Authentic, hand-crafted fine Italian breakfast, sandwiches, and desserts.
Now at two locations in downtown Honolulu. Eat in, take out, enjoy the outdoor seating, or have your meal delivered.
We also cater!
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Join us for lunch or breakfast at one of our
downtown locations or call for takeout!
Beretania
Under an awning at the corner of Beretania and Bethel, right next to the Body & Mind Spa.
35 S Beretania St. (Go to Map)
(808) 537-1191
Open for lunch Mon–Fri, 10am–4pm
Alakea
On Alakea near King St.; next to the Central Pacific Bank building and Starbucks.
1025 Alakea St. (Go to Map)
(808) 532-4540
Open Mon–Fri, 6:30am–4:30pm
Breakfast: 6am–9am
Lunch: 9am–4:30pm -
Some delectable selections from our award-winning and often-updated menu.
Colazione
Breakfast served from 6am. Available at our Alakea location only.
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Belgian Waffle
With fresh fruit and whipped cream
6
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Yogurt & Granola
Organic yogurt with fresh fruit and granola
4
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Bagel
Lox, pesto, or strawberry blended cream cheese
250
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English Muffin
2
Panini
All sandwiches come with mixed organic greens, romaine lettuce, and a daily selection of vegetables.
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Veggie Misto
Roasted red bell pepper, eggplant, kobocha squash, and caramelized onion with Gouda cheese, toasted on whole wheat
7
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Tuna Nicoise
Tuna salad with olives, capers, cherry tomatoes, Italian parsley, and lemon zest topped with sliced hard-boiled egg, string beans and Gouda cheese, toasted on baguette
7
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Pollo Rosto
Home-roasted honey dijon chicken garnished with red bell pepper and Gouda cheese, toasted on baguette
7
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Simply Turkey
Turkey roasted with garlic and parsley, layered with Swiss cheese and cherry tomatoes, toasted on baguette
7
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Pronto Pork
Pork roast with fennel and garlic, topped with caramelized onions and Stilton cheese, toasted on baguette
7
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Bisteca
Tender medium-rare steak with rosemary, cherry tomatoes, and Gouda cheese, toasted on baguette
750
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Portobello
Fresh mozzarella cheese with slices of roasted portobello mushroom and cherry tomatoes, toasted on baguette
7
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Italiano
850
The following sandwiches are currently available only at our Alakea location:
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Si-Si Oui-Oui
Rosemary ham imported from Italy with French Comte cheese, toasted on baguette with basil oil
750
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Goat Cheese
Nine-grain bruschetta with organic goat cheese from Surfing Goat Farm of Maui, garnished with roasted red bell peppers and basil oil
750
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Prosciutto
Sourdough bruschetta with thinly-sliced cured ham, mozzarella cheese, cherry tomatoes, and basil oil
7
Dolci
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Blondie
250
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Carrot Cake
250
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Banana Bread
250
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Chocolate
350
Bevi
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Orange Juice
3
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Coffee
2–3
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Lemonade
295
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Iced Tea
2
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Ginger Lemonade
295
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Waialua Soda
250
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Coca-Cola
225
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Sparkling Water
250
The following additional beverages and desserts are currently available only at our Beretania location:
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Latte
3
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Cappucino
3
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Espresso
2
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Mixed Berry Smoothie
350
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Açaí Smoothie
350
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Açaí Bowl
575
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Ice Mocha
350
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Ice Chocolate
350
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Gelato
1
PLEASE NOTE: Menu items and their prices are subject to change. Not all menu items are available at all locations at all times. Please call one of our locations to check on availability.
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Work downtown? Having a meeting?
Just plain hungry? We’ll take care of it.
In fact, we’ll take it right to your door.
We’d be happy to bring your lunch to you if you work in the downtown Honolulu/Chinatown area. Please give us an hour or so notice before you’d like the food delivered so we can get it to you on time. You might also want to call the location that’s closest to where you are. Want to call ahead for take-out? That’s fine too! We only need about ten minutes’ notice for take-out orders.
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We’re getting rave reviews from more than a dozen local and online publications. Thank you! It’s always nice to hear from you.
