Aiea Shopping Center

I love that this shopping center is right down the street from my house! It has almost everything I want/​need, all in one convenient location.
I’m sad that there’s no American Savings Bank (not even an atm, they took it out of Times years ago), but other than that there are many awesome little stores here.
Aiea Chop Suey and The Alley Restaurant have super good food. Times carries most of my grocery needs. I love the baristas at Starbucks and Jamba Juice. There’s indoor and outdoor seating so you can relax with your coffee and acai bowl.
With three levels of shopping, I’m sure that there’s something for everyone.

There are at least a couple of reasons to like this shopping center. My favorite reason above all else is Aiea Bowl! It is one of the last few good bowling places that I know of on this island. Besides that, there is also a Starbucks, McDonald’s, and a Times Supermarket here. They are all things I love.
An interesting thing about this place is that it is split into three levels, each with its own separate entrances without any ramps to go between floors. If you want to park on another floor, you have to exit the shopping center and re-​enter through another driveway. The floors are all connected though with a set of escalators and a staircase.
On-​site security is here to help to make sure everything is okay and to enforce parking. The parking on the bottom level is filled with mostly stalls with 2 hour time limits.
This place is definitely a must stop if you have an urge to bowl, eat, or grocery shop.

Came here on a whim to get shaved ice from ice garden. Yummy!
Must return for more.
Little old lady makes it for you, just order by number. Also stopped at Times and Dirty lickins. Convenient but tight parking especially during bowling hours.
Will get some Starbucks next time!

Five stars. A great strip mall to shop at. It has all the essential stores, such as groceries, drinks, take out restaurants, desserts, grooming, entertainment, and more! Almost a one stop shop location. They just need a clothing store now. Haha. Enjoy!

Aiea town is a place I normally don’t go on errand runs or just plainly go to, just because I have pretty much everything in urban Honolulu or east Oahu, where I live. Even if I come to Aiea, it would be mostly Pearlridge Shopping Center for stuff. Being on Unilocal helps me explore and discover new places to eat and play, so here I was seeing this shopping center for the first time. I even had to google map the place to know where I was going to. Glad to know that this mall is great for those of Aiea who use this mall as an alternative to Pearlridge Shopping Center complex.
Aiea Shopping Center is located on Moanalua Road, crossing Kauhale Street and Aiea Heights Drive. Nearby is the Aiea Town Square shopping complex filled with eccentric shops and specialty stores. The Aiea Shopping Center has plenty of parking spaces and caters to the Aiea community at large. The Bus route #54 comes through here and stops at the Aiea Shopping Center, so you shouldn’t sleep on the bus. The way back into downtown Honolulu is across the street. Aiea Shopping Center boasts a Starbucks location, which is great for me to hang out, recharge the iPhone, and use their wifi without having to buy anything. There are quite a few eateries and restaurants in this shopping center.
Aiea Shopping Center boasts a McDonald’s on the second floor, along with more parking spaces and some eclectic eateries and office spaces that will cater to anyone’s needs. There’s also a doctor’s office up on the 2^nd floor as well. A Chinese restaurant and a local chicken and ribs restaurant dwells here too. Many options to choose from here, along with an L&L Hawaiian BBQ restaurant next to the Starbucks, if that fits your fancy. Whatever fulfills your needs and tastes, the Aiea Shopping Center can be the best bet for all that you need.
Probably the crown jewel to the Aiea Shopping Center is Aiea Bowl. One of Oahu’s remaining bowling alleys and it is here in Aiea. The shopping center is kind of outdated and can use a face lift. Couldn’t hurt to update the image for the. 21^st Century. Somehow Aiea Shopping Center tends to be just another shopping destination that’s in a community setting. Quite off the beaten path if you are a tourist, but I had a satisfactory time here and hope to be back soon, at least lounging around in Starbucks and chillaxing the weekend away sipping on a frappuchino. Overall, I would recommend this area mall, if the Pearlridge Shopping center and other area shopping havens are not enough to what you want to go and buy. Many local merchants and businesses to support and patronize. Too bad that there is no Vietnamese restaurants in the shopping complex. Don’t worry, there is a handful within a mile from here to get your Phở on! Just use Unilocal!
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Host not so personable. Lots of empty tables. Not sure why the wait was so long. At least the waitress was personable. The fried noodles did not taste good at all. as usual the lemon crunch cake was delicious.

Closest place for our shopping and banking and snacks!

