Cha Cha Cha Salsaria - Mexican restaurant in Oahu

Cha Cha Cha Salsaria is the best Mexican food we found while visiting Oahu. We sat outside on their huge patio overlooking the bay.


They have happy hour Tuesday - Friday from 3-6 PM and all night on Mondays. It seemed like Cha Cha Cha Salsaria would be a great place to hang out at night. We went for lunch and there was hardly anyone around.


It was to early in the day to drink much, so we decided to order one large margarita and share it. This is a picture of our $8 large margarita.  I can't imagine what they would have brought out if we had ordered an actual pitcher.

Our food was good too and reasonably priced. I had the taco salad and my husband had some sort of stuffed pepper. 

Taco Salad

Cha Cha Cha Salsaria

377 Keahole St. C-1A  

Honolulu, HI 96825 

Tel 808-395-7797

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Kalapawai Cafe & Deli - Kailua Hawaii

Kalapawai Cafe & Deli (Photo credit: hawaii)

Kalapawai Cafe & Deli (Photo credit: hawaii)

Kalapawai Cafe and Deli is a restaurant in Kailua a city in Oahu. They are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. If you don't have time to dine in you can get food to go from their deli. In the evening it's a quiet place perfect for a romantic dinner. The have a small wine bar and coffee bar.

We only made it over there for dinner. I had the lemon risotto, which was good and expensive. I think most of the dinner menu is pricey. It's much cheaper for lunch. I would only go back for lunch, because of the cost.

We finished our dinner off with a delicious piece of white macadamia nut pie with ice cream. It's a lot like pecan pie (my most favorite pie). Their version was made with macadamia nuts instead of pecans and it was GOOD.

50 Kailua Road
Kailua, Hawaii, 96734

The Food Company - Kailua, Hawaii

The Food Company is open for lunch and dinner. We had dinner there and if we had been there sooner we would have eaten there several times.

They are not open on Sunday evenings.

Next door is there other upscale restaurant. It is more on the high end and has a different menu. It would be better for a date.

They are known for their delicious Kailua plate lunches and dinners. This was one of the cheapest places we ate the entire time we were in Hawaii.




My husband ordered some kind of fish roll. I can't remember what it was called. He said he didn't like it, but he ate the whole thing!

 I ordered the NY Strip and it was fantastic and it came with large fried shrimp. Both were seasoned so good and it only cost about $12.

This place should definitely be on your list of places to eat in Kailua.

The Food Company
1020 Keolu Dr 
Kailua, HI 96734

Disney's Aulani resort hot tub and lazy river

Disney's Aulani resort 

Disney Aulani resort is on the west side of Oahu.

We decide the best way to review the hot tub was to actually sneak get in. After trying it out, I would give it two thumbs up. It's a layered hot tub. The top hot tub has a waterfall flowing into the lower one.

view from lower hot tub

Upper hot tub

Disney Aulani resort has a lazy river.

The view from the hot tub was awesome. 

Cinnamon's Restaurant - Best Breakfast in Oahu

Are you ready to have a breakfast that will blow your flip flops off?

Cinnamon's Restaurant on the island of Oahu is one of the best breakfast restaurants I've ever been to. It's located in Kailua and I think it's worth the drive up there! They offer 15% off to military personal Monday - Friday with the coupon on their website.
We started our meal with a cup of coffee. Cinnamon's has their own special coffee blend made from Hawaiian coffee farms; 25% Kona and 25% Kaua'i. They also have coconut syrup! I'll admit I poured some of that coconut syrup in my coffee and it was delicious.
Their Crab Cake eggs Benedict with spinach and tomato were beyond good.

If you don't think you can eat that much food you do have the option of only getting one egg benedict instead of two.
Their red velvet pancakes are so good, you have to order them. Even if your eating something else, get them on the side.
The Guava pancakes are just as good as the red velvet. I would not be able to make a choice between the two. Next time we go I think we will be eating nothing but pancakes.
This is the frittata with artichokes, olives, and onions. It was good, but compared to the pancakes......
The same could be said for their omelettes, they're good, but not compared to the pancakes!

315 Uluniu Street
Kailua, Hawaii 96734
Phone: (808) 261-8724
Fax: (808) 262-9910

Cinnamon's is located in Kailua Square, in the Northeast corner of the city’s municipal parking lot, off Kuulei Rd and Aulike St.

Breakfast: 7:00AM – 2:00PM
Lunch: 11:00AM – 2:00PM

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Military Lodging at Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam

Where can you stay for $55 a night in Hawaii? On a military base of course!

I met up with my husband on his last military tdy, which just happened to be Hawaii. (Yes, I always show up on the really good tdy's!) He was staying on Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam on the Pearl side. You could easily walk over to the Pearl Harbor Memorial from here.

The room had one bed, a chair and a desk. The bathroom had a shower only. The bed was great. I have never actually sleep on a bed at a military lodge that was any good until this trip.
Wifi was available and free.
The rooms have a Keurig B145 OfficePRO Brewing System and they provide tons of coffee pods for it. There was a little fridge and a microwave too.
Also, within walking distance was a full shoppette, McDonalds, Subway, Taco Del Mar, tennis courts, and the brand new gym.

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Beach Cabins at Bellows AFB

One of the many military lodgings available in Oahu, Hawaii is Bellows AFB. It's not a five star military resort like the Hale Koa, but it does have it's very own private beach! That was the draw for us. To stay on the beach, in Hawaii, for cheap, and avoid the crowd. Our cabin was a two bedroom and had one bathroom. The cabin was right on the beach on Turtle Cove. Here are some pictures of our cabin.






I was standing inside our cabin when I took this photo.

Hale Koa military resort on Waikiki Beach - Honolulu, Hawaii

A couple of years ago when we took a military hop to Hawaii with our kids for Christmas we stayed at the Hale Koa.  Hale Koa is a military resort on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.  I could not believe this is a military resort.  We got the last room available the day we showed up for $160 a night.  We had a standard room with two double beds.  The best part of the room was the wrap around balcony we had for being in a corner room.  If I had booked this room in advance it would have only been $90.  For the most part when you book in advance the rates are based on your pay grade. 

Here are a few pictures of the resort.  This first one is the kiddie pool.

 I'm standing on Waikiki beach to take this picture of the hotel.

 Waikiki Beach - Check out the older people standing behind my daughter.  I guess they were taking a picture of Christmas cards or maybe they just love Santa hats.

 The top balcony on the corner in this picture was ours.

 The adult only pool.  We never got to actually enjoy this pool, but it looked very nice.

 View from our room.

 Part of one of the big pools.

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