Therese S. Posted October 3, 2022 #1 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Has anyone experienced the nighttime dinner cruise on the Star of Honolulu. We’re looking for something different from the traditional luau. Thoughts, likes, dislikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeton123211 Posted October 3, 2022 #2 Share Posted October 3, 2022 12 hours ago, Therese S. said: Has anyone experienced the nighttime dinner cruise on the Star of Honolulu. We’re looking for something different from the traditional luau. Thoughts, likes, dislikes. It's a fairly standard dinner cruise. You're paying $110 a person for a buffet dinner or $150ish for a plated banquet dinner. We did it years ago begrudgingly at friend's insistence and it met my very low expectations. Its reminded me basically of a half put together luau with more western food (and a fairly strong mai tai). The food ashore at any full service restaurant was much better than what we had here-- this had a distinctly pre-cooked, pre-plated midrange wedding quality to it. $300 for dinner would get you an extremely nice dinner at Orchid's at Halekulani and then you can go listen to some live music at House Without a Key before or after. Personally I think the views from the beach looking out are much nicer than the ones looking back towards the big city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therese S. Posted October 3, 2022 Author #3 Share Posted October 3, 2022 4 hours ago, princeton123211 said: It's a fairly standard dinner cruise. You're paying $110 a person for a buffet dinner or $150ish for a plated banquet dinner. We did it years ago begrudgingly at friend's insistence and it met my very low expectations. Its reminded me basically of a half put together luau with more western food (and a fairly strong mai tai). The food ashore at any full service restaurant was much better than what we had here-- this had a distinctly pre-cooked, pre-plated midrange wedding quality to it. $300 for dinner would get you an extremely nice dinner at Orchid's at Halekulani and then you can go listen to some live music at House Without a Key before or after. Personally I think the views from the beach looking out are much nicer than the ones looking back towards the big city. Thank you for your thoughts and opinions. I was thinking how can they cook food for so many people at once and have it be fresh. I’ve read here many recommendation for House Without a Key. We’re leaning in that direction. Is Orchids the indoor restaurant and House without a key the outdoor restaurant within the same hotel? can you see the hula and hear the music from Orchids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeton123211 Posted October 3, 2022 #4 Share Posted October 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Therese S. said: Is Orchids the indoor restaurant and House without a key the outdoor restaurant within the same hotel? They are both located within the Halekulani Hotel on Waikiki-- the top hotel in Waikiki in my opinion. House Without a Key is a mostly outdoor (but a little bit of indoor) lounge and bar essentially. There is a dinner menu with a few dinner options, but its mostly appetizers (pupus) and drinks. You're there for the live entertainment and snacks. Entertainment is from 5:30-8:30 every night. Orchid's is their more casual main dining room (La Mer is their formal dining room and is very over the top unless this is a major celebration). Orchid's has a much larger dinner menu than HWAK and if you were looking for a nice dinner out would be a better dinner choice than HWAK. You can't go wrong with either but they just do slightly different things. If you wanted to really make a night of at at Halekulani you could go to HWAK around 6, grab dinner at Orchid's around 730-8 and then grab a night cap at Lewer's Lounge with live jazz after. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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