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Maui's Best Inexpensive Restaurants
Listed in Maui Jon's Order of Recommendation
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CJ’S COMFORT ZONE DELI & DINER 667-0968 Kaanapali
On the main Honoapiilani Highway, in the Fairway Shops (a small strip
shopping center just north of the entrance to Kaanapali). Delicious
sandwiches and salads for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Also very good
carryout box lunches to take along with you on the Road to Hana or for a
picnic anyplace on Maui. More details including
menu and photos at this link:
CJ's Comfort Zone Deli & Diner
PENNE PASTA CAFÉ 661-6633 Lahaina
Small restaurant on Dickenson Street, a couple blocks back from
Front Street, in Lahaina. Lunch and dinner every day. Good variety of
excellent pasta, interesting pizzas, plus some salads and sandwiches.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Penne Pasta Cafe
BAGUETTE BISTRO 879-5425
Kihei
Small French restaurant for breakfast and lunch in mid Kihei.
Wonderful menu of preparations that are not available anywhere else on
Maui. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Baguette Bistro
ESKIMO CANDY 891-8898 Kihei
A couple blocks off the main road in Kihei. The
very best take-out food in South Maui, and the best fish tacos or
fish-and-chips I have tasted anywhere, at prices that are really good
for Maui. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Eskimo Candy
HONOKOWAI OKAZUYA & DELI 665-0512 Honokowai
At 3600 Lower Honoapiilani Road, in a small strip shopping center,
a couple miles north of Kaanapali. The best take-out food on West
Maui. As a matter of fact, the top-priced fish entrees here are just as good as the
much more expensive fish dinners at Maui's most expensive restaurants,
even though this place has less atmosphere than McDonalds. More
details including menu and photos at this link:
Honokowai Okazuya
GAZEBO 669-5621 Napili
Breakfast and lunch in a little open-air gazebo, on the ocean, behind
the Napili Shores condos, in Napili. While you’re waiting in line to get
in, walk down a couple steps toward the ocean behind the restaurant, and
take a look at the beautiful view of Napili Bay and beach to the right.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Gazebo
DA KITCHEN 871-7782 Kahului
Delicious giant plate lunches with kalua pork or chicken or beef. Lunch
or dinner. In the Triangle Square
shopping center near K-Mart in Kahului. More details including menu and
photos at these links:
Da Kitchen Kahului
PITA PARADISE WAILEA GATEWAY 879-7177
Wailea
Uphill from the Shops at Wailea, in the new Wailea
Gateway center. Excellent Mediterranean cuisine in a modern
setting, with table service. More details including menu and photos at
this link:
Pita Paradise Wailea
LAHAINA COOLERS 661-7082 Lahaina
On Dickenson Street, a block and
a half back from Front Street, in
Lahaina. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Salads, pasta, tropical pizza,
tortillas, burgers, fish. Great fish tacos.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Lahaina Coolers
LEODA'S KITCHEN AND PIE SHOP 662-3600
Olowalu
Small casual sandwich shop with excellent small savory
and sweet pies. More details including menu and photos at this
link:
Leoda's Kitchen and Pie Shop
THAILAND CUISINE 875-0839
Kihei and Kahului
Wide variety of delicious Thai foods in Kukui Mall and
Maui Mall. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Thailand Cuisine
COCONUT'S FISH CAFE 875-9979
Kihei
Casual small place for fish sandwiches, fish tacos, or
fish & chips, in the Azeka shopping center. More details including menu
and photos at this link:
Coconuts Fish Cafe
CAFÉ DES AMIS 579-6323 Paia
At 42 Baldwin Avenue in Paia. Very tiny restaurant, but with large
plates of super-tasty Mediterranean and Indian food. From
morning to evening they have crepes, curry wraps,
sweet crepes and salads.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Cafe Des Amis Paia
ULULANI'S HAWAIIAN SHAVE ICE 609-5678
Lahaina Kihei Kahului
The best shave ice on Maui is in this little stand on
Front Street in Lahaina, duplicated at their other two locations in
Kihei and Kahului. More details including menu and photos at this
link:
Ululani's Shave Ice
SLAPPY CAKES
Honokowai
Make your own pancakes on a griddle on your table.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Slappy Cakes
VIETNAMESE CUISINE 875-2088
Kihei
Wide variety of delicious Vietnamese dishes at prices
that are surprisingly low for Maui. More details including menu and
photos at this link:
Vietnamese Cuisine
ONO KAU KAU 669-2112
Honokowai
Small restaurant and carry-out with lengthy menu of
Chinese and local plates.More details including menu and photos at this
link:
Ono Kau Kau Mixed Plate
ROUND TABLE PIZZA 662-0777
Kaanapali or 874-8485 Kihei
Excellent pizza at two Maui locations. In the Fairway Shops just outside of the
Kaanapali resorts area, and in Kihei. More details including menu and photos at
this link:
Round Table Pizza
ITALIAN DELIGHT 662-0077
Lahaina
Pizza and pasta in the Lahaina Gateway Center. More
details including menu and photos at this link:
Italian Delight
DOLLIE'S PUB & CAFE 669-0266
