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Maui's Best Fine-Dining (expensive) Restaurants
Listed in Maui Jon's Order of Recommendation
ROY'S KAANAPALI BAR & GRILL 669-6999 Kaanapali
In the golf course clubhouse at the entrance to Kaanapali Beach. In my opinion, this is the best food on
Maui. For great
service, ask for the manager, Justin, and tell him Jon and Rosie sent you. Pacific
Rim Cuisine. Great chocolate souffle for dessert. More details
including menu and photos at this link:
Roy's Restaurant Maui
HALIIMAILE GENERAL STORE 572-2666 Haliimaile
Creative preparations of delicious seafoods and meats. In upcountry
area, a one-hour drive from Kaanapali or 45 minutes from Wailea, but worth
the trip. Open for both lunch and dinner on weekdays, but weekends are
dinner only. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Haliimaile General Store
AMASIA 875-1234 Wailea
Alan Wong's restaurant with foods blended from many
countries and some small plates for tasting and sharing. In the
Grand Wailea hotel. More details including menu and photos at this
link:
Amasia
JOE'S BAR & GRILL 875-7767
Wailea
Wonderful food upstairs in the clubhouse of the Wailea
Tennis Club, just inland from the Shops at Wailea shopping center.
Dinner only. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Joe's Bar & Grill
I’O 661-8422 Lahaina
In the 505 shopping center in Lahaina. Very tasty unusual preparations
of several kinds of fresh fish, as well as other great entrees. Beautiful
indoor décor, or sunset-view outdoor dining by the ocean. Same owner and
chef as Pacific O. More details including menu and photos at this
link:
Io Maui Restaurant
HULA GRILL 667-6636 OR 661-3894 Kaanapali Beach
In Whalers Village shopping center. Good view of ocean and sunset.
Excellent dinners, including fish and meats.
Very good lunch (salads, pizza, sandwiches). More details including
menu and photos at this link:
Hula Grill
MERRIMAN'S 669-6400 Kapalua
Elegant upscale ambiance and excellent food in a
beautiful oceanfront setting, at the former location of the Bay Club
restaurant. Very expensive. More details including menu and
photos at this link:
Merriman's
PINEAPPLE GRILL 669-9600
Kapalua
In the Bay Golf Course clubhouse.
Innovative preparations, very good food, beautiful decor, views of golf course and hills and
ocean. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Pineapple Grill
LAHAINA GRILL (formerly David Paul's) 667-5117 Lahaina
The food is innovative Pacific Rim cuisine and the service is
excellent. A couple examples of their unusual and beautiful preparations:
Reconstructed California Roll (appetizer stack of crab, avocado, and rice);
Maui Martini (a salad, not a drink, in a martini glass). It's in the
center of Lahaina, just off Front Street, on Lahainaluna Road. Very
expensive. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Lahaina Grill
GANNON'S 875-8080 Wailea
In the clubhouse of the Gold and Emerald golf courses.
Excellent food, beautifully presented, created by Maui chef Beverly
Gannon. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Gannon's
SPAGO 874-8000 Wailea
Very expensive Wolfgang Puck restaurant in the Four
Seasons resort. More details including menu and photos at this
link:
Spago Maui
WATERFRONT MAALAEA 244-9028
Maalaea
This restaurant in the shopping center adjacent to the
aquarium at the south end of Maui's central
valley specializes in seafood. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Waterfront Maalaea
HONU SEAFOOD & PIZZA 667-9390
Lahaina
Next door to Mala restaurant, on the ocean behind
Safeway grocery store. Wide variety of seafood sandwiches and
entrees, plus
salads and pizza. More details including menu and photos at this
link:
Honu Seafood & Pizza
TOMMY BAHAMA’S 875-9983 Wailea
In the Shops at Wailea shopping center. Very
good food, beautifully presented. Very expensive. More details
including menu and photos at this link:
Tommy Bahama's
SARENTO'S ON THE BEACH 875-7555
Kihei
On the south end of Kihei, just north of Wailea.
Very elegant, very expensive, beautiful sunset view. More details
including menu and photos at this link:
Sarento's On The Beach
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PACIFIC O 667-4341 Lahaina
In Lahaina at 505 Front Street shopping center. Very tasty Pacific
Rim Cuisine, beautifully prepared, oceanfront setting, indoors or out, lunch
or dinner. Great sunset view, especially at the outdoor tables.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Pacific O
FLEETWOOD'S ON FRONT STREET 669-6425
Lahaina
Owned by Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac. Rooftop
bar has great views. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Fleetwood's on Front Street
MONKEYPOD KITCHEN 891-2322
Wailea
Peter Merriman's not quite as expensive restaurant in
the Wailea Gateway shops, open for lunch and dinner. More details
including menu and photos at this link:
Monkeypod Kitchen
DUKE'S BEACH HOUSE 662-2900
Honokowai
Hawaiian look and feel, ocean view, less expensive than
most of the restaurants listed above. More details including menu
and photos at this link:
Duke's Beach House
GERARD'S 661-8939
Lahaina
French and Hawaiian cuisine by one of Maui's most
outstanding chefs. Very expensive. More details including
menu and photos at this link:
Gerard's
SONZ 667-4506
Kaanapali
Luxurious dinner restaurant in the Hyatt Regency
hotel's Swan Court. More details including menu and photos at this
link:
Sonz
MALA 667-9394 Lahaina
Dinners of tasty and beautifully presented variety of
foods by Mark Ellman, former owner-chef of Avalon. Wonderful Caramel Miranda dessert.
