Castaway Cafe — Restaurant in Maui

We really wanted to like this place. The staff and atmosphere are really nice and inviting. However, we did experience food poisoning after sharing a hamburger on July 31 for lunch. My husband ordered it to be cooked well done. Upon dividing the hamburger, we saw that some areas were still pink and even red. The presentation of it looked rushed with the bun smashed and few fries thrown in. Let this be a lesson-do not eat if a well done burger looks this way. Exactly 6 hours later both my husband and I came down with all the symptoms that it comes with. Thankfully since we split the burger, our ordeal just lasted a day, but still its the last thing anybody would want to happen, especially on our trip to Maui and in a beautiful area such the Maui Kaanapali Villas. A word to the establishment: You need to implement some quality control. The dinner we had there the night before was fish and chips and we had to send it back because the batter was doughy inside. To their credit, the manager was very accommodating by comping our meal and giving us a...

Nestled in the well kept, Aston Maui Ka'anapali Villas, with beautiful views of the ocean and islands. Our server Concetta was charming, funny, conversational and attentive, loved her. My husband ordered the short rib Benedict, with potatoes. Mild creamy hollandaise sauce, with savory delicious short ribs, that tasted like they were slow cooked for hours, with great care I had a virgin bloody Mary, that was way better and more tasty, than regular tomato juice. I ordered the crab cakes Benedict, w/potatoes. My hollandaise sauce was perfect and creamy. A top soft English muffins, was twin delicious crab cakes. You could tell the crab was super fresh, as they did not smell or taste fishy, like frozen crab cakes that we have on the mainland. Each plate was adorned with a beautiful edible flower. I did eat the flower and it tasted good. All the staff was super friendly, many greeted us upon arrival, and thanked us for coming, wishing us a great day upon leaving. I highly recommend you put this on your vacation to do list. 5...

We go to Maui for a month every year. 2 or 3 times a week I would have breakfast at the cafe. It was that good. great service good food and on the beach. You felt like you got a good value for your money. This year I went 3 times. First time: Slow service, portions smaller and not very good and higher priced. 2nd time: Slow service incredibly smaller portion. I had a breakfast burrito. server brought it and it rolled off the plate onto the table. They picked it up with bare hands put it back o the plate and walked off. Did not even fill my coffee. WOW. 3rd time i was by myself sat down and asked for a cup of coffee. and waited and waited asking 5 times for a cup. Finally ordered and asked for a cup of coffee. 15 minutes and still no coffee. after 2 other tables came in and ordered and received coffee I got up to leave. The mgr stopped me and tried to make it right and comp the meal. She said it was ready. I had been talking with her for 5 minutes I spent a total of 30 minutes in the restaurant. I will not be...