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One of the most exciting things to happen in Maui as far as upgraded activities involves delicious food, great cocktails, perfect sunsets, and open ocean views.

 The Quicksilver Maui has recently upgraded their dinner cruise with hand-carved roasted prime rib and a full menu of delicious food.

“This is easily the best dinner cruise on Maui.  We’ve been on most of them and this one beats them all.  What really sets it apart is the quality of the food, the roominess of the large boat, its stability, and I think it’s the only Maui dinner cruise with sit down tables.  The others make you eat on your lap.  The Quicksilver has cloth linens and silverware, which makes our dining experience even nicer.  We like that.”
Jason and Molly Atkins, Kihei

Not only is the food great, but the cocktails are superb.  The crew will make you 2 drinks as part of your meal, and additional ones will cost $3 each.

For entertainment, the Quicksilver has at least one musician playing Hawaiian music as well as other fun tunes.  After a brilliant sunset, if people want to dance, the tables are cleared inside for dancing.

The new menu includes roasted prime rib, tropical fruit salad, grilled pineapple chicke with a ginger soy glaze, coconut rice made with real coconut milk and shredded coconut, caesar salad, steamed vegetables in a garlic olive oil, dinner rolls, and dessert.

You can reserve your seats online for your Maui Dinner Cruise.

Aloha,

Below we’ve listed some great casual as well as fine dining restaurants in Maui that we think you’ll enjoy.

Wokstar International Noodle Cafe

Located across from the big whale at Kalama Beach Park, Wokstar is a small casual open-air restaurant serving affordably-priced delicious meals off of South Kihei Road.  Next door to Life’s A Beach, Wokstar offers a healthy alternative to the many over-priced restaurants around Maui.  Impressed equally by the quality of the food as we were with the professional attentive service, we recommend this Maui restaurant to everyone we meet.  A Maui-Must-Do!

Chez Paul

Located halfway between Maalaea and Lahaina next to the Olowalu General Store, Chez Paul’s Restaurant Francais is one not to miss. This extraordinary restaurant has first-class French Cuisine and tremendous wines too. Lunch and dinner are both incredibly satisfying with Hors D’Oeuvres such as cappuccino of lobster bisque with cognac and entrees like Shoyu and Grand Marnier carmalized pacific salmon with citrus beurre blanc. Chez Paul is a great spot to stop at on the way to or from Lahaina. It’s only a short scenic drive from Lahaina, Kaanapali, Kihei, and Maalaea. Chez Paul has quickly become Boss Frog’s favorite restaurant on the island.

Stella Blues

Stella Blues Cafe’s theme was highly influenced by the Grateful Dead and their contemporaries in the Music scene. It’s an attractive restaurant with a full bar and savoury meals. Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Kihei next to the Long’s Shopping Center, Stella Blues has inspired live music and enticing food. After your first meal here, you’ll see why this restaurant a local favorite.  www.stellablues.com

Maui Brewing Co.

Having recently won 3 medals at the World Beer Cup, Maui Brewing Co. has garnered world recognition for it’s handcrafted beers.  Their Lagers and Ales are the best in Hawaii!  You can enjoy them at their location on Maui, in  Kahana.  Enjoy the warm and inviting ambiance as well as delicious fine foods.  Unlike other “Hawaiian beers”, Maui Brewing Co.’s packaged microbrews are genuinely Hawaiian-Made.   http://www.mauibrewingco.com

Fred’s Mexican Cafe

You don’t need to go South of the border to find South Maui’s favorite Mexican restaurant. Fred’s is conveniantly Located in South Kihei only a few blocks South of Dolphin Plaza. Fred’s is an easy-going place and perfect for getting some good Mexican for lunch or dinner. Extremely popular on Tuesday nights, you’ll want to get there early for the “taco Tuesday” prices and fun.

Mulligan’s on the Blue

On the Wailea Blue Golf Course across from the Kea Lani, Mulligan’s is the best Irish pub and restaurant in Maui. Irish owned and ran, you’ll get everything that you need from traditional Irish cuisine to a thick pint of Guiness. The views from the large outside courtyard are awe-inspiring. During whale season, humpbacks are visible breaching in the distance. The live music can’t be beat, which makes Mulligan’s another local favorite.  http://www.mulligansontheblue.com/

Roy’s Bar and Grill

With two great locations in Maui, both Kihei and Kahana Roy’s Bar and Grill will prepare you some of the best fish you’ve ever had. One of the finer restaurants in Maui, mom and dad will love this romantic incredible meal. Their entrees are delicious, the service is professional and friendly, and the ambiance upscale and comfortable. Roy’s is only open for dinner.

