MauiRestaurantsBlog $, Ambience: 3 Stars, American, Breakfast, Burgers, Children's Menu, Dinner, Food: 3 Stars, Kihei, Local Hawaiian, Love: 2 Stars, Lunch, Main Content, Overall Rating: 2.7, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Salads, Sandwiches, Seafood, Service: 3 Stars, South Maui, Take-Out, Value: 3 Stars 0
Blue Moon is a local diner with lots of natural light from the plate glass windows, big tables crowded close together, and a big takeout/deli counter near the back. They feature plate lunch, seafood, steaks, burgers, and breakfast, but the food if average (with no exceptions we can find), and the coffee tastes burnt even […]
MauiRestaurantsBlog $$, Ambience: 4 Stars, Bar Seating, Children's Menu, Dinner, Food: 3 Stars, Full Bar, Italian, Lahaina, Live Music, Love: 2 Stars, Lunch, Main Content, Noteworthy, Ocean View, Overall Rating: 3.0, Pizza, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Sandwiches, Service: 3 Stars, Sunset View, Take-Out, Value: 3 Stars, West Maui, Wine & Beer 4
This deep dish pie place used to be part of a mainland chain — BJ’s — before it went independent and changed its name. The owners haven’t changed, but something in the kitchen did: what used to be pretty good pizza is now simply average. The pizzas are too often doughy (a risk with this […]
MauiRestaurantsBlog $$, Ambience: 4 Stars, American, Bar Seating, Burgers, Children's Menu, Dinner, Food: 3 Stars, Full Bar, Love: 3 Stars, Lunch, Main Content, Ocean View, Outdoor Seating, Overall Rating: 3.2, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Sandwiches, Seafood, Service: 3 Stars, South Maui, Sunset View, Value: 3 Stars, Wailea 1
The Grand Wailea is what we call the “Disneyland” resort. It’s nearly cartoonish in its version of paradisiacal perfection: impossibly tall, skinny palms, golf-course-grass that is perfectly trimmed (but you never see them trimming it), and a water feature that loops throughout the grounds in roundabouts and waterfalls, with hidden grotto hot tubs and swim […]
MauiRestaurantsBlog $$$, Ambience: 3 Stars, American, Breakfast, Burgers, Catering, Children's Menu, Closed for Business, Dinner, Early Bird Specials, Food: 3 Stars, Kihei, Local Hawaiian, Love: 2 Stars, Lunch, Main Content, Outdoor Seating, Overall Rating: 2.8, Plate Lunch, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Sandwiches, Seafood, Service: 3 Stars, South Maui, Value: 3 Stars, Wine & Beer 1
At its best, Big Wave has been a moderately priced, no-frills place with generous portions of average food. In the last couple of years, the love has gone down and the portions, as well. There are now no substitutions (ever) on the specials, and if you want coffee with your $5 breakfast the bill will […]
MauiRestaurantsBlog $$, Ambience: 4 Stars, American, Breakfast, Dinner, Food: 1 Star, Full Bar, Lahaina, Love: 1 Star, Lunch, Main Content, Ocean View, Overall Rating: 2.2, Reviewed in Top Maui Restaurants 2012 Edition, Sandwiches, Seafood, Service: 3 Stars, Sunset View, Value: 2 Stars, West Maui 0
This is a plum location overlooking the beach with a gorgeous ocean/sunset view. Unfortunately, the restaurant adage “the better the view, the worse the food” holds true here: commercial ingredients, sloppily prepared, and expensive considering the quality. The menu ranges widely and features sandwiches, seafood, and everything in between — including lobster for $13.95 on […]