Feast at LELE
"Lele" is an older, more traditional name for Lahaina. This "feast" is redefining the luau by crossing it with fine dining island-style in an intimate beach setting. Both the show and the five-course gourmet meal express the spirit of a specific island culture: Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongan, or Tahitian. The wine list and liquor selections are excellent. This may be the trend of the future for would-be Polynesian royalty. Feast of Lele owners, Old Lahaina Luau, I'o, and Pacific'O restaurants have outdone themselves with their lavish cultural concoction. Chef James McDonald's prepare this wonderful food with an outdoor oceanfront setting, and the exquisite dancers of the Old Lahaina Luau add up to a dining experience that sizzles. As if the sunset weren't heady enough, dances from Hawaii, Tonga, Tahiti, and Samoa are presented, up close and personal, in full costumed splendor. Chanting, singing, drumming, dancing, the swish of ti-leaf skirts, the scent of plumeria it's intoxicating. And the food reaches banquet proportions: unlike at a luau, where seating is en masse, guests sit at white-clothed, candlelit tables set on the sand. Particularly mesmerizing is the evening's opening: a softly lit canoe carries three people ashore to the sound of conch shells. With shows daily and seating limited to ensure the most intimate luau experience this will certainly be one of the memorial evenings of your vacation.