Key spots to park for dining in at Chao
- Closest garage (usually easiest)
- Smith – Beretania Municipal Parking Garage
- About 3–4 min walk
- Around $3 for ~2 hours typical weekday municipal pricing.
2. Surface lot next to Nuuanu
- Beretania-Nuuanu Parking
- Small lot, fills up quickly.
3. Large garage with many stalls
- 1255 Nuuanu Ave Garage
- ~1800 spaces and open roughly 6 AM–midnight with about $4.20 for 2 hours.
4. Chinatown garage
- Chinatown Cultural Plaza parking garage
- Usually reliable when others fill up.
5. Another nearby option
- Chinatown Gateway Plaza
6. On-site parking
- The retail property at 1613 Nuuanu Ave itself has about 74 parking stalls for customers.
* Best quick strategy
- Try on-site plaza parking first
- If full → Smith-Beretania garage (cheapest + closest)
- If that’s full → Kukui Plaza garage
