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New Restaurants on Oʻahu, November 2026: Soup Dumplings, Chinatown Dinners, Matcha and $7 Smash Burgers

By Oahu Local Published 5 min read

A wooden table covered with Chinese noodle dishes, including a bowl of beef noodle soup with greens, stir-fried noodles, sweet and sour pork, rice porridge and rolled rice noodles.
A spread of noodle dishes at Lam’s Kitchen in Chinatown, now open for dinner. Photo: Kelli Shiroma Braiotta / Aloha State Daily

November is off to a fast start for new places to eat on Oʻahu. Here is our running list of openings and big changes from the first half of the month, organized by area, with what to know before you go. Hours and prices come from the reporting credited below, and new places often adjust in their first weeks, so check before you drive. We’ll keep adding to this page through the end of the month.

If you missed last month’s list, see our October roundup of new Oʻahu restaurants.

Kakaʻako and Chinatown

Sijie Special Noodle, Kakaʻako. The newest late-night option in town, Sijie Special Noodle has soft opened at 401 Kamakeʻe St., No. 102, in the former Phuket Thai space, serving made-to-order soup dumplings from $12.99, pan-fried pork buns, noodle soups and big chef specials. It’s open daily from 11:30 a.m. to midnight during the soft opening, according to Aloha State Daily. Read our full Sijie Special Noodle story.

Lam’s Kitchen, Chinatown. Not new, but newly open for dinner. The family-run noodle shop at 1152 Maunakea St., which opened in 2009, extended its hours on Nov. 1 and now stays open into the evening, Aloha State Daily reported Nov. 9. Hours are 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. daily. The house specialty is look funn made in-house; co-manager Joyce Lin told the outlet the beef flank and tendon look funn is the most popular dish. Beef flank and tendon look funn in soup is $16.50, beef chow funn is $15.75 and look funn rolls are $1.50 each. New this fall are sweet and sour pork ($23) and roast duck ($28 half, $50 whole). Park in the nearby municipal lots.

Yame Matcha House, Kakaʻako. The matcha trailer UH Mānoa students know held the grand opening of its first café on Nov. 7 at 961 Kawaiahaʻo St., pouring double-roasted matcha from Yame in Fukuoka, Japan. Aloha State Daily listed hours of 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. More on Yame Matcha House.

Queen’s Deli Market, Kakaʻako. A renovated corner store at 630 Cooke St. now makes Boar’s Head deli sandwiches from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and has self-serve ube soft serve. See what’s on the sandwich board.

Kalihi and Māpunapuna

Serg’s Mexican Kitchen, Kalihi. The Mānoa favorite opened its third Oʻahu location on Nov. 1 at 1311 N. King St., Suite 6, with the same family recipes, housemade salsas and a weekend Mexican breakfast from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to Aloha State Daily. Our Serg’s Kalihi story.

The Collective Cafe, Kalihi. This coffee and matcha bar shares a space with The Collective Barbershop at 2300 N. King St. and pours lattes on tap: 10 ounces for $5.50 or 18 ounces for $7.50, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily, per Aloha State Daily. Read more.

Buns Gone Wong at Paradise Ciders, Māpunapuna. Brian Wong’s pop-up serves Oklahoma-style wagyu smash burgers starting at $7 at Paradise Ciders, 3057 Koapaka St., from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays, according to Aloha State Daily, plus Sundays at Davy’s Evolution in Waikīkī. Our Buns Gone Wong story.

Pearlridge and Waipahu

The Matcha Social, Pearlridge Center. The matcha café we previewed earlier this month is now open as a kiosk at Pearlridge Center near Tanaka Ramen & Izakaya, Aloha State Daily reported Nov. 10. Founder Tamara Chandara, who also runs the Lao fusion business Saap Saap Hawaiʻi with her husband, told the outlet she expects the mango sticky rice matcha to be a favorite; she also recommends a banana pudding pie matcha made with local apple bananas. Drinks are $9.50 for 16 ounces or $10.75 for 20 ounces. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Mercado de la Raza, Waipahu. HONOLULU Magazine’s November “New in Town” list says the island’s only Latin American market has opened a second, larger location at 94-1259 Hulukupuna St., Suite 105, in Waipahu, with imported and locally made tortillas, quesos, salsas, snacks and liquors. Right now its website is stocked for the holidays, with tamale and pastele supplies.

Ala Moana and Hawaiʻi Kai

You Me Mart, Keʻeaumoku Street. A Korean grocery took over part of the former Ross space at 711 Keʻeaumoku St., with produce, banchan, snacks, drinks and meal kits, according to HONOLULU Magazine. Hawaii News Now reported Nov. 10 that the Keʻeaumoku store is closing. A manager confirmed the closure to the station, final-sale signs are up, and no last day was given.

Bottleheads, Koko Marina Center. The Kailua bottle shop’s second location, in Koko Marina Center at 7192 Kalanianaʻole Highway, pours wine by the glass with light bites and desserts and plans tastings and book club meetings, HONOLULU Magazine reports.

Coming soon: Aloha Plate at the airport

Aloha Plate, the team led by Lanai Tabura that won Season 4 of Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race,” is opening a grab-and-go, bento-style counter in Terminal 2 at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, KHON2 reported Nov. 10. KHON2 says the counter is expected to open in mid-December. Some earlier reports gave Nov. 30, so we’ll confirm the date before we add it to this list. “It’s going to be Aloha Plate grab-and-go in a sense, to make it easier for people to take Hawaii on the plane with them,” Tabura told the station.

Know of an opening near you?

We want to hear about new spots in every part of the island, from Waiʻanae to Waimānalo and Wahiawā to Hawaiʻi Kai. Send us your tips, and we’ll check them out for the next update of this list.

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