Kahana
Many kinds of pizza and a whole lot more, about 12
minutes north of Kaanapali. More details including menu and photos at
this link:
Dollie's Pizza
FABIANI'S PIZZARIA & BAKERY 874-0888
Kihei
Pizza, pasta, and panini's, plus variety of pastries,
off the main road in Kihei. More details including menu and photos at
this link:
Fabiani's Pizzaria & Bakery
PAIA FISH MARKET 579-8030 Paia
Very good fish and other foods for lunch or dinner at bargain
prices in a very casual meet-new-people atmosphere. More details
including menu and photos at this link:
Paia Fish Market
THE FLATBREAD COMPANY 579-8989
Paia
Unusual very flavorful pizzas with wide variety of
toppings to choose from. More details including menu and photos at
this link:
Flatbreads
PITA PARADISE 875-7679
Kihei
Delicious pitas, plus kabobs and salads. More details
including menu and photos at this link:
Pita Paradise
MAUI BREWING CO 669-3474
Kahana
Brewpub with burgers, pizza, and other simple foods
well prepared. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Maui Brewing Co
THE FISH MARKET 665-9895
Honokowai
Both a carry-out restaurant and a fish and seafood
market. More details including menu and photos at this
link:
The Fish Market
BREAKWALL SHAVE ICE 667-7747
Lahaina
Shave ice, light breakfasts, and hot sandwiches, just
off Front Street. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Breakwall Shave Ice
TEDDY'S BIGGER BURGERS 661-9111
Lahaina
Excellent made-to-order hamburgers in a 50's fast-food
atmosphere. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Teddy's Bigger Burgers
PARADISE GRILL 662-3700
Kaanapali
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a lot of choices on
the menu, in a sports bar at the entrance to Kaanapali. More details
including menu and photos at this link:
Paradise Grill
PIZZA PARADISO
667-2929 Honokowai
Casual pizza and pasta and Mediterranean restaurant and carry-out in the
Honokowai Marketplace (next to Times grocery store). More details including
menu and photos at this link:
Pizza Paradiso
THAI CHEF 667-2814 Lahaina
Asian food in the Old Lahaina Shopping Center behind Front Street. Very tasty, over 80 menu
choices, including 19 vegetarian dishes. Same menu lunch & dinner.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Thai Chef
AK's CAFE 244-8774
Wailuku
Small local restaurant away from the tourists with good
food at low prices. Lunch and dinner weekdays, closed weekends.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
AK's Cafe
COLLEEN'S 575-9211 Haiku
Delicious breakfast, lunch, or dinner in a casual
restaurant where the local residents eat. More details including menu
and photos at this link:
Colleen's
PIONEER INN GRILL 270-4858
Lahaina
Across the street from the harbor and the banyan tree in the
middle of Lahaina, a good place for a less expensive breakfast, lunch or
dinner. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Pioneer Inn
SURE THING BURGER 214-6982
Lahaina
Order burgers at the counter in the Lahaina
Marketplace. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Sure Thing Burger
MAALAEA GENERAL STORE & CAFE 242-8900
Maalaea
Small grocery store with small counter cafe adjacent to
Maalaea Harbor. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Maalaea General Store & Cafe
ONO TACOS 357-3779
Honokowai
Tiny roadside stand with a grill and a couple tables,
short menu of tacos and quesadillas. More details including menu and
photos at this link:
Ono Tacos
BEACH BUMS 243-2286
Maalaea
Casual BBQ downstairs in the Harbor Shops. More
details including menu and photos at this link:
Beach Bums
ONO GELATO 495-0203 Lahaina and Paia
Ice cream store on Front Street in Lahaina and on Hana
Highway in Paia. More details including menu and photos at this
link:
Ono Gelato
YOGURTLAND 661-9834
Kaanapali
Soft-serve frozen yogurt store where you make your own
sundae and pay by the ounce. More details including menu and photos at
this link:
Yogurtland
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BRIGIT AND BERNARD’S GARDEN CAFE 877-6000 Kahului
At 335 Hoohana Street (south of Wakea) in Kahului. Wonderful lunches
M-F, dinners some days. European as well as Hawaiian preparations, pastas,
salads and deli sandwiches. More details including menu and photos at
this link:
Brigit and Bernard's Gardencafe
LAHAINA PIZZA CO. (formerly BJ's Chicago Pizzaria) 661-0700 Lahaina
In Lahaina. Upstairs (second floor), just above street level. Very
good pasta & sandwiches as well as deep-dish pizza.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Lahaina Pizza Company
PIZZA MADNESS 270-9888
Kihei
Small pizza and sandwich restaurant with mostly local
diners. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Pizza Madness
GENKI SUSHI 661-0333 Lahaina
Sushi to choose from a conveyor belt. In the Lahaina
Gateway shopping center. More details including menu and photos at
this link:
Genki Sushi
JOY'S PLACE 879-9258
Kihei
Delicious healthy food in a very small restaurant
tucked away in an office building in Kihei. More details including menu
and photos at this link:
Joy's Place
STILLWELL'S BAKERY & CAFE 243-2243
Wailuku
Wonderful pastries and baked goods, plus a tiny
