Plan a special evening: fine dining, oceanfront dinners, and destination restaurants organized by island. Check menus, reservations, and dress requirements before booking.
Editorial recommendations first, followed by more places to explore. Our editorial order favors places we would recommend for the food, value and experience. This is a researched recommendation, not a claim of personal dining experience. Recent-review coverage varies. Stars and counts are reference information, not an automatic ranking formula. Review notes appear on individual listings. Saved recommendations may still need current menu and hours confirmation. Menus, service hours, and seasonal flavors change. Listings may group branches of the same business; check your location before going.
Italian and Asian flavors meet in a dinner menu of pasta, seafood and shareable dishes.
2026 Hale ʻAina Gold: Best Oʻahu Restaurant.
Fine dining
Reserve through the restaurant. Menu examples checked October 3: pastas $28–$37; these are dish prices, not a per-person total.
10 N Hotel St, Honolulu, HI 96817
Intimate chef's-counter tasting-menu restaurant blending French and Japanese influences.
Reported by Restaurant Guru · observed 2026-10-02. Ratings can change.
Rating location: 1108 12th Ave C, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
$88: Restaurant Guru snapshot
$$$$ · Price level (app snapshot)
Fine dining
Confirm current hours, access, prices and availability with the venue before visiting.
Seafood dining on Kūʻau Bay featuring locally caught fish and seasonal island ingredients.
Entrées on the October 2, 2026 menu are $62–100; selected fish dishes $67–69, curry $74 and crab/lobster-crusted kanpachi $78. A 2% kitchen surcharge is listed. Tax, drinks and gratuity are additional. Menu source · checked 2026-10-03
2026 Hale ʻAina Silver: Best Maui Restaurant.
Fine dining
Book well ahead using the official website or restaurant phone. The restaurant warns that resold third-party reservations are not honored.
Fine dining seafood restaurant at Fairmont Kea Lani, with island fish, scallops, shrimp, lobster and steaks.
Official dinner menu: priced entrées $39–89; filet mignon $60, rib eye $85 and salmon $45. Fresh island catch is market price. A 2% food-service charge is listed. Menu source · checked 2026-10-03
Fine dining
Dinner 5–9 PM nightly; last seating 8:30 PM. Menu lists some fish at market price; check current prices and reservations.
4100 Wailea Alanui Drive, Wailea, HI 96753
A south-shore dining destination on Lāwaʻi Road with reservations and menus linked from its official website.
2026 HAWAIʻI Magazine readers’ choice: second for Best Kauaʻi Restaurant.
Fine dining
Reserve directly through the official website and confirm the current menu and service times.
5022 Lawai Rd, Koloa, HI 96756
Reservation-oriented resort dining at Grand Hyatt Kauaʻi, with Hawaiian-inspired seafood dishes in lagoon-side bungalows.
Fine dining
Check the resort dining page for current dinner menu, reservations and service hours.
1571 Poipu Road, Koloa, HI 96756