Top 5 Restaurants
Pig and the Lady
JJ Dolan's
Lucky Belly
Little Village Noodle House
Livestock Tavern

Runner Up: Fete

Best Coffee
Brue Bar

Runner Up: Local Joe

Best Lei Stand
Lin’s Lei Shop

Runner Up: Cindy's Lei & Flower Shoppe

Best Boutique/Store
Fighting Eel

Runner Up: Owens & Co.

Best First Friday Venue
Bar 35

Runner Up: The ARTS at Marks Garage

Best Music Venue
Manifest

Runner Up: The Dragon Upstairs

Winning businesses were contacted on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, and will receive an award decal, as well as a courtesy sponsored Instagram post to promote their business.

As an added bonus, the winners of the following categories will receive an on-air interview, courtesy of their respective category sponsors:

Best Boutique/Store, sponsored by Krater 96.3
Best First Friday Venue, sponsored by KCCN FM 100
Best Lei Stand, sponsored by Hawaiian 105 KINE
Best Music Venue, sponsored by Power 104.3
Best Coffee, sponsored by Sunrise on Hawaii News Now

Mahalo again, to all of our sponsors, partners, and our generous Presenting Sponsor, who helped make 2018's Best of hiChinatown Awards possible.

$500 Chinatown
Shopping Spree

Congratulations to kristina.noelani, our lucky winner of $500 in gift cards from Chinatown shops, eateries & activities. Every vote in the 2018 Best of hiChinatown that included an email address was counted as an entry. Winner was chosen at random and has been contacted via email.

Instagram
Contest Winners

Check your Instagram messages! Our five lucky contest winners were contacted on 2/16/18, each winning a $50 gift card to one of the top voted restaurants of their choice! To enter, all they had to do was to tell us what they look forward to most on Chinese New Year in Chinatown and tag 3 friends. 

2019 Best of hiChinatown

What can we do to make the Best of hiChinatown 2019 better? Do you have an idea for a new category? Let us know! Feel free to send us an email with any ideas on how we can make this an even greater experience in the future.