Island Manapua Factory, Honolulu HI

I normally get manapua from somewhere else but I was in the neighborhood and wanted to try a new shop. Unfortunately, I am not a fan of their dough (steamed buns). It's kinda hard. Fillings were not my thing either. For instance teriyaki chicken; I don't know what they were but tiny bits of chicken and lots of veggies. Char siu was good though. $2.5/manapua.
Someone mentioned their service that it was bad and I kinda agree but I guess it's just how they normally are. It would've been nice if there was at least thank you after I purchased. Never mind. I am not going back there.

The kind of place you want to visit if you're a local or just visiting-authentic, mom and pops manapua factory, complete with conveyor spinning out dumplings in the back room. Worth a visit.

I should have read more reviews. I don’t recommend buying from here 1) employee rude 2) employee drop bun on the floor and picked it up and still put out for sale ‍️‍️ Glad it wasn’t my food but than again u never know. Also other employee saw what she did and didn’t say anything but looked shock to see she did it in front of me. 3) the manapua filling was very little it’s if ur eating just the bun and it didn’t taste as good even the manapua trucks have better tasting manapua so if u think this manapua is good think again to me this is the worst manapua I’ve ever tasted. Won’t ever b buying from them again. What a waste of money.

Make sure to get there early or you'll be very limited on selections! Either way, the best I had on trip to the Island.

Food is good.but not good enough for the prices. Yikes.super duper expensive.small box cost an arm and a leg. Can't afford to go there anymore.

Selections and meat portion size best I've seen since the days of the Manapua man and his cart- check them out!

Don listen to the other reviews that say it’s expensive. I promise it’s not, and it’s worth every penny. It was delicious! We’re definitely coming here again!

This place has the best hand made chow funn! Also sells pork hash, half moon, look funn, varieties of manapua. These goodies sell put fast, especially the manapua. Friendly staff. Fast service. Very limited parking. Good prices.

Manapua was okay, kind of pricey. Got 6 manapua, 6 pork hash, 2 rice cake, and chow fun was just under $40.

Parking not very convenient only a few stalls and employees left only one for customers. Gaugee was so small and hardly any filling for the price. Manapua was okay but not worth the trouble of driving around waiting for parking if it wasn't because someone asked me to go there i would have left.also not sure how they passed health inspection very dirty and i bet food sitting out was in the danger zone. Hot foods were not hot.

Craig K.

Their Dim Sum, Baked Manapua and Rolled Chow Fun are all good. The staff friendly.

The good: duck half bao is awesome, duck is small, but taste was great.
The pork belly half bao was also super good.
The char siu manapua was good, but on the sweet side. Also the buns looked like they were all wrinkled, sitting too long? Not sure, but the buns tasted good.

The not so good: veggie manapua was a total fail. Did not taste good at all.

Location is way out of the way, and without GPS, it would have been difficult to get to.

Also parking is super limited, we got there before lunch, so parking was easy to get right in front.

They take MC and Visa, so don't come with AMEX or Discover, or bring cash.

An interesting things is that they make all the dough right in the back, and you can kind of see it though the doorway, which was cool.

Overall a good experience, though. For what we ordered, it seemed kinda pricey.