Pipeline Bakeshop & Creamery

★★★★☆ 4.4 (857) • $$

"Pipeline has solidified its status for me as a "must visit" whenever I come to Oahu. Not everything they make is perfect. I found their seasonal gingerbread to be overpowering. But they'd make 3 things that I need when I want to taste vacation. 1) Lilikoi cheesecake bars. They are the epitome of tropical flavor to me. I love them. I can't get enough and yet I never buy enough because others in my traveling party devour them too!2) Strawberry Guava cake. Another tropical flavor. Great cake. 3) Chocolate chocolate cake. Hey! Not everything can be tropical and it resets your palette for more tropical flavors."

Waiola Shave Ice

★★★★☆ 4 (935) • $$

"The best in the neighborhood since we were kids. My friends that went to Punahou used to run cross country and Waiola Shave Ice would be the reward after a long run. Now I find myself in the area, looking at the line at Shimazu next to Rainbow Drive-in and driving past and headign to Waiola Shave Ice instead. It's a hidden gem at this point. Off the beaten path. For a few years Obama made it quite popular again with it being his Shave Ice of choice. Their shave ice is very finely cut and it has all the bells and whistles as well such as ice cream, condensed milk, azuki bean etc. There is plenty of parking and its off the main road, so it feels relaxing if you have to park on the street. The prices are still good, didn't go up too much. Overall a good choice for Shave Ice just outside of Waikiki without the crowd."

Double Three

★★★★☆ 4.4 (407) • $$

"This is where you can experience slowly eating an over the top ice cream cone. You have to order the bubble waffle cone. The first time I did it was by a mistake. The waffle cones are individually made and the ice cream is so creamy and delicious! The extra toppings make these cones an wonderful treat. You can almost make a dinner out of an waffle ice cream cone. Just imagine, chocolate bubble waffle cone, chocolate ice cream, two medium sized Reese's peanut butter cups, sprinkles, ultimately topped with chocolate syrup!! I highly recommend this establishment for a delicious dessert."

IL Gelato Cafe Haleiwa

★★★★☆ 4.3 (357) • $$

"The shop is just so cute and the ice cream was just amazing. The worst part was trying to decide which flavor to pick! Classics and local favorites means there is something for everyone."

Ewa Seed Company

★★★★★ 4.7 (201) • $

"Love the hole in the wall! Really good shave ice and cool assortment of dried and pickled items."

Samurai

★★★★☆ 4.3 (199) • $

"We came and purchased a blue vanilla and strawberry swirl float with Coke and condensed milk ($4 + $0.75 for the condensed milk). It only comes in one size (16 oz.). They give you the whole can of Coke, so you can just keep adding to the soft serve. We also got a bag of fresh buttered popcorn with extra butter, furikake and arare $5.75. Both items were good. I prefer the Coke float. It hit the spot on a hot day. The popcorn needed more butter and furikake."

King's Pizza Cafe

★★★★☆ 3.7 (254) • $

"I was in Kapahulu today and saw a cute pizza shop and grabbed a slice today, I tried the kings special. The portions here are no joke and such a feeling amount! I and the manager was so sweet. I will definitely come back here again or order delivery :) thanks for the pizza experience."

Double Three

★★★★☆ 4.4 (177) • $$

"So before I start, quick overview of how I rate places. -3 Stars = It's good, glad I came but I probably wouldn't come back nor would I crave it or recommend it - 4 Stars = it's good and if I'm in the area, I will definitely come back. But I wouldn't go out of my way for it and I would recommend to someone if they are already in the area.- 5 stars = really good and I would probably drive over 30min just to get some more. Highly recommend other people try.Dessert is always tough cause it's hard to ruin plus you usually try it after you ate and are already full. This was the case here. And I was with a good friend so I was already in a good mood. Seating is a small area. Maybe seats like 10 people. And service was quick (it wasn't busy). Ice cream was good. Not sure I would specially come out here for it nor would I swing by if I was in the area, but recommend people try it if they have a sweet tooth."

La Gelateria Italian Style Frozen Desserts

★★★★★ 4.6 (154) • $

"Shout out to Donna O. for sharing this place with me. I took my daughter, who is visiting from Portland, to pick up a few cups of sorbet and gelato. They were open for business. We picked up 2 Kona coffee sandwiches and a mix of gelato and sorbet. My daughter tried the Hawaiian Honey gelato. It was creamy, delicious and the taste of honey was amazing. 5/5 starsThe rest is for later consumption. Service: There is a very sweet and smiling lady who helped us with our order. She explained some of the flavors and she was informative and adorable. 5/5 stars Ambiance: it's a small front store operation with a big back factory space. 4/5 stars. It's pretty clean and orderly."

Yomie’s Rice X Yogurt

★★★★☆ 4.1 (163) • $$

"Craving something fresh and delicious? Ditch the ordinary and dive into Yomei' house-made yogurt drinks and smoothies! Creamy, refreshing, and way healthier than your usual boba fix - this is the sip you've been waiting for. They use only Real Fruit, and as much local fruit when in season. They also make their own yogurt from scratch...Ready to taste the difference? So good I brought my son here to treat him for his birthday... a perfect treat for your family They are so nice and the service is friendly... they even had a wheel you can spin for free prizes...From the perfect boba pop,to creamy smoothies and fresh yogurt delights - they have your cravings covered!They are located ground floor of alamoana shopping center, on the makai side. Just go out the door of the food court , take a right and it's two doors down...Oh but just FYI,,, there is no tables inside so it's more of a grab and go spot ... so we got our order and enjoyed it upstairs by the fish ponds."

