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The Coco Puffs, chocolate cream puffs blanketed in frosting, are what most people come for, but Liliha is equally a diner, and the counter at the Kuakini Street original is where you want to sit. Short-order cooks work at a pace that makes you forget your coffee is getting cold. Crisp waffles, char-grilled burgers, oxtail soup, butter rolls with aggressively red jelly: the menu reads like it was written by someone who never overthought anything.
The awards strongest first
- Honolulu Magazine Restaurateur of the Year · Hale ‘Aina Awards · Peter Kim
- Eater The 38 Essential Honolulu Restaurants
One number, weighted & current 75
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Coco Puffs
“Locals stop by Liliha Bakery for rainbow layer cakes, mochi donuts, and Coco Puffs, chocolate-pudding cream puffs topped with frosting.”
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Crisp waffles
“serving excellent crisp waffles, char-grilled hamburgers, butter rolls with nuclear red jelly, and oxtail soup”
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Char-grilled hamburgers
“serving excellent crisp waffles, char-grilled hamburgers, butter rolls with nuclear red jelly, and oxtail soup”
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Oxtail soup
“serving excellent crisp waffles, char-grilled hamburgers, butter rolls with nuclear red jelly, and oxtail soup”
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