretty good selection of okazu. Where else can you get a garlic chicken bento at 3am? Winner winner garlic chicken for dinner! read more

I got okazuya food: Inari (cone) sushi Tofu Nishime Hash patty Fishcake All the food was good but they were all cold. All would've tasted better if warmed up. read more

This review is short. I didn't think the food was all that good. Although it looked appealing the taste was not. My nori ume musubi was dry for the rice. The Saba fillet was a bit fishy for me. The fried noodles seemed to sweet. Even the Nishime but I was able to get pass that. I did however enjoy the hash patty. Sad to say I don't think I'll be returning soon. So sorry read more

Shout out to my friendship Ish for always being down to take my hungry self out for a super late/early morning drive. In those instances where we have gone to get food before taking our late drive, we've gone into deep Kalihi to get here: Mitsuba Delicatessen. And believe me when I say I was SURPRISED a wholesome looking place would be open at 3 in the morning. But you can definitely count on coming here if you're having a late night craving of good food. The food is so cheap for the amazing quality and flavor it is. The first time I came here I ordered a $4 plate of their fried rice with two eggs, and I add a couple more dollars on by adding on their juicy garlic chicken. What can you expect for a DEAL like this under $10? A big girl take out plate filled with freshly made fried rice, savory sunny side eggs, and your cravings definitely satisfied. The people who work here are so sweet and welcoming too, considering you're there meeting them before the sun even rises. According to their hours they're only open from the early AM to right before noon. Noted. I can always count on this place the next time I'm looking for an adventure with a promise of good, cheap food. Thank you for feeding my crazy butt!! read more

Mitsuba Delicatessen - Talk about Oahu cheap eats! - Delis Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I tried mitsuba for the first time in many years. It was very disappointing. I just ordered 1 cone sushi and their tofu. It cost $8.64!!! Now I know okazu food is not cheap. But I think that was excessively expensive. Most other places a cone sushi averages a little over $2. And tofu is usually one of the less expensive items. I didn't receive a receipt, so I don't know what the cost breakdown was, but just simply dividing it, $4.25 per item is really expensive. Especially since it wasn't even premium items like fried chicken or Teri beef or shrimp tempura. To make it worse, the food wasn't even very good. I don't recommend, mitsuba, and I will not be going back there again. If you want okazu, go Fukuya, Kabuki, Matsumoto or Gulick. read more

Mitsuba Delicatessen - Delis Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

This refined guy/ owner is so sweet! Opening at 2am has got me open. After a night of shaking it I love to go to Mitsubas to taste it. He knows my order- two garlic chicken, two cone sushi, 1 lunchen meat & 1 red hot dog for my puppy. I wonder why he remembers me maybe because I pay in ones read more

I ordered two breakfast plates for our family to share and added a bag of cookies for dessert. The first plate I ordered was the fried rice with eggs and luncheon meat. Boy, did it look good and it was a rather generous serving of food. Unfortunately, we could not finish it. The fried rice was way too oily for our taste. The second plate we ordered was chow fun, kinpira gobo, and saba. It was okay. I liked the gobo because it was tasty. The saba was good too. The cookie covered with cereal is yummy delicious. It is so crispy and full of butter. The family loved it. The owner is really nice. Parking is limited, but I had no problem finding a parking space. read more

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The customer service was good. The food was just meh. I appreciate that their chow funn doesn't have vegetables. The less dressed the chow funn, the better it is, to me. It was a little too peppery for my taste though. The funn itself was good. I enjoyed the texture and size of the funn. The shoyu chicken was a nice big piece that looked really good but tasted just ok. There was a lot of meat on the thigh but it was not moist and it seemed dry and tough. The potato hash and the tamago roll were probably the best items that I ordered. The hash is tasty and the tamago was also delicious. Not overly seasoned, just right. I also ordered the maki sushi slices but did not eat them because I bought them for someone else. They did look good though. Prices seem average. Might come back to try their manju and other items like the spaghetti. read more

