Leeward Oahu - The Best Restaurant In Makaha

At the end of Farrington Highway on the Leeward side of Oahu is Keawa'ula Beach. Some maps refer to it as Yokohama Beach. It is very beautiful and quite worth the road trip to get here.

Our trek started at Sunset Beach and brought us through Central Oahu to Farrington Highway near Pearl Harbor. We then headed west. At Ko' Olina we realized we were hungry and started looking for convenient roadside eateries. As the road curved north we came upon a few towns with few restaurants. A McDonald's here, a Chop Suey shop there, but we were not yet hungry enough to settle.

As we drove past the Taco Bell in Makaha I began to salivate. A couple miles out of town we realized that we just left the last comestible possibility behind us. I was just about to burst into tears from fear of hunger when Dan turned the car around. The group was very quiet as we pulled into the parking lot of Taco Bell.

"Drive-thru or eat - in?" Dan asked.

"Eat - in." was the unanimous and instant, but somber response.

Ordering was frustrating. The crew had one obstacle after another. The young woman in front of us had her credit card declined. Ouch. The food seemed to take forever. After we sat down and opened up all the wrappers we fell into a reverent and delicious silence. It was good. It was really really good.
















Note: If you decide to make the trip just know that there are poor people on this side of the island. Many of them are homeless. I've looked at job postings and real estate prices on Oahu and it only takes a minute on a calculator to determine why there is poverty here.