We just spent a wonderful week in Wailea, Maui with our friends the Davids.

Click HERE to see a short slide show of our photos from the trip on Flickr.

We had some very good food and since Zagut doesn’t review Maui we prepared a chart.
The best food was at Ferraro’s in the Four Seasons Hotel. We had Cathy as our server and she was excellent. The best bargain was at Sensei in Kihei. We ate four or five cut rolls and the special hand roll and the entire bill was less than $60. The biggest disappointment was at Spago, the food was great but the service was quite bad. They made us wait in the lounge even though all of the tables were not full and then they took a half an hour to bring out our dessert. The manager never even came to the table she just left the server hanging. Matteo’s is just up from the Wailea shopping center and is run by the former chef from Ferraros. It fills an important niche in South Maui, a place like California Pizza Kitchen. Good food served promptly and with panache.
On a one to ten scale, ten being best, this is what we thought of the places we ate.

Restaurant: Service, Food, Ambiance, Price
Dinner
Joe’s : 7, 7, 6, $$$
Matteo’s : 7, 7, 5, $$
Sensei : 7, 8, 4, $$
Nick’s Fish Market: 9, 9, 8, $$$$
Spago : 4, 9, 8, $$$$$
Ferraros : 10, 8, 10, $$$$$
Lunch
Mama’s Fish House : 8, 9, 10, $$$$$
Café O Lei : 6, 6, 4, $
Tommy Bahamas : 6, 7, 7, $$$
Seaview : 5, 7, 9, $$$

The ranking are affected by the expectation, which are effected by the price. If the price is high the service should be impeccable.