Haleiwa Shave Ice

Broke da mouth!! Nuff said! Don't pass this up!! matsumotos line is like an hour long this line was minutes!!! Cash only.

Compared to other shaved ice places, this was very mediocre. High price for the quality. The quality is what I remember as a child, so it is very very standard. Nothing fancy at all. The service was fine. It was a bit odd that they made it so you pick your shaved ice from a side window, but okay. The place is small and very hole in the wall. There is a bench to the side to eat at, but it is in the sun.

Took just over an hour to actually receive our order of 4 shave ice. Very light on the flavorings so it was mostly ice. Disappointing.

Great little hole in the wall to get shaved ice. Service was quick and friendly. Business only except cash, and the only thing I found odd was that there was no trash cans to throw your trash in.

This isn't Matsumotos but the shave ice here is good and hit the spot. The line for Matsumotos was very long and we only had a small time frame for some shave ice. We decided to go to Haleiwa Shave Ice which was a short walking distance away located at the old Aiokis.This place is just a small walk up. 12 steps from the door to order. There was no line and just one employee. The employee was very nice and the shave ice was made quickly. The flavors we ordered were yummy. They also have toppings such as boba, condensed milk, azuki beans, and other to name a few. We also noticed that they serve halo halo there. The famous Filipino dessert.It was not bad at all and others came as well while we were there.

As advertised- light fluffy shave ice and sweet sticky condensed milk with red beans sweetened topped with pre made mochi balls. I am okay with all that! You can get this with vanilla ice cream or just the shave ice. I like it with no ice cream. This is "top heavy" and when I went to grab it- it tilted and spilled. The nice person made me another one. Be careful when grabbing it. I got here on a Sunday at 5:45 pm. North Shore shops were about 75% closed. The more famous shave ice place where they make their own mochi balls was closed. This place rocked on and was open. Small but mighty and had consistent people in and out of the place. 20 plus flavors. Cash only. Pay at door, go to the side by the bars and get the sweet dessert. Use BOTH hands to pick up- top heavy and will tilt and spill. Very messy, I ate it over the grass. And still got some on my pants and shirt. I guess when in Hawaii- it's okay to be a little messy, sweaty, and happy on sugar.

Very good, friendly service and no line on a Sunday afternoon!Just steps from Matsumoto, so if you don't like waiting in lines, give it a go.

This place is a blink of an eye. If your lucky not to miss it and find this jewel, you'll be greeted by an awesome cashier. Who made my daughter's evening and mines. She was so patient speaking with my child making sure she had ample time to order. As a parent, customer, human being. I'm so satisfied with this establishment. I want to share with everyone in this community. The shaved iced was in point I got mines with condensed milk, and the serving was generous to say the least. The price is more than equal to the pocket when your receiving, this absolute superb service a bang for your buck and your supporting a small business owner of this community thank you so Haleiwa shave ice! You guys are awesome!!!

If I could add this review with zero stars, I would! This place SUCKS!! I don't write bad reviews because I feel like it was my own experience and you might have a better experience than me, but this one I had to write to warn others. My family and I wanted some shave ice on New Year's Day and unfortunately, Matsumoto's and Aoki's were closed. Haleiwa shave ice line was super long, thinking it was good shave ice. Come to find out, they were busy only because Matsumoto and Aoki shave ice was closed. The cashier and workers were very rude, they look like they all did not want to be there, not welcoming at all and not inviting to their customers. While we waited, I took notice how dirty the place was. Then other locals talked about how much difference the customer service was and the quality with other shave ice companies were. We were letting other tourist know if they really wanted good shave ice, come back the next day and head to either Matsumoto or Aoki's. We received our shave ice along with everyone else one hour later! One hour for shave ice?!!The shave ice was so messy, the condensed milk dripped everywhere, there were only 3 pieces of mochi balls and the flavors sucked! It's New Year's Day and the other shave ice stores nearby were closed and they had the audacity to raise the price! Bad business. We locals knew this would be the only time they can do that. If the other shave ice stores were open, they wouldn't profit as much. We asked the worker, do you know how long we've been waiting and let them know one hour. They did not apologize. They just said "oh." We let them know they should at least let the people ordering know how long the wait time is and let them decide if they want to wait or not. The locals and I let others know the wait time was about one hour. We then heard a customer asked the cashier how long the wait time was, the cashier replied 20 minutes! Lies! If this company keeps running their business like this, I won't be surprised if they go out of business anytime soon. All these other comments about how great their shave ice is, I wonder if you really had good shave ice?! Go to either of the other places, Matsumoto's or Aoki's. They have been in business over 70 years, so that should indicate how good their shave ice is! Haleiwa shave ice sucks! I repeat Haleiwa shave ice sucks! Save your money! Never again!

The shave ice had amazing texture and they had a ton of natural flavors! (The passion fruit had real fruit in the syrup) It's located in a cute little gift shop with a bunch of fun items. Great service would absolutely come here again!