Times Supermarket

This Times location is located in the same area as Graces restaurant and Saint Germain bakery, across the street from Beretania Florist.
This Times location is fairly on the smaller size but has ample parking.
I mainly come to Beretania Times for the hot foods plates. Their breakfast has a selection of breakfast meats w/​rice and eggs, fried rice plate with eggs, french toast, loco moco with mushroom and onions, and fried noodles. Pretty decent for the price. Lunch time, they have a variety of hot foods that changes daily. They also have fried chicken thighs and wings that is very tasty too. Their plate lunches come with 3 sides, and a drink for a really cheap price! The lime does get long sometimes so come early or later than rush hour.
The supermarket itself is pretty old but it pretty has everything that I need. Their produce is fairly fresh.
The only con about this store is that it gets pretty busy during the day and sometimes they don’t have enough cashiers at the register, so you might have to wait in a long line, but the cashiers are pretty good about thanking the customers for waiting for so long.

The cashier Akoni should not patronize the customer when the misunderstanding is due to his poor communication skills.

Not all Times Supermarkets are created equal.
I’m talking about their Hot Foods Deli Department. They serve plate lunches everyday of the week here. Not like their other locations where it’s only served one day or two or three days a week and with very limited options.
This Beretania location has a pretty good set up. It may be in the vein of cafeteria style food but when you don’t have the time or energy to cook a home style meal, this is the place to go for that «like-​Mom or Dad-​would-​cook» option.
And prices ($ 6.49 and Up) are super reasonable for what you get. Mushroom Gravy Chicken Plate for $ 6.49? And it includes a fountain drink? Best meal deal I’ve come across in a really long time.
All plates comes with a choice of 3 sides and a drink. (Except for Wednesday’s Hawaiian Plates.)
Choices for your sides: White, Brown Rice, Potato Mac Salad, Mashed Potatoes, Potato Wedges, Steamed Veggies, Sweet Potato or Tossed Salad (French or Ranch Dressing.)
You can check the Times website for their menu as they have rotating daily specials depending on the day of the week.
The only downer is if you go for dinner, things could be sold out. But the beauty of this location is there is always AJ’s Chinese, Taco Lita and Grace’s right next door.

BEST DEAL IN TOWN!
This is probably the best kept secret that i’m willing to share and trust me, i’ll thank myself for you right now.
First thing that comes to anyone’s mind of Times is groceries…
My first thought is cheap, filling, and delicious good food with a drink for under $ 10!
Everyday their menu changes and thankfully every dish I’ve tried so far is nothing but thumbs up, or well forks up. Compared to every other plate lunch place out there, such as L&L and Rainbows, Times offers the best deal and bang for your buck to help any broke ass college student survive and happy with tasty food. Depending on the day, prices vary from what you order. My own dad who swears his love for Rainbows has even made the jump to Times plate lunches for their convenient location, cheap price, and mass amount of available parking.
For updated listing on what’s being served, you can visit their website for each location which has their own menu of what they’ll be serving. Beretania location is just down the street, and the only downside about them closing at 7pm is sometimes it’s too good, they’ll sell out before 5pm…
(This has happened… multiple times on a Wednesday and the only mere fact I know this is due to my father who insist’s he must have beef stew who has tried to even call ahead his order to make sure he has a plate. Sadly no luck since they’ve been selling out by 5pm)
They do a pretty good deal on Hawaiian plates which include Laulau, Kalua pig, Lomi Salmon, Haupia, Rice, Chicken Long rice & a fountain drink for only 10.99! Seriously, where can you find that anywhere… I rest my case.
On another note, definitely try their…
Mochiko Chicken
Baked Chicken
Steak Plate
Beef Stew
Pork Loin
Roast Beef
All the plates above are about ⁶⁄₇ dollars, choice of three sides and a fountain drink. BEST DEAL EVERRRR

Good location and easy to get to with usually ample parking. The store is not one of the bigger Times but they have just about everything you would need. They are one of the few that have the water purification systems and can fill 4 bottles all at once.

