Mala

Mala - An Ocean Tavern

Mala Restaurant Lahaina Maui

Mala Restaurant Maui

Mala is a small restaurant in a gorgeous setting, with indoor and outdoor seating, right on the ocean, in the north end of Lahaina. It's at 1307 Front Street, across the street from the Lahaina Cannery Mall, near the Old Lahaina Luau. Phone 667-9394.

Mala has some tapas (small plates), but most of the menu is full-size salads and entrees. There's plenty of seafood, plus some beef and lamb, and even a few burgers and flatbreads. Their great dessert is Caramel Miranda, carried over from chef-owner Mark Ellman's former Lahaina restaurant, Avalon. See below for some specific Mala menu items as well as photos.

You can't get any closer to the ocean than this, for fine dining in Lahaina. (There is also a Mala at the Wailea Marriott, but I haven't tried that one.)

Mala sometimes makes menu changes, so the following items may not all be available on the day you go. But here are examples of some of the menu choices as of 2006. (I'm sorry, but I can't include prices because they change.)

Small Plates:
Ahi Tartare
Crunchy Calamari
Shrimp a la Plancha
Sweet and Spicy Chicken Wings
Spicy Lamb Pita
House Made Olives
Big Island Alii Mushrooms

Salads:
Beet & Kula Goat Cheese
Mark's Caesar
Grilled Organic Chicken Pita Salad
My Big Fat Greek Salad
Gado Gado Salad (Vegan with Tofu)
Cheese Plate

Entrees:
Avalon Seared Sashimi with Shitake Mushroom Ginger Sauce
Steamed Manila Clams
Indonesian Stir Fry with Fresh Island Fish
Whole Wok Fried Moi
Hoisin Glazed Baby Back Ribs
Prime Flat Iron Steak with carmelized onions
Ahi Burger
Fish Sandwich
Kobe Beef Cheeseburger
Adult Mac and Cheese with Rigatoni

Dessert:
Caramel Miranda

Sunset view:

Gado Gado salad:

Lamb chops:

Caramel Miranda:

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