Brown's Beach House - The Fairmont Orchid - Kohala Coast

Great Food, we had a table looking right at the ocean. Beautiful

This was our second visit to Brown's Beach House and we will visit again on our last night on the island. Food and service were excellent and combine that with the view and sound of the ocean waves certainly makes a great evening.

We paid $30 to add lobster tail to our $60 filet mignon... The lobster was a total waste of money and the rest of the meal was just mediocre...

The service and atmosphere were amazing! The food and cocktails were delicious. I can’t recommend this restaurant enough! It was perfect for celebrating our anniversary.

Birthday dinner! Wonderful variety with local options. Perfect outdoor ambiance with excellent service and food worth coming back.

Another wonderful dinner. Thoughtful, personalized service. Covid-abbreviated -but still diverse- menu. Beautifully presented, tasty food. One of a kind outdoor dining venue. I hope they bring back the live entertainment soon, but the meal remains excellent. Have dined here during vacation most years since 1998.

We went to Brown's Beach for the best Poke on Hawaii and sunset but stayed for wine, main courses and a desert to share, Mud Pie. They have a German Selback Riesling on the menu for $40 that is just a delightful way to start with the Poke. While I enjoyed the Duck for my main entree I almost wish I had ordered another Poke for myself.

Service is so good. Our Server Kuo Was amazing.

We LOVE this restaurant at the Fairmont Orchid.. We came to stay at this resort when it was the Ritz Carlton 28 years ago on our honeymoon, so it’s always been a special place. Brown’s Beach House was a wonderful date spot. Outdoors and in a lush tropical garden baking up to the ocean, is a very romantic setting. The food menu is a bit paired down due to Covid and lower rates of tourism but still offers amazing courses in every category. Everything was absolutely perfect. The staff was knowledgeable, warm and friendly. Can’t wait to go back!

Beautiful first night in Hawaii...good food too!

Wow. Spectacular sunset vista setting.
Attentive, friendly service.
Creative island cuisine appropriately proportioned.
The ahi tuna is a must.
The comfortable tables are basically on the beach. No bugs.
We live on the island and will certainly return!

Lovely beach setting, wonderful staff, great food.

We thoroughly enjoyed our dinner. The service was excellent and the food delicious. One in our party had to get to the airport and Uber wasn’t responding. The people at the valet desk were very helpful getting a taxi.
Would definitely eat there again!

For an expensive meal the food was mediocre at best!! Would not come back despite the beautiful setting !! Very disappointing!!

My family of 5 went for dinner. They offer a good and reasonably priced keiki menu. This was our family’s best meal of our 10 day trip. I had tempura ahi with really good veggies like kale and mushrooms. My husband loved his meal as well. The setting can’t be beat. The hotel is beautiful-we didn’t stay there this time but have in the past. The restaurant is right on the water overlooking the ocean. It’s expensive but in this case was worth it.

As always a BRILLIANT meal in the Most Perfect setting. Ambiance Service and food were Beyond Excellent!!

Food was excellent but service was subpar. The spacing of salad, entree, and drinks was poorly coordinated. Entrees came as salad was being taken away, we were never asked if we wanted wine with entree, and they brought the check with dessert. It's a beautiful spot and the food was excellent, but we felt like we were being rushed to finish our meal. Not a great experience and the COVID sanitation we observed after guests left was a quick wipe down with a rag...not confidence inspiring.

Lovely setting. Attentive service. Delicious meal. Appreciated that menu included some land options as well as seafood.

Great place for intimate date night. You cannot beat the location and setting. Food and service were very good. We are not big eaters, but we did find the portions small.

It was nice overall. The food was delicious. And our seating began nicely as we were on the lanai outside, but when the sun went down they turned on bright/harsh lights that killed the romantic vibe completely.

Beautiful setting....right on the beach. Good food, good service. We enjoyed.

Awesome food and service! Our favorite restaurant on the Big Island!

Fancy place to dine among the palm trees on the beach. Value for what was delivered? Not so much. And if given the opportunity I would most likely not return.

Great team and excellent food as always and the view is perfect

Although we have stayed in the Mauna Lani Resort area many times, this was our first visit to the Fairmont's Brown's Beach House, and it was a delight. The wait-service was friendly and fun. The setting was gorgeous, although we were not near the water. And the food was especially well conceived and prepared. In fact, I would compare the menu to Merriman's Waimea in terms of quality preparation, local ingredients, and innovative cuisine. My only complaints were that the restaurant is quite a hike from the parking lot. (Tip: take the elevators down to the ground floor! Otherwise, you will be taking several flights of stairs down to winding walkways that lead indirectly to the pool. At the Fairmont, there are no straight lines.) The other complaint was a bit of a snotty hostess who tried to convince us old farts that we had a lovely water view, although we were as far away from the shore as she could possibly seat us, perhaps hoping to seat more hip diners waterfront. Whatever. She did not charm us. Nor did she impress us. But the food, wait service, and ambiance did.

Great server was the icing on a memorable evening

Christmas Eve Dinner.
It was fabulous!
We will definitely come back!

Outstanding food and service within a beautiful setting. Able to accommodate kids.

$48 for two small pieces of Duck was a bit outrageous but the service and setting were great!

Great food, glorious setting. Excellent servive

Great service and food

The service was amazing. The food was delicious. Could use a little music in the background

Family trip

Sunset dinner was amazing. Superb service by Frank and his awesome assistant Ray.

Great location with creative options. It was lovely to have dinner on the beach with tablecloths !

Browns went above and beyond to make dinner on our wedding night special. The service was fantastic and the food was incredible. I couldn’t recommend them enough for any special occasion!

Most elegant, island-atmosphere around. Quiet, instant zen but not in a hokey, new age sense. Great food infused with local ingredient accents (ulu mash...yum!). Pricey. But worth it!

The food was just OK.
Very overpriced for the quality.
Our waiter was very nice.
I would not dine here again.

We’ve been on the island for 7 nights so far and this was our best meal yet. The service was amazing and the food! So good! We had the filet and the venison, as well as the fish dish. All of us were happy! The servers pointed our kids to the turtles on the bay and chatted then up as they on looked. Best experience yet!

Service, food, ambiance were all excellent! Kuha was an outstanding server!