Napili Kai Resort- The Sea House

I want to let you in on a little secret……The Napili Kai Resort is owned by Canadians, Margaret, Jack and Dorothy Millar from Vancouver. Being a proud Canadian (and Brit), I had to review The Sea House Restaurant which is housed outside this beautiful resort. The hotel gets its name because of a large crescent of sand which joins the ocean and once you take in the glorious views of the bay, you’ll see why this was the perfect name and such a pristine place to have pupus. I diverge as I remember renting snorkeling gear from ” Boss Frog’s” and catching the Maui bus ($4 day pass) from my rental to Napili Bay. It was only a 15 minute ride as the bus headed north and then made a U-turn at Kapalua Resort, famous for its golf course, and I ended up at this resort.

I found out about this place through an old friend who used to have a condo in the Kahana Beach area. She kept on and on about the wonderful views of the bay and the Hawaiian “happy hour”, so off I went. After snorkeling and watching the leather back turtles sunning themselves on the rocks, I was hungry and thirsty. I took a seat at the bar which has a framed window of the bay with bartenders shaking cocktails like Tom Cruise and I ordered a rum. The pupus menu is typically Hawaiian and very reasonably priced given the type of swanky resort Napili Kai is. The menu was extensive including crispy Kapalua rolls, Kula onion soup, poke nachos, coconut shrimp, seared ahi, and kalua pork tacos. These dishes are only between $7-$8 American and with two appetizers, there is your dinner for the night. Happy hour is from 2-4:30 daily and there is Hawaiian music from 7-9 pm should you not want to leave The Sea House when the famous Maui sunsets occur. Take in the music as you savour the pupus of The delightful Sea House.

My next blog will be on Leilani’s on the beach in Kaanapali, Maui. They are famous for their fish tacos and now I am hungry…..