Inexpensive Maui Restaurants

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Maui’s Best Inexpensive Restaurants: Listed In Maui Jon’s Order Of Recommendation

Best Inexpensive Maui Restaurants In Order Starting With My Favorites

RESTAURANT MARLOW 808-868-3366 Pukalani
Located Upcountry in the Kulamalu Town Center. Moderately priced and family-friendly, Marlow specializes in Neapolitan-style sourdough pizzas and is open for lunch and dinner.
Restaurant Marlow

PENNE PASTA CAFÉ 808-661-6633 Lahaina
Small restaurant on Dickenson Street, a couple of blocks back from Front Street, in Lahaina. Lunch and dinner every day. Good variety of excellent pasta, interesting pizzas, plus some salads and sandwiches. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Penne Pasta Cafe

ESKIMO CANDY 808-891-8898 Kihei
A couple blocks off the main road in Kihei. The very best take-out food in South Maui, and the best fish tacos or fish-and-chips I have tasted anywhere, at prices that are really good for Maui. This is one of my favorite inexpensive Maui restaurants. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Eskimo Candy

TIN ROOF 808-868-0753 Kahului
A small carryout restaurant by famous Maui chef Sheldon Simeon. Very good food at low prices. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Tin Roof Maui

Sprout Vegan Cafe 808-793-3030 Kihei
This is one of your best options when looking for delicious, quick, healthy food in South Maui. Most everything is organic and locally sourced, with yummy drinks, salads, sandwiches, wraps, bowls, and more!
Sprout Vegan Cafe

HONOKOWAI OKAZUYA & DELI 808-665-0512 Honokowai
At 3600 Lower Honoapiilani Road, in a small strip shopping center a couple of miles north of Kaanapali. The best take-out food on West Maui. As a matter of fact, the top-priced fish entrees here are just as good as the much more expensive fish dinners at Maui’s most expensive restaurants, even though this place has less atmosphere than McDonald’s. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Honokowai Okazuya

GAZEBO 808-669-5621 Napili
Breakfast and lunch in a little open-air gazebo, on the ocean, behind the Napili Shores condos, in Napili. While you’re waiting in line to get in, walk down a couple of steps toward the ocean behind the restaurant, and take a look at the beautiful view of Napili Bay and the beach to the right. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Gazebo Maui

PITA PARADISE WAILEA GATEWAY 808-879-7177 Wailea
Uphill from the Shops at Wailea, in the new Wailea Gateway center. Excellent Mediterranean cuisine in a modern setting, with table service. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Pita Paradise Wailea

UPCOUNTRY SAUSAGE COMPANY – 808-281-5214 Pukalani
Upcountry Sausage Co is located on the patio of Maui’s newest brewery, Mahalo Aleworks. Upcountry Sausage Co serves freshly grilled gourmet sausages, and Mahalo Aleworks serves locally brewed beer.
Upcountry Sausage Co.

808 ON MAIN 808-242-1111 Wailuku
Excellent sandwiches and salads where the local residents eat, away from the tourist areas. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
808 on Main

LEODA’S KITCHEN AND PIE SHOP 808-662-3600 Olowalu
Small casual sandwich shop with excellent small savory and sweet pies. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Leoda’s Kitchen and Pie Shop

CAFÉ DES AMIS 808-579-6323 Paia
At 42 Baldwin Avenue in Paia. Small restaurant, but with large plates of super-tasty Mediterranean and Indian food. From morning to evening, they have crepes, curry wraps, sweet crepes, and salads. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Cafe Des Amis Paia

VANA at The Paia Inn 808-579-6004 Paia
Behind the small Paia Inn on the beachside of Hana Highway. Tiny restaurant with delicious breakfasts and lunches. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
VANA

NUTCHAREE’S AUTHENTIC THAI FOOD 808-633-4840 Kihei
Maui’s best Thai food is here in the Azeka Makai shopping center. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Nutcharee’s Authentic Thai Food

