Of course there is a whole post written only about the food we ate on Maui. As I would consider myself a foodie, eating experiences while traveling is a large part of why we go on trips. Although expensive, the food on Maui was overall great. A few let downs and a few amazing spots that stood out but overall pretty darn good food. Lets start with our top 3 dinner spots around the island:
1- Cafe O'lei was easily our favorite restaurant on the whole trip. Started with some mock-tails and moved on to the appy, fried calamari steak, which I was hesitant about but it was seriously 10/10 tender and delicious. For my entree I had swordfish with a couple great sauces and it was incredible. Allie got a lamb shank that was also great. Finished it off with some of the best ice cream I've ever had and it was a near perfect Experience, especially when paired with the amazing views/location and personable service.
2- Kimos was a close runner up located on the West side of the island. The location was fire, sitting right on the shore of the ocean over a sun rise and on one of the coolest if not the coolest street on the island. The poke avocado dip starter was great, local colas were also a great addition. My meal was amazing with a filet mignon steak and lobster tail and Allie had a fresh caught crusted mahi mahi.
3- Humble Market at the Marriott resort. This was an experience, beautiful place. The pina coladas were great and the fancy pot stickers were a great start. Allies meal was phenomenal, filet mignon steak and some amazing sides. I was slightly disappointed because I strayed from what I usually do and got something unique, where it was good it wasn't quite worth the price. Overall a great dinner and good way to cap off the trip.
Honorable Mentions:
-Hula Grill
-Paia Fish Market
-Miso Phat
What About Lunchée? Our top 5 lunch spots are:
First stop, Maui Fish n Chips. Simple yet amazing fish n chips, great tartar sauce and fries were great too. Tasty, well priced and large portions. Good service as a bonus. Would 100% recommend to anyone in the area as a must so.
Secondly, Down The Hatch. I think of all our favorite lunch places the location and vibes were the best here. Food was incredible, loaded fries and fish tacos did not disappoint! Again the scenery and location were prime and this made for a perfect lunch stop.
Another great place was Hana Farms, the only thing here was basically pizza but it was really really good pizza. Another must visit lunch stop on the road to Hana. They also had a cool little store with some good banana bread.
We had a lot of tacos as the days went on but I think Tight Tacos is simply better than all the others. They were good ol' fashioned street tacos loaded with toppings and very tasteful. The fish you could tell was very very fresh and the beef and chicken were great too. If you're in the area, make time for Tight Tacos.
Da Fish Shack was also a great place for some road-side, food-truck fish. We got the fish tacos and shrimp tacos and they were both fantastic. Side of chips and salsa put it over the edge to make the final spot on our top 5 lunch spots.
Of course there were several other places that were good that didn't make the cut. We had less than a handful of restaurants that we would not recommend to others or do again but overall had a great culinary experience across the island of Maui.
Snack Stops:
Snacks on a trip can be just as or more important than the rest of the food and we did some stops for that as well.
Shave ice was something we did nearly every day and for good reason, its the perfect treat for a beach day. Our favorite spots were 1/2 Da Kine Shave Ice on the west coast and Ululanis that you can find all over. Honestly these are the only places I'd go back, we tried a few others that were good but just not the same.
We did get some home made popsicles that were also delicious, cool one of them was made with sugarcane as the stick. Also had a great açaí bowl one morning from Hana Bowls. Another place that is a must for snacks is Honolulu Cookie Company, amazing little short bread cookies are worth the slightly high price tag.
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