Fine Dining and Special Occasions

The Kohala Coast keeps its finest tables inside the resorts to the north and south, most of them open to the air and timed to the sunset. Here is where we point guests when the evening is worth marking.

• CanoeHouse at Mauna Lani

  Contemporary Hawaiian, oceanfront fine dining · $$$$ · Mauna Lani, Auberge Resorts · 12 min drive north

  The Kohala Coast's special-occasion table, contemporary Hawaiian cuisine served on an open-air oceanfront lanai at Mauna Lani.

• Brown's Beach House

  Oceanfront fine dining, island fish and steak · $$$$ · Fairmont Orchid · 15 min drive north

  AAA Four Diamond dining a few steps from the sand at the Fairmont Orchid, island fish and live music at a table set right on the water.

• 'ULU Ocean Grill

  Oceanfront island cuisine and seafood · $$$$ · Four Seasons Resort Hualalai · 20 min drive south

  The Four Seasons' open-air oceanfront room, built around the day's catch and produce grown up the mountain, the coast's benchmark for polished island cooking.

• Manta

  Regional Hawaiian, oceanfront · $$$$ · Mauna Kea Beach Hotel · 20 min drive north

  Worth the drive north to the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, seared ahi and island beef in a casually elegant oceanfront room above Kauna'oa Bay.

• Miller & Lux Hualalai

  American steakhouse and raw bar · $$$$ · Four Seasons Resort Hualalai · 20 min drive south

  Tyler Florence's island steakhouse at Four Seasons Hualalai, dry-aged cuts, a serious raw bar, and local seafood in a clubby oceanview room.

• Moana at Kona Village

  Pacific Rim, land and sea to table · $$$$ · Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort · 25 min drive south

  The signature table at the reborn Kona Village, Pacific Rim cooking built on local land and sea in one of the island's most storied settings.