ONE FORTY American Steak, Hawaiian Seafood — Restaurant in Lānaʻi

Called hotel to book a reservation for dinner while we were staying at a different location on Lanai. They booked everything without issue. The day of the reservation they refused us entry to the property due to some previously unmentioned anti-covid policy restricting the restruant to people who are staying at the four seasons. Regardless of vaccination status etc.

While the policy is silly, the real issue is they did not make it clear that they had this policy when we made the reservation! We would not have minded if they made it clear up front we could not even make the reservation, but that was not the case.. They called earlier the day of but did not leave a message, and when I returned the call no one at the restraunt answered the phone. This left us dressed up, with no where to eat dinner, after all other restruants on the island had closed. Completely haphazard and poor communication and execution of their...

This was a surprising treat, because you learn to be wary of the hotel restaurant. But the entire F&B operations, at this property, are unparalleled, and both breakfast buffet and dinner were incredible. The breakfast has a number of Japanese inspired things, from miso soup, wakame salad, sashimi, poke, rice, etc. Made to order omelettes, and fruit and berries, some you might expect plus some local stuff you might never expect. Their service is gracious and filled with Aloha. The dinner was absolutely incredible, with some of the best seafood of our lives. The seafood tower could feed 6, but nope, we took care of it. They have nailed surf and turf. Fun fact: "140" means both the square mileage of Lanai, as well as the perfect temperature...

Of all the restaurants of all the Hawaiian FS, this one is my least favorite. I had really high hopes for the dining at Lanai, because the resort is definitely my favorite of all the FS. But the dining options bring it down a bit. Perhaps it was because we dined right before they shut down again during the second Covid surge and we were some of the last inter-island visitors. I don’t know. Perhaps an off night? I’m sure we will give them another try next time we are at...