We just LOVE to go out to eat, but need to save some dollars for the catamaran trip and dramamine! Do you guys have any favorite spots for great, but inexpensive meals? Also, for the best one night restaurant splurge, what do you suggest? My hubby and me, and our daughters, 7 & 11, thank you for your suggestions!

Maui- Maui Tacos - Bubba Gumps
Kauai- Dali Deli and the Mexican place next door in Koloa.

Do a search for Maui grinds and you will some recent posts with lots of good, cheap places to eat on Maui.

L&L Drive-is cheap and full of locals so it was fun!

De Kine Kitchen on Maui. Great lunch plates and cheap.

HvnScentU2,
Kaui: Hamura's Saimin, Lihue BBQ Inn, Brick Oven Pizza, La Playita Azul. Our big splurge dinners are going to be at Cafe Hanalei at the Princeville Hotel and A Pacific Cafe, other than that we will probably do local cafes and take-out places. Have a great trip
-Bill

If Kalapaki Beach Hut is still there, they have great food. We had breakfast there a couple of times.
Not inexpensive for pancakes, but Tip Top Cafe's pancakes are to live for!
Ooops, these places are on Kauai.

Check out the Kihei Cafe on Maui - it's right across from one of the nice public beaches of Kamhoahle (sp?). 7 eggs omelets for $7. closes after lunch, but food is fantastic. Also great fish and chips just a few blocks east at Dick's (totally local). Enjoy!

In Kaanapali (Maui) there's a outdoor mall called Whaler's Village. There's a restaurant there (can't remember it for the life of me!) and my husband and I ate dinner there our first night and then lunch our last day. Both were fantastic and very affordable!
Maui Revealed (guidebook) also has some great cheap eats recommendations!

Here on Kaua`i, cheap eats can also be found at:
Safeway (deli department)
Foodland (plate lunch, deli & sushi)

And we have the usual fast food joints, too -- Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Burger King...

:-?...maybe I can add to my "Why Kauai?" list...
"No nightlife, nothing to do, it rains all the time and no cheap eats???"


Tropical Burger, Ono Loa Cafe, Harley's and a few other places in Coconut Marketplace.
The old Taco Dude is now The Whole Enchilada down near Kintaro's and I heard he's still a bit inexpensive.
Olympic Cafe and The El in Kapaa.

I'd mention Wake Up Cafe but AuntieM may kick me in the okole. O
Grind's Cafe out on the west side.
Joe's on the Green in Poipu wasn't that expensive IMHO.

iamq-
The Brick!?!?!?
I can't get out of there for under $100!
hahahahahaha-

Kal,

3 more days!
-Bill

iamq.......have a ton of fun! I just looked at my calendar and it's 323 for us! That's a loooooooooong time!

Billq,
YER KILLIN' ME, Bragh!!!!

ENJOY!!!!!

29 for us! Our favorite splurge was definitely Cafe Hanalei at sunset.

You can forget about Dick's Place. They closed after they lost their liquor license. Third violation--> Aloha, Dicks.

maggi,
Did you do the Friday seafood buffet or dinner? How was it?
-Bill

RE: the Dramamine comment....skip the dramamine. I (any my pharmacist and many others)recommend Bonine instead. It too, is available OTC, but isn't as widely advertised. Bonine is for motion sickness, but unlike dramamine, will not make you drowsy or increase the effects of alcohol. Just one tiny pill before boarding the boat and you're good to go for the next 12-18 hours! This is what is often recommended for elderly persons who cannot risk the possibility of feeling light headed and perhaps breaking a hip or something in a fall! Yikes!! You'll LOVE Hawaii--travel safely!!

Re: Olympic Cafe - Kapa`a

It's moved...toward Kapa`a, across the street, upstairs in the old green Hee Fat Marketplace building (above Kela's Glass shop).

Re: Cafe Hanalei - Princeville Hotel
If you like buffets, their Friday night seafood and Sunday brunch are very good. But our recent dinners and lunches at Cafe Hanalei have been so less than exceptional, that I am no longer recommending their regular lunch/dinner menus. For dinner at the Princeville, head for La Cascata instead (or the new Sabella's, just a short walk down the road).

My husband and I are seafood lovers, so we did the Friday night seafood buffet. It rated very high on our list of favorites, both in terms of the view and the food. The only thing I didn't like was having to queue up 1/2 hour before to get a view table. That was not in keeping with the elegance of the place.

Sorry to hear, Auntie, that some of the food has declined in quality. We may try the Sunday buffet this time around.