Ige's Halawa Lunch & Catering

From Thanksgiving meal solution in the past we have now adopted whenever we have family get togethers iges has been our go get for their shoyu pork and sweet sour spare ribs frozen packs. So easy -So convenient. It is yummy and we always get so much compliments about how yummy it is.

I can't believe it was my first time here! This place is in the Halawa industrial park area and when i got here there was a long line cause I believe this place is not open anymore but they just do catering or pop up bake sells along with some plate lunches. I went around Halloween time and I was in for a treat! The others that stood in line taught me which items were good. Someone told me gotta try their creamy pasta salad and strawberry cream cheese square which I did. I also bought a pack of mini pumpkin crunch and maki sushi handroll to go. This place has a following and I can see why.

Ige's Halawa (owned and run separately from Ige's Aiea and Ige's in Mapunapuna/Masa's Cafeteria. Same family, just run by different siblings!) had to pivot during the pandemic when they had no more catering jobs. They did bentos and pop up bake sales and a myriad of other things to pay the bills. Today, they are focusing on catering. There is a bento catering menu, a buffet style catering menu and a buffet style funeral catering menu. They no longer serve lunch. They also sell ribbon leis during graduation season and a lot of pop up bake sales. The two sisters put a lot of effort into their bake sales. Ige's Halawa have been doing their bake sales (usually Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm) for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Boys and Girls Days, Boss Appreciation Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, Halloween, Christmas, etc. Follow them on IG or FB for info on pop ups @igeshalawa. The desserts I have had so far have been ono and beautifully presented. A mix of favorites and some creative ones as well. One of my faves is Aunty Kay's Okinawan Sweet Potato Manju. Those sell out fast. In addition to a constant rotation of themed desserts, they will sell a rotation of their famous andagi, potato salad, namasu, smoked meat, pasta salad, etc. It's a bit of a drive to get to their place in Halawa but I think it's worth it to support this local owned and operated family business!

Thankful starts with some yummy meal!Every year mom seems to crave that tradition of Turkey and stuffing though since we don't eat much something that massive is just not possible and it breaks my heart as she asks about it again this year.Here pop up Ige's Instagram @igeshalawa and with images of their Thanksgiving Feast Bento!! It's like the New Years Osechi box filled with bites of every feast lovers dream!Turkey, mashed potato, baked ham with pineapple, stuffing, roasted veggies, cranberry sauce, gravy, dinner roll and a baked cookie all for $25!!!This feast must be pre-ordered for pick up on November 22nd and 23rd 10am to 4pm which normally would be impossible for me with my work schedule but this was the days I had my Lasik procedure and Tuesday was my follow up so I was able to swing by to pick it up!! Hallelujah!!Parking is painfully just a few and street parking pretty much non-existent but luckily I got there early and had no problems. Just pick up and all instructions are right on the micorwave safe container to heat and enjoy.From what looks like small bites was more than enough for the both of us to enjoy especially for Mom which thankfully made her day as you can taste the homemade goodness in each items. I'm so grateful for these efforts by Ige's as going to local places like Zippy's always sell which worked out perfectly!Thankfully Thank you!

I've eaten there for a long time now and only now doing a review! If I could give them more stars, I would. Aside from having kanak attacks from there ginormous servings of fried noodles, shoyu pork and rice ( and Mac potato salad) plate lunches years ago, I have catered food for a family member's celebration of life service. The food was well loved by all who came. Their andagi is so good, too!I must add that their pork nishime is the best. My mom used to make it; but since she's passed away, I could never find someone who makes it like her...until Ige's!Their desserts are so good that it's hard to walk away with just one Highly recommend!

This location also has BENTOs which I needed for my Celebration of Life event at Ballard Mortuary.They have 3 choices of Bentos from $12-$9. They have free delivery to mortuaries and the food arrived neatly on time. Best part was no clean up after!Email them your order and information. They will confirm the info and email you a bill. Done.Lot of people commented how tasty the Bentos were and the choice "A" bento was gone first.Of course they have their regular and funeral catering menu.