IL Gelato Hawaii

★★★★★ 4.8 (95) • $

"I was in the area and wanted to purchase some takeout. There is a parking lot and they validate. They are not selling scoops right now. I was able to find a Kona Coffee Gelato and a Meyer Lemon Sorbet. I was told they use local lemons. They are both very tasty flavors. Smooth and rich coffee flavor. The Meyer lemon is very refreshing. No place to sit so more of a takeout of limited flavors."

Kawaii Ice Wave

★★★★★ 4.6 (100) • $

"We got the strawberry cheesecake ice wave - so good! It's a large size, enough to share and good for the price. It's definitely kawaii in there - super cute location with good spots for pictures. The girls t the register was really friendly and kind. Would recommend this place especially on a hot day. You could take it and sit by the water after getting a coffee or tea from Island Brew as well, which made this taste so much sweeter."

Kansai Yamato

★★★★☆ 4.3 (110) • $

"I'm obsessed with mochi and this is definitely the place to go in Honolulu! They have all the flavors: mango, taro, honeydew, strawberry, etc. My sister and I ordered a lot and they made sure we got the freshest batches and gave us some freebies. It was really lovely!"

S7 Icy Bubble - Kailua

★★★★★ 4.6 (43) • $$

"I was out in Kailua and spotted S7 Icy Bubble. I made a short stop inside and got two drinks. I got the Mango Smoothie and Mango Pomelo Sago. The Mango Smoothie was good. The Mango Pomelo Sago was off. They were heavy handed with the coconut milk. The whole drink tasted like coconut milk. I could barely detect any mango. If you like coconut drinks get this. They also sell rolled up ice cream at this location. I didn't get any, but the person behind me ordered it. It was fun watching the worker make it. It's like any other rolled up ice cream place. They flatten the ice cream base on the frozen slab and mix in your ingredients. When it hardens they roll up the ice cream and place it in a cup. They're like all the other S7 stores where they sell affordable items. I saw phone cases along with stationary for a few bucks. The worker also wanted $1 for the reusable drink holder. I found that to be weird, because the locations in town just give them to me for free when I purchase two or more drinks."

DQ / Orange Julius Kiosk

★★★☆☆ 3.1 (86) • $

"The best. Vanilla ice cream. Chocolate dipped of course!Confession... this was my biggest pregnancy craving... and boy did it satisfy!Also, did you know DQ makes ice cream birthday cakes?! It's so delicious. Better than Baskin Robbins cakes in my opinion. Instead of whip cream, they use their soft serve vanilla ice cream!"

Rajah Dat Snack Shop

★★★★☆ 4.1 (47) • $$

"Cool place ... roger that.We ate lunch at a recently opened local BBQ place in the same strip mall which has around 10 restaurants of all kinds here. Parking was adequate in the early afternoon but I am wondering how hard it may be to park at prime dinner time.Rajah Dat is a snack shop with various mostly local candies and treats. They have some strange stuff on sale too but I will let you discover those on your own. Because my concept of strange may not be as strange as yours.They also vend frozen yogurt. I asked for the frozen blue vanilla flavor which was a 4 out of 5. Not so creamy and flavorful but still pretty good.Just the thing you want on a hot and humid afternoon in August.Will be back when I'm in the area."

S7 Icy Bubble Aiea

★★★★☆ 3.7 (51)

"The staff was amazing and provided great customer service and recommendations We will most definitely be returning"

S7 Icybubble - Kunia

★★★★☆ 3.7 (44)

"Love their signature milk tea boba, aloha taro boba, and their banana Nutella! A lot of the drinks taste great, but I think the yogurt rice drinks could use some improvement. Cowcow's still has the best rice yogurt boba. S7 Kunia, the yogurt drink tastes mostly like they just put the yakult drink with rice in it.. nothing special about the rice yogurt drink.This S7 is my favorite boba of all places. I like when they serve their boba soft warm and chewy. Sometimes, depending who is working, the boba is hard.Another fav are their ice cream roll desserts. My daughters love the cookies and cream one. I tried it and couldn't stop eating theirs. Didn't realize it was soooo delicious.Place is nice and spacious. Def recommend this boba place.. for those wondering, it's right across kunia Walmart in a little separate strip mall. They're also really fast at making the drinks."

Via Gelato

★★★★☆ 4.4 • $$

"Wow I missed Via Gelato and I can't believe I have not been back here in so long. Since my last visit, Via Gelato has only gotten better. When I visited this week the place was buzzing. I love the location and space and service is still great. The flavors are tasty, Rocky Road, Cookies & Cream, Ube, Vanilla Bean, Salted Caramel, Chocolate Haupia, Guava, Green Tea Matcha. My wife and I shared a Grande Sunday and it was delicious. The Grande is perfect for sharin. We had three flavors of ice cream, Rocky Road, Salted Caramel and Cookies and Cream. The warm hot fudge, whip cream and Cherry was the highlight. Support Local and Kamaki and visit Via Gelato."