Searching for the best pizza in Honolulu? From timeless classics to bold creations, these must-try locations serve up slices that are sure to satisfy.
Honolulu might not be the first place that comes to mind for incredible pizza, but it delivers. And as locals who take our pizza seriously, we’ve secured a solid rotation of favorites.
Whether you’re after a classic New York fold, the perfect Neapolitan char with that blistered crust, or a cheesy Detroit-style deep-dish, these pizzerias bring their A-game.
In this post, we share our local recommendations for the best pizza in Honolulu.
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1. Pizza Mamo
Delivers the Detroit-style crunch and Brooklyn-style chew to Honolulu.
📍 16 North Hotel St, Honolulu
🕒 Open: Mon-Sat for Lunch & Dinner
🍹 Happy Hour: None
🎵 Live Music: None
🎟️ Reservations: Walk-in only
🚚 Delivery: Uber Eats & Grubhub
🍕 Cost: Pies $24—$29
Pizza Mamo delivers the best of both worlds to Downtown Honolulu, serving up Detroit-style pan pizza and Brooklyn-style Neapolitan pies made with organic flour and Wisconsin-made cheeses.
We’re hooked on their Detroit-style deep-dish Pepperoni Pizza (featured image), baked in Motor City pans for caramelized cheese edges. It’s so good, we’ll drive Downtown just to grab one!
We also love their Brooklyn-style 16” (41cm) Potato Pizza — a comforting combination of mozzarella, pecorino, thinly-sliced potatoes, white cheddar, garlic oil and cracked pepper.
2. ‘Ili‘ili Cash & Carry
Delicious, deli-fresh pizza — East Coast rounds and Sicilian squares done right.
📍 2065 S Beretania St, Mōili‘ili
🕒 Open: Tue-Sun for Lunch & Dinner
🍹 Happy Hour: None
🎵 Live Music: None
🎟️ Reservations: Pick-up only
🚚 Delivery: Uber Eats & DoorDash
🍕 Cost: Pies $31—$40 Slices $5—$10
Family-owned ‘Ili‘ili Cash & Carry doubles as a deli selling cold cuts, cheeses and more, so it’s no surprise their pizza, and its ingredients, are top-quality and authentically sourced.
They offer 18” (46cm) rounds, Sicilian squares, pizza by the slice and build your own options, plus wine to-go. Their Caesar, topped with boquerones (anchovies), makes for a fresh side.
Keliʻi’s favorite is their Cheese Pizza, just tomato, mozzarella and parmesan. I’m all about the ʻIliʻili Supreme, where the pepperoni and sausage bring bold flavors. Good thing they let you split a pie.
INSIDE TIP: Treat yourself at ʻIliʻili Cash & Carry — add a side of Choke Garlic Balls. These greasy, garlicky bites are downright addictive and totally more-ish!
3. Kaimuki’s Boston’s Pizza
Gigantic, great-value pizzas channeling East Coast flavor.
📍 3506 Waialae Ave, Kaimukī
🕒 Open: Tue-Sun for Lunch & Dinner
🍹 Happy Hour: None
🎵 Live Music: None
🎟️ Reservations: Walk-in only
🚚 Delivery: Uber Eats, DoorDash & Grubhub
🍕 Cost: Pies $24—$35
After hearing the hype, Boston’s Pizza was one of the first pizza I tried in Honolulu, and they didn’t disappoint — serving up big 19” (48cm), 3lb (1.3kg) pies in Boston tradition.
Choose from seven classics, thirteen specialty combos or create your own. Their dough is made daily, their ingredients are fresh and it’s one of the few spots offering a ranch sauce for dipping.
Their Boston Special is one of the tastiest pizzas you’ll ever try — loaded with pepperoni, black olives, mushrooms and green bell pepper, with raw white onion tying it all together.
4. Appetito Craft Pizza & Wine Bar
Waikīkī’s premier destination for artisan Neapolitan-style craft pizza.
