Going to Aulani -- Let's list places to eat

[TagsMissy]

I love that this thread is still going strong We recently bought Aulani points so I'm going to have to re-read this thread once more to see all the great discussion I've missed

BTW if you can find Agostino's Pizza ((he has a mobile brick pizza oven)) his pizza is amazing! http://www.yelp.ca/biz/agostinos-pizza-honolulu-2 . He had been set up about 15 minutes away from Aulani when we were there and we bought from him.. heavenly... I am Italian and picky about my pizza.

 

[aclov]

Had the pumpkin ravioli (served with spinach and goat cheese on top) and pizza at Monkeypod. It was delicious!

 

[Halle]

Thank you for this, we are planning to eat here next month! I heard it was pricey but didn't realize how much so we will also be needing more gift cards! This is a spurlge trip for us

On the Roy's gift card it states a limit of two cards, do you know if they adhere to that policy?

 

[aclov]

On the Roy's gift card it states a limit of two cards, do you know if they adhere to that policy?

We didn't have any issues or even mention of that. We used 5 gc's...one from Roy's the other Outbacks.

 

[Anal Annie]

My trip is coming up soon so I need to keep this thread on top!!

 

[gonzalj1]

My trip is coming up soon so I need to keep this thread on top!!

You beat me to it Annie. I think well be there at the same time!

 

[Anal Annie]

You beat me to it Annie. I think well be there at the same time!

We'll be there from Aug 7th - Aug 14th. We're leaving for Maui on the 14th...

 

[psimon]

We'll be there from Aug 7th - Aug 14th. We're leaving for Maui on the 14th...

We are there a few days later!

---Paul in Southern NJ

 

[psimon]

Are reservations needed for Monkeypod?

What do they serve for Happy Hour?

Thanks...

---Paul in Southern NJ

 

[WDW_Diane]

Are reservations needed for Monkeypod?

What do they serve for Happy Hour?

Thanks...

---Paul in Southern NJ

We were glad that we had a reservation at happy hour because other people were having to wait. I think we went at 5:15 or so. Some specials that we had were garlicky French fries (half price) dd loved those. I ordered a margarita pizza, dh had a burger, I don't think it was on special though. The pizza was 9. My dd ate part of it.

 

[travelbug]

Are reservations needed for Monkeypod?

What do they serve for Happy Hour?

Thanks...

---Paul in Southern NJ

We went to Monkeypod without a reservation and got right in. We sat at a lovely table outside and had a wonderful dinner. I'm trying to remember what time we went; Happy Hour was over when we got there.

 

[aclov]

Are reservations needed for Monkeypod?

What do they serve for Happy Hour?

Thanks...

---Paul in Southern NJ

We went twice with no resv but sat at the bar. It can get crowded a lot of locals go there. The garlicky fries are awesome, the pumpkin ravioli was delicious, the chicken wings are grilled not buffalo, the pizza was okay. They have a lot of different beers on tap,

 

[Saralyn]

Are reservations needed for Monkeypod?

What do they serve for Happy Hour?

Thanks...

---Paul in Southern NJ

Half price drinks ($6 instead of $12).

 

[DenLo]

Ko Olina Happy Hour
We are proud to offer happy hour every day from 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM (excluding holidays).
Our happy hour features great specials for food and drinks:
Drink Specials:
Draft Beers: $4.75 for beers originally $9 and under, $7 for over $9 (Chimay and St. Bernardus go to $10)
$6 Ocean Vodka cocktails
$6 white and red wines by the glass
$8 culinary cocktails

Food Specials:
50% off all appetizers (with the exception of the raw bar mixed plate and poke tacos)
$9 pizzas (excluding Bourgeois)

http://www.monkeypodkitchen.com/ko-olina/happy-hour/

There are links to a Beer, wine and cocktail lists as well.

 

[aboveH20]

Lots of people have upcoming trips it seems.

First, enjoy every minute, and

Second, please come back with a report, no matter how short.

My question is about jet lag and circadian rhythms. We're flying in from New York on Sunday and I want to have dinner at Ama Ama on Monday. It's been a while since I've crossed so many times zones. Any opinions about a good dinner reservation time?

 

[MinnesotaChill]

Any opinions about a good dinner reservation time?

We're from Minnesota (CT) and arrived at 11pm. Even though we were dead tired (3am Minnesota time), we were up a mere 4 hours later for the day!

We tried and tried to get back to sleep and couldn't. But we also weren't tired that night. The next morning we woke up at 4am again. It was about the third night it hit us HARD.

