Lanai Restaurants

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1. Official Tourism Site: Lanai Restaurants
2. Concierge.com: Lanai Restaurants & Dining Destinations  
3. Frommer's: Lanai Restaurants
4. Fodor's: Lanai Restaurants  
5. TripAdvisor: Lanai Restaurant Reviews  
6. WCities: Lanai Dining and Drinking
7. Yahoo! Travel: Lanai Restaurant Reviews

Lanai High-End Restaurants

• Dining Room New American, Phone: 808-565-4000 Google Map
  • Concierge.com Recommendation   : "The menu reflects what's freshest and the chef's whims; wine pairings are suggested upon request."

• • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "The menu highlights American favorites. The appetizer menu is so tempting you could make a meal from it..."

• • Fodor's Choice  : "Open-air seating under sun umbrellas means you can stroll up from the beach or hop out of the pool to tuck into fresh seafood plucked from the ocean by local fishermen."

• • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "Alfresco dinner, during which you can watch the sun set and the stars come out..."

• Ihlani Italian, Phone: 808-565-2000 Google Map
  • Concierge.com Recommendation   : "The chefs combine local produce with fine ingredients from around the world (it's no small feat to get white truffles to Lanai!) in contemporary Italian cuisine."

• • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "A number of top Hawaii chefs (such as Phillippe Padovani and Edwin Goto) have each added bits of their own style to the inspiring menu, which melds Mediterranean with island cuisine"

• Terrace American, Phone: 808-565-4000 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "The menu may be fancy for comfort food, but it does, indeed, comfort."

• • Fodor's Review   : "Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served in an informal atmosphere with attentive service."

Lanai Moderate Restaurants

• Pele's Other Garden (Lanai City) Deli, Phone: 808-565-9628, 888-764-3354 Google Map
  • Concierge.com Recommendation   : "This is the only restaurant on Lanai outside of the hotels that has a liquor license, so you can sip on fruity concoctions, beer, or wine with your meal."

• • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "Daily soup and menu specials, excellent pizza, fresh organic produce, and special items such as top-quality black-bean burritos, roasted red peppers, and stuffed grape leaves make Pele's Other Garden a Lanai City must."

• • Fodor's Review   : "A nice wine list enhances an Italian-inspired menu. Start with bruschetta, then choose from a selection of pasta dishes or pizzas."

• • TripAdvisor 4.0 Rating   (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Blue Ginger Cafe (Lanai City) American, Phone: 808-565-6363 Google Map
  • Concierge.com Recommendation   : "It's an excellent—and cheap—alternative to Lanai's expensive hotel restaurants."

• • Frommer's Recommended: "Famous for its mahimahi sandwiches and inexpensive omelets, Blue Ginger is a very local, very casual, and inexpensive alternative to Lanai's fancy hotel restaurants."

• • Fodor's Review   : "Owners Joe and Georgia Abilay have made this place into one of the town's most popular hangouts with consistent, albeit simple, food."

• • TripAdvisor 4.5 Rating   (Note: Community rating; may change)

• The Experience at Ko'ele Clubhouse (Lanai City) American, Phone: 808-565-4000 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "Oversize sandwiches range from a delicious portobello mushroom on toasted focaccia bread to open-faced chicken salad..."

• • Fodor's Review   : "A grilled fresh-catch sandwich is accompanied by fries, or try their succulent hamburgers, the best on the island."

• Manele Bay Clubhouse (Lanai City) Pacific Rim, Phone: 808-565-2000 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "The view from the alfresco tables here may be the best on the island..."

Lanai Affordable Restaurants

• Cafe 565 (Lanai City) Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "The pies here are the real thing, baked in pizza ovens."

• • Fodor's Review   : "Named after the only telephone prefix on Lana'i, this is a convenient stop for anything from pizza to a Palawai chicken breast sandwich on fresh-baked foccacia."

• • TripAdvisor 4.0 Rating   (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Coffee Works Cafe, Phone: 808-565-6962 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "Oahu's popular Ward Warehouse coffeehouse has opened a new branch in Lanai City with a menu of espresso coffees and drinks, ice cream (including local brands), and a small selection of pastries."

• • Fodor's Review   : "Bagels with lox, deli sandwiches, and pastries add to the caloric content, while blended espresso shakes and gourmet ice cream complete the old-world illusion."

• Canoe's Lanai Local, 808-565-6537 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "This hole in the wall is a local institution, with a reputation for serving local-style breakfasts."