Waipuna Sushi

Friendly service and many sushi and nonsushi items to choose from. Their ahi is pretty fresh and rice doesn't get hard the day after unlike some other places.

Was so excited to order a ahi platter for my sister's welcome home dinner. The spicy ahi was beyond disappointed and disgusting. It had a relish taste to it. The sushi rice was hard like they took it out of the refrigerator as left overs from the previous day to make our platter. I called the next day to ask if we could get at least some kind of refund maybe half but the lady (Japanese accent) just hung up the phone. I called again, thinking maybe we were disconnected on accident . But no, she knew what she was doing. Totally rude!

Got the crunchy donburi and the soba salad. I would come back again. The donburi had shrimp tempura, mild spicy ahi, and mochi. The mochi was a surprise, so crunchy and mochi-y. Love it. The soba salad was very good too.

I was in the area and thought I'd try this place. I just wanted a simple futomaki roll it was about $12. Problem was not enough vinegar in the rice! Tasteless sadly. Not much veggies either, definitely mediocre

I can't say anything more but awesome place for sushi and their platters. The perfect place for take out they have some tables in the store to dine in. Highly recommend sushi spot.

I've heard that the sushi at Waipuna Sushi is good, so I decided to give it a try myself. They are located near the Manoa Valley Theater and the Manoa Marketplace. As of 8/3/2023, the phone number works (808) 988-1200. Customer service is good. It's a small sushi shop, very mom and pops. There are a few tables inside, nice AC. They have a good variety of sushi offerings in different forms. Temaki, maki mono, nigiri, nigiri bento, hoso maki, noodles and salads, party platters and side orders or bubble drinks. I liked that a few of their maki mono rolls have spicy ahi on top. If you check the menu on their website, (https://waipunasushi.com/), these will have the asterisk next to their names. There are also pictures of the sushi platters online. I tried to take pictures of the pictured menu items as I didn't see a lot of those on Yelp.My friend recommended the "Dynamite Maki" $12.99 with spicy sauce on top. I was really tempted as a lot of the pictures on Yelp are for that maki mono roll. It's gotta be popular for a reason, riiight? Like 2 other people came in after us and also ordered it. It's two shrimp tempura and cucumber rolls (8 pieces total) with spicy ahi on top. I got to try one of the pieces from my friend's roll and it was super delicious!I asked the worker what he recommended and the said his favorite was the "Crunchy Donburi" $13.99 with spicy sauce. I saw this in the pictures on Yelp too! This looked really good and I was happy they still made it, as the picture was from a few years ago. It consists of spicy ahi on a bed of sushi rice. With 4 deep fried rice balls ( c: much cronch) and a choice of tempura, shrimp or vegetable. I went with the shrimp tempura, I think it was one piece cut diagonally in half. The shrimp tempura is freshly fried. I didn't have big expectations coming in but that part made me really impressed (: As I've been to "sushi restaurants" with soggy sad shrimp tempura inside the sushi. I was sorta worried that I didn't order 2 items, because I eat a lot of sushi... Sushi is baaaeee LOL. But I'm glad to report that it was a big portion and I was really full ;D I like that the items were prepared fresh and the ahi quality wasn't bad. It was smothered in a spicy sweet shoyu/ teriyaki sauce, but I really like sauce so I didn't mind.We did take out. The worker packed everything nicely in the bag. Chopsticks, napkins, pickled ginger, wasabi and shoyu. Overall, it's a nice place to grab a quick bite. Prices reflect the portions.

stumbled into this gem in a road trip. stellar service and delicious food at a great price. Very friendly atmosphere. We are making a special trip back!!

Service was good and they made my order fast. But most importantly the sushi was sooo good!!!! The poke literally melted in my mouth. The prices are also reasonable. I'd definitely recommend.

The best poke and sushi ever!Strongly recommend the avocado uncle Jason!!Don't go poke bar, try this!!!!

A.W.E.S.O.M.EReasonable price but mouth watering and enough amount.Must visit local sushi shop for visitors!!