There’s definitely love in this food!
MauiRestaurantsBlog $$$$, Ambience: 5 Stars, Bar Seating, Children's Menu, Dinner, Food: 5 Stars, Full Bar, Kama'aina Deals, Love: 4 Stars, Main Content, Ocean View, Outdoor Seating, Overall Rating: 4.6, Pacific Rim, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Seafood, Service: 5 Stars, South Maui, Steaks, Sunset View, Top Maui Restaurant, Value: 4 Stars, Wailea 4
A reader once sent us a thank you note — handwritten — specifically to thank us for including Spago in the book. “I eat at the original [Spago] all the time,” he wrote, “and when I read your review of the Maui location, I was suspicious. How could a resort version possibly capture the energy […]
MauiRestaurantsBlog $$$, Ambience: 3 Stars, Dinner, Food: 4 Stars, Japanese, Kihei, Love: 4 Stars, Main Content, Noteworthy, Overall Rating: 3.4, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Service: 3 Stars, South Maui, Sushi, Sushi Bar, Value: 3 Stars, Wine & Beer 0
If there isn’t room at Koiso and our sushi craving will not go away, we head to Sushi Paradise for fresh, no-frills sushi. The owner is as picky about his fish as Hiro-san is, and puts out a great plate. This small, Spartan restaurant next to Long’s in Kihei is often a victim of its […]
MauiRestaurantsBlog $, Ambience: 2 Stars, Children's Menu, Dinner, Food: 3 Stars, Kihei, Love: 4 Stars, Lunch, Main Content, Mexican, Overall Rating: 3.1, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Service: 4 Stars, South Maui, Take-Out, Value: 4 Stars 0
Taqueria Cruz makes decent Mexican food by hand and to order. (We know it’s made to order, because it takes an intolerably long time for it to come out of the kitchen.) Their blackened fish taco makes the most flavorful choice; most other items are blander than they should be. The seating is outside, in […]
MauiRestaurantsBlog $$, Ambience: 2 Stars, BYOB, Children's Menu, Dinner, Food: 4 Stars, Lahaina, Love: 4 Stars, Lunch, Main Content, Overall Rating: 3.6, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Service: 3 Stars, Take-Out, Thai, Top Maui Restaurant, Value: 5 Stars, West Maui 0
Thai Chef is a little hole-in-the-wall dive without a liquor license or its own restroom, but it serves some of the strongest Thai food on the island, and offers an exceptional dining value. Tables are crammed together and chair legs practically overlap each other, but patrons — many of whom have brought their own beer […]
MauiRestaurantsBlog $$, Ambience: 4 Stars, Children's Menu, Dinner, Food: 5 Stars, Kihei, Love: 4 Stars, Lunch, Main Content, Overall Rating: 4.4, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Service: 4 Stars, South Maui, Take-Out, Thai, Top Maui Restaurant, Value: 5 Stars 2
Thailand Cuisine is one of our favorite island eateries and one of our main “comfort” restaurants. If we’ve had an exhausting day or feel a little cold coming on — or even if we just want a meal before or after a movie — we walk in, sit in the first booth they point to, […]