Highway Inn Companies

Highway Inn has been in continuous business since 1947, serving Hawaiian and American Food to the people of Oahu. Hailing from the west-side of Oahu, Highway Inn was established by Japanese Immigrants who had recently returned to Hawaii after being interned for much of World War II. After some 66 years in Waipahu, Highway Inn, under the leadership of its third generation of owner expanded its operations to bring the Islands best-loved Hawaiian Food Restaurant to Kakaako in Honolulu, and then to the Bishop Museum. Highway Inn is famous for its Hawaiian Food. Hawaiian Food is the amalgamation of all the locally grown food that was native and brought to the Islands by successive waves of immigrants and settlers over the last few hundred years. Hawaiian staples are poi, taro leaves, lau laus, and poke. More recent innovations are pipikaula, haupia, squid luau, lomi salmon, beef stew, kalua pig, and nowadays we add ribs, burgers, quesadillas, tacos, salads, and appetizers, all made with ...