Cheeseburger in Paradise

On Maui’s West Shoreline, This Jimmy Buffet themed restaurant fits in perfectly with the relaxed, fun atmosphere. Located on the water on Front Street, Cheeseburger in Paradise has fun, lively atmosphere and is in the heart of Lahaina. With fun live music and 2 stories with views, you’ll love this casual restaurant.

Cool Cat Cafe

Come to Cool Cat Cafe for an authentic American Diner experience. Located in Lahaina, With a mid century theme, the atmosphere holds smells of good food and great nostalgic memories. Cool Cat Cafe has been voted #1 on the Island by Boss Frog employees.

Also, see Boss Frog’s Maui restaurant guide will give you all the good info you need to make the best choices about what to eat while you are on Maui. Choose from Lahaina, Kihei and Wailea or Kahului and Wailuku. The Maui restaurants are grouped by price range for your convenience. Also be sure to check out our Maui secrets and picks page for some local favorites. Click below for more options in Maui for great restaurants.

For Catering and Personal Chef Services we recommend Maui Executive Catering.

     Well put my blog foot in my mouth! Less than a day after informing the world that there was only one authentic Chinese restaurant in West Maui, I learned that the owners of China Boat had opened a new location. The new location is right off of Highway 30 in Ka’anapali at the Fairway Shops mall.

     China Boat has been a long time favorite so we decided to give it a shot last night. China Bowl is set in a comfortable casual luncheon style setting and the menu is quite different from the China Boat menu. The new menu features 13 appetizers including pineapple coconut fried shrimp, pot stickers and cream cheese crab wontons, 5 soups and three salads. The menu also includes some rice meals and some noodles as well as ramen, udon and saimin. The signature dishes are offered a little bit different than the usual. First you choose your chicken, beef, pork, seafood, vegetables or tofu, then you choose from one of nine different sauces. The choices include sweet and sour, spicy black bean sauce, curry, garlic broccoli and the China Bowl Special ( a dark ginger sauce with vegetables that can be spicy or not) among others.

     We had already had a small early meal so we decided to stop in for a small snack and check out some of the apps. We started off with the hot and sour soup which was nice and thick, served hot and pretty spicy for a normal hot and sour ( a big plus in my book). We tried the veggie egg rolls next. They were fried nice and crispy with a light shell and served with sweet and sour and spicy mustard. The final dish we tried was the spicy wonton with chinese green. This was awesome, the broen sauce was thick and sweet with a great spicy zing. The wontons were filled with just the right amount of meat and the greens were cooked but still a bit crispy.

     Every thing was great and the service was excellent! We made a new friend with the owner’s son Victor and had a great snack. We will definately be returning here often.

China Bowl

808-661-0660

Fairway Shops at Ka’anapali on Highway 30

    Tucked away on Lower Honopi’ilani Road in Kahana, it would be easy to miss China Boat even when you are driving past. If you are in the mood for traditional Chinese this is the only place in West Maui, so it is definitely worth seeking out.

     The menu offers a tremendous variety to choose from for appetizers, soups and entrees. You will find a wade variety of traditional dishes with poultry, seafood, beef or pork, as well as a huge list of vegetarian offerings. Some of the chef’s suggestions include crispy fish filet in butter garlic sauce, sweet and pungent shrimp, kung pao three flavor and sesame beef or chicken.

     The decor at China Boat is your pretty standard Chinese restaurant setting, with a few Maui ocean pictures thrown in for good measure. The seating is comfortable and not too crowded in, and even with several diners around us the restaurant does not feel to busy.

     For starters we ordered Hot and Sour soup for two. The soup arrived quickly and was nice and hot. Next we tried the appetizer sampler which includes an eggroll, crab lagoon, shrimp toast and BBQ ribs. This is a great starter giving you a chance to sample a variety of different tastes. The eggroll is crispy and fried hot, the shrimp toast is nice and fluffy with egg and shrimp goodness, I didn’t try the crab, but the dish also featured a surprisingly large serving of short ribs, which were a little fatty but still tasty.

     For entrees we tried the sweet and pungent shrimp and the beef with broccoli. The sweet and pungent shrimp is one of my favorite dishes on the menu. It is similiar to sweet and sour shrimp, except that the shrimp are fried in a much lighter batter and the sauce is almost clear while being sweet and a little sour. The preparation is just a little lighter overall and not quite so candy sweet like the traditional sweet and sour sauce. The beef and broccoli was cooked just right with a nice slightly sweet brown sauce.

