Where to Eat and Sleep in Waikiki, Hawaii
Resorts
Halekulani Hotel
A nearly 100-year-old resort that's home to Orchids restaurant; the six-seat Table One inside Orchids is prime seating for chef Vikram Garg's tasting menus.
Moana Surfrider
Recently refurbished, this white wooden hotel serves a proper afternoon tea on the plank-floored veranda.
Royal Hawaiian
A renovated 1927 pink palace where Clark Gable once stayed. Has the original Mai Tai Bar and a wonderful new seafood restaurant, Azure.
Restaurants
V Lounge
A dive bar with great pizza by a former pastry chef from Nobu Waikiki, who stokes the oven with Hawaiian kiawe wood for a perfectly charred crust.
Surf Esoterica
The Honolulu Surfing Museum
A world-class surfboard collection inside the restaurant Jimmy Buffett's at the Beachcomber; visitors can order an umbrella drink at the tiki-style bar before heading into the exhibits.
Article updated January 2011.
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