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November 2023 by Shelby “Kapu” Maualaivao
If there was a zero star that’s what they would’ve got. These guys are a rip off Asian owned company. They needed Ulu and told my husband to come and they’ll pay him for the Ulu. They never even mentioned how much they’d give him they just told him come and once you pick the Ulu you have to cook before it gets bad. He came all the way from Kahaluu with a lot of Ulu. They only offered him only $1 each Ulu mind you they sell it to customers by weight $10 a lb!!! They ain’t really working hard to prepare Ulu only steam and add coconut milk. Compared to us who grows, waters and nurture the Ulu from seed and it takes years! Plus they sell the same food from morning all the way to closing. Same food they don’t even check if the food is good. Don’t eat food that will make you sick! Not worth your money and they’re bad business I wouldn’t buy food from here even if I was starving. I feel bad for their workers they’re probably getting cheap pay for bussing their behinds. Shame on this business! That’s probably why they changed their store name. Literally because they’re bad business. I can’t believe we use to buy food from this place knowing they’re a rip off. I’d rather make it myself!!! And if they’re wondering what we did to the ulu. We gave some to our Aunties and the rest went to the church! Because we’d rather offer it to the church then be ripped off by Talofa market! Trust and believe I will make it known to everyone about them. It’s not about the money it’s they fact that they wasted our time. They could’ve told us the price before hand but that was their intention!!! There’s also a lot of homeless near them. The place smells like piss.
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September 2023 by Noreen Malafu
It's presented very well as being clean and all products are fronted as well as a good variety of polynesian products.. owners are very pleasant ? in acknowledging all customers that enter the store .....
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August 2022 by Alex W.
100/10. Great Food! excellent service! Staff was super super friendly! Would come here again next time I visit. Slay
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June 2022 by Danette Salboro
It is a beautiful place. Very interesting place to enjoy yourself or you family.
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May 2022 by Sam M.
I never review this early lol. Sometimes it takes me months tbh. My on time review is probably bias lol as I am Samoan lol. We were driving around searching every market that pops up on yelp saying they sell hot Samoan food, my mom grew up in Hawaii and remembers a market on the corner in her old neighborhood somewhere that sells Samoan food. I search yelp & end up here first, this wasn't the market, we eventually found the one she was speaking of, but of all the ones we visited today, this one stood out to us the most, as we tried food from every market we visited. They definitely had the most options from the other markets we tried , even sold Vaifala in mason jars. The 4 stars really is for the price. What we got here we would usually pay $100 off top for in the mainland. So to us, the pricing was reasonable. It's only missing a star because the lack of flavor in what I wanted the most lol. The palusami being $7 was def, uhm, questionable. The second market we visited had theirs priced at $3. I feel so many things come into play when you price food. Like ....do it taste like $7? My pops is the cook in our family & early on he tried steaming his luau before baking it. This creates a more soft texture in the luau kalo creating an easier tear when you dip your kalo or fa'i in lol & a better chew. I realized how much that made a difference when I ate the palusami from here today. The luau was tough, hard to tear into with my kalo and when I went to take a bite it was rough. Idk how to explain but I wish it was softer. The faalifu inside also could've used more seasoning. However I'm here for more than that lol , because I HATE Turkey tail. I've always been able to do oxtail because I feel like there's more meat than fat there, But with Turkey tail I feel like it's all fat, little meat. However the Turkey tail from here, best I've had to be honest. I only tried because my mom said I'd like it. She was right. So tasty. I didn't even mind the fat because it was marinated and seasoned well. I also had the vegetables and mamoe lol I mean, we killed that in the car on the drive back to the hotel lol. I kept telling my mom wait I need to take a picture for my review lol but Lol we couldn't stop eating it after tasting it. That should say enough lol. Also, they sell canned spaghetti here lol. The kind they don't sell it in reg grocery stores on the mainland anymore. I have to order it on Amazon for my parents, so it was so cool to see they sell it here lol. So lucky lol. They had sweets too. Pankeke, half moon pie, banana bread. I had the banana bread and it was good, your typical Samoan banana bread. Other than that, this place is def. Worth the time & money. My parents would love to not have to cook Samoan food anymore because it's sold just down the street LOL. But until then our annual Hawaii trips will include Talofa Polynesian Market from now on.
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March 2022 by Je Lockettel
I would say it was offer chicken that I bought was old and you can tell old grease that it was cooking you could smell it and the lady was behind the county wasn't wasn't welcoming them but I'll say this it was very clean but I doubt I would go there again
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February 2022 by Tualagi Gaoteote
Bit pricey but if you wana go all out thats on you. Cha ching your total is $110.69. Like daaaaaammmmnnnnnn? only if you want it bad and willing to spend that much. Lessssgooo?
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February 2022 by Da Ohana
I come to Hawaii once a month the first thing I do when I land is go straight to talofa Market we can't get Polynesian food like this back home??????
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October 2021 by Wendell Miguel (Hawaiian)
Check It Out .The workers are friendly and Love to Help they have all kind of Products.
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October 2021 by Limai TMichael
Love love love this place when it comes to fresh cooked local food. Always my first stop from airport when I visit Honolulu. They've got octopus with ?, sashimi both with soy sauce & ?, cooked fish, turkey tail, goat meat, ube purple yam, bananas, taro, in various cooking styles, island pastries and so much more. It's kinda expensive but when it comes to this kind of goodies I'll splurge. Try it our!
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September 2021 by Toren Valone
Butterfish was great many local Polynesian foods
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September 2021 by Marina S.
This is what a Google search for Polynesian food gets you: an authentic Polynesian market with fresh dishes haoles have never heard of! It all started with tasting Lau Lau on Kauai for the first time and almost passing out from its goodness. Upon our return to Oahu, we researched and found out that Palusami was the Samoan version of Lau Lau, so we had to try it , and were blown away. There wasn't even meat , but taro leaves and coconut milk were so flavorful, it was almost incredible. I must admit that we thought we were getting mushrooms when we bought baked Turkey Tail...it was an actual turkey tail, which I somehow did not even consider and am laughing about it now. We are not vegetarians and really enjoyed both the turkey tail and the baked lamb. Personally, I like my ulu browned a bit more, but the baked breadfruit with coconut milk we got was still delicious. The pineapple hand pie was interesting, but probably not a repeat. The filling was a bit to jello-like, but it wasn't too sweet, which we appreciated. The only disappointment were the banana donuts as they tasted like tough banana bread rolled into balls. My friend found the atmosphere a bit sketchy, but I loved it. Authenticity wins me over every time. We are going to stop in again to try their poke and octopus in coconut milk that everyone was grabbing.
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August 2021 by Christina Fuafiti
I love this store. Uncle steve is always nice. I buy kalo for my mom. Cute clean little corner store.
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July 2021 by Rizlie Villanueva
I want the fooddddd!!!! They all look delicious!!! Big servings too!!!
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June 2021 by Jae Yun H.
So friendly and very tasty food! The staff is helpful and approachable and while prices might not be the lowest, the groceries are high quality. Definitely recommend.
