John M.
Yelp
Let me start with the 3 stars is for the food, the service and our server were 8 stars out of 5!!! More on that later.
The wife and the friends were on Kauai for a week and staying in a timeshare, we had access to cook and grill dinners which we really like to do. We did want to try a nice restaurant while on the island and the wife made reservations a while back whenever it opened up for a date and time we were on the island. We were staying in Poipu and The Beach House was only a 10 minute drive away. We did try to get an Uber, but we were in the off season and the front desk told us it was hard to get an Uber any time, but especially between the busy seasons. We ended up driving and it was very close, so no issues.
The restaurant was bustling and the valet parking was jammed, but they cleared it quickly and took our car. Valet was very nice and friendly. Valet parking was $5, the best deal on the island for our entire stay! We arrived at 5:15pm.
We stepped up to the hostess stand to announce our arrival and our reservation time of 5:30pm. We were a bit early and they said it would be a few minutes so we headed to the bar. Before we could order drinks, we got the text that our table was ready so we made a u-turn and were quickly seated by a nice hostess. Not long after we sat down what I thought was a manager came to our table greeted us cheerfully and took our drink orders.
The drinks were delivered by a drink server and they came quickly which was a nice surprise since the place was packed. Nice work bartenders!
The person I thought was a manager came back and introduced herself as Christie (spelling?) and she was our server for the evening. Christie was great, as were any staff we dealt with during our time there. Again, 8+ (out of 5, HA!) stars for Christie and all of the staff.
Christie lead us through the appetizer choices and we selected the Lobster Deviled Eggs and the Green Beans. Again, these came out in record time. We did not feel rushed at any point, especially by Christie, but things moved quickly around there. Drinks, food, etc...
The Lobster Deviled Eggs we a rousing "OK". I like deviled eggs and the wife and I make them sometimes when we have people over. I like to make them with pickled eggs for more of a zing. These were very basic hard boiled eggs with the yokes mashed up but no particular flavor or spice. They did indeed come with some lobster meat that was also OK. I would not order this again as it was not anything special.
The stir fried reen beans were in a delicious sauce. Kind of an unusual appetizer, but I would suggest it as it was one of the top things I ate at The Beach House. We ate up the entire plate.
While eating our apps, Christie gave us an overview of the entree choices and the special. The entree choices are very limited, but that was OK with me as I wanted seafood and they had several yummy sounding choices available.
I chose the Lobster & Fish Pasta, the wife chose the Macadamia Crusted Fresh Catch (can't remember the fish name, started with an M) and the friends both had the Seared Ahi Steak, the number one recommendation by Christie. It seemed like Christie walked into the kitchen and the servers walked out with our food. Boom, we had food in front of us. Like I said earlier, we did not feel rushed by anyone, but things moved quickly once the orders were placed.
My pasta was all-in-all very good. The high points were the delicious sauce, the nicely cooked pasta and the perfectly cooked fish. The dish had mahi-mahi and the unknown catch of the day that started with an M. All that was very good and I tried to eat it all but became too full to finish all of the pasta. The low point was the 1/2 lobster on the top of the pasta. It was much smaller than I expected and unfortunately it was pretty dry. I tried to cut it up to mix in with the great sauce and pasta, but the damn thing was impossible to cut through. I ended up shredding it a bit so I didn't have to put the whole tail meat section in my mouth. A bit disappointing.
The wife gave her fresh catch meal an "it was OK" review. The fish was nicely cooked, but not anything special.
The friends' seared ahi steak was perfectly seared, a beautiful shade of red and since they gave me a chunk to try I can confirm it was delicious. The friend does not really like broccolini and was expecting the broccoli listed in the menu. Also, they would have preferred rice instead of the wasabi mashed potatoes. The sauce Maui onion sauce was "interesting". The ahi was the highlight for their meal.
For dessert we all shared an order of the coconut crème brûlée. It was another "just OK."
The sunset? The Service? 8 to 10 out of 5 stars!
The food? It was OK and it was expensive.
Go here for the service and the sunset. Maybe a cocktail and appetizer watching the sunset. Wish the food was better.
Go. Eat "Just OK". Have FUN!