7-Eleven Hawaii

I hardly ever fill up gas here unless I’ve been running the truck on E for a while and it’s an emergency, since there are cheaper gas stations elsewhere but I love coming to 7 – 11 for snack as everyone else pretty much does.
My favorite snacks from here are the manapuas, pork hash, and mini bentos. Buying food from a gas station may seem iffy but not 711 Hawaii lol. They’ve got mini bentos to big bentos, with things like onigiri (riceballs/​triangles lol) with little smokies and eggs or chicken for the mini bentos and fried saimin, chicken teriyaki, pork and peas, etc for the bigger bentos. I can’t count how many different bentos they have. The food is available hot from the heater or if you want to bring some for lunch to heat up later there are many bentos in the refrigerated section too. They also have different kinds of musubis and hot dogs. Munchies fulfilled!
7 – 11 is also slurpee central, Especially since it’s so hot in Makaha, it’s nice to be able to get a cool drink. I also buy ice bags from here for coolers or when our ice machine is acting up lol.
Overall, they have tons of snacks. Not just the usual chips and cookies. Decent sized parking lot, it does get full but not often are all the parkings taken. There are people asking for money at any given time, and homeless like to hang out around the area but to me it’s nothing to be worried about, it’s still safe lol.

You know what, I actually like this 7 – 11. It has provided me with many a snack in the midnight hour for many many moons.
I’ve lived up the road from here for a very long time and have walked down the street to get those late hour munchies for at least 10 years. In fact in the middle of the night I even come to get cat food every now and then lol. Ladies behind the counter be like… what the… lol.
Funny story: they only give paper bags now, which is odd. I feel so uncomfortable carrying paper bags because I feel like that is the obligatory sign that you bought alcohol. I’m not trynna walk back down the street in Waianae holding what looks like an alcohol purchase under my arm in the middle of the night like… please don’t jump me for my alcohol random streetwalker… it’s just cat food!
Never seemed to have a problem with service and the store is also very clean. It would actually upset me sometimes I’d come in the middle of the night and it’d be closed so they could mop or something. That hasn’t happened to me for a while though. At least we know it’s not all grungy! They definitely keep up their duties here.
And omg have you ever been to a 7 – 11 on the mainland? I don’t even know WHAT I stepped into when I went to the ones in Maryland. They look so… grungy-​convenience-​store from the outside and definitely look that way on the inside lol. No comparison. Makaha 7 – 11, you’re pretty on-​point.
Lastly, be aware that this is the last purchasing point and gas station heading west. There are no more stores beyond this so if you’re unfamiliar with the area, plan to stop here for your snacking and refueling needs before going out to the beaches.

One of three 7 – 11 Hawaii stores in Waianae. This location is at the corner of Makaha Valley Road and Farrington Highway. It is the last gas station heading west bound.
This 7 – 11 location better known as Makaha 7 – 11 would be my pit stop after school during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. I would always get my monthly bus passes from this location
(each month is a different design or different picture). There’s also a bus stop on Makaha Valley Road for customers who depend on Uncle Fasi limousine as their transportation.
I come to this location for bus passes, drinks, snacks, and even magazines, books, or word search pamphlets.
I take notice that this location tend to have panhandlers (people asking for 25¢, 50¢, or even $ 1.00) or homeless people hanging around the premises no matter what time of the day it is.
Some of the employees are friendly and some looked like they don’t want to be at work. All I know is that sometimes there is lack of communication between workers.