NOTE: This review is solely based on their Bake Sales!Since the pandemic started, Ige's has had little to no catering business. They have been trying to find creative ways to make up for the lost revenue. One way they have been trying to do this is by having bake sales for special holidays and on certain Saturdays! I've ordered baked goods a couple of times now.The first time I ordered their baked goods was for Thanksgiving. They were offering a Thanksgiving Dessert Platter that included pumpkin crunch bites, lilikoi bars, pumpkin Oreo cheecake and apple crisp cheesecake cupcakes. All the desserts were sooo good! Hopefully they will have these offerings again this fall!The next time I came here for for their Valentine's Day sale! I saw they were selling the newest viral dessert, Cocoa Bombs and I knew I had to get my hands on them! When I went, there was a variety of baked goods from banana bread to their infamous andagi. They also had a variety of Cocoa Bombs from churro to mocha to hazelnut! I decided to get 1 Classic, 1 Mocha (which had coffee flavored hot cocoa inside), and 1 Hazelnut! They were $5 each and were individually packaged with a cute bow on top for easy gifting! They also had directions on the bottom of each one. I gifted the Cocoa Bombs to my friends for Valentine's Day and they LOVED it! I was even told you could put coffee instead of hot milk in the Mocha one!My most recent visit was this passed weekend when they offered a Disneyland Inspired Food Day! They had EVERYTHING from corndogs to churros to turkey legs, and much more! This event turned out to be WAYYY more popular than they could have ever anticipated and the line was INSANE! By the time I was able to get in, there were only a few items left: M&M Brownie, Mint Julep, Mickey Cupcakes, and Mickey Beignets! All were sooo good! I know everyone is missing Disneyland and this was a fun and successful event!Follow them on IG @igeshalawa to see when their next bake sale is! We need to shop small and shop local as much as possible so these small businesses survive the pandemic!

I never knew there was an Iges so deep in Halawa valley. This is so great for all the folks in the industrial area! So, you have some parking, lots of menu and food selection to choose from (failed to take pictures - oops). But the specials, you need to follow them on IG, but I got lucky because they had a hand written one on a scratch paper . Because there was a line behind me, I quickly had to make a selection so I decided on mini shoyu chicken. Can't go wrong right?Expensive. Almost 10.00 bucks for a mini. A mini alright. 3 mini pieces of shoyu chicken with no shoyu sauce, so the chicken was dry . I ordered a large fountain drink and was told that they don't give straw, I guess due to the new ordinance. Oh wow. Ok. The lady at the register was not friendly but I think of you are a regular she is nice to you.My dog was happy with the chicken.

Participated in the Okinawa FEASTival by purchasing HUOA Donation andagi! Online pre-ordering was easy. I liked having to select a time (30 minute interval). Pick up was easy since there was adequate street parking on a Saturday and with the pick up time staggered, the line moved quickly. The staff just asked your name and your warm andagi appeared almost instantly. They came one dozen per brown paper bag. Bags were oily so you had to have your own plastic bag to put them in (wasn't offered the option to purchase a plastic bag but fortunately I always carry a couple in my purse). Got home 15 minutes later, opened a bag and started to devour the andagi even though we had just eaten lunch an hour ago. Hubby's fam is Uchinanchu (Okinawan) and they make awesome andagi, but as daughter said, nothing compares to Ige's. We don't usually get to eat it still warm but it's always delicious. This time they were warm, fresh, and amazingly crunchy! Everyone kept commenting on how good the crunch was! Am going to have to start picking up fresh made andagi from Ige's and not just settle for eating it at Grad parties or Celebration of life events! I'm hooked!Really wanted to pick up some maki sushi, too but since it was after lunch (I delayed in my pre-order so only afternoon time slots were available) and we were eating an early dinner, I refrained. But I did notice how nice and perfectly round they were, and how well centered the filling ingredients were.

Ono yummy delicious food like nishime Mac salad sushi n baked goodies they don't hav it all the time but when they do u gotta go n get it