Ocean front with indoor and outdoor seating. Across the street from
the ocean side of the Lahaina Cannery Mall (Safeway grocery store).
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Mala
CAPISCHE 879-2224
Wailea
Very expensive restaurant with very good food at the
Hotel Wailea. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Capische
LAHAINA FISH CO. 661-3472
Lahaina
Oceanfront at 831 Front Street in the middle of
Lahaina. Wide variety of fish types and preparations. More
details including menu and photos at this link:
Lahaina Prime Rib & Fish Co.
MAI TAI LOUNGE AND DINING 661-5288
Lahaina
On the ocean at 839 Front Street in Lahaina.
Dinner on the open upper deck, lunch on the lower deck, both with great
views. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Mai Tai Lounge
LONGHI'S 667-2286 Lahaina, or 891-8883
Wailea.
Famous longstanding restaurant at 888 Front Street in
the north part of Lahaina, plus a new branch at the Shops of Wailea.
Good breakfasts, pasta and many other choices at lunch and dinner.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Longhi's
NICK’S FISHMARKET 879-7224 Wailea
In the Fairmont Kea Lani Hotel in Wailea. Fabulous service: the best
of any restaurant on Maui. Fabulous food (great seafood, with some chicken
and beef available as well). Even the salad course (their own Maui Wowie
salad) made me say “Wow!” Beautiful open-air room. Very expensive.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Nick's Fishmarket
MAMA'S FISH HOUSE 579‑8488 Paia
This is a one‑hour drive from Kaanapali Beach, or 45 minutes from
Wailea, but worth the trip. Among the best fresh fish preparations on Maui. Very
expensive. Excellent for lunch or supper, but go before sunset to get the
view of big ocean waves on the north shore. More details including
menu and photos at this link:
Mama's Fish House
FIVE PALMS 879-2607 Kihei
In the Mana Kai condos,
at the south end of Kihei. Excellent food, beautifully
presented, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Dinner is in a lovely
dining room, where window tables have a close-up ocean view, and a good
sunset view. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Five Palms Beach Grill
FIVE PALMS LAHAINA 661-0937
Lahaina
At the former location of Canoe's, overlooking the intersection of Honopiilani Highway at
the north end of Front Street. More
details including menu and photos at this link:
Five Palms Lahaina
LONGBOARDS 667-8220
Kaanapali
Oceanfront in the Marriott Ocean Club timeshare
building. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Longboards
HUMUHUMU 875-1234 Wailea
In the Grand Wailea hotel. Full name of this restaurant is
humuhumunukunukuapuaa, named after the Hawaiian state fish. Airy Polynesian
setting with gorgeous sunset views from some tables. (Make a reservation
and arrive when they open at 5:30 to get one of the sunset view tables.)
Delicious food with interesting preparations, but the portions are not as
large as at many other top Maui restaurants. More details including
menu and photos at this link:
Humuhumu
SWAN COURT 661-1234
Kaanapali
This beautiful setting in the Hyatt Regency Hotel on
Kaanapali Beach serves a lavish buffet breakfast seven days per week.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Swan Court
BASIL TOMATOES 662-3210
Kaanapali
Italian restaurant on the grounds of the Royal Lahaina
Hotel in Kaanapali. More details including menu and photos at this
link:
Basil Tomatoes
PLANTATION HOUSE 669-6299 Kapalua
In the Plantation Golf Course clubhouse above Kapalua.
Make a reservation and come early (5:30 PM) to get a good seat for the
spectacular view of sunset. Also open for breakfast and lunch.
In my opinion, this restaurant is not as good as it used to be before
the change of ownership and chefs and menu at the end of 2012. More details including
menu and photos at this link:
Plantation House
TROPICA 667-2525
Kaanapali
In the Westin Hotel on Kaanapali Beach. Great
ocean view and good for people-watching on the beachwalk. More
details including menu and photos at this link:
Tropica
JAPENGO 661-1234
Kaanapali
In the Hyatt Regency Maui Hotel, at the former location
of Cascades. The majority of the menu is sushi. Expensive.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Japengo
SEAHOUSE at the NAPILI KAI BEACH RESORT 669-1500
Napili
Great view of Napili Bay for
breakfast, lunch or dinner, and especially beautiful at sunset. If you’re coming for the best food,
don’t come on the evenings when they have only a very limited menu for
the keiki hula show. (Call to check.) More details including
menu and photos at this link:
Seahouse
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