Honolulu · ice cream
Henry's Place
A three-decade, family-run, hand-labeled ice cream and sorbet counter that locals themselves say gets overlooked because it looks like a convenience store — exactly the kind of hidden-in-plain-sight specialist this project exists to surface, with the added weight of the highest Yelp save-rank of any Hawai‘i business.
What to order
Lychee ice cream and calamansi lime sorbet (Andrea Lee, HONOLULU digital editor, Honolulu Magazine, 18 Sep 2025)
What we know
- House-made ice creams and sorbets, hand-labeled, packed in white containers in a freezer at the front of what looks like a convenience store (Honolulu Magazine, James Charisma, 14 Feb 2018)
- Flavors change daily and range from a subtle ginger sorbet to Kona coffee to mango sorbet described as tasting 'just like eating cold, ripe mangoes' (Honolulu Magazine, 14 Feb 2018)
- Owner Henry Takahashi's daughter works the shop; the 'RV' initials on most cups are hers (Honolulu Magazine, 14 Feb 2018)
- In business in Waikīkī for more than 30 years as of 2018, having moved locations three times before settling on Beach Walk (Honolulu Magazine, 14 Feb 2018)
- Ranked #10 on Yelp's 2026 most-saved ice cream shops list nationally, the highest of any Hawai‘i business (Dairy Foods, 5 Aug 2026)
- Repeat, specific praise for lychee ice cream ('always 10/10') and calamansi lime sorbet from a named local food editor (Honolulu Magazine, 18 Sep 2025)
- Status
- open
- Address
- 234 Beach Walk, Honolulu, HI 96815
- Maker
- Henry Takahashi, owner
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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