📍 150 Kaiʻulani Ave, Waikīkī
🕒 Open: Daily for Dinner
🍹 Happy Hour: Daily 3-6pm
🎵 Live Music: None
🎟️ Reservations: Yelp or walk-in
🚚 Delivery: Uber Eats
🍕 Cost: Pies $20—$26
If you’re craving Neapolitan-style pizza, head to Appetito Craft Pizza & Wine Bar. They have mastered their craft with a kiawe wood-fired pizza oven, giving each bite a sweet, smoky taste.
You can’t go wrong with the Margherita Pizza, made with San Marzano tomato sauce, mozzarella, Grana Padano cheese and fresh basil — closely followed by the Shrimp Pesto Pizza.
This is one of our most frequented dinner spots in Waikīkī. While we come for the pizza, the pasta is just as good! Pair it all with sangria or a limoncello lemon drop for the full Italian experience.
INSIDE TIP: Dine during Happy Hour (daily from 3-6pm) for discounts on select pizzas — save $5 on the Margherita, $6 on the Boquerones and $8 on the Italian Salami.
5. San Paolo Pizza & Wine
Experience Brazil’s Italian heritage and Waikīkī’s only AYCE pizza feast.
📍 1765 Ala Moana Blvd, Waikīkī
🕒 Open: Daily for Dinner
🍹 Happy Hour: Mon-Fri 5-6:30pm
🎵 Live Music: Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun 6-9pm
🎟️ Reservations: OpenTable or walk-in
🚚 Delivery: Uber Eats, DoorDash & Grubhub
🍕 Cost: Pies $21—$65
Founded by Brazilian entrepreneurs in Hawaiʻi, San Paolo Pizza and Wine reflects Brazil’s deep Italian influence — nearly 30 million Brazilians are of Italian ancestry!
This spacious eatery serves appetizers, savory and dessert pizzas made with a flavorful long fermentation dough, salads and desserts — plus cocktails with Brazilian flair and paired wines.
With over 20 varieties, these pizzas showcase unique toppings like calabresa (Brazilian smoked pork sausage) and Catupiry (Brazilian cheese). We enjoyed the Barbecue Chicken Pizza.
INSIDE TIP: Hungry? San Paolo Pizza & Wine just launched an All-You-Can-Eat (AYCE) gourmet pizza experience for $39.90 per person, available daily from 5:30-8:30pm.
6. Giovanni Pastrami
Waikīkī’s go-to spot for meat or veggie-loaded pies with the cheese-factor.
📍 227 Lewers St #118, Waikīkī
🕒 Open: Daily for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
🍹 Happy Hour: Mon-Fri 3-6pm
🎵 Live Music: TBC
🎟️ Reservations: Walk-in only
🚚 Delivery: Uber Eats, DoorDash & Grubhub
🍕 Cost: Pies $12—$32
Giovanni Pastrami, a New York-style deli, pizzeria and sports bar, serves Round Table Pizza. Taste the difference with an original thin crust, crafted from fresh, hand-rolled, never-frozen dough.
They offer pizza in four convenient sizes, from 4 to 12 slices, with their special touch — a three-cheese blend of 80% whole milk mozzarella, 10% aged cheddar and 10% provolone.
With 14 pizza types, most are meat-forward, loaded with kalua pig, roast chicken, or Italian and Portuguese sausage. That said, we prefer the Gourmet Veggie with creamy garlic sauce!
INSIDE TIP: For those staying at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, there’s also a dedicated Round Table Pizza store conveniently located on-site for dine-in or take-out.
7. Monkeypod Kitchen
Try premium pizzas topped with Hawaiʻi ingredients on Waikīkī’s oceanfront.
📍 2169 Kālia Rd #111, Waikīkī
🕒 Open: Daily for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
🍹 Happy Hour: Daily 3:30-5pm
🎵 Live Music: Daily from 12:30pm
🎟️ Reservations: OpenTable or walk-in
🚚 Delivery: None
🍕 Cost: Pies $21—$32
Monkeypod Kitchen, the brainchild of renowned chef Peter Merriman — a pioneer of Hawaiʻi Regional Cuisine — offers a delicious menu, including a selection of hand-tossed pizzas.
