I love the diner. The serving counter reminds me of days gone by.

Okay, okay I know I'm probably the only local girl in all of Hawaii who doesn't just drool over Liliha Bakery's cocoa puffs. Although, it's not them it's me, really-- I'm just not a huge cream puff girl in general.



But, that aside. You have to try the cocoa puffs-- they really are good. And if you have just a minute or two more you could sit at the old fashioned counter and order true diner style from their menu overflowing with local goodness.



I love stopping by here just to soak up the energy of what seems to be one of the last true diner's in Hawaii. Oh the good ole days.



Oh and also this is the perfect, and by perfect I mean really, truly perfect in every way, place to break any carb related fasting. Be careful when you enter as you will most likely not be able to leave with out one of their signature boxes brimming with sugary sweetness. And that, truly is the sweetest thing.

Don't really like the puffs... too sweet.

I'd go there every day of the week if I could for the breakfast and pastries. especially the cocoa puffs.

Coco Puffs...and anything else...

Hot Cakes, French Toast.....

cocoa puffs are what their known for and worth the trip!

Next door to Chinatown, the Takakuwa family has been serving island-style diner food for more than a half-century. One of the last remaining 24-hour bakery-diner combinations in Honolulu, it is practically a landmark made famous by chantilly-covered coco puffs followed closely by Chantilly Cake (chocolate cake with buttercream frosting.) Take your sponge cake with buttery frosting with you or join happy locals at the formica counter.