Monkeypod Kitchen Wailea is a restaurant by chef Peter Merriman in the Wailea Gateway center, uphill from the Shops at Wailea. It is at 10 Wailea Gateway Place, phone 808-891-2322.
This restaurant was designed to be less fancy and less expensive than Merriman’s other Maui restaurant in Kapalua. It is still beautifully decorated and the dinner entrees are only a little less expensive. But there are more other choices that allow you to eat lunch or dinner here at moderate prices, such as burgers, salads, pizza, noodles, or fish & chips. Most tables are indoors, but a few tables are outside with a distant ocean view. The kitchen is open so you can watch them cook or see them toss your pizza. It can be noisy. Monkeypod Kitchen Wailea is a convenient place to get Merriman’s great food if you are staying on the south side of Maui (Kihei or Wailea) and don’t want to drive all the way to the west side for the fancier upscale Merriman’s in Kapalua.
There is another restaurant with the same name, same owners, and similar menu, in Kaanapali.
See below for menu list and food photos.
For other restaurants in all price ranges on this side of Maui, click on South Maui Kihei Wailea Restaurants.
Monkeypod Kitchen Wailea menu (subject to change) $$$ Expensive
Salads:
Caesar
Roasted Beet & Maui Onion
Kale and Macadamia Nuts
Spinach and Kula Strawberries
Spinach and Quinoa
Pizza:
Hamakua Wild Mushroom
Roasted Butternut Squash
Margherita
Proletariat (meats)
Asian Pear Arugula
Sandwiches and Burgers:
Walnut & Sundried Cranberry
Chicken Sandwich
Fresh Fish Sandwich
Pete’s Classic Maui Cattle Burger
Turkey Burger
Fish & Chips
Fish Tacos
Bulgogi Pork Tacos
Menu continued
Seafood dinner entrees:
Sauteed Mahi-Mahi
Kiawe Grilled Ahi
Ahi Nicoise
Mac Crusted Fish of the Day
Coconut Seafood Chowder
Upcountry dinner entrees:
Peppercorn Rubbed Filet Steak
Merriman’s Upcountry Special of the Night
Vegetarian:
Fresh Gnocchi with Chard, Mushrooms, Tomato, Chevre
Tofu Enchilada
Portuguese Bean Soup
Noodles:
Saimin
Dry Mein
Appetizers:
Chicken Wings
Crispy Rock Shrimp & Calamari
Poke Tacos
Pumpkin Patch Ravioli
Caesar Salad:
Tropical Drink:
Fish Dinner Entree:
Burger and Fries:
Fish and Chips:
Strawberry Cream Pie:
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