Planning around Arancino di Mare's famous $8-pizza happy hour in Waikiki? As of August 2026 the restaurant opens at 4:45 pm and no happy hour appears on its official site. Here's what changed, what we ordered when it ran, and the verified alternatives nearby.
The original Me BBQ — Waikiki's family-run Korean plate lunch spot since 1992 — now lives at 2427 Kuhio Ave, and a shop with a similar name opened at its old address. Our May 2025 menu and price notes, the Sunny's Special, and how the meat-only order could work for a room dinner.
Michel's, the oceanfront French room at the quiet end of Waikiki since 1962, is smart casual — and the item most Hawaii travelers haven't packed is covered shoes. Reservations, the official three-tier dress code in plain terms, the tableside lobster bisque, and our real bill.
On the 36th floor of the Ala Moana Hotel, The Signature runs a nightly 4:30–6:30 pm happy hour where the steak items are genuinely half price — steak sliders $9.50, prime steak tips $11 — with $6.95 beers and a view over Honolulu.
Yard House Waikiki's happy hour runs weekdays from 2:00 to 5:30 pm. Select appetizers and pizzas drop to half price — the beer doesn't. Here's how to use it well, from a couple who starts most Hawaii trips at this table.
Ruth's Chris in Waikiki has a bar-only happy hour (4 to 7 pm nightly on our May 2025 visit; call to confirm today's hours). Here's the appetizer list from our last visit, plus the prix fixe trick that gets you steak and lobster at a table without the wait.