Reviews: Best Dining Bets on Maui

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***best overall*** ***best sunset/ocean view***

Sarento%26#39;s: best upscale restaurant we tried. The service was friendly and professional. And the food was high class, high

quality all the way. Beautiful close-up view of the ocean seals the deal. Try their osso bucco for tender fall off the bone

veal.

***best non-ocean view***

***best decor***

Plantation House: set among estate homes of Kapalua, this fine restaurant also has spectacular 360 degree bird-eye views of

the well tailored golf course. Tried the crab cake benedict which was well-portioned and accompanied with delicious potatoes.

***best value***

Honokowai Okazuya and Deli: what a great find in the middle of a small strip mall. This place serves mixed plates of which I

sampled the chicken katsu. Comes with the two scoop rice and macaroni salad. Not a lot of seating with just a couple tables

outside and diner style seating inside, but it wasn%26#39;t busy when we were there. Take out if you must, just get there!

Sansei: the panko-crusted ahi sashimi was divine. Although busy during the early-bird hours, we were not rushed and received

good service. Also sampled the spider roll which was just as good as the sashimi with that same inventive street-food vibe.

Manana Garage: at $15 per person, their business lunch is a steal. Comes with great homemade nachos, a delicious caesar salad

that was a meal on it%26#39;s own, and tasty entrees like fish chimichanga. The chimi was not in a tortilla, but rather in a pastry

shell. Still good nonetheless.

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Air Canada in-flight meal: I kid you not, their breakfast was one of the best I ever had. Not just on an airplane, but anywhere! They served us hot scrambled eggs with juicy sausage slices and the freshest most unbelievable bread. Later on came the fresh baked cookies and gelato. No, I don%26#39;t own shares in Air Canada!

Pacific Grill: we booked christmas dinner with them not knowing they had a tradition of serving buffet on Christmas eve. Hilights includes the juicy goose and prime rib. Although OK, I wouldn%26#39;t return. Just not into buffets like I was when I was a teenager.

Old Lahaina Ho%26#39;omana%26#39;o Luau: this morning event has less than 10 minutes of hula dancing. Not what I expected. It%26#39;s more of a

cultural interactive seminar that reminded me of grade school field trips. Nothing wrong with it, just not what I expected.

Queen Kaahumanu Center farmer%26#39;s market: active on the Tuesday we went there, this was the best farmer%26#39;s market we attended.

Held in center court, alot of the faces will be familiar from the Swap Meet. Great produce in the middle of a mall!

Just for some perspective, we didn%26#39;t get a chance to sample other lauded establishments including: Gazebo, David Paul%26#39;s, Gerard%26#39;s, Hali%26#39;Imaile General Store, Seawatch, Alexander%26#39;s Fish, Roy%26#39;s, Pacific%26#39;O, I%26#39;O...

Reviews: Best Dining Bets on Maui

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