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Monday 10am - 6:20pm Tuesday 10am - 6:20pm Wednesday 10am - 6:20pm Thursday 10am - 6:20pm Friday 10am - 6:20pm Saturday 10am - 6:20pm Sunday 10am - 6:20pm

Waiola Shave Ice

Name: Waiola Shave Ice
Address: 2135 Waiola Street, Honolulu, HI, 96826, US
Telephone: +18089492269
Price range: $
Rating: 4.6

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Waiola Shave Ice

Locally made shave ice, with homemade toppings and flavors since 1940. The original Waiola Store is located on 2135 Waiola Street.
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It's a mom-and-pop grocery store that was started in 1940 by the Koide family. It was called the "Koide Store". During the 1970's, the store was sold to another Japanese family and called the "Alice's Market". There used to be one shave ice store on every block along S. King Street in McCully/Moiliili neighborhood until the City started the road widening project which put all the shave ice stores

to close down. That was when someone told Alice to open a shave ice window at her store. However, due to the demolish of the Honolulu Stadium (where the Old Stadium Park is) in 1976, business has been diminishing. Alice's husband was also ill at that time. She sold her business after 10 years of ownership. There has been a few owners who bought the store but could did not make it. Until Oct, 1980 my Grand Uncle Cheng Fong Chen bought the Waiola Store and ran it with his family for 5 years and later sold it to my father, Wen Ming Lee with the financial help from my Uncle, I-Hsiang Lin back in Feb. 10, 1986. The first Waiola Shave Ice kapahulu was started in September, 1999 at 525 Kapahulu Ave. Then, later moved to 3113 Mokihana Street across from Safeway. This store used to be a 3-bedroom house which was built in 1926, then turned into a store in 2009. Both stores have parking lot next door with over 10 parking stalls. All our syrups are homemade and some with natural flavors. We use only sugar cane sugar for our syrups, and we also make our azuki beans daily and custard pudding and mochi balls twice a week. To ensure the freshness in our syrups, we refrigerate them and only make a small batch at a time. Although our service might be inadequate, we try our best to minimize your wait time. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Our mission is to keep the superior quality with affordable prices. Please continue to patron our business.

05/14/2025

It’s time to prepare for the summer time!! We have a pre summer sale on our gift certificates which will be valid until June 15th. If you’re interested, the link is in our bio🤗🍧

05/11/2025

Get your mom what she REALLY wants for Mother’s Day 👀🍧
Happy Mother’s Day from the Waiola `Ohana! Let’s take the time to appreciate all of the moms within our lives❤️

04/20/2025

Wishing you a happy Easter from the Waiola family!! We are open today🐣❤️🍧

01/30/2025

Happy Chinese/ Lunar New Year’s from our Ohana to Yours! We hope you have a Lucky and prosperous year🤙🏽🤙🏽

11/28/2024

Come by for Thanksgiving! All profits from our shave ice sales today will be donated to Waiola Church in Lahaina to support their recovery efforts. Stop by our 2135 Waiola location from 11 AM - 5 PM to enjoy your favorite shave ice and make a difference.

Donations are also welcome if you can’t make it! Let’s continue to help rebuild and uplift our Lahaina ohana. 🤝

11/27/2024

We are open tomorrow(Thursday) for Thanksgiving! Stop by for some shave ice! ONLY at the Waiola street location. Hours are 11am- 5pm. More information to come🤙🏽🤙🏽

10/26/2024

We such a fun time working with . She captured our mission to live Aloha through shave ice🍧and brought out the joy and connection we strive to create for our customers, ʻOhana and friends🌺. She is amazing and so talented, check out her Photos📸!Mahalo!

10/13/2024

From our Ohana to yours, we want to say Mahalo for voting us best Shave Ice for 2024🥳🥰!! We are so grateful for the support over the decades and will continue to spread Aloha through shave ice🍧😋!

Special shout out to for the amazing photos!

08/31/2024

MAHALO FOR 10K FOLLOWERS! 🍧

Over this past summer, we dove headfirst into the realm of social media for the first time! We had no idea what to expect when we first started, but we were met with an unwavering amount of support and aloha! It has been incredible to hear all the positive feedback from our loyal customers and ʻohana.

We are grateful for every one of you! Thank you for supporting Waiola Shave Ice 🫶🏼

12/23/2023

Christmas Day Dec 25: 11am-5:45pm - only at the Waiola street Location

New Year’s Day Jan 1: 11am-5:45pm - both locations
Mahalo

09/25/2023

Big mahalo to the Waiola 'ohana! Your amazing generosity for the Maui relief fund has resulted in a total of $2,853.52 raised! With the support of these funds will make a difference in Maui. Grateful to have you join us on this journey to aid those in need. 🤙🏼🙏

08/29/2023

Thankful for being voted Hawaii’s best in 2023! Appreciate everyone for the support and excited for what’s to come this year! 🥳🤙🏻🍧

Address

2135 Waiola Street
Honolulu, HI
96826

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 6:20pm
Tuesday	10am - 6:20pm
Wednesday	10am - 6:20pm
Thursday	10am - 6:20pm
Friday	10am - 6:20pm
Saturday	10am - 6:20pm
Sunday	10am - 6:20pm

Telephone

+18089492269

Website

http://waiolashaveice.com/

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