Maui, Whalers village, places to eat
 

I will be staying at the Shereton Maui for a week begining the week of Thanksgiving Day, are there any good places to eat at Whalers Village? We will go to some nice places but not every day, so what's at WV? Is there anyplace to get a Turkey Dinner on Thanksgiving Day? thanks alot Buck

There are some nice/decent places in Whaler's Village - like Hula Grill, but I'm wriing more to say that we had lunch at the Rusty whatever (can't remember the actual name) and thought it was awful. On the other hand, the "beach bar" (as a bar, or for dinner) at the Hula Grill is fun - right beside the beach walk, with sand for floor, and live music).

From a trip report I did 2 years ago, hopefully it isn't too out of date.

Author: DebitNM ([email protected])
Date: 10/20/2006, 02:58 pm
2 weeks in Paradise!
Part 2 FOOD & Restaurants –

I’ll start off this one by saying we both gained almost 5 lbs despite being very active! You'll see why...
By island:

Maui -
Dinners -
We had dinner our first night at Leilani’s on the Beach {lower level} at Whalers Village. We were exhausted from a long day that started at 4:30 am Mountain Time. We started off with fried calamari which was delish! It was a very different kind of calamari than we are used too – no little rings and squiggly parts. It was long, meaty chunks that were oh so sweet. They were no the least bit greasy and came with a nice spicy dipping sause. We had fish chowder that had all sorts of great things in it and very little potatoes which is how we like our chowder. It was creamy and tasty! I had a nice salad and we called it a night.

Drums of Pacific luau was next dinner {more on that in next report}.

We used our Entertainment book for dinner on the next dinner and had a stunning meal at Chez Paul, just south of Lahaina. We saved $39 on entrée. The restaurant is small and really looks like something you would find in Paris. The wait staff was attentive but not overbearing and we dined royally on escargot for DH, lobster bisque for me, DH had a seafood in parchment called “ménage a trios” with so much seafood and fish that he had a big grin on his face the whole time he consumed it. {Not sure if it was the fresh fish which we can’t get in SW or the name of the dish!} and I had a delicious duck. DH had a chocolate flourless cake and I had a pineapple tartan. Truly this was an excellent meal.

We had dinner in Lahaina the next night after our sunset catamaran cruise with Paragon{more about that next report}. We ate at BJ’s Chicago Pizza. We love pizza and needed a fix, but we aren’t that crazy about deep dish. But we had stopped in a couple of stores and asked employees where to get the best pizza and this was the hands down favorite. It comes with very little sauce and chopped tomatoes on the top. I guess a lot of people don’t like that and don’t know it and it comes as a surprise. We sat at the bar to avoid a long wait and the bartender did tell us this. It was okay pizzy, doughy as Chicago style can be [hey, we are originally NYer’s so we like our pizza thin – what can I say???]

Last dinner on Maui was at Warren’s and Annabelle’s {more on that in next report}. We had prepaid for drinks and pu-pu platter and dessert and it was all surprisingly tasty!

Breakfast

The Gazebo. It was everything everyone on here said it way and more! We had mac- nut bananas with creamy white coconut syrup – YUM! We were tempted to order fried rice along with it and when we saw the size of the orders, we were glad we didn’t get the rice! The pancakes were the size of a large plate and a short stack brought 2 of these babies each!
We had bagels and coffee and pineapple from Whaler’s Village a couple of mornings that we wanted to get out to the beach fast. There’s a kiosk place in the middle of the village and price was reasonable.

We had breakfast twice at Westin at the café self-serve place again for convenience. We also used this towards our $75 credit. It was expensive of course and nothing special. We had croissant sandwiches, fruit, juice and coffee.

Had lunch at the Sea House next to Napili Bay the first full day because we had made an early start and wanted to get to beach ASAP and didn’t want to bother going to Safeway. It was good and convenient.

Has lunch at Westin Villas next day as we were there using the beach. It was expensive, good and again went towards our $75 credit.

By this time we had gone to Safeway and gotten stuff to make sandwiches for lunch for other days.

Most of the places to eat at Whaler's Village are fast food or deli type places. I don't know about a Turkey dinner, most of the places we saw were ethnic type food like Indian Tacos, Greek food, stuff like that.

http://www.leilanis.com

Here's Tgiving at westin

http://www.westinmaui.com/thanksgiving.htm

Deb

Here's a link to the list of fast food places and restaurants at Whaler's Village. Irish must be referring to the food court.

http://whalersvillage.com/restaurants.htm

It looks like Rusty whatever is no more!

Leilani's and Hula Grill are both good restaurants at the Whalers Village.

Kimo's in Lahaina is is also good - 2nd floor right on the water's edge. Cheeseburger in Paradise in Lahaina is a less expensive, fun option.

As for turkey, check with the hotel concierge or check out the websites of these or other restaurants to see if they have a Thanksgiving special.

The owners of Sansei restaurants are opening a new restaurant in the old Rusty Harpoon location. It will serve breakfast and lunch, unlike the other Sansei restaurants.

Another vote for the Hula Grill for casual lunch. The cheeseburgers and fish sandwiches are excellent. Your feet are in the sand. The view is Maui at it's best. You won't miss the white table cloth.