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Refined is the word for this hotel restaurant run by French brothers, one a baker, the other a chef. They designed the kitchen, and from it emerge food and drink expressive of their exquisite taste. The technique is French, the style is Hawai’i Regional.

French cuisine with very high quality island ingredients, heavenly desserts, and an award-winning wine menu.

Popular with locals due to its proximity to the shopping at Ala Moana and its inexpensive rates, the Pagoda offers a variety of rooms – standard, studios with kitchenettes, and suites. The floating restaurant and water gardens are notable.

Besides the chop suey standards, Pah Ke’s specials include chilled fruit soups and dishes that focus on locally grown tropical fruits.

Perhaps the most sacred of hula implements, pahu are drums, traditionally made using coconut tree trunk with a covering of sharkskin.

Its name deriving from a Portuguese former resident called Pico, the virtually unknown Paikō Peninsula offers birdwatching, fishing, snorkeling, and unprecedented seclusion. From Kalaniana’ole, turn right onto narrow Paikō Drive, park on the street and take the beach access trail to the water. Turn left (east) and find your spot past the second to last house. You’ll need to bring food and water with you, as it’s a remote area.

The best place for Hawai’i’s favorite comfort food: steaming bowls of noodles.

A lovely shop, chock full of fine quality paper goods, Hawai’ithemed cards, stationery, and wedding supplies.

Hundreds of visitors a day experience the thrill of parasailing – sitting, strapped in a harness attached to a parachute, pulled along by a boat high above the waves off Waikīkī.