cafe. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Stillwell's Bakery & Cafe
POLLI'S MEXICAN 572-7808
Makawao
Good Mexican food in the center of Makawao town. More
details including menu and photos at this link:
Polli's Mexican
FRED'S MEXICAN CAFE 891-8600
Kihei
Inexpensive Mexican breakfast lunch or dinner, Tuesday
taco specials. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Fred's Mexican
STAR NOODLE 667-5400
Lahaina
Asian noodles including Ramen, Udon, and plated, plus
more, all in a modern small restaurant away from the tourist areas of
Lahaina. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Star Noodle
BETTY'S BEACH CAFE 662-0300
Lahaina
Surprising ocean view for an inexpensive Lahaina
restaurant. Can see luau free at dinner. More details including
menu and photos at this link:
Betty's Beach Cafe
SAM SATO'S 244-7124
Wailuku
Noodles and plate lunches popular with Maui residents,
usually not discovered by tourists. More details including menu and
photos at this link:
Sam Sato's
FAT DADDY'S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 879-8711
Kihei
Small restaurant with smoked barbecued beef and pork.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Fat Daddy's Smokehouse BBQ
CANNERY MALL FOOD COURT
Lahaina
A variety of international carry-out restaurants around
central tables form a Food Court in Maui's only enclosed air conditioned
shopping center. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Cannery Mall Food Court
KAU KAU FOOD COURT
Kahului
Lunch or dinner with Maui residents instead of tourists at an
international food court. More details including menu and photos at
this link:
Kau Kau Food Court
HONOLUA STORE 665-9105
Kapalua
Near the Ritz Carlton Hotel. Small store with
coffee shop and restaurant. More details including menu and photos
at this link:
Honolua Store
COOL CAT CAFE 667-0908
Lahaina
50's-style diner, upstairs in the Wharf Cinema shopping
center, across from the banyan tree, in Lahaina. More details including
menu and photos at this link:
Cool Cat Cafe
CHARLEY'S 579-9453
Paia
Popular restaurant on the Hana Highway in the north shore
town of Paia. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. More details
including menu and photos at this link:
Charley's
ISLAND FROYO 667-7558
Lahaina
Soft-serve frozen yogurt sundaes you make yourself and
pay by the ounce. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Island Froyo
CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE
661-4855 Lahaina
Busy noisy fun restaurant at one end of the seawall in the middle of
Front Street in Lahaina. The atmosphere is better than the food. More
details including menu and photos at this link:
Cheeseburger In Paradise
CILANTRO FRESH MEXICAN GRILL
667-5444 Lahaina
Fast food Mexican restaurant in the Old Lahaina Shopping
Center. Wide variety of surprisingly delicious tacos, enchiladas,
burritos and more, though it all comes on paper plates. More details
including menu and photos at this link:
Cilantro Fresh Mexican Grill
MOOSE MCGILLYCUDDY'S 667-7758 Lahaina
On Front Street in Lahaina (upstairs). Generous servings, wide
variety of lunch and dinner choices. More details including menu and
photos at this link:
Moose McGillycuddy's
MAMA’S RIBS & ROTISSERIE 665-6262 Napili
In the Napili Plaza. Great carry-out chicken, ribs, chili and beef,
either just the meat or complete dinners. Closed Sundays.
JAWZ FISH TACOS 874-8226
Kihei
Mexican food in the Azeka shopping center. More
details including menu and photos at this link:
Jawz Tacos
MAIN STREET BISTRO 244-6816
Wailuku
At 2051 Main Street in the town of Wailuku, near the
entrance to Iao Valley. Casual lunch or early dinner. More
details including menu and photos at this link:
Main Street Bistro
FRESH MINT 579-9144 Paia
Vegetarian Vietnamese at 115 Baldwin in Paia.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Fresh Mint
BLUE LAGOON 661-4900
Lahaina
Lower level of the Wharf Cinema Center across from the
Banyan Tree. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Blue Lagoon
ALOHA MIXED PLATE 661-3322 Lahaina
At 1285 Front Street in the north end of Lahaina, across the street
from the ocean side of the Lahaina Cannery Mall. Traditional Hawaiian style
plate lunches of pork, beef, chicken, or fish, with rice and macaroni salad.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Aloha Mixed Plate
PEGGY SUE'S 875-8944
Kihei
1950's-style diner at 1279 South Kihei Road in the
Azeka shopping center. Burgers, fries, shakes, and 50's music.
More details including menu and photos at this link:
Peggy Sue's
JAY'S PLACE 661-6699
Lahaina
Pizza, pasta, subs, sandwiches, in the back of the
Wharf Cinema Center in Lahaina. More details including menu and photos
at this link:
Jay's Place
L & L HAWAIIAN BARBECUE Multiple locations
Fast food plate lunches in several shopping centers on
Maui. More details including menu and photos at this link:
L & L Hawaiian Barbecue
WOW WEE MAUI'S KAVA BAR & GRILL 871-1414
Kahului
At 333 Dairy Road in Kahului. Many choices for
lunch and dinner, as well as the Wow Wee Maui candy bars and kava
drinks. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Wow Wee Maui's Kava Bar
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