Poke with authentic Hawaiian roots

Our founder and CEO is a minority woman, part Japanese and Native Hawaiian, from Honolulu, Hawaii who moved to the east coast for college. Upon graduation, she started her own food truck called Abunai in 2016 serving Hawaiian and local dishes in Washington, DC. A year later, she opened a brick-and-mortar restaurant in DC and Philly.  She was acknowledged and recognized by Mayor Bowser of DC, Senators of Hawaii, United States Representatives of Hawaii, and the Governor of Hawaii for being a successful minority woman business leader in Washington, DC.

Our mission is to spread the Aloha spirit and bring you the taste of Hawaii by serving up Hawaiian and local dishes. What does the Aloha spirit mean to us? It means spreading the love and affection to others with no obligation in return. Abunai’s mission is to have a purpose in bringing a positive impact for the community by providing accessible healthy and affordable foods and feeding our youth by offering children under 12 years old to eat free at the Abunai DC location.  In addition to that, we want to continue to support our community by locally sourcing with farmers in Hawaii and the DMV area to protect our environment by sustainable sourcing.

Abunai means to take risks and our founder did by moving 4500 miles away from her family in Hawaii to the East coast for college and furthering her education in an MBA at New York University. Taking risks and preserving through adversity is what makes Abunai so please join our journey as we continue to take risks, grow, and care for our world together! Let’s eat, love, live Abunai! Malama honua!