What They're Saying
Honolulu Advertiser '08–'09 ‘Ilima Award
There’s nothing we don’t like about Mix Cafe — except that it’s not closer to the Advertiser newsroom. Bruno Iezzi’s Beretania Street cafe is the closest thing this city has to a true Euro cafe, where the menu is short but strong, the artisan coffee is brewed to perfection and the day’s menu items are displayed behind a glass counter guard so you can see what you’re dealing with. And what you’re dealing with (besides large crowds) are sandwiches made with imported meats and cheeses (think speck and aged provolone), locally grown produce and housemade pasta sauces with added goodies like Iezzi’s own spicy-sweet Italian sausage. The citrus-colored room is the brightest spot in Downtown — and it serves the best roast pork sandwich you’ve ever had the privilege of eating.
Every ingredient has a purpose — every one is meant to be there. Meant to be tasted. Meant to perfectly complement the others. When was the last time you tasted something that made you want to stop chewing just so you could taste it a little longer? Mix Cafe is the prince charming of restaurants. The culinary equivalent of a Renaissance man. Good food, prepared according to old-fashioned values of freshness, wholeness and goodness, served in a modern setting, with a mind for ecological responsibility.
The owner is a very pleasant man who’s always striking up conversations with his customers. You can tell he really loves his work.
Paninis are the must-try — especially the “Si-Si Oui-Oui” which combines Italian Rosemary ham with French Comte cheese on a French baguette. Four yeses for sure. The baked-on-site carrot cake, loaded with shredded carrots, walnuts, cranberries and raisins, is a good take out treat.
Mix Cafe specializes in homemade desserts and sandwiches made of imported ingredients.
…the food, though neither fancy nor complex, is, from the breakfast waffle with berries and unsweetened cream to the pasta with house-made sausage, stand-out, shining fare in a sea of hastily prepared lunches…
5 Stars! Bruno Iezzi offers what has become his signature sandwiches: a tender roasted pork sandwich, a roasted turkey sandwich made with meat from a whole turkey he roasts daily, and a sandwich filled with fresh bufala mozzarella, grape tomatoes and mushrooms sauteed in rosemary-infused olive oil. It was the latter that stopped us mid-chew, and prompted a member of our lunch crew to admit, rather sheepishly, that the sandwich was so good it made her weepy.
The food is incredible.
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Welcome to Mix Cafe on Alakea St.
A selection of our sandwiches.
Rightfully excited!
Fresh-baked homemade bread and fresh, local ingredients.
From behind the counter, sandwiches cooked to order.
Our prosciutto on bruschetta with thinly-sliced cured ham, mozzarella cheese, cherry tomatoes, and basil oil.
The lunch rush.
Sit outside at our comfortable chairs and tables.
Smiles through the window of Mix Cafe.
There’s plenty of outdoor seating.
A variety of homemade cakes.
Looking down the counter.
Our homemade muffins.
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Mix Cafe was founded by Bruno Iezzi in downtown Honolulu in February 2007. Bruno was born and raised in Italy. At age 13, listening the happy sounds of the restaurant next door, he knew he wanted to be involved in the food business. After attending culinary school in Italy, Bruno worked in London, New York City, Tokyo, Seoul, and San Francisco in the front and back of the house — from busboy to manager, dishwasher to head chef.
After eight years in New York City, Bruno came up with a concept for his own cafe and found the perfect location while on vacation in Honolulu. Mix Cafe has been serving the diners of Honolulu ever since, and expanded into a new location in May 2009.
Bruno operates and head chefs the two Mix Cafe locations with his wife Kim Induck — it’s a local, family business.
Mix Cafe is about care. Bruno has designed everything on the Mix Cafe menu himself from scratch. Every sandwich, pasta dish, and dessert has just it what needs and no more. The ingredients at Mix are local and organic when possible, and always fresh.
Our food looks great and tastes great, and we’ll make sure you get exactly what you want and get it quickly.
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Are you interested in becoming a part of Mix Cafe? We’d love to have you.
Mix Cafe is open to investors who are interested in shaping and growing our business into new directions, ventures, and locations.
Interested? Please contact us.
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We’d love to hear from you.
Our owner and head chef Bruno would love to hear your comments. It’s how we know we’re doing well, or if something needs changing. Don’t hesitate to let us know about your Mix Cafe experience. Bruno will get back to you personally.
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