Mitsuba Delicatessen - Shoyy chicken thigh, chow funn, potato hash & tamago roll. - Delis Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Haven't been here in awhile so made a trip on a Saturday morning. Lucky had parking in the lot. Food - Plate one: musubi with nori and ume (ok, hard to make a bad musubi) , cone sushi (tasted better at other places), kimpira gobo (way to salty,), hotdog (tasted better at other places), shrimp tempura (small shrimp hidden in cake batter), hamburger (dry). Mini plate two: cone sushi (comment was too sweet and too wet rice), nishime (comment was good), egg roll, fish. Price - more expensive than competitors, $24 ($10+ for the mini, $13+ for the other plate). For the price vs quantity and quality will not be back for awhile. read more

Oh my heaven, the cone sushi is to die for. I'm so happy Mitsubas opens early in the morning Wed-Saturday 2am to 11am. Mahalo for the ono sushi and for being open early read more

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Also forgot, their rice Krispy cookies are BOMB!!!!!!! Uncle, tell me how you make them!!!

This place is trash. Food sucks. Worse spam musubi I've ever had. And it cost $3.50. No sauce. Super salty.

Loco moco above all. The gravy is legitimate. Love this spot and it's consistency. Good stuff man!! I have been eating Daryl's sweet potato crumble since the 2nd grade. It's soooo comfy. Also the only spot these days for grinds open after bars closed at 2 (besides drive thru). Honorable mention to the spam and egg musubi. Always a perfect snack. read more

This is one of the few okazu places remaining in town. They also make breakfast items that are made to order. The real hidden gem is the sweet potato crumble. That is also made to order but takes about an hour to make. Really nice family owned business read more

This place is awesome! Food is always fresh, and consistent. The owners/couple are so kind and appreciate all their patrons. They open very early too, so you can pick up breakfast on your way to work. read more

I love okazuyas! Food is great from here! Their come sushi was good! I loved their Nishime too! Everything was delicious! I love mom and pop places like this! If you are ever in Kalihi you gotta stop by here and grab food to go. read more

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Sometimes it's just better to buy a already made bento then picking and choosing different dishes. I find myself getting carried away and start to pick more than I can possibly eat. (Stomach overrules Brain again!! Dammm) Food is your typical old school okazuya. I picked up a musubi,chicken,hotdog,chow fun,fish and a manju. All the dishes were pretty tasty, but no wow factor. Still after eating all of that I was stuffed...Oink! Like any Okazuya your plate can get expensive really quick. Parking lot is in front of Okazuya. read more

Mitsuba Delicatessen - Manju - Delis Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

First my one star is for the red hotdog that was the best item in the BENTO. Sorry to say but everything else was not good very salty. Garlic chicken and teri beef was freezer burn to me! Chicken was hard and chewy Teri beef is a really thin and hard. We ordered 10 BENTOS and they all were the same so sad. Next the chow fun noodles were hard lie it wasn't fully cooked. Also noddles was very salty. Sorry to say but I'm not going back there to eat again they were really good before don't know what happened. So it's a ONE STAR from me read more

Up early! Ordered fried rice & eggs breakfast, garlic chicken, cookies & sweet potato crumbles!

If you find yourself hungry and near this okazuya, stop and pick up some food.This place doesn't have seating, and they don't stay open late, but they make good stuff! Mitsuba has been around for a long time and they do a good job with their food. My favorite is the garlic chicken. It is arguably the best garlic chicken on the island (along with Mitsuken). It is so crispy and juicy and the sauce is wonderfully intense. I like the chow fun here and when they put it in the container, under the garlic chicken, the sauce drips onto the chow fun (money!). I like the cone sushi here as well and they have cut roll sushi that is good here as well. The shrimp tempura is a little different. It is a larger shrimp, but the batter is thick and dense, but I like it because it has a sweetness to it. The veggie tempura is good as well, but it does have a thicker batter as well (same sweetness). The only thing I am not a huge fan of is the regular bone-in fried chicken...it's a little salty. The reason for the 4 stars and not 5, is the people are not really friendly...in fact they seem downright sad and depressed. It definitely doesn't make me want to buy food. However, if I had to wake at midnight to make food to open at 3am.....I would probably be a little grumpy too by 7am.... Yeah...so go here and get food, you will not be sorry. And don't forget to buy sweet potato crumbles before they run out!!!! read more

