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A House without a Key

Fancy dinner night alert!!! Since we no longer have our cruise waiter Douglas to bring our favorite things at every dinner meal, we are trying to figure out how to feed ourselves again. Found this little spot within walking distance and had little idea it was going to be such a special treat. This place has quite a story - hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Originally built as a private residential hotel, the restaurant is relatively small with the actual footprint being the size of the original house. And the lawn area with the big tree facing the ocean was the original front yard. It was built in 1907 and later expanded in 1917 into a vacation resort. We enjoyed dinner along with live music and a hula dancer in front of a massive kiawe tree that is over 135 years old. This restaurant inspired the first Charlie Chan novel written in 1919.


Stacy’s first mai tai - and Hawaiian shirt


Notice the kiawe. It was planted in 1887. In 2016, the tree was toppled over by age and heavy rains. Fortunately, the roots remained intact. To this day, it continues to grow!






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