Mahina & Sun’s, Dinner by the Pool

Hours, menus and parking from mahinaandsuns.com (food menus Jun 2026, cocktail menu Apr 2025), checked Sep 27, 2026. Prices before tax and tip.

Best for

• CouplesGoodPoolside dinner and live music, but no ocean view.
• FamiliesGoodThe restaurant says all ages; hot dogs and cheese pizza on the lanai menu.
• FriendsGreatHappy hour from noon to 5:30 and $16 tiki drinks.
• SoloGreatA bar worth sitting at, and walk-ins welcome.
• GroupsGoodOpenTable takes parties up to 20; the whole fish feeds a table.

Beyond the whole local fish, the aʻu crudo ($18: blue marlin, smoked shoyu, yuzu, inamona) is the starter to get. The Mahina bowl ($20) is spicy ahi poke over rice, the pork laulau ($34) comes with roasted tomatoes and coconut milk, and oysters are $18 a half dozen. The Naked Pig pizza ($22) with bacon and fromage blanc is the easy share. At the bar, tiki drinks are $16: the Viva La Vida mixes reposado tequila and cold brew coffee, and the Kahiko uses Kupu whiskey. The spirit-free list runs $9 to $12. Comparing bars? See the best mai tais on Oahu.

Food prices from the Jun 2026 menus; cocktail prices from the Apr 2025 cocktail menu, the one the restaurant still links.

Tables sit on the lanai beside the Surfjack pool, with “Wish You Were Here” tiled across its bottom. Local musicians play acoustic sets Tuesday to Friday from 5 to 7:30 PM. Happy hour runs noon to 5:30 PM daily on the lanai menu: burgers drop to $15, pizzas to $14 to $16, tacos to $12. Dogs are welcome, and Jack, the hotel dog, makes the rounds. Want the ocean as well? Waikiki’s beachfront bars are a 10-minute walk: the Mai Tai Bar at the Royal Hawaiian and Duke’s at the Outrigger.

Mahina & Sun’s is open daily from noon to 10 PM: the lanai menu and happy hour until 5:30, then dinner. Big plates run $28 to $44 and pizzas $17 to $22. There is no kids menu, but the lanai menu has a hot dog with fries ($14) and a cheese pizza ($17), and the menus offer vegetarian and gluten-free swaps. Surfjack guests get 15% off.

The restaurant is at 412 Lewers Street, between Kuhio and Kalakaua avenues, about 7 minutes on foot from the Royal Hawaiian Center. Parking is in the Hyatt Centric garage at 349 Seaside Avenue: pull a ticket and ask your server for the stamp, $8 for up to 4 hours. The garage takes no oversized vehicles. Our Waikiki parking guide has other options, and our Surfjack review covers the hotel.

• Mai Tai Bar at the Royal Hawaiian is the pick for an ocean view with your cocktail: oceanfront at the Royal Hawaiian with Diamond Head in view and music nightly 6 to 10 PM, though with no reservations.
• Duke’s Waikiki is the beachfront dinner with music: on the sand at the Outrigger, live music every afternoon and night, and $6 validated parking for 4 hours.
• Hau Tree is the sunset happy hour on the sand: daily pau hana from 2 to 5 PM with $13 cocktails and $6 beers on Kaimana Beach, and free valet for diners.

• Get the ticket stamped. Hyatt Centric garage, 349 Seaside Avenue: $8 for 4 hours.
• Arrive by 5:30. Happy hour pricing ends then.
• Music Tuesday to Friday. Acoustic sets run 5 to 7:30 PM.
• Staying at the Surfjack? Guests get 15% off.
• Bring the dog. The restaurant calls itself dog-friendly.
• Book dinner. Reservations are recommended; walk-ins depend on open tables.