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Restaurant Marlow: Wood-Fired Pizza in Old Makawao
Chef Jeff Scheer's wood-fired sourdough Neapolitan-style pizza in the heart of historic Makawao.
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Where Maui actually eats. Plate-lunch counters that have been feeding families since the 1930s, food trucks worth the line, and the dining rooms worth the reservation hustle.
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Maui Food Trucks of Kihei: One Lot, Eight Cuisines
The South Maui food truck park at 1 Piʻikea Ave — seafood, Thai, sushi, burgers, bowls, coffee — open 6 AM to 8:30 PM daily.
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Maui Fresh Streatery: The Award-Winner With No Fixed Address
Chef Kyle Kawakami's rotating-menu truck. Often in Maui Lani on Friday evenings. Check Instagram before you drive.
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Monkeypod Kitchen Wailea: The Daily 3:30 Happy Hour
Half-price pūpū, $14 wood-fired pizzas, and the famous honey-lilikoi-foam Mai Tai. Daily 3:30–5 PM.
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Kahale’s: Kīhei’s Long-Hours Local Dive
One of the longest happy hours on the island — 10 AM to 5:30 PM daily, no view, full character.
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How to Score a Table at Mama’s Fish House
The most coveted reservation on Maui, in an open-air thatched dining room on a Pāʻia beach cove. Here's the booking math that actually works.
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Spago Wailea: Wolfgang Puck on the Beach
Hawaiian-California cuisine with a Four Seasons setting, panoramic Pacific views, and a Forbes Four Star pedigree.
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The Restaurant at Hotel Wailea: Maui’s Only Relais & Châteaux Dining Room
Hillside garden tables under the stars, sweeping Pacific views, and a tasting menu that takes the evening seriously.
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Merriman’s Kapalua: Farm-to-Table on the Point
Peter Merriman's Kapalua flagship, perched on a peninsula with the kind of sunset view that earns its own Instagram tag.
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Tin Roof Maui: Sheldon Simeon’s Plate Lunch in Kahului
Top Chef alum Sheldon Simeon's takeout spot — modern plate lunches with mochiko chicken, pork belly, garlic shrimp. Sells out by mid-afternoon.