So, an early-ish dinner the first night would probably be fine. I'd have a good stiff drink right before you head to your room and hopefully it will help you get some sleep (and yes I know that's not recommended for jet lag, but I tried the recommended jet lag solutions and they didn't work either).

When we go again, I swear I'll try altering my wake/sleep times a bit starting two weeks before we go. It's too much of a splurge vacation to spend so much time feeling "off" from weird sleep. We've gone to Australia (albeit before we had kids, about 15 years ago) and didn't have so much trouble adjusting!

 

[WDW_Diane]

Lots of people have upcoming trips it seems.

First, enjoy every minute, and

Second, please come back with a report, no matter how short.

My question is about jet lag and circadian rhythms. We're flying in from New York on Sunday and I want to have dinner at Ama Ama on Monday. It's been a while since I've crossed so many times zones. Any opinions about a good dinner reservation time?

We have been back for almost a month now....still miss it so much!

I agree with the other post, that first full day we were there we were up at 6 am Hawaii time and went to Pearl Harbor that day, then a luau that night. We were back to go to bed at about 9:30 I think and that helped us get good sleep and adjust to the time.
(I had read on this board to go to the early line at Pearl Harbor on your first morning there if you don't have tickets, that was good advice.)
Really, I had no problems being on Hawaii time; i am good at staying up late anyway. It was Oklahoma time that I had a hard time readjusting to, as we all did.

 

[msabol01]

Headed back in a little over a week and CAN"T wait!!! Last year we flew direct from Philly and were quite beat the first few days. I don't think I saw past 9 p.m. those first few days and was up no later than 5 am Hawaii time. If you plan to dine soon after arriving, I would recommend going as early as possible, maybe 5:30 / 6:00.

 

[aboveH20]

We're from Minnesota (CT) and arrived at 11pm. Even though we were dead tired (3am Minnesota time), we were up a mere 4 hours later for the day!

We tried and tried to get back to sleep and couldn't. But we also weren't tired that night. The next morning we woke up at 4am again. It was about the third night it hit us HARD.

So, an early-ish dinner the first night would probably be fine. I'd have a good stiff drink right before you head to your room and hopefully it will help you get some sleep (and yes I know that's not recommended for jet lag, but I tried the recommended jet lag solutions and they didn't work either).

When we go again, I swear I'll try altering my wake/sleep times a bit starting two weeks before we go. It's too much of a splurge vacation to spend so much time feeling "off" from weird sleep. We've gone to Australia (albeit before we had kids, about 15 years ago) and didn't have so much trouble adjusting!

I absolutely agree about it's too much of a splurge vacation to spend time feeling off. Your idea about tryng to adjust ahead of time has merit. It's hard to factor in, but when we go in February (how can I wait seven more months!) it gets dark here around 4:30 PM. Change in daylight will be a shock to the system.

We have been back for almost a month now....still miss it so much!

I agree with the other post, that first full day we were there we were up at 6 am Hawaii time and went to Pearl Harbor that day, then a luau that night. We were back to go to bed at about 9:30 I think and that helped us get good sleep and adjust to the time.
(I had read on this board to go to the early line at Pearl Harbor on your first morning there if you don't have tickets, that was good advice.)
Really, I had no problems being on Hawaii time; i am good at staying up late anyway. It was Oklahoma time that I had a hard time readjusting to, as we all did.

Good idea about seeing Pearl Harbor early in the trip while we're still on New York time.

More than one person has recommended to us staying a couple nights on the west coast on the way home to help readjust. Seems to me that after two weeks in Hawaii we'll just want to get home, and/or instead of spending money in Los Angeles or San Francisco we'd rather spend that money in HI.

Headed back in a little over a week and CAN"T wait!!! Last year we flew direct from Philly and were quite beat the first few days. I don't think I saw past 9 p.m. those first few days and was up no later than 5 am Hawaii time. If you plan to dine soon after arriving, I would recommend going as early as possible, maybe 5:30 / 6:00.

Excited to hear that you're going back since you're an east coaster, too. I figure we'll either love it and buy into DVC while we're there (we're STILL waiting for "the unexpected check" to surprise us in the mail some day) or be thankful we went for two weeks before we get any older and figure it's our last trip to HI.

 

[WDW_Diane]

I guess it wouldn't be too bad to spend a couple of days at Disneyland on the way home after Aulani. Too bad the airlines won't let you have a 48 hoûr layover!