Maalaea Restaurants

Unfortunately what would have been a great experience was marred by one very rude employee named Joey. We ate an early dinner here with our kids, including appetizers and drinks. The food was great, the prices were decent and our waitress Erica was lovely. However, I’m not sure if my credit card wasn’t returned or if I simply forgot it at the table. When we called the next day (from across the island) to see if our card was there an extremely rude person named Joey answered the phone. I said that I think I might have left my credit card there last night. His (very rude) response was “there were about 3 left here last night. We usually get 10 left a week. You’ll have to go see the bartender”. I responded asking if I’d actually have to come down there to see if it was even there his response was “we’re not going to mail it to you!” I clarified I just wanted to confirm it was there before driving all the way there again. At which point there was just silence and then after about 30 seconds another person picked up the phone and asked if they could help me. The next person was helpful at least and confirmed my card was there. What a complete jerk Joey was. What a way to treat a customer who had spent quite a lot of money there. But I guess they already had my money so what did he care. I’d encourage the manager to re-think that employee. If he’s the manager/owner perhaps he needs a new career.

Food was really good, we will eat there again. As many other places in Maui they were severely short staffed and it took a long while to be waited on and had to ask a couple of times for items we had requested.

We had a wonderful evening on the patio. The music was wonderful but too loud for conversation. It was very busy and while our waitress was very nice, we waited a very long time for drinks, an even longer time to order, and we never got our appetizer before they delivered our dinner. The food and cocktails were fantastic. Fortunately we were not in a hurry so had a nice leisurely dinner.

Food was mostly great! Fresh fish sandwich amazing; though fish in fish tacos was dry.

We had a wonderful lunch overlooking the ocean. The fish carpaccio was a favorite. Fresh snapper drizzled with a hot oil and so sauce and served with fresh greens. The soft shell bar bun was also delicious. WE also had several rolls and sushi. All of it was delicious.