Eat· Maui· Hawaii
Monkeypod Kitchen Wailea
20° 41.3′ N · 156° 25.9′ W · approximate
Merriman's busy south-side gastropub at Wailea Gateway, with 36 craft beers on tap, kiawe-wood-oven pizza, day-boat fish, cream pies and live local music: the crew dinner ashore from a Makena or Wailea anchorage.
Practical
Approx: OpenStreetMap node 4465555889. 10 Wailea Gateway Place (Suite B-201), Kihei, HI 96753; (808) 891-2322; wailea@monkeypodkitchen.com. Open every day except select holidays 11:00 am to 11:00 pm; happy hour 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm and 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm (drink discounts, half-price appetizers with exceptions, pizzas $12; restaurant website 2026). Reservations on OpenTable; live music calendar on the website. It is up the hill at the Wailea Ike Drive and Piilani Highway intersection, about 3 miles by road from Makena Landing: land the dinghy at Makena Landing (calm mornings) or Ulua Beach and take a ride share. Manoli's Pizza Co. and Fabiani's are in the same area.
Best for
A lively crew dinner and happy hour ashore from Makena or Wailea