Pastele Shop - Honolulu

I've been in this place for over fifty years. I lived in Kalihi in my youth. I live in California now. My mom would come here to buy pastels, even though we would make them family. It is labor intensive. I love the pastels here. Just like my mother. Gandule rice is as good as my mother's. More sofrito and gandules, please. My mother would also add black olives and pork. I buy at least two dozen frozen to California

A very cool little restaurant away from Waikiki. The place has been making great pasteles for 30 years. Parking is limited as well as seating inside. It's a short drive from Waikiki and is very much worth it. Super friendly service. Bite squad friendly. Roamingsmith.blog

The pastele shop is located at kalihi how it is a puerto rican food but it's a mexican food the rice is called mexican rice not gandule rice

Lovely service and delicious food. If you go first thing in the morning it takes no time to be served. Was so hungry and it was so tasty I forgot to take pics. Oops!

Not sure why this pace isn’t rated 5 but it sure does deserve it. I come here once in a good while, I came here today for my favorite, the bacalao salad, A lettuce salad with tomatoes and shredded cod fish and of course their pastele lumpia. So bomb. 11/10. Super fast and super good customer service!