At the legendary Mauna Kea Beach Hotel — built by Laurance Rockefeller in 1965 as Hawaii’s first destination luxury resort on the stunning Kauna’oa Beach of the Kohala Coast — the Hau Tree Bar is one of Hawaii’s most beautiful and most storied resort bars. Named for the native hau tree whose spreading branches define the bar’s character, cold tropical cocktails are served beneath the ancient tree with the extraordinary turquoise waters of Kauna’oa Beach and the Pacific horizon as a backdrop. Rockefeller chose this site after a helicopter survey convinced him it was the most beautiful beach in Hawaii.
