Butigroove – Hi Life

Butigroove moved from their old location across the street, into this new one. It’s much roomier and less crowded than their old store. They have the biggest selection of HiLife items here, more so than the Waikiki store off Lewers Street.
I love the creative designs of HiLife and although I know some are «core» designs, there are lots of others that are trendy for that period in time. I have a fear of missing out on some of the cool designs so I do my best to stop by pretty regularly. My favorite is the soft tees so I hope they make more designs in that style!

After seeing someone wearing a Hi Life t-​shirt, I totally fell in love with the original design and had to have one of my own!
The store keeps moving, but still in the same area and street. They’re now located at the southeast corner of Piikoi & Kapiolani. Parking is very limited because they share the lot with other businesses. I just park in Ala Moana Center and walk. The little exercise I get is good for me!
I got a t-​shirt ($ 25,) and a long sleeve t-​shirt ($ 30.) A bit pricey, but the material felt thick and of good quality. Months later, they’re still wearing well.
Service isnt the greatest as you’re not in Ala Moana Center anymore, Toto!
OVERALL:
In the bountiful sea of «Hi» this, and «Hi» that, and «808» blah blah blah, THIS is really unique!

New location across the street. The old shop is no longer standing. This place is great! Always lots of new fresh designs on quality products. Employees are friendly and helpful! Over the years, I’ve gotten so many unique gifts here for friends. Hilife is always a hit!

I wanted to pick up some HILIFE gear for my bf and myself (both born and raised in Oahu) and butigroove popped up on my Unilocal.It’s conveniently located two blocks north from Ala Moana (the west side) and has a parking lot right off piikoi.
The store is small but is packed with tons of stuff! The selection is vast and I spent over an hour deciding what to buy. There are hats, shirts, tanks, accessories, coozies, and stickers. Most of the shirts were $ 25+, which is a bit steep for a basic tee but I’m all about supporting local businesses! The two aunties at the store were super patient with my indecisiveness and pulled out every shirt I wanted to see in every color, size, etc. Awesome customer service! There’s a sale section but the selection and sizes were limited.
One brand I particularly liked was Hawaii Domestic Market. They make the coolest hats and stickers, bought an ‘Aloha’ cap and several stickers for my laptop. Check em out!
Left having spent waaaay too much money but now I can represent my hometown wherever I go! #HILife #luckyweliveHI
P. S. One of the hilife designers graduated from the University of Washington and there was a hilife shirt that incorporated the Seattle Space Needle and UW Husky colors! So cool but they didn’t have any small sizes… next time!

Always a pleasure shopping here!
This was my third visit to their new location since last Septemberish, and I was looking for different styles of hats being that I was disappointed in the selection quality at nearby clothing/​hat stores made locally (I not going say what stores, but they’re both on Kona street and both very popular among the locals). I shop for hats to add to my son’s collection, even though he’s stationed in Japan and deployed a lot and doesn’t get to wear them til he comes home for a visit.
butigroove-​Hi Life NEVER DISAPPOINTS!
They ALWAYS got huge selection, huge variety, clean store and very friendly employees. I’m glad they have this bigger location! Oh, and they get dressing room too, which I took advantage of!
My take this time ended being stuff for me: D
Don’t forget to check out the jewelry selection at the checkout counter, where you’ll find hand made awesome local-​style stuff!

Great new store, staff, clothing and pricing! Bought a bunch of stuff and can’t wait to go back.

Super cute HI Life clothing… picked up a cute tank and tee for a reasonable price! Much better than the clothing sold in the cheesy tourist shops!

Maybe I give 5 stars to mostly everything becuase I love everything. I am originally from Hawaii but I live In Seattle now. So I always love to represent HAWAII when I am in Seattle. This place has the coolest design and cool name. I know it suppose to mean Hawaii life HILife but really in Seattle marijuana is legal so it kinda reminds me of getting high life. But I don’t smoke weed but my friends do and they just said HILife like getting hIgh? Then I explain that it’s the island on the tree… (Don’t do drugs) anyways when I come to visit I always stick up on my HILife gear. The quality is very good I usually visit once a year and my stuff is still in good shape. Always visit here this place is my favorite hawaiian clothing company. Local motion second, and town and country third. Great place.