Each pizza features a scratch-made crust using 100% organic Tipo 00 flour and highlights local ingredients like Big Island Hamakua mushrooms, goat cheese and Kamuela tomatoes.
Their Kalua Pork & Pineapple is a must-try with kalua pork, mac nut pesto, roasted pineapple, green onion and jalapeño. But really, all six pizzas are great — and the ocean view seals the deal.
INSIDE TIP: Dine at Monkeypod Kitchen during Happy Hour (daily from 3:30-5pm) and enjoy their pizzas for just $15, saving you $6-8 per pie (excludes the Bourgeois).
8. Harbor Pub & Pizza
A laidback marina dive bar with a hidden talent for making gourmet pizza.
📍 1765 Ala Moana Blvd #1, Waikīkī
🕒 Open: Daily for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
🍹 Happy Hour: Daily 3-7pm
🎵 Live Music: TBC
🎟️ Reservations: Walk-in only
🚚 Delivery: None
🍕 Cost: Pies $19.50—$29.50
Open since 1980, Harbor Pub is a beloved Ala Wai Boat Harbor dive bar known for slinging gourmet pizzas. Made fresh to order, they take 25 minutes — but they’re worth the wait!
Each pie starts with fresh dough, house-made sauce (red pizza sauce, pesto, or extra virgin olive oil) and a rich four-cheese blend of mozzarella, cheddar, parmesan and provolone.
Try the Harbor Combo, a supreme lover’s dream, or go for a half-and-half on a medium or large pizza. The menu also features other comfort foods like pub subs, sandwiches and burgers.
9. Slice of Waikiki
Supplying Waikīkī with big, satisfying pizza slices for nearly 15 years.
📍 333 Seaside Ave, Waikīkī
🕒 Open: Daily for Lunch & Dinner
🍹 Happy Hour: None
🎵 Live Music: None
🎟️ Reservations: Walk-in only
🚚 Delivery: DoorDash
🍕 Cost: Pies $40—$47, Slices $8—$9.75
With slices named after Waikīkī surf breaks like Pops and Publics, this longtimer has been serving twisted-edge pizzas since 2011. They proudly support UH’s Rainbow Warriors and Wahine.
Home to Waikīkī’s largest pizzas, their massive 21” (53cm) pies are sliced into sixths — perfect for refueling, especially after a surf. Pick from six crowd-pleasers, a daily special or build your own.
They take pride in using ingredients free from pesticides and chemicals, along with house-made dough crafted from premium wheat. Pair your pizza with mozzarella sticks, fries, or wings.
INSIDE TIP: Slice of Waikīkī relocated from its takeout window at the Waikiki Malia on Kūhiō Avenue to a walk-in spot on Seaside Avenue next to Ross. Just a short stroll from the original location, it now has a few tables but still focuses on grab-and-go.
10. J. Dolan’s
Bringing New York-style pizza and Irish pub hospitality together.
📍 Chinatown & Kahala
🕒 Open: Daily for Lunch & Dinner
🍹 Happy Hour: None
🎵 Live Music: None
🎟️ Reservations: Walk-in only
🚚 Delivery: None
🍕 Cost: Pies $20—$23.50
If you love the charm of an Irish pub, hand-crafted New York-style pizza and a pint (or two), J. Dolan’s is the place to be — with locations in Chinatown and Kahala’s Ku‘ono Marketplace.
Pizza is their specialty, but you can also add a side salad or deep-fried favorites like a basket of Fries, Onion Rings, Jalapeño Poppers, Chicken Wings, or Calamari.
We’re partial to their Spinach & Garlic Pie, piled with fresh spinach, chopped garlic and whipped ricotta. They also make a crispy Pepperoni Pie and a Boardwalk Pie with Italian sausage.
In summary, if you’re craving pizza in Honolulu, this list has it all — from traditional pies to inventive island-inspired varieties.
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