Thanks for all your suggestions.

Stay at the Grand Wailea and have their catering do a nice beach set up for a wedding dinner.
They do this on a daily basis.
Lovely place to have a wedding.

Mama's Fish House is a great place and we only go for lunch.
It is pricey but quite good but Paia fish market for an ahi sandwich or poke is delightful too and save you $$.

Surfing Goat in upcountry in Kula is cool.
Maybe take the ferry to Lanai for a nice lunch at the Lodge or Four Seasons.
Merrimans for happy hour in Napili is one of my faves..view is stellar and HH food and drink prices can't be beat.

We also ate at Mama Fish House for lunch when we were there. Yes, it is quite expensive; but the setting of that restaurant just took your breath away.

Maybe not for a wedding dinner, but go by there while you stay in Maui is definitely worth a trip. And yes, we also love to walk around the town of Paia.

ink: >>And you question that that is not what the restaurant means<<

OK, I get it. You have a hair up your a$$.

But let's set the record straight, since you conveniently skipped over the key part of my post: I know someone who booked a party of 15 there for a rehearsal dinner. That was the basis on which I questioned the limit of 8.

But don't let the facts stop you from banging your spoon on your highchair.

"Stay at the Grand Wailea and have their catering do a nice beach set up for a wedding dinner."

That's what I've experienced and it was GREAT. The restaurants at Grand Wailea are amazing. Been several times.