Sam Sato's
Wailuku
- saimin
- manapua
- dry mein
- manju
- noodles
LOCAL 4.8/ALL 4.6
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ranked by locals — not Yelp tourists
Four islands · Mom & pop only · Photos required
Neighborhood Guide · Maui
Maui's old county seat — historic main street, legendary saimin, and the deepest local-food roots on the island.
64 joints · zero chains
Wailuku is Maui's old town — the former plantation-and-county seat where ʻĪao Valley meets central Maui. Its main street kept its mid-century bones, and so did its food. This is the island's deepest concentration of okazuya, saimin, and old-school plate lunch.
Wailuku is the kind of place where a noodle shop or a bakery has been run by the same family for half a century. The list below is ranked by the locals who grew up eating here, not by visitors who found it by accident.
Wailuku
LOCAL 4.8/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.7/ALL 4.5
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.7/ALL 4.8
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.6/ALL 4.7
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.6/ALL 4.7
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.6/ALL 4.7
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.6/ALL 4.7
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.6/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.6/ALL 4.7
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.6/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.6/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.6/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.5/ALL 4.9
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.5/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.5/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.5/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.5/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.5/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.5/ALL 4.8
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.5/ALL 4.5
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.5/ALL 4.5
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.5/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.5/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.4/ALL 4.5
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.4/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.4/ALL 4.4
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.4/ALL 4.4
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.4/ALL 4.4
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.4/ALL 4.4
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.3/ALL 4.7
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.3/ALL 4.4
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.3/ALL 4.3
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.3/ALL 4.3
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.3/ALL 4.4
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.2/ALL 4.7
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.2/ALL 4.2
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.2/ALL 4.2
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.1/ALL 4.3
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.1/ALL 4.3
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.1/ALL 4.1
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.1/ALL 4.2
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.1/ALL 5.0
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.1/ALL 5.0
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.1/ALL 5.0
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.0/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.0/ALL 4.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.0/ALL 5.0
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.0/ALL 4.1
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.0/ALL 4.0
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.0/ALL 4.0
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.0/ALL 4.0
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.0/ALL 3.8
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.0/ALL 2.0
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Wailuku
LOCAL 4.0/ALL 3.3
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Wailuku
LOCAL 3.9/ALL 3.6
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Wailuku
LOCAL 3.9/ALL 3.4
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Wailuku
LOCAL 3.9/ALL 3.8
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Wailuku
LOCAL 3.8/ALL 3.7
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Wailuku
LOCAL 0.0/ALL 0.0
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LOCAL 0.0/ALL 0.0
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LOCAL 0.0/ALL 0.0
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LOCAL 0.0/ALL 0.0
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LOCAL 0.0/ALL 0.0
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LOCAL 0.0/ALL 0.0
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