Maui

The island of Maui as part of the Hawaiian Islands.

Kimo’s Restaurant review.

Kimo’s Restaurant review.

Kimo?s Restaurant

845 Front Street.
Lahaina, Maui
Hawaii. 96761
808.661.4811

http://www.kimosmaui.com/

Reviewed: 6/22/09 at 5:08 PM.

The concierge at our resort made this restaurant one of their top recommendations.? As soon as I spotted ?Seafood Cioppino? in the concierge menu book, I knew I wanted to steer? our family to this place.? A few days later, my daughter wanted a burger.? I had noted that Kimo?s dinner started some time after 5pm and we needed to get my daughter fed much earlier.? We arrived and found that I could NOT order the Cippiono until later, a big disappointment.? There was a happy hour with drinks and a few menu items heavily discounted.? My daughter ordered her cheese burger for $9.95.? My wife had happy hour calamari for $3.50.? I had happy hour Mu Shu Pork for $4.50.? Happy hour margarita cost $3.50.? The well drinks cost $5.25 each.? I never got back to this restaurant to try their Cioppino which was a disappointment.? My memories of this restaurant was the total cost.? For three of us, the meal cost $53.02 for food and 5 bar drinks which included 2 virgin pina coladas for my daughter and Hula Pie.? Many of the restaurants offer a simply scrumptious concoction of ice cream pie.? The top is typically chocolate layer, filling is vanilla ice cream and the bottom crust is similar to Oreo cookie crust.? The description for Kimo?s Hula pie is as follows.? ?Hula Pie is made with macadamia nut ice cream piled high with chocolate cookie crust and toped with chocolate fudge, whipped cream and more macadamia nuts?.

We dinned at wood tables near the bar.? The bar and deck dinning was on a wood deck right on the water within the city of Lahaina.? The view from quite a few tables was impressive of the ocean.

Tip: Keep your receipt after dinning at this restaurant.? Look at the bottom of your receipt. ? It should say ?Bring this receipt in on your next visit & receive a FREE HULA PIE SLICE with the purchase of two lunch or dinner entries (1 per receipt)?.? The cost of a slice of this pie is $6.95.

We parked a few blocks away but had to pay for parking.

Tip: Some street parking is free for 3 hours.? Pay attention to your watch as they can tow your car if it sits beyond the 3 hours.

We did NOT partake of the official dinner so our review is a bit flawed. ?We definitely would go back.

Charley’s Restaurant, Pala, Maui, Hawaii, review.

Charley’s Restaurant, Pala, Maui, Hawaii, review.

Charley’s Restaurant, Pala, Maui, Hawaii

142 Hana Highway
Pala, Hawaii, 96779
808-579-9453

Date reviewed: 6/22/09 for breakfast.

Observations

  • Ambiance: funky
  • Seems every seat has a cushion and one does not have to sit on hard wood.
  • Coffee: ok, nothing special.
  • Tea?s hot water comes in nice tea pot.
  • Pancakes are so large you might not see the plate they come on.

Tip: Buy ONE pancake unless you are famished.

Tip: The blueberry pancakes come with a LOT of blueberries.  Eat this pancake center out as most of the blueberries are in the center of the pancakes.

Willie Nelson liked to eat at this establishment.

We found this restaurant quite acceptable and we recommend it.

Leilani’s On The Beach Restaurant review

Leilani’s On The Beach Restaurant review

Leilani’s On The Beach

2435 Kaanapali Pkwy
Kaanapali Beach area of Maui within the Whaler?s Village

The AAA guide for Hawaii gave us a short list of eating places near our resort. The guide shows most of the restaurants having a score of 2 out of 4.  My concern was that any restaurant with a good view of the ocean might allow its food preparation slide in favor of providing a stunning view.

We visited the concierge at our hotel and he recommended two restaurants in Whalers Village just a short walk from our hotel. We walked up to the Whaler’s Village and it was a neat hike. Each hotel along the beach in this area offers connecting paved path along the beach which is really wonderful. When we returned from dinning at Leilani’s, we found that entertainment taking place was just a few feet from this path and the entertainers typically had their backs to the path so the audience could soak up the vista of ocean (if the entertainers did not rise to the level of keeping their attention). Just minutes later the sun was dipping close to the horizon so we reclined in lounge chairs at our resort to soak in the spectacular sunset.

This restaurant offers casual dining.  The inside decor is unremarkable.  This restaurant is right on the ocean so a good number of tables have a good view.  We rate this restaurant average.

Located in the Whaler’s Village part of Lahaina, west end of Maui.

What we chose as dishes: The clam chowder is good.  The lettuce wedge uses a muted blue cheese so it is understated in flavor, but nice.  There is an early bird special for around $15.  We tried the chef’s early bird special of swordfish.  The sauce was unremarkable.  Everything was cooked properly and the service was slightly above average.

Sea House Restaurant

Sea House Restaurant

The Sea House Restaurant review.

We found this place by having a local family take us to this restaurant.  In my opinion this restaurant might be rather hard to find.  For breakfast, it is above average and offers some pretty unusual meal options that reward you for any effort it takes to find this place.

Address:

5900 Lower Honoapiilani Rd.

Lahaina part of Maui.

808-669-1500

www.napilikai.com

Just down the coast and almost within stone throw is the Gazebo Restaurant.  The Gazebo is a high volume, cute, picturesque facility with good food and view of the coast line and ocean.  We did a comparison of the two restaurants and it is our feeling that the Sea House is slightly better.  The Sea House offers better coffee, shorter wait to be seated, much more dinning room space, better view, very good menu items.