     If you are in West Maui and craving good Chinese food, head on up to Kahana for Chinese done right.

China Boat

4474 Lower Honoapi’ilani Rd

808-669-5089

     For the second straight week, the highway between Ma’alaea and Lahaina was closed due to brush fires. After a comical attempt to head around the North of the island that ended in a ginormous traffic jam at Honokahau Valley, we decided that instead of waiting two plus hours in traffic to get home, we would head to Kihei for some shopping and to get some dinner.

     First we stopped at the Kihei Kalama Village to wander through the open air market. Here you can find silver jewelry, unique imported goods and all the nick-knacks you might need at reasonable prices. Don’t be afraid to haggle here as most of the prices are negotiable. After wandering around a bit we decided it was time for dinner and decided to head on over to Stella Blue’s.

     Stella Blue’s is a Grateful Dead themed restaurant located in Azeka’s Mauka Shopping Center in Kihei. If you are looking for a moderately priced high end dining experience to rival some of the resort restaurants Stella Blue’s is a great choice.

     The menu at Stella Blue’s is quite large featuring several salads including a caprese and a classic caeser. Appetizers range from crispy crabcakes to the funky mahi and ahi nachos. The choices for entrees include shrimp scampi, fresh local fish prepared in any of four different styles, NY steak, stir frys and a tofu red curry.

     For our appetizer, we selected the eye’s of the world roll. This is an ahi nori roll dipped in a tempura batter and lightly fried. The ahi was amazing, with the melt in your mouth texture that you just have to love. Natalie decided to try the special of the day, which was NY steak with a blue cheese demi-glace. The steak was good, and the bleu cheese was excellent. I meant to ask if it was a maytag but I forgot. I tried the coconut shrimp which came with 9 huge shrimp on three skewers with a steamed veggie mix and mash potatoes. The mashies were the best I’ve had since coming to Maui!

     Overall it was a great meal, in a surprisingly upscale feeling restaurant (given that it is a Grateful Dead themed place). The seating is comfortable, and the vintage posters on the walls are fun and entertaining. We will definitely give them another visit in the near future.

Stella Blue’s

808-874-3779

Kihei Azeka II Shopping Center on South Kihei Road

Hope to see you here in Maui soon!

      Whenever we are on the North Shore, the Paia Fish Market is going to be a stop. Don’t get me wrong, there are several other great restaurants in Paia. The Paia Fish Market is just the one we choose almost every time.

     Located on the corner of Baldwin and Hana Highway in Paia, the Paia Fish Market is a small place it would be easy to miss if you were not looking for it. The restaurant is airy with several long wooden tables with bench seating. Seating is first come first serve, and you will likely be sharing your table with others so take advantage. Talk to a local and learn what’s going on or maybe talk to some tourists to see what they have enjoyed doing the most. There are no servers here, you just cue up in line and make your order, when your food is ready they will call your number and you can pick it up from the window.

     The fish here is always great, they will have several different types of fish to choose from which can be prepared in any of about 5 different ways (I like the cajun style or just grilled). If you are not sure about what type of fish to try, ask at the register and they can point you to the fish that is right for you.

     The menu is written on a large chalkboard above the kitchen window and features many choices. My favorites are the fish tacos, the fish burger, fish and chips or the fish plate. The fish tacos come two to a plate and are huge served with lettuce, cheese, tomato and salsa. The fish burger isn’t really a burger, it’s grilled fish of your choice served on a bun with coleslaw and tarter sauce. The coleslaw is served on the bun and it really helps make this “burger” one of my favorite Maui meals. The fish plate is a HUGE serving of fish prepared in the style you choose with your choice of rice or fries.

     The menu is extremely reasonably priced with a fish burger running $8, tacos about $10 and the fish plate between $12.95 and $15.95 depending on your choice of fish. If you want to try some of the best fish on Maui in a laid back atmosphere, be sure to check out Paia Fish Company.

Paia Fish Company

110 Hana Highway

808-579-8030

     Sleeping in a little does not mean you can’t still explore the island and have a great day. In real world terms, Maui is a really small place and you can get anywhere on the island (with the exception of Hana) in under two hours. So even though we decided to have a lazy Sunday morning it couldn’t stop us from taking in quite a bit for the rest of the day and heading down South to Wailea.

