Favority local places on west side Maui (Kihei, Wailuku: hotel, closing)

[DonJuanQuixote]

When I lived in Wailuku in 2010, I had some favorite spots such as Sam Satos for tasty noodles, TJ's Warehouse Outlet for bentos, or just head over to Mana Foods for groceries.

I'll be on the west side this time near Kaanapali. I'm not familiar with the area. Where should I go grocery shopping? What's some reasonably priced tasty food? ... or other things I should know about.

[winkosmosis]

Kaanapali is pretty small so I'm guessing if a place exists, it's a local favorite

[MitchTempo]

Closest places to Kaanapali for reasonable groceries is going to be going up to Honokowai to Times and the Farmers/fish market up there on Lower Honoapiilani Rd. And Safeway/Foodland in Lahaina town.

For decent priced eateries there's CJ's deli & Diner above Kaanapali which is really close by. Or you can go down to Honokowai to eat around Times supermarket. There's a few places like Honokowai Okazuya for plate lunches, Fish Market, Java Jazz, Sangarita for non hotel priced foods. The food court in the cannery downstairs has some affordable fair, and you can head down to the cannery mall food court for some others. Around there there's Aloha mixed plate, smokehouse bbq, teddy's burgers, all around front street, but not on front street itself. Mama's ribs n rotiserrie for a rib/chicken plate lunch out in Napili

Star Noodle is a good place along with Lyoda's in Olowalu, not cheap, but you should eat there. Its becoming a local favorite.

Gazebo has a good breakfast.

China Boat in Kahana has a decently priced Chinese menu if you're tired of other stuff.

[OpenD]

Originally Posted by dog8food

I'll be on the west side this time near Kaanapali. I'm not familiar with the area. Where should I go grocery shopping? What's some reasonably priced tasty food? ... or other things I should know about.

Google Maps has a nifty feature... pull up your location... in this case Kaanapali... then click on "Search Nearby" and select a category to search on.

For example, searching on"Kaanapali" for "grocery" turned up: Times Supermarket, 3350 Lower Honoapiilani Rd #101, Lahaina, HI, about a mile up the road.

Doing the same search on "restaurant" turned up 10 listings nearby. Then you can use Yelp! to check reviews, etc.

Good luck!

[DonJuanQuixote]

Originally Posted by MitchTempo

Closest places to Kaanapali for reasonable groceries is going to be going up to Honokowai to Times and the Farmers/fish market up there on Lower Honoapiilani Rd. And Safeway/Foodland in Lahaina town.

For decent priced eateries there's CJ's deli & Diner above Kaanapali which is really close by. Or you can go down to Honokowai to eat around Times supermarket. There's a few places like Honokowai Okazuya for plate lunches, Fish Market, Java Jazz, Sangarita for non hotel priced foods. The food court in the cannery downstairs has some affordable fair, and you can head down to the cannery mall food court for some others. Around there there's Aloha mixed plate, smokehouse bbq, teddy's burgers, all around front street, but not on front street itself. Mama's ribs n rotiserrie for a rib/chicken plate lunch out in Napili

Star Noodle is a good place along with Lyoda's in Olowalu, not cheap, but you should eat there. Its becoming a local favorite.

Gazebo has a good breakfast.

China Boat in Kahana has a decently priced Chinese menu if you're tired of other stuff.

Excellent. Thank you!

[Rain Monkey]

I second Mama's in Napili. It's the sort of joint I love to go to. It's small, likely family owned, no frills place with outside seating. It's located next door to the Napili Market. They have a teriyaki-citrus chicken that is outstanding and
surprisingly good ribs. Best to get there before closing as they do sell out.

[maui-intoxicated]

Originally Posted by OpenD

Google Maps has a nifty feature... pull up your location... in this case Kaanapali... then click on "Search Nearby" and select a category to search on.

For example, searching on"Kaanapali" for "grocery" turned up: Times Supermarket, 3350 Lower Honoapiilani Rd #101, Lahaina, HI, about a mile up the road.

Doing the same search on "restaurant" turned up 10 listings nearby. Then you can use Yelp! to check reviews, etc.

Good luck!

Or just take a peak at the Menu as you are walking by. Some of the best places I have ate were on a whim just peaking at the menu/prices.

I just found this little taco truck on S. Kihei called Horhitos Tequeria. I'd walk passed it at least a dozen times without realizing it was there and $2 steak tacos cannot be beat on Maui. I am in no way affiliated with them.

[whynot?]

There's a taco truck at the train station at the intersection of Honoapiilani and Puukolii called Jawz that our friends who live on the Hillside like. There's also a new pancake/breakfast spot in the same Honokowai center as the Times Market called Slappy Jacks. And the farmer's market (M/W/F from 7am to 11 am) across from the Honokowai beach park has good local produce/fruit and ready-to-eat foods. (They also run the health food market at the end of the parking lot. More grocery and ready-to-eat foods, a hot and cold bar, and smoothies.)

Enjoy.

[MitchTempo]

Originally Posted by maui-intoxicated

Or just take a peak at the Menu as you are walking by. Some of the best places I have ate were on a whim just peaking at the menu/prices.

I just found this little taco truck on S. Kihei called Horhitos Tequeria. I'd walk passed it at least a dozen times without realizing it was there and $2 steak tacos cannot be beat on Maui. I am in no way affiliated with them.

Shhh don't let people know about this place.

lol I love the chicken with chipotle sauce, but then we tried the steak taco with the chipotle sauce added and loved it.

But seriously no, don't go try it. Go away. My taco truck, You can't have it.

[MitchTempo]

Originally Posted by dog8food

When I lived in Wailuku in 2010, I had some favorite spots such as Sam Satos for tasty noodles, TJ's Warehouse Outlet for bentos, or just head over to Mana Foods for groceries.

I'll be on the west side this time near Kaanapali. I'm not familiar with the area. Where should I go grocery shopping? What's some reasonably priced tasty food? ... or other things I should know about.

Okay fine, one more freebie. Safeway seafood section. Instead of ordering half a pound of poke for lunch get the poke bowl with rice. Usually for 8.99 you can get 3/4 of a pound of poke over hot rice, and its cheaper than most plate lunch places. Hard to imagine cheaper poke bowl prices than Costco or Tamura's exists, but there it is.

Note: Yes they use frozen poke cubes to get those prices.