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Maui restaurants
511 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries on Maui, across 18 towns, including 6 plate lunch spots, 1 poke counter, 1 saimin spot, 2 bakeries, 1 musubi spot, 3 loco moco spots, 5 reopened places and the oldest restaurants (back to 1932) from our hand-checked lists.
Plate lunch & drive-ins on Maui
By town. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 19 plate lunch spots in Hawaii.
Tin Roof Maui
360 Papa Pl, Kahului
Plate lunch On the menu: mochiko chicken, deep-fried pork belly, garlic shrimp, fat chow funn
Sheldon and Janice Simeon's Kahului takeout counter for local-style kau kau tins (Suite 116).
Da Kitchen
1215 S Kihei Rd, Kīhei
Plate lunchMusubi On the menu: chicken katsu, kalbi ribs, deep-fried musubi
A Kīhei plate-lunch counter (Suite E) known for oversized chicken katsu and kalbi plates.
Aloha Mixed Plate
1285 Front St, Lahaina
Plate lunchLoco mocoReopened On the menu: Aloha Mixed Plate (shoyu chicken, teriyaki ribeye, fish), Aliʻi Plate (kalua pork, lau lau, lomi salmon, poi), fried rice loco moco
A Front Street plate-lunch restaurant on the ocean, open since 1996; it reopened at its original location and serves lunch and dinner daily.
Kalei's Lunchbox
55 Pukalani St, Makawao
Plate lunchLoco moco On the menu: hamburger steak, furikake mochiko chicken, loco moco, teriyaki beef
Kalei's Lunchbox in Pukalani, the family's second plate-lunch restaurant.
Kalei's Lunchbox
52 Maui Lani Pkwy, Wailuku
Plate lunchLoco moco On the menu: hamburger steak, furikake mochiko chicken, loco moco, teriyaki beef
An ʻohana-owned plate-lunch restaurant that began as a food truck in 2016.
Sam Sato's
1750 Wili Pa Loop, Wailuku
Plate lunchSaimin On the menu: dry mein, saimin, chow fun, manju, hamburger steak plate
A Wailuku noodle counter, a local staple since 1933, best known for its soupless dry mein.
Poke on Maui
By town. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 13 poke counters and fish markets in Hawaii.
Coco Deck Lahaina
1312 Front St, Lahaina
PokeReopened On the menu: crispy poke doughnut, birria ramen
A Front Street kitchen and bar that HAWAIʻI Magazine (Feb 2025) called the newest addition to Lahaina's reopened restaurant row.
Saimin on Maui
By town. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 7 saimin spots in Hawaii.
Sam Sato's
1750 Wili Pa Loop, Wailuku
Plate lunchSaimin On the menu: dry mein, saimin, chow fun, manju, hamburger steak plate
A Wailuku noodle counter, a local staple since 1933, best known for its soupless dry mein.
Malasadas & bakeries on Maui
By town. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 12 bakeries in Hawaii.
Star Noodle
1287 Front St, Lahaina
MalasadasReopened On the menu: steamed pork buns, miso butterfish, hoisin-braised short rib, malasadas
A Lahaina noodle house now in the oceanfront space on Front Street that Aloha Mixed Plate used to hold.
T. Komoda Store & Bakery
3674 Baldwin Ave, Makawao
Malasadas On the menu: cream puffs, stick donuts, malasadas · Since 1932
A Makawao family store and bakery with roots in 1916, run by Betty and Michele Shibuya.
Musubi on Maui
By town. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 7 musubi spots in Hawaii.
Da Kitchen
1215 S Kihei Rd, Kīhei
Plate lunchMusubi On the menu: chicken katsu, kalbi ribs, deep-fried musubi
A Kīhei plate-lunch counter (Suite E) known for oversized chicken katsu and kalbi plates.
Loco moco on Maui
By town. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 7 loco moco spots in Hawaii.