     The last thing you want to see when you start out to Kihei from Lahaina when you are starting a late day is traffic for miles. That’s exactly what we got though! Just past Launiopoko traffic light the traffic ground to a halt, bringing the question to turn around or try to wait out what could be an hours long situation. Eh, it’s Maui what ya gonna do? So we decided to wait it out, since traffic was at least moving a little. Now, this whole issue could drive me into a five page tirade about Maui’s complete lack of planning for future traffic and questions about whether or not we really need to close the main highway for five hours plus, every time there is a fatality from a traffic accident, but I will leave that for others. After moving along at a snail’s pace for about a half hour traffic finally broke and we were on our way, but now we were REALLY hungry.

     I don’t usually think of stopping at Ma’alaea for lunch, since most of the restaurants are a bit pricey, but there is this little Mexican joint there …  So we decided to have a stop and try Fiesta Time. There is a Fiesta Time in Wailuku that is more of a take out kinda place that serves some of Maui’s best Mexican food, so I hoped the sit down version would be as good. We ordered at the counter from the menus painted on the wall (on the left hand wall are all the standards and on the right you can find a chalkboard with the specials) and took our seats in the restaurant. In a few moments we were served chips and salsa. The chips weren’t quite as crisp as I would have liked, but the salsa was excellent. In a few minutes we were served our entrees. It was lunch, so we weren’t too adventurous, I ordered the two cheese enchilada plate and Natalie ordered the chile relleno plate. Both entrees came with rice and beans, the rice was nice and soft with a good flavor and the beans were creamy had flavor and were topped with cheese, good stuff I could eat everyday. The sauce for my enchiladas was nice and thick with a smoky and spicy flavor, maybe the best enchilada sauce I have had on Maui, but then again it’s hard to mess up cheese enchiladas. Natalies rellenos were large and fried to perfection with a smoky tomato sauce. The portions were huge and the prices were very tame and we both left stuffed. Since we are purchasing yearly memberships to the Maui Ocean Center, I’m sure we will be back to eat here more than a couple of times.

     Next week I will write more about the Maui Ocean Center, but I can say quickly that it is a great aquarium and at $45 for a yearly pass it is one of the best deals going on Maui!

     With our bellies full, we decided it was time to head down to Makena for some beach time! With a young one in tow (who is not always so into the sand) it’s nice to be able to find places where we can take short walks where Cassidy can cruise along without having to work as hard as he does in the sand. The Makena nature walk is short but is perfect for letting him ramble where he wants and explore the world in safety.

I took some photos of some of the flowers we saw out there with my cell phone, so please excuse the image quality. The beach here is great and usually not too crowded. There are also picnic tables for having a snack at the overlook. We also watched people setting up for weddings and thought that this was a great spot for a beautiful wedding. The beach here is small and very private.

    Speaking of being late …. I am running out of time for this post … I guess I will have to finish it tommorrow

     I knew it had to come one day … maybe I just wasn’t expecting it so soon or from Marco’s, but here it is, the first bad Maui restaurant review.

     I have eaten at Marco’s in Kihei a couple of times, and the food was always fine. Nothing too great but always good. With this in mind, Natalie and I decided to stop in and try Marco’s in Kahului. I am always a little leery of any restaurant in a strip mall, but proof is in the pudding. Entering Marco’s we were greeted quickly, seated and given menus very quickly as well. The decor is sparse, decorated in blacks and whites and much more comfortable feeling than I would have expected.

     For starters we ordered the bruschetta. The mixture of basil, onions, tomato, garlic, romano and capers was nice, but the dish was not what we were expecting. The tomato mixture was served cold on top of what appeared to be commercial garlic bread. Usually when I think of bruschetta, I think of thin sliced bread topped with whatever mixture and cheese then baked or broiled crispy. The bruschetta wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t great, or what we had expected.

     Next we decided to try the bleu cheese salad. This was a nice sized salad which I would say was a good deal at $9.95. There was plenty of bleu cheese, and we both agreed it was very good.

     For our entrees Natalie ordered the seafood pasta ($24.95). This dish looked and smelled great. Unfortunately, I couldn’t try it due to my shellfish allergies. It looked like it had a ton of seafood in it and Natalie said it was great. I ordered the chicken parmigiana($17.95) which is served atop fettucini with marinara sauce. This is where things really went south. The food was delivered by one of the other servers, and my “chicken” should have never left the kitchen. When the plate arrived at my table, the chicken was black and charred. I mean it looked like a charcoal briquette. I decided to at least give it a bite, and surprise it tasted like charcoal. While that is pretty bad, it could have been solved by an attentive service staff. First, a dish badly burned should have never been sent out of the kitchen. Second, a server should have noticed the condition of the dish. Lastly, if our server had come around to check on us, we could have had it remade or ordered something else. Instead I waited over 15 minutes for a server to come to our table. I know this because there is a clock right above the server area where my server was standing talking to co-workers while I tried to catch eye contact with him. By the time the server came around, I didn’t feel like waiting for another one and the manager took it off the bill.