PINT AND CORK 808-727-2038 Wailea
Small restaurant and bar with very good food in the Shops at Wailea. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Pint and Cork

CAPTAIN JACKS 808-667-0988 Lahaina
Upstairs in the front of the Wharf Cinema Center with a great view of Front Street and the Banyan Tree. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Captain Jacks Restaurant

ROASTED CHILES 808-868-4357 Kihei
Large Mexican restaurant with very good food and friendly service in the Azeka shopping center in Kihei. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Roasted Chiles

AA ROOTS Napili
Vegan restaurant with delicious and beautiful food. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Aa Roots Vegan

MAUI BREWING COMPANY RESTAURANT 808-201-2337 Kihei
Open-air ultra-modern indoor and outdoor restaurant adjacent to the Maui Brewing Company brewery, uphill in the office park section of Kihei. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Maui Brewing Company Restaurant Kihei

BELLE SURF CAFE 808-446-3709 Lahaina
Tiny crepe restaurant and coffee house. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Belle Surf Cafe

CHOICE HEALTH BAR 808-661-7711
Three vegetarian restaurants, one in Lahaina, Whalers Village in Kaanapali, and Paia Town. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Choice Health Bar

THAT’S A WRAP 808-868-4582 Kihei
Small cafe with wraps and bowls in the Dolphin Plaza. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
That’s A Wrap Maui

KOHO’s GRILL & BAR 808-877-5588 Kahului
Full-service restaurant with a wide variety of very good food in the Queen Kaahumanu Center, Maui’s largest shopping center. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Koho’s Grill

ZIPPY’S 808-856-7599 Kahului
Casual inexpensive local chain restaurant with a long menu and tasty food. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Zippy’s

THAILAND CUISINE 808-875-0839 Kihei and Kahului
Wide variety of delicious Thai foods in Kukui Mall and Maui Mall. More details, including the menu and photos at this link:
Thailand Cuisine

KITCHEN 5315 808-442-3700 Napili
Good food at good prices from the family of the owners of the Cafe O’Lei restaurant group. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Kitchen 5315

COCONUT’S FISH CAFE 808-875-9979 Kihei
Casual small place for fish sandwiches, fish tacos, or fish & chips in the Azeka shopping center. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Coconuts Fish Cafe

ULULANI’S HAWAIIAN SHAVE ICE 808-609-5678 Lahaina Kihei Kahului
The best shave ice on Maui is in this little stand on Front Street in Lahaina, duplicated at their other two locations in Kihei and Kahului. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Ululani’s Shave Ice

SLAPPY CAKES 808-419-6600 Honokowai
Make your own pancakes on a griddle on your table. For kids, that makes this one of the most fun inexpensive Maui restaurants. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Slappy Cakes

FORK AND SALAD Kihei – 808-879-3675 | Kahului – 808-793-3256
Custom-made salads with your choices from over 50 fresh ingredients. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Fork and Salad Maui

JOEY’S KITCHEN 808-868-4474 Kaanapali
In the food court at Whalers Village shopping center. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Joey’s Kitchen

PRISON STREET PIZZA 808-662-3332 Lahaina
Among Maui’s best pizzas, plus dozens of other Italian choices. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Prison Street Pizza

KAMANA KITCHEN (Now Yak & Yeti Maui) 808-879-7888
Indian restaurant with many choices of very tasty food and great naan bread. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Kamana Kitchen

NALU’S SOUTH SHORE GRILL 808-891-8650 Kihei
Small casual open-air restaurant in the Azeka Makai shopping center. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Nalu’s South Shore Grill

AUNTIE’S KITCHEN 808-667-3259 Kaanapali
Open-air breakfast, lunch, or dinner poolside at the Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Aunties Kitchen

DIRTY MONKEY 808-419-6268 Lahaina
Bar with multiple TVs but also has very good light food upstairs with a view down at Front Street. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Dirty Monkey

