Bumbye Beach Bar Andaz Maui

Peter Merriman helped invent Hawaii Regional Cuisine, and Monkeypod treats both the farm-to-table menu and the cocktail program with the seriousness that legacy demands. Live music fills the room seven nights a week regardless.

South Shore Tiki Lounge provides genuine warmth instead of manufactured aloha, a Kihei neighborhood bar that actually serves its neighborhood.

Kihei grew into one of Maui’s busiest stretches without losing its local character, and Haui’s is proof, fresh fish tacos and the kind of ease that makes South Maui feel genuinely livable.

Waterfalls, pools, and the Pacific right there, Umalu turns a poolside cocktail at the Hyatt into the exact Hawaiian vacation moment you pictured before you booked the flight.

Since 1981 Leilani’s has watched Lanai and Molokai across the channel every single evening, a Kaanapali ritual reliable enough that returning visitors plan their trips around it.