Kai Ala Market

This supermarket is located inside the north tower of the westin resort in lahaina. I would never have gone here if it weren’t for the welcome gift that westin was offering (ended up getting a free 20 dollar cold insulating bag for drinks).
The café has just about everything you need so that you don’t need to leave the resort. They have a liquor wine and beer section, prepared sandwiches and spam musubi, frozen food such as digiornos, yogurt, Starbucks coffee, fresh to go sandwiches made with boars head meat. If you consider how convenient and clean everything is here, you can’t complain. Yes the prices are higher than your grocery store outside but what can you expect when you are at the westin in hawaii. If you compare shops in resorts like this I think this place is phenomenal.

Nice little market at the Westin Kaanapali Villas. You can pick up various items if you are staying in one of the villas. It is pricey, but then, that’s kind of your fault for not stopping at Safeway for that sunscreen on your way to the Villas.
They offer a type of Starbucks coffee I’ve never seen/​had and it’s quite nice. We stopped here a few times to pick up a cup of coffee before heading to the pool.
Spam musubi at the checkout counter.
To summarize: It’s nice. It’s convenient. Good coffee. Spam Musubi (WIN).

This little market gets full stars for presentation, convenience and for having almost everything you need, if you are staying in a villa at the Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resorts. When you walk in, it’s inviting, well presented and extremely organized. In essence, it’s an upscale, neighborhood grocery store.
The reason why I docked two stars is be because you pay out the nose for that convenience. The yogurt I grabbed for breakfast was $ 1.79. When we later went to a supermarket, the same yogurt was $ 0.99. I don’t care about $ 0.80 on a yogurt, but it’s just a hard lesson when the same item is priced that differently when they are around the corner from each other. Lesson learned.
The other star was because they served Starbucks coffee. I guess they need to consider the popularity of Starbucks with the masses, but Maui produces coffee locally, so it would have been a nice touch to have them support their local growers.
Long and short of it, I gave them an a-​ok! It’s a pretty cool little spot, but some local java and fairer prices would make them shine!