CAFE MAMBO 808-579-8021 Paia
Very casual restaurant with good food in Maui’s surfer town. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Cafe Mambo

DOWN THE HATCH 808-661-4900 Lahaina
Mostly seafood. The lower level of the Wharf Cinema Center across the street from the Banyan Tree in Lahaina. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Down The Hatch

MANOLI’S PIZZA COMPANY 808-874-7499 Wailea
Open-air and classier than most pizza restaurants. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Manoli’s Pizza Company

ROUND TABLE PIZZA 808-662-0777 Kaanapali or 808-874-8485 Kihei
Excellent pizza at two Maui locations. In the Fairway Shops just outside of the Kaanapali resorts area and in Kihei. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Round Table Pizza

TEPPANYAKI 2 GO 808-866-4025 Honokowai
Outdoor sidewalk carryout of only teppanyaki dinners. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Teppanyaki 2 Go

Above are the top inexpensive Maui restaurants but the ones below are good too

THE FLATBREAD COMPANY 808-579-8989 Paia
Unusual, very flavorful pizzas with a wide variety of toppings to choose from. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Flatbreads

DOLLIE’S PUB & CAFE 808-669-0266 Kahana
Many kinds of pizza and a whole lot more about 12 minutes north of Kaanapali. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Dollie’s Pizza

FABIANI’S PIZZERIA & BAKERY 808-874-0888 Kihei
Pizza, pasta, and paninis, plus a variety of pastries, off the main road in Kihei. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Fabiani’s Pizzeria & Bakery

PAIA FISH MARKET 808-579-8030 Paia, 808-874-8888 Kihei, 808-662-3456 Lahaina
Very good fish and other foods for lunch or dinner at bargain prices in a very casual meet-new-people atmosphere. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Paia Fish Market in Paia
Paia Fish Market Kihei
Paia Fish Market Lahaina

MAUI BREWING CO 808-669-3474 Kahana
Brewpub with burgers, pizza, and other simple foods well prepared. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Maui Brewing Co

TASTY CRUST 808-244-0845 Wailuku
The inexpensive, casual restaurant where you can eat with the Maui local residents instead of tourists. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Tasty Crust

CHINA BOAT 808-669-5089 Kahana
A long menu of standard Chinese foods. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
China Boat

AMIGOS 808-661-0210 Lahaina, 808-879-9952 Kihei, 808-872-9525 Kahului
Small casual restaurant with authentic Mexican food. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Amigos

THE FISH MARKET 808-665-9895 Honokowai
Both a carry-out restaurant and a fish and seafood market. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
The Fish Market

TEDDY’S BIGGER BURGERS 808-661-9111 Lahaina
Excellent made-to-order hamburgers in a 50’s fast-food atmosphere. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Teddy’s Bigger Burgers

PIZZA PARADISO 667-2929 Honokowai
Casual pizza and pasta and Mediterranean restaurant and carry-out in the Honokowai Marketplace (next to Times grocery store). More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Pizza Paradiso

THAI CHEF 667-2814 Lahaina
Asian food in the Old Lahaina Shopping Center behind Front Street. Very tasty, over 80 menu choices, including 19 vegetarian dishes. Same menu lunch & dinner. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Thai Chef

MAUI THAI BISTRO 874-5605 Kihei
Modern Thai restaurant in the Rainbow Mall. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Maui Thai Bistro

COLLEEN’S 575-9211 Haiku
Delicious breakfast, lunch, or dinner in a casual restaurant where the local residents eat. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Colleen’s

PAPAʻAINA AT PIONEER INN 808-661-3636 Lahaina
Across the street from the harbor and the banyan tree in the middle of Lahaina, a good place for a less expensive breakfast, lunch, or dinner. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Pioneer Inn

MAALAEA GENERAL STORE & CAFE 242-8900 Maalaea
Small grocery store with small counter cafe adjacent to Maalaea Harbor. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Maalaea General Store & Cafe