Aloha Mixed Plate
1285 Front St, Lahaina
Plate lunchLoco mocoReopened On the menu: Aloha Mixed Plate (shoyu chicken, teriyaki ribeye, fish), Aliʻi Plate (kalua pork, lau lau, lomi salmon, poi), fried rice loco moco
A Front Street plate-lunch restaurant on the ocean, open since 1996; it reopened at its original location and serves lunch and dinner daily.
Kalei's Lunchbox
55 Pukalani St, Makawao
Plate lunchLoco moco On the menu: hamburger steak, furikake mochiko chicken, loco moco, teriyaki beef
Kalei's Lunchbox in Pukalani, the family's second plate-lunch restaurant.
Kalei's Lunchbox
52 Maui Lani Pkwy, Wailuku
Plate lunchLoco moco On the menu: hamburger steak, furikake mochiko chicken, loco moco, teriyaki beef
An ʻohana-owned plate-lunch restaurant that began as a food truck in 2016.
Reopened places on Maui
By town. Each one was read against a 2025–26 menu or news story in October 2026. Every island: 5 Lahaina places in Hawaii.
Aloha Mixed Plate
1285 Front St, Lahaina
Plate lunchLoco mocoReopened On the menu: Aloha Mixed Plate (shoyu chicken, teriyaki ribeye, fish), Aliʻi Plate (kalua pork, lau lau, lomi salmon, poi), fried rice loco moco
A Front Street plate-lunch restaurant on the ocean, open since 1996; it reopened at its original location and serves lunch and dinner daily.
Coco Deck Lahaina
1312 Front St, Lahaina
PokeReopened On the menu: crispy poke doughnut, birria ramen
A Front Street kitchen and bar that HAWAIʻI Magazine (Feb 2025) called the newest addition to Lahaina's reopened restaurant row.
Honu Oceanside
1295 Front St, Lahaina
Reopened On the menu: oysters, lobster salad, crab mac and cheese, Hāmākua mushroom pizza
A Front Street seafood restaurant that reopened in October 2024, more than a year after the Lahaina fire and the death of its original owner, Mark Ellman.
Māla Ocean Tavern
1307 Front St, Lahaina
Reopened On the menu: seared ʻahi, ʻahi bruschetta, oyster shooters, poisson cru
The first business on Front Street to reopen after the Aug 8, 2023 fire (Feb 1, 2024); it survived with wind damage but no fire damage.
Star Noodle
1287 Front St, Lahaina
MalasadasReopened On the menu: steamed pork buns, miso butterfish, hoisin-braised short rib, malasadas
A Lahaina noodle house now in the oceanfront space on Front Street that Aloha Mixed Plate used to hold.
Oldest restaurants on Maui
Oldest first, each dated at the address it has now from its own account or a published history; the note under each one names the source. Every island: Hawaii's oldest restaurants.
T. Komoda Store & Bakery
3674 Baldwin Ave, Makawao
Malasadas On the menu: cream puffs, stick donuts, malasadas · Since 1932
A Makawao family store and bakery with roots in 1916, run by Betty and Michele Shibuya.
T. Komoda Store was founded in 1916 at Makawao and Baldwin avenues; the family bought its current spot on Baldwin Avenue in 1932 (The Maui News, 2016).
Towns on Maui
Where Maui's places to eat cluster, counted from open map data. Town pages: Kīhei, Kahului, Wailuku, Kāʻanapali.
| Town | Places to eat |
|---|---|
| Kīhei | 152 |
| Kahului | 103 |
| Wailuku | 81 |
| Kāʻanapali | 51 |
| Makawao | 25 |
| Pāʻia | 20 |
| Nāpili-Honokōwai | 17 |
| Haʻikū | 16 |
| Kapalua | 14 |
| Hāna | 11 |
| Wailea | 6 |
| Lahaina | 5 |
Health inspections on Maui
The Hawaii State Department of Health, Food Safety Branch inspects restaurants on Maui, as on every island, and posts a green, yellow or red placard at the door. It publishes results one search at a time, not in bulk, so Hawaiʻi Eats shows none.