Kokoro-tei, Honolulu HI

Great authentic Japanese food, at an even better price. Their menu is pretty good, with a lot of your normal bento choices, but they have specials on the weekdays that are great values and only available on these days. One of my favorites is the Omelet rice, you need to call to see if available that day or not and make sure to reserve it early if you want to try it.they tend to run out of this special early.

Super cute shop with a very kind and gentle elderly lady manning the front. Bento boxes are excellent value and taste really good. Highly recommend this place if you're on a budget and want to eat good bento box food!

A modest Japanese bento shop can be found on Beretania in the Moiliili neighborhood, close to where Teddy's Bigger Burger is located. In addition to a selection of bento boxes and other Japanese dishes, their menu features a rotating selection of daily specials, each of which offers a unique dish. The location of a parking lot is immediately following that of Teddy's Bigger Burger. The food is delicious and the price is fair for what you get. If you are looking for bentos that are both hot and fresh, you should give this restaurant a shot.

My workplace ordered a bunch of bentos for a coworker brithday, and I picked the salmon bento for $10.98 (2022 prices). Excellent taste and would order again if offered another opportunity.

Great bento place! They are mostly made to order. Ebi fry was amazing, as was the fried chikuwa. Chicken left something to be desired, though. My friend loved his salmon and vege bento.

Kokoro-tei is the best bento place in town, full stop. Their daily specials and other menu items are tasty, but their nori bentos are the stars. A regular nori kara bento provides as much, if not more food than an average mini plate lunch while being several dollars cheaper. And all of the components are delicious! Insane value.

I got Makuno-Uchi, a daily special, it had a ton of variety, and even came with miso soup! Tender salmon, fluffy rice, I can't wait to come back!

The quality of Kokoro-tei's food is exceptional. I feel like I should be paying at least 3x as much and sitting in a restaurant. Instead, I'm enjoying my bento as take out at a reasonable price. It takes a little longer to get your food, but its worth the wait for this freshly made bento.

A year ago: Eggs were undercooked in bento; fluid egg white and egg yolk was flowing. Unsafe.
Now: two dishes I ordered tasted and looked great. There wasn't any potential health issues as well.

Try to order online or phone in. You will wait quite some time if you just show up and parking is VERY scarce. However it is worth the wait and hassle on whim to drop in & get a bento.

Great tasting food that's reasonably priced!
For those of you who care.yes, they use good quality rice.

The food is all freshly made-to-order and I haven't had a single miss yet from their menu. Instantly became one of my go-to places for takeout.

Aunties working at this place. DELICIOUS! One of my absolute favorite places to get a bento. Great prices too!