Hawaiian Telcom – Aikane Café

Chef Mike and his team hook me up with all my catering events. They do an outstanding job no matter what budget I give.

I’ve only been here a handful of times with my mom but I was very impressed with the food selection. The plate lunch specials change daily I believe but they always give generous portions and it’s very affordable. They have soups, salads and sandwiches if the plate lunch specials are out.

Who wouldn’t love having a cafeteria at their work place? On top of that, who wouldn’t love paying less than 6 bucks for a full lunch with a drink? Doubly on top of that, who wouldn’t love the employees/​co-​workers always talking story, smiling the moment you walk in? Yes, this is what goes down at the Aikane Café on a daily basis.
Located on the 11^th floor of the Hawaiiantel building on Bishop street, you can see the entire city from all angles. From morning to afternoon, this café stays open to serve the munchie needs for it’s employees or visiting contractors.
Breakfast, they serve oatmeal, cereal, coffee, musubis, waffles, breakfast burritos, tater tots, bacon, links, portuguese sausage, eggs, bagels etc.
Lunch menu changes weekly. From adobo, to steak, to meatloaf, to chicken longrice, to pork lau lau, to saimin, to lasagna, to burgers/​sandwiches, to furikake salmon… they serve it all… seriously. PLUS, there’s a salad bar!
The staff here is super friendly and work really well together with a smile on their face. OOOoooh… the luxuries of working here =)

While mostly a Employee Café one of the few left around these days. If you have the chance go there. While they usually have only two Main entrée’s a day there is quite a bit of variety to their menu, items like Alaskan Salmon Steamed Oriental Style, Chicken Lasagna, Steak with Crab legs, Pork Chop with mushroom gravy, Baked Chicken with Marsala sauce and various other things both standard and exotic.
There is a Sandwich and Salad Bar and Wednesdays there is a Taco Salad bar. There are Burgers, Vegie burgers and Fries available also.
I think the Highlight of the Café is the Entrée’s if you are there on a day that there is something special it is always very good for the price which is around $ 6.00 Very economical and you get a good portion with it.