Had reservations for dinner yesterday. We arrived early, so we decided to get a drink at the bar while we waited for our table. I had the mai thai frozen cocktail. Delicious! Service was pretty good.Dinner service was amazing! Loved our server. Everyone in our party enjoyed their dinner. We never felt rushed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
John Caudell
The Hula was the best!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 3
Howard Lim
Great bartenders and good food. Lilttle pricey but what hotel bar isn't? Last call is 945PM and music shuts off around 930PM. Can't say enough good things about the people here.
Absolutely beautiful setting overlooking the ocean. Live music & a hula dancer add to the atmosphere. The food was great, it was the only hotel restaurant my kids asked to go to a second time on our trip.
Cowboycork
Venue and ambiance are great. Service was average, food was just okay. Could have been a much better experience especially for the price. Best part: walking down the path on the hotel property to see the manta rays!
LisaH
Beautiful semi outdoor dining room...sounds of the beach are a great background to delicious sushi and pizza. Pricey but you're also paying for the view, music and hula dancer. We liked it.
Had a reservation for 7:30, wasn't sat until 7:45. No big deal, but nobody even looked at us until we'll after 8 o clock. I had to ask someone to bring us waters. Food took forever and everyone around us got dinner well before even though they arrived half an hour after us. Then our dinner was cold. Extremely disappointing when they are asking for that much money
AllanR
Our overall experience was great but two of us ordered kfc Korean Fried Cauliflower on the menu ---It says crispy fried cauliflower, crispy garlic, kim chee slaw, house pickled chilis. We got deep fried cauliflower and as sauce that was it ---- it was VERY disappointing and not good.
Drinks are good but food was less than stellar. We ordered a variety of small plates. The cauliflower was good, truffle fries were ok, roasted beet and caprese were fair and the mushroom flatbread was not good. I know this is a casual setting but the food was not up to par for what I would expect from any dining option at Maura Kea Resort.
No water refills. Server and host were friendly. Ordered calamari, a mock tail, caprese salad, and Margherita flat bread. The calamari was a little chewy. I've had better calamari in Indiana. The flatbread was okay. The caprese salad was pretty good. Nice ambiance! Went to see the manta rays after dinner which was cool.
Tesha
Our party of 5 was seated at our table at 6:40 and we ordered. At 7:30 our appetizers came. At 8:00pm, I asked if someone could check on our food and was told it would be 15 minutes. I asked to speak to the manager at 8:15pm when our food was not there but two other tables who had arrived after us had been served (one was a bigger party than us too). The waitress told me she would get the manager but that they were taking our food off the grill currently. At 8:30, the manager had still not come and neither had our food. It was not super busy either. We left and will not be coming back as we had to get our kid to bed. I am extremely disappointed in this experience as I had always heard such nice things about the Mauna Kea and this was my first time at their hotel. For a restaurant in a 5 star hotel, I would expect better service and communication. I realize that waitresses have no control over the kitchen staff, but the fact that the manager couldn’t even be bothered to come and speak with us speaks volumes about how this restaurant is being run.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
DocC
Noisy little children everywhere... even at 8:00 p.m. Service was sluggish. Beet salad with Mahi was great. Mahi special with squash risotto could have had a greater amount of squash to rice ratio in my opinion. Wine selection by the glass was good. Music was nice when we could hear it over the chaos around us. We won't be back. We are too old to enjoy an expensive meal amid such a noisy family settling.
Randy
Food was very good however the mai frozen tai cocktail was forgettable and expensive . It was one on the poorest I've had. The hula dancer was excellent and the music was good. The ambience was excellent. That alone made the dinner worth it.
Delicious cocktails and wonderful seating
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had reservations for dinner yesterday. We arrived early, so we decided to get a drink at the bar while we waited for our table. I had the mai thai frozen cocktail. Delicious! Service was pretty good.Dinner service was amazing! Loved our server. Everyone in our party enjoyed their dinner. We never felt rushed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The Hula was the best!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 3
Great bartenders and good food. Lilttle pricey but what hotel bar isn't? Last call is 945PM and music shuts off around 930PM. Can't say enough good things about the people here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
料理は美味しい！ピザはおすすめ だか、受付のスタッフが最悪！ 予約完了しているにもかかわらず予約を確認出来ないと。 結果、本人が探せないだけであって、とっても不愉快な思いをした
Absolutely beautiful setting overlooking the ocean. Live music & a hula dancer add to the atmosphere. The food was great, it was the only hotel restaurant my kids asked to go to a second time on our trip.
Venue and ambiance are great. Service was average, food was just okay. Could have been a much better experience especially for the price. Best part: walking down the path on the hotel property to see the manta rays!
Beautiful semi outdoor dining room...sounds of the beach are a great background to delicious sushi and pizza. Pricey but you're also paying for the view, music and hula dancer. We liked it.
Had a reservation for 7:30, wasn't sat until 7:45. No big deal, but nobody even looked at us until we'll after 8 o clock. I had to ask someone to bring us waters. Food took forever and everyone around us got dinner well before even though they arrived half an hour after us. Then our dinner was cold. Extremely disappointing when they are asking for that much money
Our overall experience was great but two of us ordered kfc Korean Fried Cauliflower on the menu ---It says crispy fried cauliflower, crispy garlic, kim chee slaw, house pickled chilis. We got deep fried cauliflower and as sauce that was it ---- it was VERY disappointing and not good.
Restaurantji Recommends
Drinks are good but food was less than stellar. We ordered a variety of small plates. The cauliflower was good, truffle fries were ok, roasted beet and caprese were fair and the mushroom flatbread was not good. I know this is a casual setting but the food was not up to par for what I would expect from any dining option at Maura Kea Resort.
No water refills. Server and host were friendly. Ordered calamari, a mock tail, caprese salad, and Margherita flat bread. The calamari was a little chewy. I've had better calamari in Indiana. The flatbread was okay. The caprese salad was pretty good. Nice ambiance! Went to see the manta rays after dinner which was cool.
Our party of 5 was seated at our table at 6:40 and we ordered. At 7:30 our appetizers came. At 8:00pm, I asked if someone could check on our food and was told it would be 15 minutes. I asked to speak to the manager at 8:15pm when our food was not there but two other tables who had arrived after us had been served (one was a bigger party than us too). The waitress told me she would get the manager but that they were taking our food off the grill currently. At 8:30, the manager had still not come and neither had our food. It was not super busy either. We left and will not be coming back as we had to get our kid to bed. I am extremely disappointed in this experience as I had always heard such nice things about the Mauna Kea and this was my first time at their hotel. For a restaurant in a 5 star hotel, I would expect better service and communication. I realize that waitresses have no control over the kitchen staff, but the fact that the manager couldn’t even be bothered to come and speak with us speaks volumes about how this restaurant is being run.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Noisy little children everywhere... even at 8:00 p.m. Service was sluggish. Beet salad with Mahi was great. Mahi special with squash risotto could have had a greater amount of squash to rice ratio in my opinion. Wine selection by the glass was good. Music was nice when we could hear it over the chaos around us. We won't be back. We are too old to enjoy an expensive meal amid such a noisy family settling.
Food was very good however the mai frozen tai cocktail was forgettable and expensive . It was one on the poorest I've had. The hula dancer was excellent and the music was good. The ambience was excellent. That alone made the dinner worth it.