Review of Mama’s Fish House, Paia, published in Top Maui Restaurants 2012: Readers consistently ask us these three questions: Should I drive the Road to Hana? Should I get up for sunrise at Haleakala? Should I go to Mama’s Fish House? Our answer is the same for all three questions: It depends. The decision to […]
Sitting on the rail at Pacific’o at Happy Hour makes us very, very … happy. There’s a beautiful view of the beach and the harbor, and the sunset views are fantastic. If we’re lucky we get to see a fresh-caught tuna carried from the beach landing where the fishermen sell their day’s catch up through […]
We like Pineapple Grill for its creative Pacific Rim cuisine and for the way Chef Ryan Luckey works so hard for every bite. We have no doubt he is spending most nights in his kitchen: he often greets guests from the hot line with a smile. Chef Ryan was born on Maui — one of […]
Pita Paradise has served wonderful Mediterranean food at very reasonable prices for more than a decade. The little restaurant tucked in the back of Kalama Village is one of our favorite places for a quick and delicious lunch. When we learned that the owners were opening a second location in diamond-plated Wailea, we were thrilled: […]
We do not normally review chain restaurants, but we make an exception for Ruth’s Chris, because 1.) The service is excellent and 2.) A good steak dinner is a wonderful way to celebrate any occasion. Ruth’s Chris does steak great honor and features lovely locations in Wailea (dark-paneled, intimate), and Lahaina (same paneling, same half-round […]