Hawaii - Best of the Best 2016

Hawaii! The 2016 Best of the Best is out! Compiled by Hawaii Magazine, it lists 530 of readers favorite Hawaii Resorts, Hotels, Restaurants, Shops, activities and more! If you're traveling to Hawaii this year, you want this list.
Just to give you a sample...Food & Drink
This list runs the gamut from posh spots to hole in the wall restaurants and breakfast stops galore!


Best Restaurant ($61 + pp)
Mama's Fish House, Pa'ai, Maui; Roys, Hawaii Island, Maui, O'ahu.

Best Restaurant ($30-$60 pp)
Duke's Kauai, Maui, Oahu; Roy's Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu; Moneypod Kitchen, Maui, Oahu;

Best Restaurant ($29 or less pp) 
Duke's Restaurant, Kauai, Maui, Oahu, Star Noodle, Lahaina, Maui, Hula Grill, Oahu, Maui

Best Places for Cheap Eats
 Zippy's Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu, Aloha Mixed Plate, Lahaina, Maui, Da Kitchen, Kahului and Kihei, Maui

Best Place to get a plate lunch
 Aloha Mixed Plate, Lahaina, Maui, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui and Oahu

​Best New Restaurant (Open one Year or Less)
Frida's Mexican Beach House Restaurant, Lahaina, Maui, Eating House 1849, Poipu Kauai, Kokopele Island Foods, Wailuku Maui

Best Hawaii Chef
 Roy Yamaguchi, Roy's Eating House 1849, Sheldon Simeon, Migrant, Alan Wong, Alan Wong's King Street, The Pineapple Room

Best Seafood Restaurant
 Mama's Fish House, Pa'ia, Maui, Roy's Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu, Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar, Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu, Kimo's Lahaina, Maui

Best Restaurant for Breakfast
The Gazebo Restaurant Napili, Napili, Maui, Eggs 'N Things Honolulu and Waikiki, Oahu, Cafe Kaila, Honolulu, Oahu, Longhi's Maui and Oahu

Best Steak House
 Ruth's Chris Steak House, Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu, Hy's Steak House, Waikiki, Oahu, Kobe Japanese Steak House, Maui and Oahu

Best Burger Place
Teddy's Bigger Burgers, Oahu and Maui, Cheeseburger Restaurants, Oahu and Maui, Village Burger, Waimea, Hawaii Island

Best Farm To Table Restaurant
 Merriman's Hawaii Island, Maui, Kauai, Town Honolulu, Oahu, Pacific 'O, Lahaina Maui

Best Romantic Restaurant
Mama's Fish House, Pai'ia, Maui, Duke's Beach House Maui, Kaanapali Maui

Best Hotel or Resort Restaurant
Duke's Beach House Maui, Honua Kai Resort & Spa, Kaanapali, Maui, House Without A Key, Halekulani, Waikiki, Oahu

Best Japanese Restaurant
Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar, Maui, Oahu and Hawaii, Kobe Japanese Steak House, Oahu and Maui

Best Korean Restaurant
Sorabol, Honolulu, Oahu, Isana Restaurant, Kihei, Maui

Best Hawaiian Restaurant
'Ono Hawaiian Foods, Honolulu Oahu, Aloha Mixed Plate, Lahaina, Maui

Best Chinese Restaurant
Little Village Noodle House, Honolulu, Oahu, China Boat Restaurant, Lahaina, Maui

Best Thai Restaurant
Phuket Thai, Honolulu and Mililani, Oahu, Siam Garden Cafe, Honolulu, Oahu

Best Vietnamese Restaurant
A Saigon Cafe, Wailuku, Maui, Pho Thinh, Honolulu, Oahu

Best Italian Restaurant
Assaggio, Multiple Oahu Locations, Pulehu, An Italian Grill, Kaanapali, Maui

Best Deli
CJ's Deli & Diner, Kaanapali Maui, 808 Deli Maui, Kihei, Maui

Best Breakfast or Brunch Buffet
Duke's, Kauai, Maui, Oahu, Kaanapali Beach Hotel Sunday Brunch, Kaanapali, Maui

Best Bakery
Leonard's Bakery, Honolulu, Oahu, Leoda's Kitchen and Pie Shop, Lahaina, Maui

Best Malasadas (Portuguese Donut, Yummmm)
Leonard's Bakery, Honolulu, Hawaii, Tex Drive-in, Honoka'a, Hawaii Island

Best Shave Ice Stand/Store
Matsumoto's Shave Ice, Hale'iwa, Oahu, Ululani's Hawaiian Shave Ice

Best Place for Poke
Foodland, multiple locations, Da Poke Shack, Laiula-Kona, Hawaii Island

Best Pizza Restaurant
Flatbread Company, Pai'ia, Maui, Brick Oven Pizza, Multiple locations on Kauai and Oahu

Best Bar & Lounge
Duke's Waikiki, Waikiki, Oahu, House Without a Key, Waikiki, Oahu

This is just a sampling of the complete list and only the top 2 or 3 in each category is shown here. The survey includes 98 different categories with over 530 winners. Want to see the entire list? It's on newsstands now, or go to hawaiimagazine.com.