Not gonna lie...I come here primarily for the chow fun! There's something about their chow fun that I crave when I think about chow fun! Not fancy or loaded but delicious and addictive nonetheless. I also love the sweet potato crumbles and their rice krispy cookies if you're lucky enough to still get it! Also highly recommend their bento sm or reg both are better than a zippac or almost any other bento out there! Ala carte items are ok but expensive and before you know it your plate lunch is $20+! Only real downside is parking and their hours and reliability. Sign says they open till 11am Tue-Sat but I've often been disappointed when I show up and they're closed at 10am or decided not to open one day. So always call first! If you get no answer don't assume they're busy, they probably went fishing lol! read more

Food was below average. They are charging a service fee for credit card transaction without prior notification. Breakfast menu is double from across street. This place really changed. It used to be my go spot. There was also paper changes on their prices shown on their board. read more

Mitsuba Delicatessen - Menu prices - Delis Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

This place has been a stapled Okazuya place I went to as a kid, teenager, and as an adult. My Aunts worked there when I was younger. I love their Shoyu Chicken, Fried Chicken, Chow Fun, Fish Cake, and their famous Hot Dog Sushi! Their prices went up a lot (post pandemic) which is expected. I still go and pay the price because their food is just too ono to not. read more

As a committee member in charge of planning and coordinating some of the work events, I needed to find a place to get cheap but filling bentos for a work event. I had to be at the event location by 6 am at the latest, so I needed to pick up the bentos around 5:30 am. The normal place I turned to would just be opening around that time and they would not be able to accommodate an order of 20 mini bentos and have it ready as early as 5:30. Thus, I turned to Yelp for a solution and found it - Mitsuba Delicatessen. They open as early at 2:30 am and would be able to prepare 20 mini bentos (each cost only $5). I was sold. Plus, it looked like they have pretty good food based on the Yelp reviews and the pictures. The mini bento comes with a choice of noodles (chow funn or chow mein), chicken (garlic, fried, or shoyu), musubi, takawan, and a hot dog). I chose chow funn and garlic chicken. The day of the event came and I went to pick up the food. I figured that it was so early in the morning, I would not need to worry about parking. NEVER ASSUME! It looks like Mitsubas is in a residential building, so the parking lot in front of the shop was practically full because everyone was at home at that time. Luckily there was one stall open, but it looks like one would have to double park in that small lot when it is really busy. I came at just the right time - the bentos were almost ready for me to be picked up. The employees there were nice and were putting the bentos together quickly. As a person who used to work in retail and in food service, I really do appreciate the speed of service. The man packed all the bentos in a box and carried it to my car! I love the customer service from this okazuya. Then came the time when I ate the bento. This was the first time I ever ate at Mitsubas. I should have tried the food before ordering it for everyone, but I always heard good things about Mitsubas. It seems that the quality has gone down because the chicken was tough to eat. I remember having to really bite down on that piece of chicken to tear off a piece of it. Then, when I was chewing on the piece...I can only describe it as really tough. I could barely taste garlic in the sauce that coated the chicken. The chow funn, which I heard was really popular as well, lacked flavor and was a disappointment. While they gave plenty of food and it was a good price, the quality left me wanting. Perhaps it was the fact that it was so early in the morning and they had to make a lot of food to fulfill my order, so the quality was not the normal. Maybe a second chance is in order? read more

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When you just crave sweet potato crumbles, only one place to go! Crispy on the outside and soft and moist sweet potato on the inside. While you are ther pick up old school Okazuya like grandma used to make! Everything is just "onilicious". Call before going sweet potato crumble sells out quickly. They will hold for you or put on side! read more

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Hole in the wall food spots is my jam! But this place has always been a staple of late night grinds for years. 3am after a late night uncle got you! Breakfast special is my go to, fried rice w/ choice of breakfast meats & 2 over easy eggs + their in-house garlic chicken is a must! read more

Got sick this past week so decided to order bentos from mitsuba. Using luncheon meat over spam always gonna lose some points for me. Tried both fried chicken and shoyu chicken. Chicken came cold and kinda hard. Nothing special. Chow fun was good. Would be better if they did a shoyu hotdog instead of a plain hot dog. Teri beef was ok. read more

My favorite is the cone sushi and crab and maki rolls. I like everything I've tried there.

Favorite place for my nanakuli ginormous 3 patties 3 eggs Loki moko with salad come on . Get some potato crumble sweet I might add purple lol let's go get at this place for breakfast blink and there close by 230 pm read more

There sweet potato crumble are the best! Made fresh daily! I recommend everyone to try this special yummy treat!! read more