Where to Eat in Kihei

Kihei runs six miles of strip malls along South Maui's leeward coast, and almost all of the good eating is tucked inside them. It's a town built for beach days and condo rentals, which means the food skews casual, quick, and value-priced — plate lunch, poke bowls, fish tacos, smoothies.

The trick in Kihei is knowing which strip-mall counter is the real deal. The list below is sorted by what South Maui locals rate, not what's easiest to find from the beach.