Went to times to buy some apples and they were rotten and try to exchange them and they gave us the rotten apples back not happy so that is how you do,

This review is on the steak plate… One of the best steak plates I found so far :) steak, garlic shrimp and 3 sides and a drink. All for about $ 13! The steak and garlic shrimp were flavorful and there are a lot of sides to choose from. I would definitely recommend coming here on a Thursday to try out their steak plates

This review is for the deli section. I love the plate lunches from Beretania Times. It’s not gourmet but the food is really good. They serve different entrees on different days. They have steak, mahi, wings, salmon, hamburger steak, etc. All of their plates come with three sides and a fountain drink.
Wednesdays are my favorite. It’s Hawaiian food day. I usually get the pork lau lau plate. It comes with chicken long rice, lomi salmon, sweet potato and haupia for $ 6.99. They also offer a combo plate of kalua pig and pork lau lau with the same fixings for $ 10.99.
The other plate that I like is served daily. That’s the chicken wings plate. They have it in mild, spicy and Asian sauce. I get it in the mild. They give you eight pieces and three sides. I get it with mash and gravy, purple sweet potato and greens. The other choices are white or brown rice, and potato wedges.
This place is such a good deal. They load up your plate with food and the food is yummy. $ 6.99 for a plate and a fountain drink. You can’t beat that.
I’m not sure what time the deli opens but they close at 7pm. One time I went at 7:30pm and the place was shut down.

Hot food counter: Good selection of daily entrees (including a 20 oz. drink!) at very reasonable prices as far as plate lunches go. Wednesday’s Hawaiian plate is a deal at only $ 6.99 for a choice of Kalua Pig or Lau Lau with rice, chicken long rice, a slice of Okinawan sweet potato, lomi lomi salmon and haupia (I don’t know of any place in town that serves a Hawaiian plate AND drink at this price!).
The food is tasty, not greasy, and rivals many of the usual places that offer plate lunch fare. Other favs include the chili, beef stew, stuffed salmon, corned beef with cabbage, and grilled guava spareribs. All regular plate lunches come with a choice of three, yes three, sides (white or brown rice, mashed potatoes, potato wedges, Okinawan sweet potato, steamed veggies, or mac or tossed salad). Thursday’s fresh grilled Sterling Silver Steak and Garlic Shrimp have customers in line before the counter opens at 11:00, while the savory smoked aroma of the grill, set up right there in the parking lot, wafts its way though this busy block.
Specials change daily, here’s link to menu
Ample parking at front and side of store. Staff is pretty friendly and speedy. One suggestion: save the drink carrier and reuse it the next visit or two, or just forgo altogether. Just trying to be greener :)
Enjoy!

My mom would shop here, then go to Vineyard Longs and Safeway for other stuff she needed. I just love walking down the aisles and noticing stuff I used to eat… the yogurts, poi, seafood, lau lau, etc…
I was searching up and down for this Taro brand poi blueberry granola but I think they were all sold out. Next time!
I went overboard and bought way too many spices to bring back home with me but it’s ok because I was able to stuff them all in my luggage and it was still under 50 lbs, lol…

I Shop @ Times often, usually after the Mid-​Week Ads,
the sale starts every Wednesday & ends on Tuesday.
Besides the ads,
This Time’s location is my usual Sunday stop
This location (& Kahala Mall) has breakfast, which ends at 10:30 AM.
Since I’m so lazy to cook anything, (for my husband before he starts work)
this is the reason for my Sunday stop.
&
for only 4.69, (can’t go wrong!!)
for 4 scoops of fried rice & 2 eggs (your choice of eggs)
This is a deal! & this is enough for the 2 of us!
If 4 scoops of fried rice is not enough, one additional scoop is 1.99.
The fried rice comes with assorted breakfast meats, peas, carrots, mushroom, & egg.
Its very worth it!
& Along with my fried rice, I always get the 7 piece of Spicy Chicken Wings. (3.99)
or package shoyu chicken located in food warmer.
I hope you get to see Jean working there.
I’m always happy when she is there!
As always,
I always tell Jean– «See you nexts Sunday!!» ;0)

Times supermarket is like the Island’s old style local favorite. They’ve been around forever and they are in many convenient locations but they seem to have a difficult time keeping inventory, especially sale items, in stock.
I really don’t understand why a chain store as large and old as Times can’t keep an ample supply of items that they are promoting on their weekly advertisement in stock. I mean really, they’ve been around forever so somebody must have or should have figured out how much supply to order on a particular sale item. It’s very common for me to get a raincheck on sale items.
In spite of this, Times employees are always friendly and smiling. In addition to that this Times location has a huge parking lot which makes it very easy to shop to run into the store to get what you need and head out quickly.

