MauiRestaurantsBlog $, Ambience: 2 Stars, Central Maui, Children's Menu, Food: 3 Stars, Ice Cream, Kahului, Love: 5 Stars, Main Content, Overall Rating: 3.6, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Service: 3 Stars, Snacks & Treats, Take-Out, Top Maui Restaurant, Value: 5 Stars 0
Guri-Guri is a local frozen treat that is something like ice cream, something like sherbet, but not really either one. The story is that it was made for Japanese plantation workers and sold as “goodie-goodie” (which they pronounced guri-guri). This third-generation family store is a Hawaiian institution and people visiting from other islands make a […]
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 $$$, Ambience: 3 Stars, Dinner, Food: 4 Stars, Japanese, Kihei, Love: 4 Stars, Main Content, Noteworthy, Overall Rating: 3.4, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Service: 3 Stars, South Maui, Sushi, Sushi Bar, Value: 3 Stars, Wine & Beer 0
If there isn’t room at Koiso and our sushi craving will not go away, we head to Sushi Paradise for fresh, no-frills sushi. The owner is as picky about his fish as Hiro-san is, and puts out a great plate. This small, Spartan restaurant next to Long’s in Kihei is often a victim of its […]
MauiRestaurantsBlog $, Ambience: 3 Stars, American, Breakfast, Children's Menu, Coffeehouse, Food: 2 Stars, Lahaina, Love: 2 Stars, Lunch, Main Content, Overall Rating: 2.4, Pastries, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Sandwiches, Service: 2 Stars, Smoothies, Snacks & Treats, Take-Out, Value: 3 Stars, West Maui 1
We would call this hole-in-the-wall family-run business quaint if they served excellent — or even just good — food. Instead, we call it something unprintable because of the bad coffee, disinterested, lazy, almost hostile service (we’ve waited thirty minutes to get that bad coffee), and mediocre, commercial ingredients prepared with very little love or attention […]
MauiRestaurantsBlog $$$, Ambience: 3 Stars, American, Bar Seating, Breakfast, Brunch, Children's Menu, Dinner, Food: 3 Stars, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Healthy/Organics, Kama'aina Deals, Kihei, Live Music, Love: 3 Stars, Lunch, Main Content, Outdoor Seating, Overall Rating: 3.0, Pancakes, Pizza, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Sandwiches, Seafood, Service: 3 Stars, South Maui, Steaks, Value: 3 Stars, Vegetarian 1
Stella Blues serves American comfort food in a fading Grateful Dead-inspired restaurant. The large, noisy rooms, outdoor seating, pool tables, and commodious concrete bar keep its fans coming back, and back, and back. Sadly, the heart seems to have gone out of this formerly fabulous, friendly restaurant. We used to look forward to coconut shrimp […]