     A few more problems, I know that we had bruschetta as an appetizer, but we were never offered bread service with our salad or entrees. The manager when I spoke to her about the meal seemed very nonchalant, and as we were driving away appeared to be laughing with our server.

     One more thing, if you charge for soda refills … tell the customer before refilling the soda. I could go on a rant about this alone. The two dollars or so, is not a big deal, it is about greedy owners or servers gouging customers. The cost for a glass of soda is well under 25 cents, that means that four refills would still return a 100% mark up. If you are a waiter doing it to beef up your tips, you might search the internet and see how many people simply deduct refills from their tips. It’s just something I have never understood (unless you are being served canned soda) given the high mark up of soda. Anyway … enough of this rant.

     Bottom line, the food that we were able to eat was good (Natalie really liked the seafood pasta), but the service was lousy and to serve a meal that is completely burned is completely unacceptable. I’m afraid I’d have to give a pass to dining at Marco’s in Kahului.

     Believe it or not, living in the Southeast has a lot of similarities with living in Hawaii. It is a culture of small towns where you are as likely to see ten people you know at the grocery store as not. It is also a culture steeped in a tradition of friends and family and taking care of others around you. A lot of times I think “Aloha” isn’t really all that different from “Southern Hospitality”. One thing I really do miss though, is the ubiquitous Waffle House.

     In the Southeast you can’t go more than two exits down any major highway without seeing the famous Waffle House sign. Waffle House is not like other chains along the highway, in that they offer a sit down meal. The menu leans towards breakfast but offers many other choices as well. The food is not revolutionary or even incredible but it is always darned good! The setting is straight out of the fifties with a soda counter and stuck in place red and chrome rotating stools and orange naugahyde booths that appear to not have been reupholstered in twenty years, but that’s the charm, the comfort that is Waffle House.

     Researching restaurants for the new Boss Frog’s Maui Restaurant Guide, I kept coming across phenomenal reviews for this little place in Wailuku called Tasty Crust. I had driven by it seeing the sign “World Famous Pancakes” several times, and had even noticed that the parking lot was always full. For some reason though, I had just never stopped in.

     After reading one Maui visitors review (they claimed to drive from Lahaina to Wailuku three times during their week long vacation to eat there) touting the great prices, great food and great staff in a “funky little restaurant”, I knew I had to be missing out on something. So on Sunday, Natalie and I loaded up the car and headed off for a day at Iao Valley and maybe more importantly a meal at Tasty Crust.

     When you get to Tasty Crust it really doesn’t look like much, with a small parking area and two signs proclaiming it as home to “World Famous Pancakes”. Upon walking in, I thought I was back home in Alabama for a minute! The restaurant looked almost exactly like my dearly beloved Waffle House. It even has a jukebox, how can you beat that.

     The menu is hand typed paper placed between a laminate and serves everything you would expect from a Waffle House and more. All of your standard breakfast items are there, eggs any way you like them, bacon, hash browns, waffles and sausage. The difference is that you can choose from great Hawaiian style choices such as spam, Portuguese sausage, opakapaka and mahi mahi in addition to the normal choices. You’ll notice I haven’t mentioned the pancakes yet.

     They also offer 16 oz steaks for less than $15 alongside your choice of sides. There are plenty of local mixed plate choices always paired with the ever present two scoop rice one scoop mac salad. The menu looked great for any type of dining at any time of day, but I was there to get my breakfast in the late afternoon thing on.

     Natalie ordered the opakapaka grilled with two eggs sunnyside up. The eggs were cooked perfectly and ran nicely to be sopped up with toast or the two nice sized pieces of opakapaka which were grilled nicely. For my meal I choose my breakfast favorites, scrambled eggs, sausage, hashbrowns and a pancake. The eggs were perfect probably cooked in bacon grease by the taste of them, the hashbrowns were just what I would have ordered at a Waffle House in Alabama, and well what can I say, after moving here I have become a huge fan of Portuguese sausage grilled just crispy on the edges. Now the pancake, that was a different story, it tasted like many other pancakes I have had before, but the way it was cooked, just a bit crispy and then served with a gob of butter and plenty of syrup on the side, was a show stealer.

