Lava Lava Beach Club Big Island Hawaii Restaurant Reviews from our visit to the Island in August 2021 and 2024. Lots of local food trucks and Hawaiian favorites. We did not dine in once! None of these requires reservations. Checkout reviews of the other Hawaiian Islands Kauai Restaurant Reviews Maui Restaurant Reviews Oahu Restaurant Reviews == 10/3/24 Merriman’s Big Island is their signature restaurant in Waimea, a mountain-side town away from the coast. Locally sourced ingredients and nice inviting dining room. Having eaten ate his other Island eateries, we were eager to give it a try. We were driving through the area and stopped for lunch. Pretty amazed how cheap the prices are, especially when you see how much the resorts charge for inferior food. Definitely would love to try dinner here! Food Review House made ginger ale ($9) hit the spot. Not particularlly big. 7/10 Honoka’a Smoked Taro Hummus ($14) Chickpea and Taro Hummus, Waimea Vegetable Crudité, Purple Sweet Potato Chips is perfect starter for vegetarians and others. Housemade crispy chips and a hummus dip that was not too taro-ey. 8.5/10 Kamuela Greek Salad ($18) Hirabara Farm Romaine, Waimea Tomato, Basil, Cucumber, Chickpea, Red Onion, Kalamata Olive, Calabrian Cili, […]

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Last Update: 12/31/2021 Foodie research and reviews from many visits to beautiful Maui with the last in 2021.  We are based in San Francisco, so our base reference for dining is fairly high.  This page has links to reviews of spots we heartily recommend, quick reviews of casual restaurants, and a list of research material we will use for future trips to paradise! We removed several restaurants that did not survive the Pandemic.  In late 2021, we found it hard to score reservations to dine inside, hence a lot of takeout. Our goal was to find: Good eats at reasonable prices Primarily restaurants where locals go Local Hawaiian Food We have no interest cuisine that is done better at home in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is challenging on an expensive island full of pricey tourist traps. Formal Reviews of Recommended Restaurants We like these spots enough to give them more detail. Honu – Lahaina Lahaina Grill – Lahaina – Popular but Not high on our list Star Noodle – Lahaina – Our favorite Lanai Restaurant Reviews Sansei – Kihei, Kapalua Ko – Wailea Monkeypod Kitchen – Wailea, Lahaina Merriman’s Kapalua Ka’ana Kitchen Andaz Maui Breakfast Buffet – Wailea The Plantation […]

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