Best Moderate-Price Restaurants on Maui In Order Starting With My Favorites
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CAFE O’LEI — Two Locations
Fine-dining quality at moderate-dining prices. Good variety of seafood, beef, flatbreads, soups, salads and more for lunch and dinner. Similar menu at both Maui locations.
— Kihei 891-1368 In the Rainbow Mall on South Kihei Road. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Cafe OLei Kihei
— Dunes 877-0073 In the clubhouse of the golf course at the Dunes at Maui Lani golf course, in Maui’s central valley. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Cafe OLei at the Dunes
KOA’S SEASIDE GRILL 667-7737 Lahaina
On the ocean in Lahaina. Great views and delicious food at breakfast, lunch, dinner. More details including menu and photos and a coupon offer at this link:
Koa’s Seaside Grill
THREE’S 879-3133 Kihei
In Kihei Kalama Villages. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late-night, at indoor and outdoor tables. Excellent food, beautifully presented, at reasonable prices. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Three’s Bar and Grill
CUATRO 879-1110 Kihei
In Kihei Town Center by Foodland. Small dinner restaurant with short menu of delicious “Latin Asian Fusion” food, beautifully presented. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Cuatro
TAVERNA 667-2426 Kapalua
In the Kapalua Activity Center near the Ritz Carlton hotel. Excellent Italian food in a beautiful setting. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Taverna
IRON IMU 442-3700 Napili
At the Napili Shores condo. Maui’s best barbecue, with ribs, brisket, chicken, choices of sides. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Iron Imu
SANSEI 669-6286 Kapalua
In Kapalua near the Ritz Carlton Hotel, and in Kihei. Excellent sushi and Japanese-style foods. Try their “Taste of Lahaina Award Winners” such as Mango Crab Salad Hand roll with Thai Vinaigrette or Asian Rock Shrimp Cake with Crusty Chinese Noodles & Ginger-Lime Chili Butter & Cilantro Pesto. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Sansei
LEILANI’S 661‑4495 Kaanapali Beach
In the Whaler’s Village Shopping Center, on the beach. Good seafood and steaks in the main dining area (dinner only) upstairs. Limited less expensive menu in the more casual bar area (lunch and dinner) downstairs, where I recommend their delicious fish tacos. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Leilani’s
KIMO’S 661-4811 Lahaina
On the ocean in Lahaina. Good for lunch or dinner. Several fish choices, prepared several different ways, for dinner. Save room for their famous Hula Pie (a large ice cream dessert specialty). More details including menu and photos at this link:
Kimo’s Maui
MILL HOUSE 270-0333 Waikapu
At the Maui Tropical Plantation. Lunch and dinner using many fresh ingredients grown right there on the adjacent plantation. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Mill House
KAANAPALI GRILLE 667-7733 Kaanapali
In the Marriott Maui Ocean Club timeshare resort. Open air, breakfast lunch and dinner, many good choices. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Kaanapali Grille
In the cowboy town of Makawao, on the way into Upcountry. Excellent steaks and other entrees for dinner only. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Makawao Steak House
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SUSHI KO 639-4043 Lahaina
Small Japanese restaurant in a courtyard off of Front Street. Long menu. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Sushi Ko
OHANA SEAFOOD 868-3247 Kihei
Casual fun open-air restaurant with Polynesian atmosphere and good prices. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Ohana Seafood
ANTONIO’S 875-8800 Kihei
In the Longs Center. Very good Italian food for lunch and dinner. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Antonio’s
BISTRO CASANOVA 873-3650 Kahului
One of the only excellent restaurants in the big city of Kahului. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Bistro Casanova
MONSOON INDIA 875-6666 Kihei
I thought I didn’t like Indian food until I ate here. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Monsoon India
CASANOVA 572-0220 Makawao
In Makawao (Upcountry). Large servings of delicious pasta, pizza, and Italian entrees. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Casanova Italian
MATTEO’S OSTERIA 891-8466 Wailea
Italian restaurant with excellent pasta. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Matteo’s Osteria
SALE PEPE 667-7667 Lahaina
Italian and pizza dinner restaurant in the Old Lahaina Center, run by husband (chef) and wife (manager) owners. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Sale Pepe
HANA RANCH PROVISIONS 868-3688 Paia
Fresh food made from ingredients grown on their ranch in Hana, for lunch and dinner in Paia. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Hana Ranch Provisions
SUGAR CANE MAUI 214-6662 Lahaina
Upstairs on Front Street, across from the seawall. Interesting preparations of Hawaiian and Asian foods at all three meals. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Sugar Cane Maui
MARCO’S 877-4446 Kahului
At the corner of Dairy Road and Hana Highway. Modern Italian and deli. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Marco’s
At 889 Front Street, across from Longhi’s, in Lahaina. If you like shrimp (and if you saw the movie “Forrest Gump”), this is the place for lunch or dinner: wide variety of tasty shrimp preparations in a fun atmosphere. Great ocean view and sunset view. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Bubba Gump
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SEASCAPE 270-7043 Maalaea
In the Maui Ocean Center (aquarium). Wide variety of salads and sandwiches, plus a few entrees. Lunch only. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Seascape
KULA BISTRO 871-2960 Upcountry
Restaurant popular with local residents, hidden away from tourist areas. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Kula Bistro
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808 BISTRO 879-8008 Kihei
Breakfast and dinner in covered open-air space, in back of 2511 South Kihei Road in Kihei. More details including menu and photos at this link:
808 Bistro
JAVA JAZZ and SOUP NUTZ 667-0787 Honokowai
Combined coffee shop and restaurant in the Honokowai Marketplace (shopping center with Star Market north of Kaanapali). Small casual place with good food. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Java Jazz and Soup Nutz
UMALU 661-1234 Kaanapali
Poolside restaurant at the Hyatt Regency on Kaanapali Beach. Carry-out or table service. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Umalu at the Hyatt
LAHAINA YACHT CLUB 661-0191 Lahaina
You need to be a member of this club, or of a reciprocating club, or a guest of a member, to eat here. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Lahaina Yacht Club
KULA LODGE 878-1535 Kula
In Upcountry, about half way toward the top of Haleakala. Good salads of fresh Kula greens, Maui onion soup, great view of Maui’s central valley. Service can be very slow. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Kula Lodge
TIKI TERRACE 667-0124 Kaanapali
In the Kaanapali Beach Hotel, breakfast and dinner, live entertainment in the evening. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Tiki Terrace
CASTAWAY CAFE 661-9091 Kaanapali Beach
At the Maui Kaanapali Villas condo. Beautiful setting by the beach, good variety on menu. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Castaway Cafe
ROYAL OCEAN TERRACE 661-3611 Kaanapali
In the Royal Lahaina Hotel, breakfast lunch & dinner with an ocean view from the outside tables. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Royal Ocean Terrace
MULLIGAN’S ON THE BLUE 874-1131 Wailea
On the Blue golf course in Wailea. This moderate-price Irish restaurant turns into a higher-priced dinner show on the evenings when they have name Maui entertainment, such as Willie K. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Mulligans on the Blue
A SAIGON CAFE 243-9560 Wailuku
In the city, away from tourist areas. Very tasty Vietnamese food from a long menu. More details including menu and photos at this link:
A Saigon Cafe
BEACH CLUB 923-0033 Honokowai
This is the restaurant in the Kaanapali Shores condos. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Beach Club
LULU’S 661-0808 Lahaina
In the Lahaina Cannery Mall. Casual moderately-priced restaurant. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Lulu’s
OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE 879-8400 Kihei
The same as this national chain anywhere in the country. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Outback Steakhouse
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