Great place and food a wonderful experience beautiful grounds with breathtaking views a must place to visit while on Maui no ka oi

KULA LODGE @15200 HALEAKALA HWY KULA HI: I have not stayed at this lodge but I love this old pretty building with great view restaurant, terrace garden, small art gallery, and a market place with a lot of gifts. I especially loved the garden. We enjoyed taking photos in the garden on a rainy day. The view from the restaurant on the rainy day, you can't see much but dining in a cloud is pretty cool as well. read more

The view here is beautiful, and they know it. They up-charge the pricing a ridiculous amount because of the location, but the worst part is that we were told we're not allowed to even sit in the outdoor seating area "because our food would get cold". To put this in perspective, it's in the mountains, I'm pretty sure that the owner is aware of the elevation along with ourselves. At least the server could have let us down kindly, but she seemed to get defensive about it... I'm not sure if she just gets asked this all the time and is now annoyed by the question, but I frankly don't care what the reason was. Anyway, I ordered the spinach salad with the catch of the day fish... $30. The salad was not even worth half the amount, and to top it off the fish was over cooked. I can't bring myself to believe they allowed that to leave the kitchen knowingly. At least my mother's meal was good, she got the macadamia nut pesto pasta with shrimp. We would have ordered the daily special, if our server had told us about it. We overheard it from another table, and when asked, we were told they "just found out"... all I'm going to say is I've worked at a restaurant before. To sum it up, service can make or break an experience for me, maybe I was just unlucky this day, but based on my time there I'd say go explore the terrace for the views but spend your hard earned money somewhere else. read more

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Overall pretty good food. Very pricey, but I'm sure that it's the scenic view you end up paying for. I always recommend the Mac Nut Pancakes or the Loco Moco. Don't get the pizza, it's a very small portion and expensive. Great restaurant if you are upcountry or coming back down from Haleakalā. read more

The views from this place are amazing! I wouldn't mind coming back to stay a night. Cooler weather in this area as well. The outdoor patio and grounds are very well kept. The inside gives you a true lodge feel. They had a fire going inside, and I really like the decor. Not something that you would expect to see in Maui. We came for breakfast. Huge omelets and really good potatoes. We did not have a wait, but we went when the crater was closed due to weather. Some others have commented on the cleanliness being sub par, but we did not experience that. The restaurant was very clean and the staff was professional and courteous. read more

We stayed at Kula Lodge the night before heading up to Haleakala for sunrise. Our flight didn't land till 8 pm and Kula closes at 9 pm but we had made a reservation in advance. Barry (an employee) called me at 9 pm to let me know he was closing the front and would just leave our unit open. Luckily we were around the corner so he waited for us. He was really nice; walked us to our room and showed us around. We had originally booked cottage #3 but apparently it was double booked so we were upgraded free of charge to one if the bigger rooms which had two stories and a fireplace! The room was surprisingly clean for being in the middle of a forest. The shower was hot and they provided shampoo & conditioner. The one thing that concerned me is that the bed didn't have a sheet to sleep with (it had a fitted sheet for the bed); it only had a light blanket. It left me wondering how and whether they clean the blanket between guest stays. :-/ Since I assume most people stay at this small lodge (only 5 cottages so book in advance) to do the sunrise at Haleakala, I wish they opened up their kitchen earlier or had a mini fridge in the room to store things like milk or cream cheese. Unfortunately, the kitchen doesn't open till 6 am. However, there's a guy who operates a small coffee stall just up the road from Kula, on the way to Haleakala. Pick up hot coffee there!! On the way back from Haleakala, we stopped here for breakfast too. We shared the veggie omelette - the feta cheese was an interesting addition. Service was fast and the food was average. One thing to note is that there's no wifi in the rooms; only in the restaurant. All in all, it was convenient to stay here prior to Haleakala and I recommend it. read more

We found this gem a few months ago and it's been our favorite local getaways. The food cooked by Benoit is our favorite reason to spoil ourselves and is such a special treat, gourmet crafted with precision and customization. We have never been disappointed with a meal cooked by him and the views are just icing on the cake. A 5 star review for a 5 star meal and experience. read more

