Restaurant of the Year
Monkeypod Kitchen
Chef of the Year
Jojo Vasquez, Executive Chef
The Plantation House
Maui County Farm Bureau’s Friend of Agriculture
Three’s Bar & Grill and Fork & Salad
Excellence in Sustainability
Maui Tropical Plantation
Icon Award
Nā Hoaloha ʻEkolu
RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR
Gold Monkeypod Kitchen
Silver The Mill House
Honorable Mentions: Banyan Tree • Lahaina Grill • Mama’s Fish House
BEST NEW RESTAURANT
Gold Taverna
Silver Tin Roof Maui
Honorable Mentions: Fork and Salad • The Mill House
MOST “MAUI-EST”
Gold Mama’s Fish House
Silver Da Kitchen
Honorable Mentions: Aloha Mixed Plate • Monkeypod Kitchen
BEST MEDITERRANEAN
Gold (tie) Pita Paradise • Pizza Paradiso Mediterranean Grill
Silver Café Des Amis
Honorable Mentions: Mala • Mediterranean Grill Food Truck
BEST SERVICE
Gold Nick’s Fishmarket
Silver Mama’s Fish House
Honorable Mentions: Banyan Tree • Lahaina Grill • Monkeypod Kitchen
BEST OCEANFRONT DINING
Gold Mama’s Fish House
Silver Honu Seafood & Pizza
Honorable Mentions: 5 Palms Restaurant • Mala
MOST ROMANTIC SETTING
Gold Merriman’s Kapalua
Silver The Banyan Tree
Honorable Mentions: Japengo • The Mill House • The Restaurant at Hotel Wailea
BEST SHORTS & SLIPPERS DINING
Gold Hula Grill
Silver Tin Roof Maui
Honorable Mentions: Aloha Mixed Plate • Coconut’s Fish Café • Monkeypod Kitchen
BEST HEALTHY FARE
Gold Choice Health Bar
Silver Fork and Salad
Honorable Mentions: Down to Earth Organic and Natural • The Farmacy Health Bar
MOST INNOVATIVE MENU
Gold The Mill House
Silver Kaʻana Kitchen
Honorable Mentions: Humuhumunukunukuapua’a • Star Noodle • Tin Roof Maui
BEST BREAKFAST
Gold The Gazebo
Silver (tie) Kihei Caffe • Nalu’s South Shore Grill
Honorable Mentions: The Plantation House • The Sea House Restaurant
BEST BUSINESS LUNCH
Gold Café O’Lei at the Dunes
Silver Matteo’s Osteria
Honorable Mentions: Bistro Casanova • The Mill House
BEST HAPPY HOUR
Gold Monkeypod Kitchen
Silver Sangrita Grill + Cantina
Honorable Mentions: Fleetwood’s on Front St. • Sea House Restaurant
BEST ASIAN
Gold Japengo
Silver Star Noodle
Honorable Mentions: Morimoto’s Maui • Nuka • Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar
BEST SOUTHEAST ASIAN
Gold A Saigon Cafe
Silver Nutcharee’s Authentic Thai Food
Honorable Mentions: Maui Thai Bistro • Tiki Tiki Thai Cuisine
BEST BURGER
Gold Teddy’s Bigger Burgers
Silver Cow Pig Bun
Honorable Mentions: Cool Cat Café • Fatt Chicks Burgers
BEST HAWAI‘I REGIONAL CUISINE
Gold Kō Restaurant
Silver Humuhumunukunukuapua’a
Honorable Mentions: Banyan Tree • The Plantation House
BEST PACIFIC RIM CUISINE
Gold Japengo
Silver Pacific’O
Honorable Mentions: Roy’s • Spago Maui
BEST LŪ‘AU
Gold Old Lāhaina Lū‘au
Silver Drums of the Pacific
Honorable Mentions: Feast at Lele • The Grand Luau at Honua‘ula • Royal Lahaina
BEST MEXICAN
Gold Sangrita Grill + Cantina
Silver Roasted Chiles
Honorable Mentions: Amigo’s • Fernando’s Mexican Grill • Las Piñatas Maui
BEST ITALIAN
Gold Sale Pepe
Silver Taverna
Honorable Mentions: Casanova Italian Restaurant and Deli • Marco’s Grill & Deli • Pūlehu, an Italian Grill
BEST PLATE LUNCH
Gold Da Kitchen
Silver Aloha Mixed Plate
Honorable Mentions: Honokowai Okazuya & Deli • L&L Hawaiian Barbecue • Tin Roof Maui
BEST PIZZA
Gold Flatbread Company
Silver (tie) Pizza Paradiso Mediterranean Grill • Prison Street Pizza
Honorable Mentions: Monkeypod Kitchen • Pizza Madness Maui • Sale Pepe
BEST NOODLES
Gold Star Noodle
Silver Sam Sato’s
Honorable Mentions: Maui Thai Bistro • Thai Chef Restaurant
BEST FISH & SEAFOOD
Gold Mama’s Fish House
Silver The Banyan Tree
Honorable Mentions: Fleetwood’s on Front St. • Lahaina Grill • Paia Fishmarket Restaurant
BEST STEAK
Gold Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Silver Duo
Honorable Mentions: Lahaina Grill • Makawao Steak House
BEST SUSHI
Gold Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar
Silver (tie) Japengo • Miso Phat Sushi
Honorable Mentions: Kai Sushi • Nuka
BEST FISH TACO
Gold Coconuts Fish Café
Silver Sangrita Grill + Cantina
Honorable Mentions: Maui Tacos • Paia Fishmarket Restaurant
BEST FOOD TRUCK
Gold Maui Fresh Streatery
Silver Thai Mee Up
Honorable Mentions: Kinaole Grill Food Truck • Mediterranean Grill Food Truck • Ono Tacos
BEST POKE
Gold Tamura’s Fine Wine & Liquors
Silver Foodland
Honorable Mentions: Eskimo Candy Seafood Market & Café • Like Poke?
BEST SHAVE ICE
Gold Ululani’s Hawaiian Shave Ice
Silver Local Boys Shave Ice
Honorable Mentions: Breakwall Shave Ice Co.
BEST DESSERT
Gold Pūlehu, an Italian Grill
Silver Lahaina Grill
Honorable Mentions: Kimo’s Restaurant Maui • Leoda’s Kitchen & Pie Shop • Monkeypod Kitchen
BEST BAR
Gold Taverna
Silver Monkeypod Kitchen
Honorable Mentions: Down the Hatch • Fleetwood’s on Front St. • Pint and Cork
BEST COCKTAILS
Gold Monkeypod Kitchen
Silver Fleetwood’s on Front St.
Honorable Mentions: Banyan Tree • The Mill House • Taverna
BEST LOBBY LOUNGE
Gold Lobby Lounge, Four Seasons
Silver Botero Lounge
Honorable Mentions: Fairmont’s Luana Lounge • The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua
BEST WINE LIST
Gold Lahaina Grill
Silver Nick’s Fishmarket
Honorable Mentions: Merriman’s Kapalua • Monkeypod Kitchen
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