Everyone knows about Mama’s Fish House. Delicious, award winning and easily one of the best in customer service. But did you know that sitting next to the restaurant are 12 recently renovated oceanfront living arrangements, ranging from a modern studio to a two-bedroom villa, that are all available to rent? It’s true, The Inn at […]
Seated on the veranda of the newly opened Morimoto Asia Waikiki, I have an hour until sunset and an unrivaled view of Waikiki Beach. On the corner of Kalakaua Avenue and Liliuokalani Avenue, the restaurant, spearheaded by “Iron Chef” Masaharu Morimoto, is the Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach’s premier dining experience. An overeasy egg, which
If you didn’t know what you were looking for, you’d miss it completely. I’m talking about the Four Seasons Resort Lanai’s guest lounge in the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. The luxuriously posh lounge is tucked between gates 24 and 25 in the Oahu airport, adjacent to a large, colorful mural. The lounge is
It was bigger than my Honolulu apartment. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living-dining room, kitchen and a lanai (patio). This is the Westin Nanea Ocean Villas, located in Maui’s beautiful and luxurious Kaanapali. There’s room to relax everywhere at Westin Nanea, from the rooms to the swimming pool and wandering the manicured grounds that lead
While it may be located on one of the remote corners of Hawaii, the Four Seasons Resort Lanai proves itself to be the most wired-in resort in the Islands. Waterproof wristbands instead of key cards. Heated bidets with more controls than a television remote control. The bathroom features a TV seamlessly built into the mirrored
For another side of Wailea—an experience further removed from the luxury resorts strung together like priceless pearls on Wailea Beach—Hotel Wailea, Relais & Châteaux is an oasis in the hills where you can stretch out with the same degree of splendor and sophistication. Aspen-level lodge vibes greet you the moment you step into its swoon-worthy
Kalakaua Avenue may be the main thoroughfare electrifying the city, but Honolulu’s coolest circuit of hotels can currently be found a few blocks away from all the tourist action, hiding in plain sight. You won’t believe we’re saying this, but sometimes it’s not always about staying right on the beach (stick with us now!) and
Following a languid spring weekend here, I’m convinced that all recounts of staying at this famed resort begin with “Once upon a time at the Halekulani Hotel… “ Even with its check-all-the-boxes dedication to service—a personal property tour led by the concierge upon receiving your room key, a shoe-shining service to ready your footwear for
There are luxury resorts—and then there are all-inclusive, five-star luxury resorts. At Travaasa Hana, a sprawling 70-acre destination interwoven into the remote East Maui countryside, not having to lift a muscle to pull out a credit card upon ordering a fresh-caught mahimahi sandwich at The Preserve Kitchen and Bar is a pampered sense of paradise
Montage Kapalua Bay has opened its gorgeous Cliff House to the public from now through September 3. Normally a private dining and event venue, it’s turned into a pop-up bar and lounge called the Champagne Hale, featuring Veuve Clicquot champagnes. Built in 1940 as a recreational facility for the managers of the Honolua Pineapple Plantation,
Rust-colored with a clapboard exterior, baseboard radiators and cozy furniture, the Volcano House is more ski lodge than sunny resort, defying typical Hawaii hotel expectations. Yet its superlative location, overlooking the park’s molten lava lake within Halemaumau Crater, is quintessentially Hawaiian. At 4,000 feet and surrounded on three sides by rain forests filled with 10-foot-tall
I wasn’t prepared for the amazing discovery I would find waiting for me inside Room 1102. I had already been stunned by the panoramic views from the St. Regis Princeville’s ninth floor lobby of Hanalei Bay, and the gorgeous blues of the resort’s pool fronting a beach in the same line of sight as breathtaking