Came for dinner on Monday night. It was a pleasure to have our chef (Josh) come to our table to check on dietary restrictions as well as preferences. We ordered multiple dishes and everything from apps to entree were awesome. The stand out was the chicken that was on a bed fresh watercress and cherry tomatoes. The new menu up here is great and worth the drive!!! We came up from Wailea and will definitely be back!!! Kudos chef!! read more

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This restaurant is at least a 4 rating without a doubt. The service is amazing and so is the views from our table. If you love pizza, then this place is the bomb dot com. It has a old feel to it but very comfy and home vibe to it. read more

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Someone recommended this place to me. The views and the throw back vibe here are fantastic! Staff are also very friendly and work hard to make sure everyone can enjoy their one of a kind view of both coasts of the island. The food however is just glorified bar food and nothing memorable. I had the goat cheese and onion quiche my husband had the chicken wrap. They certainly weren't bad but not great. I would recommend it purely for the views and atmosphere. read more

This is the place to stop after your sunrise at Haleakala. You need coffee, they have Maui roaster blend that you need. Need. Then you have to have some Maui Gold Pineapple, just make sure you order enough. I have the goat cheese and caramelized onion quiche. The crust and eggs were absolutely perfection. Flavors were great. And the portion size exactly right. Pair all of this with a great view of South Maui and west Maui. You are at peace. read more

Had the delicious Goat Cheese & Caramelized Onion Quiche! Highly recommend this spot after watching the sunrise at Mt. Haleakala. The fireplace is a nice cozy addition as well. read more

The view is amazing! The food, the service, and the cleanliness, only so-so. We went for lunch, and I ordered the quiche. It was okay, but totally overpriced for the portion size. My friend had a ceasar salad, which was nothing special. We then finished with a slice of mud pie to share and each had a cup of coffee. Our bill was $47 dollars. If the service had been great, and the dishes and silverware had been clean, I might not have minded, but for meh service in an uncrowded restaurant, and grime on the coffee cups, I doubt I'll go back. On another note, the bartender seemed really nice and friendly. Too bad he couldn't have been our waiter. He actually seemed to like his job, unlike our waiter! read more

Memorable and majestic anniversary dinner for the sunset. Steak was delicious and my server from Atlanta was awesome!!! This place is highly recommended with amazing views. read more

We have dined at this restaurant several times. Last night we were there and had a fabulous evening! We had the spinach/strawberry salad (shared) and the prime rib (shared). Both were delicious! For dessert, we had their famous Pineapple Upside Down Cake. To-die-for! John, our food server, took excellent care of us. We could not have been more pleased! There is nothing not to like about this fine restaurant! The view is wonderful, as well! read more

If you are going up to the volcano, I would make it part of the trip to stop here. Beautiful views and the inside is cozy. I wanted pizza, but the oven was down so I settled with the pulled pork sandwich. I have to say it was AMAZING.. and I don't even like pulled pork sandwiches! It had a great flavor and it was probably one of the best sandwiches I've had on the island. I would have given this place 5 stars however, the waiter was kind of rude. He didn't take his time with us and wasn't friendly at all. I felt like he was just trying to get us out. Other than that, great place! read more

Came here twice for the brick oven fired pizza. Both times the guy doing pizza didn't feel like working or quit early. Don't bother coming here if it's for the pizza. read more

NOT what it used to be... now false advertisement! I want to warn people! We visited Kula Lodge for lunch a few years ago and it was so beautiful and hospitable, we looked forward to one day coming back (willing to pay plenty) to stay here for the full lodge experience... but upon arrival we were not a)owed past the front door. No lodge, no gardens, no restaurant, no bar - apparently all off limits after 2 (check-in not til 3), if at all... and when I asked to clarify if we are only allowed in our room and the parking lot picnic tables, I got a snotty "Well there is ALL of Maui!" (Not why we chose a mountain retreat.) We are happy to roll with Covid protocols, but this is not about that - this is purely taking our money based on total false advertisement - their website advertises full dinner service and all the rest! What this place used to be, but no more... Management now wants to take the lodge money and allow us no lodge experience (so where does our money go?) A lot of disappointed people here tonight... Really rotten business practice and rotten attitude... read more