ONO TACOS 357-3779 Lahaina
Little Mexican place with a short menu of tacos and quesadillas. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Ono Tacos

BEACH BUMS 243-2286 Maalaea
Casual BBQ downstairs in the Harbor Shops in Maalaea. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Beach Bums Maalaea

CHINA BOWL 661-0660
Small Chinese restaurant in the Fairway Shops in Kaanapali. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
China Bowl

BEACH HOUSE 669-5000
Poolside for breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the Kahana Sands condo building. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Beach House

MAMA’S RIBS & ROTISSERIE 665-6262
Small carry-out barbecue restaurant featuring ribs and chicken, in the Napili Plaza. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Mama’s Ribs and Rotisserie

ONO GELATO 495-0203 Lahaina and Paia
Ice cream store on Front Street in Lahaina and on Hana Highway in Paia. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Ono Gelato

MAKA by Mana 808-579-9125 Paia
Vegan, gluten-free, mostly raw food. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Maka by Mana

ULUPALAKUA RANCH STORE GRILL 878-2561 Upcountry
Small restaurant with outdoor picnic tables in the store across the street from Tedeschi Vineyards, Maui’s winery, at the south end of Upcountry. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Ulupalakua Ranch Store Grill

BRIGIT AND BERNARD’S GARDEN CAFE 877-6000 Kahului
At 335 Hoohana Street (south of Wakea) in Kahului. Wonderful lunches M-F, dinners some days. European as well as Hawaiian preparations, pastas, salads and deli sandwiches. This is one of the unique inexpensive Maui restaurants, because it serves recipes not usually found in Hawaii. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Brigit and Bernard’s Gardencafe

LAHAINA PIZZA CO. (formerly BJ’s Chicago Pizzaria) 661-0700 Lahaina
In Lahaina. Upstairs (second floor), just above street level. Very good pasta & sandwiches as well as deep-dish pizza. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Lahaina Pizza Company

PIZZA MADNESS 270-9888 Kihei
Small pizza and sandwich restaurant with mostly local diners. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Pizza Madness

GENKI SUSHI 808-873-7776 Kahului
Sushi to choose from a conveyor belt. In the Maui Mall shopping center. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Genki Sushi

JOY’S PLACE 879-9258 Kihei
Delicious healthy food in a very small restaurant tucked away in an office building in Kihei. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Joy’s Place

STILLWELL’S BAKERY & CAFE 243-2243 Wailuku
Wonderful pastries and baked goods, plus a tiny cafe. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Stillwell’s Bakery & Cafe

LA PROVENCE 878-1313 Kula
Small French bakery and restaurant (breakfast and lunch) hidden in the Kula area of Upcountry. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
La Provence

POLLI’S MEXICAN 572-7808 Makawao
Good Mexican food in the center of Makawao town. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Polli’s Mexican

FRED’S MEXICAN CAFE 891-8600 Kihei
Inexpensive Mexican breakfast lunch or dinner, Tuesday taco specials. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Fred’s Mexican

STAR NOODLE 667-5400 Lahaina
Asian noodles including Ramen, Udon, and plated, plus more, all in a modern small restaurant right on the water in Lahaina. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Star Noodle

BETTY’S BEACH CAFE 662-0300 Lahaina
Surprising ocean view for an inexpensive Lahaina restaurant. Can see luau free at dinner. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Betty’s Beach Cafe

SAM SATO’S 244-7124 Wailuku
Noodles and plate lunches are popular with Maui residents, usually not discovered by tourists. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Sam Sato’s

FAT DADDY’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 879-8711 Kihei
Small restaurant with smoked barbecued beef and pork. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Fat Daddy’s Smokehouse BBQ

SUNRISE CAFE 661-8558 Lahaina
Open-air breakfast and lunch restaurant near the ocean in the middle of Lahaina. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Sunrise Cafe

