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The Lei Stand’s New Weeknight Deal: $8 Signature Cocktails and Half-Off Pūpū in Waikīkī

By Oahu Local Published 3 min read

Three cocktails, including a dark drink in a coupe and a tall frothy drink with a flower garnish, on a table under pink, green and blue neon signs at The Lei Stand.
Signature cocktails at The Lei Stand are $8 from 5 to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. Photo: Kelli Shiroma Braiotta / Aloha State Daily

One of Honolulu’s buzziest cocktail bars just got a lot easier on the wallet. Aloha State Daily reported this week that The Lei Stand, now at Romer House Waikīkī, has started a weeknight deal: signature cocktails that usually run $16 to $21 are $8 each from 5 to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

It isn’t only the drinks. During the same window, beers and wines by the glass are $5 and the food menu is 50% off.

What $8 gets you

The bar is known for cheeky drink names, and the regulars are on the deal list. According to Aloha State Daily:

  • Clifton’s Curse (usually $21), which HONOLULU Magazine has described as a mai tai, is made with Ko Hana rum, house orgeat, lime, pear cognac, absinthe, bitters and sherry. HAWAIʻI Magazine reported in 2025 that the drink is an ode to co-founder Ryan Kalei Tsuji’s dad.
  • Wow Lau Lau (usually $20) mixes Ketel One vodka, bruto americano, 48-hour cold brew, housemade chai syrup, coconut and curaçao.
  • Soup Soup, a coconut tequila drink with pineapple, falernum and absinthe (as Travel Weekly described it in 2025), is another of the popular picks.

Half-off pūpū

The food is where the deal really adds up. Aloha State Daily listed these happy-hour prices:

  • Chex Mix: $4 (usually $8)
  • Hurricane fries with furikake, nori, shichimi, spicy aioli and Parmigiano-Reggiano: $6 (usually $12)
  • Taro chips and “crack dip”: $7 (usually $14)
  • Chicken karaage with the creamy, spicy “crack sauce”: $7.50 (usually $15)
  • Edamame hummus with fresh-baked focaccia, honey and macadamia nut oil: $8 (usually $16)
  • Smash burger, an 8-ounce beef patty with American cheese, teriyaki and pickles on brioche: $12.50 (usually $25)

From Chinatown to Waikīkī

The Lei Stand opened in Chinatown in late 2022 as a speakeasy-style homage to the neighborhood’s old lei stands. It was hard to get into, with reservations often booked well ahead, HONOLULU Magazine wrote. In summer 2024 it stopped regular operations but kept doing pop-ups. One of those pop-ups was at Romer House Waikīkī, the adults-only boutique hotel off Kūhiō Avenue, which became the bar’s permanent home on May 1, 2025, just in time for Lei Day.

Co-founders Ryan Kalei Tsuji and Tara Kanani Shimooka brought the look with them: an arched doorway modeled on airport lei stands, neon signs and vintage photos. At the 2025 reopening, the bar said it would also sell fresh flower lei from local artisans, according to HAWAIʻI Magazine and Hawaii News Now. “We created The Lei Stand for friends, by friends,” Tsuji told Hawaii News Now then.

When HONOLULU Magazine reviewed the new space in 2025, the writer noted “Waikīkī prices” on some favorites (Clifton’s Curse rose from $17 to $21). That’s what makes the new $8 weeknight price worth a trip.

Why locals should go

Parking is often the hardest part of a Waikīkī night out. Here, Romer House offers three hours of complimentary valet parking, according to Aloha State Daily. Seating is limited and first come, first served, so a Monday-through-Thursday stop right at 5 p.m. is your best bet for a seat.

Know before you go

  • Where: The Lei Stand, Romer House Waikīkī, 415 Nāhua St., Honolulu
  • Deal: $8 signature cocktails, $5 beer and wine by the glass and 50% off food, 5 to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday (no end date announced; confirm before you go)
  • Regular hours: 5 to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 5 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, per the bar’s website
  • Parking: Three hours of free valet at Romer House Waikīkī
  • Seating: Limited and first come, first served. For large parties, the bar asks you to email leistand@romerhousewaikiki.com
  • Online: getleid.co and @theleistand on Instagram

Looking for more ways to eat and drink for less? Check our list of new Oʻahu restaurants this month and the kamaʻāina Sunday brunch deal at Plumeria Beach House.

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