Great view and atmosphere, so so food, worst waiter ever! We were seated at a beautiful window at approx. 3:00 pm. Our server, Robert must have walked by us 30 times before he ever even acknowledged us. Finally at 3:25 he walked by and said "I'll be right with you". At 3:45 I had to stop him and ask for water and a glass of champagne for my daughter and I. At 4:00 I waved him down from his conversation with another waiter by the kitchen and asked for our drinks. He brought over water and took our orders, still no champagne. Again.....may I please have our champagne? Oh yea, I forgot. Lunch looked delicious. Flag down Robert again....May I have some lemon, red pepper flakes and maybe some utensils to eat my shrimp,and pasta with? It was like pulling teeth with this guy. Not to mention he was bussing tables with dirty dishes....then picks up our plates to serve us. Ewwwww. If we hadn't been so hungry and such a long drive elsewhere we would have left. We should have. read more

We came here for dinner on a rainy night after Haleakala. We watched the guy making my husband's pizza in the rain in the outdoor oven. Best pizza we can remember! I had the mahi-mahi and it was fantastic. Best meal we ate in 10 days all over Maui! read more

We really enjoyed this place and the staff is excellent. I think the bad reviews are because it gets very damp at night but for $170 a night in Maui what do you expect? The room was great except for the dampness and it was only a 45 min drive to Haleakala. We ate at the lodge two times during our stay too. We are vegetarian and they had options for us. The pizza was fantastic and so was the beet salad. I even left my go pro on the hostess stand and the girl at the hostess stand returned it to me right away. Overall, I can't say anything bad about this place except that it gets wet and damp in the room..... read more

Shocked by how rude the woman working was to us!!!!! We were 50 minutes earlier than are reservation, just wanted to ask if we could go stand by. Before I could even ask she began snapping at me telling me " you're an hour early!" I asked her very calmly why she had to be so rude? And she stated, that she didn't have time to listen to my complaint about her. I then said " you won't even allow me to express how I feel? And she said nope she didn't have time because she was to busy. I began walking out to the car to tell my party what was happening and to ask if they wanted to wait. But as I walked out she yelled at me, " are you coming back at 2 or not!" I at that point wanted to speak to a manager which I asked for. She then raised both her arms in the air and with a smirk and chuckle said, " I am the manager." And walked away. Never have we been treated so rudely, the sad part is we ate there simply for the atmosphere, the food wasn't the greatest and the service was always slow. But we enjoyed the atmosphere. Now....... not even the atmosphere is worth coming back for. I will let everyone know how badly they treat their guess! read more

Needs a spruce up. Smelled damp inside, turned us off eating. View is gorgeous though!

I made another mistake by trying to give Kula lodge another try a year after our first bad review. This time it was even worse! From time we arrived we were told that it would be a long wait...15 minutes. Well that didn't seem long so we sat and waited. 4 adults and 2 children. Then 15 minutes later the same guy comes back, explained how they had 17 people come in and they were backed up and wouldn't be able to seat us. I let him know of my past experience and how disappointed I was...again! He went on to explain how he was stabbed that evening by a customer in his hand..how the police were called and the guy went to jail. I can't believe I even tried them again. We hesitated to go because of such bad experiences in the past and now I know why. This place needs new management...I don't even know how they manage to stay in business. It's sad because they have so much potential with such a beautiful panoramic view. Honestly..they are horrible! read more

This place is AWESOME!!!! Great view, great food, great service! Crab Cake Benedict!! Heaven on earth!

