Maui Travel Blog

A small ice cream shop located next to a pet store in the Maui Mall has attracted long lines of customers for decades. The Japanese family-run business has been passed down from generation to generation, with very little changing in price, menu items, decoration, and aloha spirit.  Ask anyone that has...

Just a quick heads up… March 1st is National Pancake Day, and the International House of Pancakes is celebrating by giving away one free order of short stack pancakes to all diners that visit between 7 am and 10 pm.  Seems like a no-brainer to me? Maui’s IHOP is located in Kahului’s Maui Mall...

Maui has some unbelievable selections when it comes to food.  Enjoy anything from 5-star world-renowned restaurants to corner shops serving us some of the best local Hawaiian food. But sometimes you just have a craving for pizza, am I wrong? For this blog, I will only highlight pizzerias located in...

More than 60 Hawaii restaurants have signed up to participate in the third annual “Restaurant Week Hawaii,” which kicked off yesterday and runs through Sunday, November 21st.  That means you should be eating out every night and taking advantage of discounted meals at some of Maui’s top eateries....

The most popular luau on Maui is the Old Lahaina Luau, located on Front Street in Lahaina.  Year in and year out this production of entertainment, food, and cultural activities, receives countless awards and accolades.  Right next door to the Old Lahaina Luau campus is a smaller piece of property that...

In Lahaina, along Front Street or in Whaler’s Village, there is a little store that sells individually wrapped gourmet shortbread cookies in the shape of pineapples that taste as if they fell from the heavens.  I am convinced the cookies are packaged individually because if they came in a large bag,...

Most people vacationing on Maui choose to relax, but if for some reason you find yourself fueled with adrenaline and possessing the appetite of a lion, make your way over to a famous restaurant in Kihei and attempt the 32 oz burger eating competition. That’s right all you food junkies out there, Maui...

Certain things in life complement each other perfectly.  A Corona and a lime, graham crackers with chocolate and roasted marshmallows, and of course shave ice and Hawaii.  While there are plenty of options for a cold ice cone found across the island, the smart pick has to be the small stand alone shack...

Every local person living on Maui knows about the amazing food cooked up at Da Kitchen.  With only two locations on Maui (and a new one opening up on Oahu), it’s unbelievable how popular this restaurant has become in the last decade. Serving up traditional dishes like the Loco Moco plate (grilled...

To me there are two different kinds of magicians.  There are those who have huge props and take 20 minutes to perform some elaborate illusion involving stagehands, beautiful assistants, and intense crescendos of music, and then there are those who perform quick sleight-of-hand tricks 10 feet away from...