Best American food in Waikiki

We are a senior couple staying at the Miramar in February. We are interested in a good restaurant with simple American food. We know Denny%26#39;s is there but is there something a little fancier (for lack of the right word) in that area.

Best American food in Waikiki

My favorite is the Cheesecake Factory. Excellent food and large portions to share. There menu is like 8 pages long with every imaginable american food you could want. Wait to get a table can be long though. Put your name on the list and then walk around the international marketplace for a while.

Best American food in Waikiki

We love the Cheesecake factory in Vegas. I do believe, however, the one in Waikiki is not near the Miramar or International Market - am I wrong?

I%26#39;m not sure about the miramar, but it is across the street from IMP. 1 minute walk. I think this Cheesecake factory is the most successful of them all.

Thank you. I looked it up and it is one block from Miramar. That is where we will go at least for one nice dinner.

I will be staying at the Princess Kaiulani Feb 19-22. We are planning on eating dinner there at least once and probably go back for dessert another time. We are also planning on eating at Duke%26#39;s for breakfast and maybe for dinner. My mom would like to go to Don Ho%26#39;s Island Grill at the Aloha Tower marketplace although that is not within walking distance. Have to go eat now!!

Three places...Banyan Tree restaurant... it%26#39;s outside, on the beach, behind Sheraton Moana Surfrider Hotel accross from the Princess Kaulani.

Cheeseburger in Paradise, fun place, food is good and pretty good prices, too. It%26#39;s on Kalakaua Dr across from the beach between IMP down toward the Dennys on the same street.

But the best place of all is ';Sammy Choys Restaurant'; across from Hilo Hattie%26#39;s on the Nimitz Freeway. Visit Hilo Hattie%26#39;s there and you can take the Hilo Hattie%26#39;s trolley. I think it%26#39;s free. Hilo Hattie%26#39;s has alot of clothes, cd%26#39;s, hawaiian food, etc. Walk across the street (on the same side, 1 block), past Zippy%26#39;s, to Sam Choy%26#39;s to eat before or after shopping at Hilo Hattie%26#39;s. The food is excellent. We make several visits there each time we%26#39;re on the island.

There is a ';Chili%26#39;s'; across Kuhio Avenue from the Miramar, and a ';TGIF'; about seven city blocks away on Kuhio towards downtown (away from Diamond Head) on the ground floor of the Ohana Mailie SkyCourt. You can%26#39;t get more ';simple';, ';little fancier'; American food then these joints.

I would recommend you try out ';Keoni%26#39;s'; in the ground floor of the Ohana East, just a few steps down from the Miramar at the corner of Kuhio and Kaiulani. It has a wide selection of standard American entrees with a spattering of Thai/Asian and Polynesian-style dishes.

For something a little more upscale, and a reminder of more gracious times past, there is a ';Hy%26#39;s'; steakhouse three blocks down Kuhio towards Diamond Head, on your left.

If you are seeking a more diverse and inexpensive culinary selection, try out the food court of the International Marketplace...along Duke%26#39;s Lane behind the Coral Reef Hotel. It has more than a dozen open-air, non-franchise dining options including stalls offering everything from hot dogs and hamburgers, to Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Mexican, Greek, Hawaiian, Philipino, Italian, and Vegetarian.

Oh my Gosh amber!

Rarely have I seen you offer ';questionable'; advice, but recommending the IMP Food Court without disclosing that you (must have) cornered the Oahu Maalox Market!? This makes some of my New Mexico Forum restaurant recommendations appear tame in comparison.

The least you could do is warn against eating @ IMPFC a minimum of 48 hours prior to getting on a plane/taking a long drive/hike/getting on an elevator with the risk of getting stuck between floors etc.

With deep regret, I feel compelled to report you to the TACIP (Trip Advisor Conflict of Interest Patrol)!

I guess that means we should not eat at the IMP too many times. We love good old American fast food, hotdogs, burgers, etc. and my husband does not like anything Italian except pizza. He and I both prefer plain food. One of our favorites is Denny%26#39;s and their Senior menu. Thanks for all your advice.

Kama...

Actually I was hoping to increase market share for my TUMS holdings....Maalox is too old school (we are showing our age).

The IMP food court is something everyone should check out at least once. While it isn%26#39;t in the same class as the Makai Market food court at Ala Moana (which does border on greatness), its pretty certain few visitors have ever seen so many types of Asian and other ethnic foods being prepared in such a confined area all at once.

I know the food ain%26#39;t all great, but it is cheap and simple, and, be fair now, some of its is pretty darn tasty. I have never heard of anyone getting sick there (lets not impugn the reputation of anybody%26#39;s livelihood).

While I am loathe to admit, I have spent hundreds of nights in the last few years at the Coral Reef, and although I rarely eat at the IMPFC anymore, I have sampled most of the vendors over the years and often still walk through trying to figure out what I want to eat that night...look and smell around before going somewhere else to get the dishes I want.

But, if you want the best Vietnamese food in the neighborhood, go to House of Saigon; and for local food, L%26amp;L...