Tourist trap. Very expensive (think $35-$40 for entree) and the food is below mediocre. We ordered: Runny raw rib eye, sloshy beef stroganoff, miniscule piece of chicken at $35 for special of the day.. definitely skip this one with so many other good places on the island. read more

Our family stopped here after watching the Haleakala sunrise. After a 3:00am wake up we were all famished. Sleeping family surrounding me I pulled over on the roadside and consulted the all-knowing Yelp app. The closest hunger cure? The Kula Lodge. With a current 3.5 star Yelp rating I pre-warned the family that the food should be fair but won't blow your socks off. The ambiance and decor inside is beautiful, the million dollar panorama of the Maui valley is astonishing. There is a notice at the check in desk requesting patrons to refrain from cell phone usage whilst in the restaurant, when we were seated in this phenomenal setting I glanced around at the other patrons only to see almost everybody...on their phones (Ha-ha)! All staff were pleasant but I had to ask for a refill on the coffee which came promptly nonetheless. My younger son (12) tried the waffle which he loved. Two of us ordered the burrito which was barely hot enough and unfortunately I had to rush through the potatoes before they went from "cold" to "stone cold". My wife enjoyed the Macadamia nut pancakes with fresh strawberries with scrambled eggs on the side. She said the scrambled eggs were the best she's ever eaten so I suspect this may have been her first experience sampling freshly laid eggs! Eating in Maui is expensive, dropping over $100 for a standard American style breakfast is normal for a family of four and this restaurant was no exception. I was happy to suck it up to experience the magnificence of this location and all without staring at my phone! Nb. Kula Lodge incorporates a small kitchen surcharge which would be more easy to swallow if all food was HOT! In spite of the small stuff I would visit again. read more

The website isn't up to date at all. We consulted it for lunch and dinner times and arrived around 4:15pm (per website, dinner begins @ 4pm). We were greeted by 3 people, the first of which said, as soon as we walked through the door, "Lunch is over." She was pretty snappish. The woman who took us to our table told us they only had salads, soups, and appetizers. We all ended up ordering the soup of the day, and it was great. The service was just so-so. Pizza ovens weren't running, supposedly because there was no pizza cook, fountains weren't running outside...altogether a kind of hodgepodge affair. Since we went at the recommendation of friends who loved it, I would say check reviews in general to make your decision. But don't go by the website! read more

This is not a review of the "Restaurant" although this is the Kula Lodge and Restaurant. I feel that they should be reviewed separately as not to skew the restaurant's scores. The restaurant was magnificent. I wrote an earlier review of the lodge as well; however, I have since learned we picked up BED BUGS from unit #5 which is situated down the hill and to the left of the restaurant as you drive in. To be fair about bed bugs... it is an epidemic nationwide and a global problem so I don't fault them and frankly, I would not be writing this review if I felt they were handling the situation appropriately. We stayed there one night and then subsequently three other places on the remainder of our vacation. The next day, my husband noticed a few bites and didn't think much about it. By the time we got home, he was covered with bites and I had seen this problem with other friends. I immediately stripped our bed to find a single bed bug. I immediately started to call everywhere we stayed... starting with ... Kula Lodge. Dennis who said he was one of the managers immediately asked if I was the mother-in-law... and I said no. He admitted someone brought bed bugs in around Thanksgiving and they had a few complaints and one customer actually brought two bed bugs to them!. He droned on about fumigating and how they did not put anyone in the room for "a day" and he personally taped the legs so they couldn't crawl up the furniture. I said, I'm here to tell you that you still have a problem as of late November. He blatantly denied the possibility of having them. It was clear to me that they did not have a professional exterminator come in because it is not a one day treatment and furthermore, if you are seeing the bugs, you have a real infestation that requires aggressive treatment that requires the room to be vacant a few weeks due to the life cycle of the bugs. He never asked for my name and didn't offer an apology, etc. etc. I was appalled because my experience with the restaurant was the total opposite. So, I'm looking at about $800-$1,000 to clear two rooms in my home and a hallway, another $2K for our two friends' apartments in Honolulu and thank goodness the Hilton Las Vegas actually "thanked" us for calling promptly, took our names and contact information and wished us well. So, this has been about a $3K bed bug experience and we're lucky because we caught it so quickly. Kula Lodge needs to be taking this VERY SERIOUSLY! read more