CANNERY MALL FOOD COURT Lahaina
A variety of international carry-out restaurants around central tables form a Food Court in Maui’s only enclosed air-conditioned shopping center. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Cannery Mall Food Court

KAU KAU FOOD COURT Kahului
Lunch or dinner with Maui residents instead of tourists at an international food court. More details including menu and photos at this link:
Kau Kau Food Court

HONOLUA STORE 665-9105 Kapalua
Near the Ritz Carlton Hotel. Store with deli counter and restaurant. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Honolua Store

COOL CAT CAFE 667-0908 Lahaina
50’s-style diner, upstairs in the Wharf Cinema shopping center, across from the banyan tree, in Lahaina. This is one of the best known inexpensive Maui restaurants, but because of that it is often crowded and the wait can be long. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Cool Cat Cafe

KIHEI CAFFE 879-2230 Kihei
Famous popular breakfast restaurant with outdoor tables. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Kihei Caffe

JAMBA JUICE 661-1054 Lahaina, Kihei, Kahului
Juice and snack bar with fresh-squeezed fruit and vegetable drinks and smoothies at several Maui locations. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Jamba Juice

MOOSE MCGILLYCUDDY’S 891-8600 Kihei
Only in Kihei since the Lahaina location closed. Generous servings, a wide variety of lunch and dinner choices. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Moose McGillycuddy’s

MISO PHAT SUSHI Kahana – 808-669-9010 | Kihei – 808-891-6476
This tiny sushi restaurant is known for carryout and dine-in, about ten minutes north of Kaanapali. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Miso Phat Sushi

BREAKWALL SHAVE ICE 661-4900 Lahaina
Shave ice stand adjacent to Down The Hatch restaurant in the Wharf Cinema Center. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Breakwall Shave Ice

GRANDMA’S COFFEE HOUSE 878-2140 Keokea (Kula)
Famous old-fashioned little coffee shop with sandwiches and desserts in Upcountry. This is one of the most off-the-beaten-path inexpensive Maui restaurants, but it’s worth a stop if you are on your way to or from the winery in Upcountry. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Grandma’s Coffee House

MAUI TACOS Lahaina Kihei Kahului Napili
Chain of fast-food Mexican restaurants. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Maui Tacos

NIKKI’S PIZZA 808-667-0333 Kaanapali
Pizza, pasta, and sandwiches, in the food court on the lower level of Whalers Village shopping center. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Nikki’s Pizza

PEGGY SUE’S 808-875-8944 Kihei
1950’s-style diner at 1279 South Kihei Road in the Azeka shopping center. Burgers, fries, shakes, and 50’s music. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Peggy Sue’s

SMOKEHOUSE BBQ 667-7005 Lahaina
Barbecue ribs and others. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Smokehouse BBQ

A FIANCO 667-7667
Small casual Italian restaurant only opens for lunch, with only eight items on the menu.
A Fianco

CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE 661-4855 Lahaina
The busy, noisy, fun restaurant at one end of the seawall in the middle of Front Street in Lahaina. The atmosphere is better than the food. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Cheeseburger In Paradise

JAWZ FISH TACOS 874-8226 Kihei
Mexican food indoors on Lipoa or outdoors from a truck. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Jawz Tacos

L & L HAWAIIAN BARBECUE Multiple locations
Fast food plate lunches in several shopping centers on Maui. But there are a lot of inexpensive Maui restaurants with better food than this. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
L & L Hawaiian Barbecue

WOW WEE MAUI’S KAVA BAR & GRILL 871-1414 Kahului
At 333 Dairy Road in Kahului. Many choices for lunch and dinner, as well as the Wow Wee Maui candy bars and kava drinks. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Wow Wee Maui’s Kava Bar

MAUI AIRPORT RESTAURANTS 877-5858 Kahului
There are only a few restaurants in the main Maui airport at Kahului, and all of them are inside of security. More details including the menu and photos at this link:
Airport restaurants Kahului Maui OGG