I was really Looking forward to see the new location of butigrooce. Butigroove really disappointed me! Especially lady named Romi. (which I would not get detail the convo She was having with another employee but it’s unnecessary but since I did hear something very unprofessional and inappropriate that’s why I asked what her name was she did smile for .2 seconds) anyways ! No one asked me how I was or asked if I need any help. I timed the employees until someone came to ask me for help. Then it took 25 minutes. I felt like I was being watched the whole time it was very uncomfortable. Their prices are ridiculous expensive. Parking sucks! Customer services sucks ! Prices suck ! They don’t earn a star at all. They should have — stars on here. I have to put 1 if I could post this with no star I would. They need new management asap if they want this store to be up and running in good reviews !

HiLife
It’s a nice new location. Had a great selection of shirts. Easier parking then they had before. Buy local.

Welcome to the new Butigroove/​HiLife store, just across the street from their old location this new spot has a good vibe and a lot more space too. And of course, there is much more parking!
The staff here are always welcoming, friendly and never pushy about sales. Love that! They give you space to look around at your own pace, ask them questions (if you want) and of course make recommendations.
Meanwhile, there is so many choices and a good variety of products, you’re sure to find something for everyone! Well, almost everyone I’m sure. These guys always have a variety of hats, shirts, sweatshirts, stickers, bags, keychains and much more for men, women and keiki too.
Local designers and a local business that gives back to our community — I’m totally down for supporting Butigroove and HiLife all year round!

Love their new location — bigger store, better parking.
The holiday season is in full swing, and I needed to buy gifts for some friends on the mainland, so I headed on down to Butigroove to buy locally designed and screened t-​shirts. They have a great selection of styles for men and women. T-​shirts, tank tops, long sleeve shirts, sweatshirts, and a huge selection of trucker hats. They also have miscellaneous items such as koozies, keychains, stickers, mugs, lanyards, iPhone cases, insulated cups, license plate frames, etc.
T-​shirts and tanks run about $ 26.
They also have onesies and t-​shirts in youth sizes.
While I was browsing, several staff members came up to me to see if I needed assistance. All were friendly and helpful.
When thinking of what to buy for Christmas gifts, think local, shop local, and head down to Butigroove.
Right now:
Spend $ 75 and receive a free sticker pack
Spend $ 100 and receive a limited edition trucker cap & eco tote
Spend $ 150 and receive a limited edition t-​shirt (you also get the other free gifts listed above!)

My wife walked into this store mid afternoon to check out the HafAloha shirts and wasn’t greeted nor asked if she needed helped, though there were about three employees and again non of them greeted or assisted, my wife helped herself and purchased a shirt even though customer service was poor. This company needs to either train their employees on customer service or re hire, mahalo.

Cool clothes and the price is not too pricey. Staff is super helpful and not pushy. I would stop by on weekdays because the parking lot is small and it gets busy on the weekends.

When my brother left to the mainland for college, I’ve been sending care packages of things from Hawaii– of course the typical macadamia nut chocolates, Kona coffee, lihing mui and all of that good stuff. And being the very nonlocal person who has lived in Hawaii forever, I had to search for local stores selling «Hawaii» goods, particularly stickers. Thank goodness for Unilocal I found Butigroove, which has such a great variety of Hawaii stickers (shakas, islands, HiLife– you name it) in quite stylish colors and prints (even those popular floral prints). T-​shirts, hats, and bags are some other merchandise they sell here.
I definitely recommend this place for those looking for Hawaii merchandise for the whole family and at pretty decent prices. Staff are very helpful and friendly, too.

I have always wanted Hi Life Apparel, googled where I can buy some and found Butigroove!
This is their **new** location as stated on their blog, and was really excited to check the place out. It was NOT hard to find as they are neighbors to ENVY Salon, and Hawaii National Bank!
Went on a Saturday afternoon, decent amount of parking but it is shared with the other shops in the area and the store was large enough for people to walk around. We werent the only people checking out the store that day either so considering there were about a few families inside, the space is reasonable. I like that you can try on their clothes too if you want to, they have only ONE dressing room so it is not bad at least they have a dressing room.
Customer service was pretty decent too. The pricing on the other hand is a bit high end for ME. However, the quality of the product and brand name itself, I consider to be worth it. $ 26 for some of the shirts, $ 20 – 30 for Hats, and I got a nice $ 18 Large Hi Life tote! In LOVE with my tote.
It is cool to also check out their SALE rack, but when I was there, some of the clothes were all the same color and logo and not a huge variety. I do love their selection of accessories, from lanyards to stickers, and even Hi Life coffee mugs for $ 10 (only comes in RED — I got one anyway).
I decided that since I only have a few months left to live on the island, I want to stock up on all the Hawaii goods NOW and most def. play tourists! I never checked out the original store but this store so far is really worth checking out and since there’s no need to worry about parking, I say go for it!