I stayed at this lodge for 3 days. The pictures on their website were certainly photo shopped to look good. Each day starting at 4am heavy traffic went by the unit. Since there is no insulation or sound proofing it was like vehicles were driving thru your room. People may call this quaint - I call it a waste of money. I could of stayed at a Motel 6 - at least then I get my monies worth. At this lodge the illusion of quaintness does not justify the price. read more

Great food, great service! The restaurant has lots of traditional and untraditional selections, and their stone oven baked pizza is probably one of the best pizzas on the island. read more

Very neat place. Didnt get to enjoy the view since it was dark. Stopped there on the way down from halelakala. Good food, a little pricey. Neat decor. Would go again. read more

After touring Haleakala, we decided to stop at the Kula lodge and were greatly pleased with the service the food and the friendliness of the staff. Our server Malina, was I fairly new hire and normally work mornings however did a great job for evening service with h our large Party or 13! The beautiful sunset views work gorgeous, and the food was amazing and despite the cooks being busy the waitress was so kind bringing us extra things to accommodate our way and was so polite, and the chef Girard came to our table also and was so personable and warm and welcoming to the Islamd . He mango short ribs were delicious along with the pesto link weenie and short ribs . They had a lovely patio area outside with a brick oven and offer personal specialize brick oven pizzas earlier in the day prior to 6 PM which we highly would recommend, as we have experienced them at a prior visit. We highly recommend this restaurant for anyone visiting the island, Haleakala and especially if visiting with kids ! We will be back again . Aloha from San Diego read more

The food was terrible! We are vegetarian and ordered linguine and risotto. They came out in about five minutes and each dish was equally bad. I really hate to leave reviews like this but we are so shocked. The venue is incredible, worth a visit in itself but I hope they focus on better food in the future, even if it means offered less selection. I would rather have one great dish than choose from a variety of ore-made, tasteless items. read more

This place looks rustic from the outside. The 5 rooms are shabby. dirty carpets, long overdue curtain replacement,and the worst for us,dirty bedding. We were told it was "european style". We know that the real European style is clean sheets that smell good. This is just an excuse to use fewer sheets. The crew was helpful but they had no power and kept referring to the General Mgr. When we FINALLY got ahold of Isabelle, who had been hiding from us, she was cold and denied everything. She wanted to blame it on the crew. The owner,Freddy, did not even bother to call us back. He needs to open up his squeaky bank to make vast improvements . The MANAGEMENT should be warm and welcoming, reflecting the "Spirit of Aloha". They, sadly, need a lot of training. Makawao is a nearby small Hawaiian cowboy town that has restaurants,stores and a few places to stay. Check it out! You`ll like it. read more

We had dinner with Adam and Lindsay at the Kula Lodge. Great view but didn't have a great sunset. People were nice, view fantastic, but the service was awful! Half the things on the menu they were out of. Had no pizza's last nite. A third of the menu is their special wood fired pizza. Got Adam's order totally mixed up. Didn't bring coffee or tea that was ordered. The company and wine made up for all! read more

Great meal, beautiful gardens, nice simple room, extremely accommodating staff. We stayed for a night on our way to Haleakala and enjoyed it. read more

We have been coming to the Kula Lodge for years and have never had a bad meal whether it be breakfast, lunch or dinner. Their food is always very fresh and well-made. Usually places with such incredible views do not have very good food but Kula Lodge is the rare exception. Their Kula Marketplace shop is our favorite gift shop on the whole island. It has a wide range of island momentos and collectibles that are not outrageously priced nor super cheesy like so many of the shops in the resort areas. The marketplace is easy to miss if you just go to the restaurant so be sure to head down there before leaving the property. read more

Last night I went to dinner with my family 4 adults and 4 kids. I got a bad experience all the food was not hot enough every plate is over than 35 dollars one plate was very bad the rice was undercook . After we talked with the manager they got me a new batch of rice be the rice that they gave me was worse and only the manager discount from my account only 25 dollars I don't recommend this place I am not coming back and one of my daughters throw up. read more

Food was good we ordered the corned beef and cinnamon French toast. Corned beef tasted a little bland and French toast was good but not great. Our service was excellent. read more