South Shore Tiki Lounge

We decided to come here because some reviews said that they served food late, but not too late, because the kitchen closes at 10:00pm. The server was really nice, but rushed.
We ordered beach nachos with pork on them, the tropical fish tacos and the Hawaiian sandwich, which is basically just a sausage in a hotdog bun. All mediocre. Nachos came out cold and without pork. The waitress was very apologetic and offered to take them back. We told her that it was okay and not to bother. She ended up taking them off our bill, which was the obvious thing to do. Fish tacos were okay, as was the sausage. All Luke warm. Meh. Fish tacos came with a big all of cold rice as well… We wouldn’t come back for the food but possibly for some drinks.
My advice to you is to not come when the kitchen is about to close because they clearly don’t give a shit about what they’re putting out at that point. We felt it was a waste of time and money.

Went there for dinner on Sunday night. The place was not full, so got seats pretty quick.
Ordered Tiki breadsticks, Tiki burger, Hawaiian Sausage Sandwich and 3 drinks.
We thought we ordered the cocktail drinks with alcohol in, but didn’t taste any… Might just order juice… Breadsticks with ranch dressing not a bad combination, but the red sauce… Meh…
The burger was okay. As for the sausage sandwich, the buns was all dried up that can’t even bite into it. Wonder how many times they’ve heated the buns in the microwave. The sausage… well… Just like all sausage… Nothing really to write about, but added grilled green pepper and sauteed onion on top of the sausage was not bad, with additional charge of course.
Maybe next time will try their pizza instead since it advertised as best pizza…

Pleasant little spot in Kihei. Veggie dog and fries that were so good you wouldn’t believe they weren’t healthy for you. Nice service, great pricing & relaxed/​no pressure to keep ordering kind of vibe. Only downside is that you have to be looking for it to find it. Definitely worth my walk to get there.

Waited for a table — 20minutes. Waited to order — 20 minutes. Waitress let’s us know that they are out of all the food we ordered (chicken) — 20 minutes.
We had to get our own menus and water.
60 minutes that we will never get back and no food.
No apologies.
Inexcusable.

Das Angebot an Restaurants in Kihei ist übermächtig. Die Tiki Lounge ist sehr zentral, falls man das bei diesem Ort überhaupt so sagen kann., und fällt durch die Tiki-​Schnitzereien inmitten eines Grünstreifens auf.
Man kann draußen sitzen und hat hier sogar grundsätzlich Livemusik aller Arten. Von Country über Hawaiian bis Classic Rock. Und obwohl die Tanzfläche mikroskopisch klein ist, kommen besonders die Einheimischen gerne am frühen Abend hierhin, um das Tanzbein zu schwingen.
Gerade bei Sonnenuntergang scheint die tiefstehende Sonne in die Lounge und knallt ganz schön, das sollte man vielleicht bei der Platzwahl bedenken.
Die Kellnerinnen sind alle ausnahmslos flott und hilfreich und erklären auch gerne die Karte, die für uns vielleicht nicht immer verständlich ist.
Die Cocktails sind lecker und werden in witzigen Tiki-​Gläsern serviert. Wir haben hier schon die Karte rauf und runter gefuttert, besonders zu empfehlen ist die Surf’s Up Pizza (hawaiianische Wurst, Ziegenkäse, Basilikum und Trüffelöl). Bitte aber nur die Menehune-​Portion bestellen, wenn man alleine isst. Denn wer sich wundert, dass eine ganze Pizza 24 $ Dollar kosten soll, stellt keine Fragen mehr, wenn er das Wagenrad sieht.
Den Hot Dog kann man sich nach Herzenslust selbst belegen.
Einzig und allein die optische Darstellung ist meiner Meinung nach schade, weil man den Eindruck hat, minderwertiges Fastfood zu verspeisen, da es oft auf Einweggeschirr serviert wird.

Servers are sweet, bar tenders are friendly. Drinks are amazing. Don’t get the bbq pizza it was drowned in bbq. The Hawaiian and meat lovers pizza was amazing. Piña colada is so good but needs more alcohol, as do all their slushy type drinks. We visited this place multiple times. Great atmosphere

Stopped in for a quick tiki fix as my hubby likes tiki bars. It was an okay place. We sat outside and there was a lady singing cover songs. For me that just does not scream tiki bar. I have been to a few tiki bars with my hubby and I guess I enjoy when a tiki bar sticks true to its name and theme. To me this is a bar that is called «tiki» because there are a few tiki masks and has a themed drink menu as such but that is about it. It really did not feel like a tiki bar. I do not remember the name of the drink my hubby ordered me but it was just okay. It seemed a bit watered down and was in a glass face cup — again, wood or wood looking tiki mugs are traditional. The drinks were high priced for what you got. I don’t feel they were worth it at all. Service was okay. The server stopped by a couple times but nothing that really stood out as great service.
As we were leaving the people next to us were served a pizza. It looked and smelled really good. I might return to try the pizza but would not go back simply for the spendy drinks and sad music.