     Just to add to the fun, our server was extremely nice, she kept my ever emptied iced tea full and when we were paying out the check, when she found out we were from Lahaina, had some great stories about the Lahaina Harbor Rats and her time down in Lahaina (p.s. I hope your hand feels better). I wish I hadn’t been so hungry and could have talked to her more while we were eating, I’m sure that she is a wealth of great Maui stories. Anyway, all that said, I think we found a new favorite haunt when we are visiting Kahului or Wailuku, be it breakfast, lunch or dinner time and just so you know , the final verdict was that it sated our cravings for Waffle House 100% and I hope I don’t get my Southern Alumni Badge taken for this, the pancake was far and away better than any I have had at the Waffle House, and the local style touches may just put this place over the top.

     As you know by now, I like to play tourist on my time off sometimes. Playing tourist at Ka’anapali can be fun, but it is also nice to have a little inside information too. While Leilani’s and Hula Grill are two of my favorite places to eat, they often have long waits for a table. When your stomach is already growling, but you don’t feel like the fast food from the food court, that’s when the extra knowledge really comes in handy.

     Most people who are not staying at the Ka’anapali Beach Hotel may never know about two great choices just off the beach walk. The first is Ka’anapali Mixed Plate, which offers a reasonably priced buffet. The second is the Tiki Bar and Grill. Both are located just a couple of doors North of Whaler’s Village and both offer food with almost no wait.

     Ka’anapali Mixed Plate is located in the front of the KBH hotel. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets with a rotating menu. The food is sort of what you expect from a buffet. Nothing is likely to knock you down and become your new favorite, but at $12.50 for breakfast, $12.95 for lunch and $13.95(4-6 PM earlybird) or $15.95(6-9 PM) at dinner for a full buffet you can’t go to wrong.

     Breakfast features a fresh fruit bar, scrambled eggs, waffles or pancakes, potatoes, white rice and oatmeal every day. Each day features different breakfast meats and entrees such as bacon, glazed ham, fried rice or chicken stir fry.

     Lunch offers a well stocked salad bar and a build your own sandwich station every day. Lunch daily specials may include baked mahi mahi in shitake mushroom sauce, homemade meatloaf, cajun seafood rice or pork lau lau to name a few. With all that food don’t forget to leave room for dessert. Everyday they offer a variety of pies and cakes along with soft serve ice cream. Sodas, tea, juices and coffee are included in the lunch price as well.

     Every night the dinner menu at Ka’anapali Mixed Plate includes carved to order herbed prime rib served with horseradish sauce and au jus, a large salad bar, mashed potatoes, steamed rice and vegetables along with the nightly specials. Some of the specials may include bbq pork ribs, mahi mahi with lemon capers, black bean chicken or Swiss steak. Just like lunch, this also includes a variety of dessert choices, sodas, tea, coffee, juices and soft serve ice cream. Best part, no waiting.

     The Tiki Bar and Grill is another one of the great finds for you at the Ka’anapali Beach Hotel. Every night at 6:30 PM they have a free hula dancing and Hawaiian music show. It’s like a free mini luau! Take a seat at one of the comfortable tables arranged around the poolside stage and relax, a server will bring you a menu and take drink orders as you enjoy a free show.

     The menu is basic but good, featuring burgers, chicken and fish sandwiches, nachos, salads, hotdogs, fries and onion rings all at affordable prices. Drinks from the bar include lava flows, mai tais and the drink of da day in addition to a full bar, wines and draught and bottled beers.

     Hang out after the Hawaiian show as the band plays more music including Hawaiian favorites and contemporary pop, rock and country. It’s a great place to relax enjoy some music in a cool Hawaiian breeze, or if you feel like it, get up and kick your heels on the dance floor. If you don’t feel like taking a table you can always sit at the bar or order food from the grill to take to the beach. Perfect for a budget night out on Maui.

     Ka’anapali Beach Hotel also features the Tiki Terrace Restaurant featuring mouth watering creations by Chef Thomas Murumoto with entrees ranging between $17.95 and $38.95. Don’t forget, KBH is also home to Maui’s only full production magic show Kupanaha - Maui Magic for all Ages a wonderful vegas style dinner show. The show includes hula dancing, Maui history and of course Las Vegas style illusions, fun for the whole family.