Sunday Brunch: Plumeria Beach House

My review of the restaurant, "Plumeria Beach House."  at the "Kahala Hotel & Resort". 

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The Plumeria Beach House
An open-air restaurant

The outside of the "Plumeria Beach House"

My first impression of the "Plumeria Beach House" was a good one.  The atmosphere was more than inviting, the food smelled good, and the view was great.

Atmosphere: 4.0/5.0 

The wait for a table was a little long, but time passed quickly enough.

So far, my experience was top-notch.

 Inside the restaurant: (pictured above) The buffet

Decoration/Display

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My waiter brought me to my table, and my menu was already awaiting me...

 I looked over my choices: Sandwiches, Burgers, ...Curry?  Interesting, but I think I'll go with the sandwich.  I waited for the waiter to come back.

And waited.

Then waited some more.

I think I was half-sleep when the waiter finally came to take my order.  He took my order and menu, then left.  Never even asked me if I wanted a drink.  I figured he would when he came back with appetizers.

Service: 2.0/5.0 (Although the waiter was helpful, the wait was way too long.)

He came with appetizers (below) but still never mentioned anything about my drink.

Butter balls with lavash (appetizer)

The lavash with the butter was oh-so-delicious!  It crunched in my mouth and the butter melted on my tongue.  It made up for a lot. 

After eating the lavash with butter, I decided to walk around the grounds and explore.  After all, I figured I would be waiting awhile for my meal.

The Grounds

 A little pond filled with fish, turtles, and even a sting ray

 A little honu (sea turtle)

 Hotel grounds

Take a step (or two) out of your seat, 

And you are literally right on the beach

 Outside of the restaurant

The Food

I got back to my table and waited until my waiter returned once more with my sandwich.

When he set my plate down in front of me, the first thing I thought was, "Ew."  I felt like I was staring at a mountain of potato chips.

Presentation: 2.0/5.0

It looked like there was more chips than sandwich.

But you never know, maybe the taste is excellent.  I took a bite of sandwich.   Blech.  My mom makes better sandwiches than that.

Taste: 1.5/5.0

I ate one slice of my chicken sandwich until I couldn't eat anymore.  Then I started picking on the chips that were soggy from then sandwich sauce.  In the end I asked the waiter to put my leftovers into a container to take home.

However, I wasn't done yet.  I needed to eat something sweet and delicious.  Dessert.

After mulling over my options I finally decided on the "Kahala Sundae."

The brownies in it weren't that tasty, but I ate it all up anyway.

Taste: 3.5/5.0

The Kahala Sundae

It was time to go.  All in all, I wasn't satisfied with my experience, and if I had a choice, I wouldn't come back again.

Overall Rating: 2.5/5.0

Julia.

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