November 19, 2015 Thursday — 4:00 PM for drinks
4 adults
Atmosphere — 3 star
Drinks — 3 stars
Service — 4 stars
Background — I love tiki bars and this one is in our neighborhood while on vacation.
Atmosphere — They had a lady that played music during happy hour outside in the corner of the patio. She was not even playing tiki themed music and it was way too loud. Seems to be a bar which just added the tiki themed items make it tiki. It is all about the details. For example they should use those colored globes with fish nets covering them for the candle holders instead of clear glass ones. Simple little changes would help.
Drinks — The tiki drink menu was small but that is fine. I associate tiki with rum, and the number of rum drinks was very limited. The drinks I had were good. Again with the details, glass mugs for drinks do not scream tiki to me. Use a mug that has theme with the drink. Something perhaps something like Tiki Farm makes, I know that is high end but that is the best example I can provide.
Service — Good. Drinks came in a timely manner.
Future — Okay I did not order a pizza but the ones that did come out to other tables looked great.

A surprisingly good place to stop for a drink or to have a full meal — the pizza is awesome! I had avoided this place a few times, but on a trip a few years ago when rough surf kept me from snorkelling much, I was looking for new bars to try & popped in here after wandering the booths at Kihei Kalama Village. It looks like nothing special — a bit divey, a bit kitschy, with $ 4 margaritas advertised for a lengthy happy hour special. A fair number of locals hang out here, as evidenced by the crowd during live music from 4 – 6 and Sunday NFL football. In short, if you are looking for a resort bar, skip it — it’s a real bar :)
I like real bars, & I like the South Shore Tiki Lounge. The margaritas are nothing outstanding, but be careful — I assumed they were light on the liquor & might have drank one more than I needed on my last visit. The Mai Tais are made with real blackstrap molasses rum, which is not the norm for Maui and really makes them stand out. They have both cheap beer & a few micro taps, nicely covering everyone’s drinking needs.
I was amazed when I finally tried the pizza. Proper New York style, with fresh local ingredients; one on the best pizzas on the island, possibly only topped by the Flatbread Company in Paia (and on this trip in Nov 2015, Tiki Lounge was actually better!) The menu is surprisingly vegetarian friendly too, although I can’t vouch for most of it because I always get the pizza.
My favourite part of visiting the Tiki Lounge is the colony of gold dust day geckos that lives in the stand of banana plants off the side of the deck. I always sit near the edge of the open air patio so I can enjoy their antics. Don’t worry — they are usually afraid of people & will keep their distance if you are not interested; they won’t be jumping on you or anything. But if you sit & watch the plants for less than a minute, you will inevitably spot a few climbing around and enjoying the day. I think I might have (possibly drunkenly) tweeted about the need for all bars to have wildlife to entertain me during my last visit! Also, it is Maui so the requisite gang of chickens might be hanging out in the plants to the west end of the bar.
In short, it is nothing like any of the bars at the Grand Wailea, which is why you are going to love it.

Advertised as the best pizza on Maui so we had to stop by.
Atmosphere: located in a complex of restaurants and bars in huts. It feels like you’ve stepped into a beachside bar.
Service: Good service, but I wish the waitress had told us about how small the menehune size pizza was compared to their regular. Double the price but quadruple the size.
Food: they had a collection of local brews and we had to order their pizza. The kalua bbq pineapple was okay, but my portuguese sausage with basil and mozzerella was delicious.
Intangibles: get the full size pizza, do not get the menehune size. But very good pizza!

I feel like it’s a necessity to go to at least one tiki bar when you’re in Hawaii. Luckily this one was just a short drive from our hotel.
I had an awesome lava flow served in a fun tiki glass. Only $ 10, which is pretty cheap for the area.
It was nice to just sit outside and enjoy my drink.

We stopped in on a Thursday night for dinner and drinks. Once we learned a DJ was coming at 10pm we thought it would be perfect to hang out a little longer, plus they had drink specials beginning at 10pm (probably to get ppl to stay longer because the DJ was pretty bad)
We had the Magaherita personal sized pizza, BBQ chicken pizza, sliders and Parmesan bread sticks! Magaherita pizza was just ok, however the crust was AMAZING! Weird right? I know lol. The BBQ chicken pizza was good! Bread sticks were very basic. They looked tastier than they actually tasted. Now the sliders? AhhhhhMazing! Like I’ve never tasted a slider so delicious!!! Drinks were really good! The LAVA FLOW is probably the best in Maui! Seriously after having a lava flow from here the drinks at my resort just didn’t pass me AT ALL! And they drinks here are HUGE! My lava flow was only $ 10, compared to $ 16 and half the size and taste at my resort.
Our waitress was very nice and extremely attentive to us! She made sure the drinks were topped off and even told us to wait until 10pm when the specials start before we order additional drinks around 9:50!
This would’ve been a 5 star review but I was super sad when I went to visit Them the day before leaving Hawaii for more drinks and sliders only to learn they were closed for ten days due to renovations. I just wish there was a sign that said this so we could’ve came back sooner. My heart wAs truly broken lol
Also the DJ played disgusting hardcore rap most of the night and he didn’t «mix «it. He just played a whole entire Song and videos that should’ve been on BET UNCUT. HUGE turn off. He was actually the reason we left, we would’ve stayed longer and drank more if it wasn’t for him!