I’ve been going to Times Supermarket on Beretania for over 45 years and I love this store. It has been around forever.
The store is a bit crampped, but they manage to offer some great selections of fruits and veggies. The store is clean and there is ample parking. My favorite of the store has to be their Hawaiian Papayas (both Non-​GMO and GMO). They are always so fresh.
This store also has a great poke station with 30+ types of onolicious things to choose from!
Food Grade: A
Service Grade: B
Worth the Money Grade: B
Overall Impression Grade: B

$ 3.99 BREAKFAST IS SERVED 6:30a-10:30a daily
Do you ever wake up thinking «I WANT BACON»? Well I do. It happens quite frequently and this is my latest bacon find.
The hot deli is next to the pharmacy & bakery and serves up a $ 3.99 regular breakfast plate. You have a choice of meat, eggs, and rice/​toast. I drive past here every morning and never knew they served breakfast. I’m a closet bacon eater. Everyone at work thinks I eat salads everyday but it’s really to offset the bacon & eggs I scarf down in the parking lot before I walk in to the office.
Location: Beretania St, mauka side, just after Keeaumoku.

Just a simple Times Market. It was pretty empty by the time we got here around 10:15 tonight but I was looking for spareribs cause I wanted to make soup and pork bones make the sweetest soup base!
The store seems pretty old and been around for awhile and I figure it’s dead because Safeway is right next door to it but what I like about Times is that they sell cuts of meat that Safeway doesn’t sell that makes for excellent bones for soup!
I ended up finding turkey neck bones even better than spareribs cause now I can put in actual pieces of cheap cuts of pork and throw in crock pot and let everyone in for a pool party and soup will be ready in the morning when I’m awake for breakfast and lunch!
I prefer to shop at local mom and pop grocery stores when I can just to keep the business alive and keep local business alive!

A bit on the small side, but has some good stuff.
R Fields can’t be beat — duck breast, cheese, spices (how many places in town do you think carry smoked paprika?), baby veggies and the list goes on.
In the rest of the store, they carry chicken liver, my favorite oatmeal, and a good selection of Thai Kitchen meal mixes.
I’m a fan!

Although I have several supermarkets to choose from in my neighborhood, including a huge Safeway, I am a faithful shopper at Times. I like the «old skool» feel of the market and the local customer service.
Times Beretania renovated its fish section to offer a huge variety of poke and fresh fish to compete with Foodland. I haven’t tried their poke yet, but I’ve heard good things thus far. The deli section is the best with steak plates on Thursday and mochiko chicken on Fridays. Also, the regular menu items are super ono too, like the fried chicken wings! The sushi and bentos are awesome to pick-​up on the way to the beach or to take onboard with you when you travel.
The staff is super friendly and helpful. The produce guys have made some awesome fruit baskets for me in the past and are always available to answer any questions. The cashiers are friendly and efficient. This is a great neighborhood supermarket!

My work requires that I get into a variety of stores, so I’ve seen several Times stores, and this is one of the best. It’s been newly renovated, and you can tell the second you walk in.
Nice big store that looks and feels new. The prices are a little higher from what I can tell. However, they have a nice wine section, and great fresh produce.
This store feels most similar to some of the better formats back on the mainland.

My buddy and I came to pick up a gallon of POG as it was on sale after lunch today. I rarely shop at this Times as the one at Liliha Square is closer to my home. The last time I came here was last year during Thanksgiving as I was running errands and needed to pick up something last minute on my way home from Waikiki.
As I walked in I felt like a time warp back into the 70’s. This place sure could use some renovation. I mean, it was dark and lacked color. Not inviting at all. The clerks here were very friendly but it just didn’t make the grade with me. Couple of blocks down you have the new Safeway that just blows this store away.
The only thing I found cool was the purified drinking water refill machine at the front. At 50 cents per gallon you can fill your jug up after paying for it at the cash register.
Because I find this store non-​inviting, I sadly have to give this location only 2-​stars. We’re supposed to be supporting local but this store really needs renovation and better lighting.

I feel bad for Times since it’s being overpowered by Safeway next door. It’s ok though, I’ll still go to Times since it’s somewhat «local-​er» than Safeway. And I like it because I can get a bundle of kale for an awesome price! They have lots of local choices, which makes me happy since I’d rather eat food that was made here than the mainland.
Parking is easy and the wait time in line is usually short.