I recently came by here. Honestly the whole shopping center looks like a hodgepodge of different structures. However it also adds an interesting hint of history. Basically this place looks like they just kept adding on buildings and sections so certain parts look rundown or uneven. But there are a lot of nice shops there. I do like the place and even though certain sections look iffy, for me I can kind of feel the history or at least imagine how old this complex is and how amazing that it’s still around. I definitely need to go back to check out the other shops. But be careful parking. The parking lot is a bit of a mess because it was made decades ago. My first time there I saw many close call car accidents. Also getting out of the shopping center can be tricky because of all the traffic in the area.

There is a lot of different shops to go to while you are here. They have times, Jamba Juice, Samurai, Aiea Bowl, Starbucks & much more
Parking: SUCKS here I absolutely do not like parking here along with the crazy drivers.
I do return to this mall from time to time.

Aiea Shopping Center has different levels (weird layout) and a mini mall with a bunch of different shops/​stores/​restaurants.
On the upper level is Aiea Bowl, The Alley (restaurant) at Aiea Bowl, Dirty Lickins, and El Charro Mexicano.
One level below has Ice Garden, McDonald’s, Aiea Copy Center, Koa Pancake House, and L&L Drive Inn.
Below that is Times Supermarket, Starbucks, and Jamba Juice.
In between there are also firms, barber shops, nail salons, and a slew of other places.
Parking is ample on each level (tightest spots located on the top due to Aiea Bowl).
I frequent here for The Alley (restaurant) and bowling at Aiea Bowl!

To me, theres only three reasons to come to this mall… Ice Garden, JDK Salon, & The Alley/​Aiea Bowl (in no particular order). This mall is way past its prime and the Times here is one of the worst around, though I prefer shopping at Foodland & Safeway anyway… or even better yet Whole Foods! Anyhow, if you do come here, expect to spend a while finding parking.

Coming to Aiea Shopping Center makes me feel very nostalgic. I remember coming here often as a kid to eat shave ice or go bowling. The problem is it seems Aiea Shopping Center hasn’t been remodeled or updated since my childhood. The shopping center is a bit unappealing to the eye and there aren’t a lot of places that really compel you to come here. I only really come here now to go to Aiea Bowl, that’s the only real gem to be found here. If you happen to be in the area and want Starbucks, McDonald’s, shave ice or L&L, you may stop here. Otherwise, if you’re not trekking to Aiea Bowl (for either the food or bowling), there is no reason to come here.

Aiea Shopping Center… yeah man right now I’m like the 2^nd Unilocaler to review this place and you get like choke reviews for the other individual places surrounding the facility c’mon now fellow Unilocalers! Anyways as a fellow resident of ‘Aiea, even more so, a fellow ‘Aiea HS grad, this place is definitely memories as a youngster. This shopping center has got everything from liquor stores, the one legendary bakery diner place, Hawaii FCU, one shave ice place, couple of barber shops, Aiea copy center, one korean bbq store, L&L, Mcdo, Time Supermarket, Koa Pancake House, ‘Aiea Bowl, and the list goes on! Get choke parking, specifically 3 levels down in Times side, McDo side, and Aiea Bowl side. Next to the shopping center, you have conveniently located gas stations, Wendy’s down the road, and even another shopping plaza!

No reviews for this ancient place? What’s a Unilocal Elite to do? Write a review of course. I’ve lived in Aiea ll my life. I have fond memories of Aiea Shopping Center. I used to bowl here. I’ve eaten here more times than can be counted on a hundred feet and I’ve seen a lot of businesses open up and close down. Hell, I even got my bike stolen from here when I was a kid and a rim from my car stolen as an adult.
It’s really close to my parents house. I used to joke that I could smell the fries from McDonald’s from their garage. I’ve since moved on and moved out of course but I always find myself gravitating back here. They have a great Starbucks, an accurate Jamba Juice, a convenient Times, and a welcoming Koa Pancake House. Some of the best shave ice is here and we can’t forget about Aiea Bowl.
This place brings back a lot of memories. I even remember the Ipso Facto arcade when the gang members used to hang their nunchucks on the Street Fighter arcade machines. I’m serious. They really did.
Nowadays the center looks like it could use a facelift. Some new paint wouldn’t hurt and they really need to clear out the sketchy second level area where the liquor store is. As a kid, I was always afraid of that part and honestly as an adult, I’m equally terrified. It just seems like some bad deals go on back there.
As long as I live in Aiea I’ll continue to frequent this place. Partly out of pure convenience but also because it’s home.