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Paia
Mama's Fish House
Maui's most celebrated restaurant, the daily catch listed by fisherman in a torch-lit Paia cove. Reserve months ahead.
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For food lovers
The marquee tables, and your own.
Maui's most famous rooms, paired with private dinners built on day-boat fish and Kula produce.
Design This TripWe anchor the trip around the icons: Mama's Fish House booked months ahead, Merriman's Kapalua for Hawaii Regional Cuisine at sunset, and Morimoto and Ka'ana Kitchen at the Andaz.
Between the marquee nights, we source Maui farm and Upcountry provisions for in-villa private-chef dinners showcasing day-boat fish and Kula produce.
The traditional meal, too.
The reopened Old Lahaina Luau adds the imu-and-poi cultural feast. We reserve every marquee table before you fly, because the best rooms fill weeks to months out.
What’s inside
- A reserved table at Mama's Fish House
- Sunset Hawaii Regional Cuisine at Merriman's Kapalua
- Morimoto and Ka'ana Kitchen at the Andaz
- A private-chef villa dinner from Kula produce and day-boat fish
- The traditional feast at the Old Lahaina Luau
A sample rhythm
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The icon
An opening night at Mama's Fish House in Paia.
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Chefs and farms
Merriman's at sunset, then Morimoto or Ka'ana Kitchen.
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The private table
A chef-led villa dinner from Upcountry produce and the day's catch.
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Tradition
The imu-and-poi feast at the Old Lahaina Luau.
The Mauiwe’d build in
The pieces that fit this trip.
Where to eat
From the fisherman's name on the menu.
Maui's tables run from the most famous fish house in Hawaii to clifftop tasting menus, with the catch often listed by the diver who landed it.
Award-winning
Kapalua
Merriman's Kapalua
Peter Merriman's Hawaii Regional Cuisine flagship on a clifftop point looking out to Molokai and Lanai at sunset.
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Wailea
Morimoto Maui
Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto's poolside room at the Andaz, blending Japanese and Western technique with local fish.
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Wailea
Ka'ana Kitchen
The Andaz's open-kitchen, farm-to-table flagship celebrating Hawaii's farmers and fishermen with ocean views.
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Wailea
The Restaurant at Hotel Wailea
Romantic hillside fine dining and tasting menus with panoramic sunset ocean views, at Maui's Relais & Châteaux hotel.
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Wailea
Spago
Wolfgang Puck's Hawaiian-Californian oceanfront room at the Four Seasons.
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The most authentic luau in Hawaii.
Maui is home to what many consider the gold standard of the Hawaiian luau, alongside polished resort shows on the Wailea and Ka'anapali oceanfront.
Iconic, reopened
Lahaina
Old Lahaina Luau
Widely regarded as Hawaii's most authentic luau, rebuilt and reopened oceanfront after the fire, now table-service.
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Ka'anapali
Drums of the Pacific
A 45-year Polynesian journey at the Hyatt Regency Ka'anapali, with imu ceremony and a Samoan fireknife finale.
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Wailea
Honua'ula Luau at Grand Wailea
A resort luau on the Grand Wailea oceanfront lawn in the heart of Wailea.
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Wailea and Kapalua, the two luxury coasts.
Maui keeps its great resorts on two sheltered, sunny coasts: Wailea in the south and Kapalua in the west, each a short walk from calm water.
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Wailea
Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea
Maui's benchmark of beachfront luxury on Wailea Beach, with the island's largest rooms and an open-air oceanfront spa hale.
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Wailea
Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria Resort
Grand-scale family luxury famous for its canyon pool complex with slides and the 50,000-square-foot Spa Grande.
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Kapalua
Montage Kapalua Bay
All-suite residential luxury above one of Maui's calmest snorkeling bays, with gourmet kitchens and Spa Montage.
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Wailea
Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort
Contemporary design on Mokapu Beach with a photogenic tiered infinity-pool complex, home to Morimoto Maui.
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Wailea
Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui
Maui's only all-suite-and-villa luxury resort, with generous space and the award-winning Fairmont Spa.
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Kapalua
The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua
Secluded, nature-driven luxury across thousands of West Maui upland acres, with golf, hiking and cultural programming.
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Wailea
Hotel Wailea, Relais & Châteaux
Maui's only Relais & Châteaux property, an adults-only 72-suite hilltop hideaway with sweeping ocean views.
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Food & Chef Experience
Let’s design it around you.
Share what you can already picture. A concierge fills in everything still open and sends back a plan, not a quote.