Luau at The Sheraton Maui Kaanapali

Check-in is around 4:30 pm (mid-Sept through spring 2025), or 5:30 pm (summer). When you enter checkout, you'll see the check-in time for your selected date in the booking summary. The details will also be in your confirmation email. Although drinks and live music begin shortly after check-in, dinner service doesn't start until almost an hour after check-in and the official show about one hour after that, so arrival times are flexible without missing key components of the evening. The luau wraps up around 7:30-8:30 pm depending on start time.

Starters

• Ahi Poke
  Fresh-caught local raw tuna with Maui onions and seaweed
  (gluten-free (GF), contains sesame, soy)
• Hawaiian Potato Macaroni Salad
  (contains gluten, egg, soy)
• Kula Mixed Green Salad
  Mixed greens with cucumber, tomato, carrot, and papaya seed dressing
  (GF, contains soy)
• Fern Salad
  local wild fern shoots, tomato, Maui onion, and cabbage
  (contains gluten, sesame, soy)
• Cucumber Namasu
  with kelp and carrot
  (GF)
• Pineapple
  with Li Hing Mui powder (made from dry plum skins)
  (GF)
• Lomi Lomi Salmon
  Salted salmon with tomatoes and Maui onions
  (GF, contains seafood)
• Island Poi
  Hawaiian dish from taro root
  (GF)
• Hawaiian Sweet Taro Roll
  (contains gluten, dairy, egg, soy, tree nuts, sesame)

Main Course

• Kalua Pua'a Slow-Roasted Pork
  Roasted in underground pit (imu) all day, with Hawaiian sea salt
  (GF)
• Grilled Teriyaki Beef
  Flat iron steak with sesame seeds
  (contains gluten, soy, sesame)
• Steamed Island Fish
  with sizzling soy, green onion, and cilantro
  (contains gluten, sesame, seafood, shellfish)
• BBQ Chicken
  with passion fruit / orange / guava BBQ sauce
  (GF)
• Steamed Moloka'i Sweet Potatoes
  with coconut-milk syrup (haupia) and toasted coconut
  (GF, contains dairy)
• Local Style Fried Rice
  with spam, kamaboko (Japanese fish cake), and garlic
  (contains gluten, soy, egg, sesame, shellfish, seafood)
• Vegetable Chow-Mein
  Noodles, vegetables, and sesame
  (contains gluten, soy, shellfish, sesame)

Dessert

• Mochi Pineapple Upside Down Cake
  with rice flour, pineapple, and cherry
  (contains eggs, dairy, soy)
• Chocolate Coconut Bar
  Milk chocolate with coconut milk
  (contains gluten, dairy, egg)
  
• Ube Cheesecake
  Purple yam
  (contains gluten, dairy, soy)

Beverages

• Open Bar with distilled spirits, beer, wine, tropical cocktails (Mai Tai or Pina Colada), non-alcoholic cocktails (e.g., Pina Colada)
• Soft drinks, island-style punch, fresh coffee, teas, water 
  

Special holiday menus are on Christmas Eve (Dec 24) and New Year's Eve (Dec 31)

The luau is conveniently located right off the main Kaanapali Beach at the Sheraton Maui Resort. The exact location is the large lawn just steps from the beach and beachfront path (popular for a stroll), with direct views of the ocean (and Lanai in the distance), as shown in this map image (red arrow).*

Driving Distance
5-15 min from Napili and Kapalua
40-60 min from Kihei/Wailea

Parking
Parking at the Sheraton parking structure is $2 for luau guests (with validation). Valet parking is also available for $5 (with validation).

Walking
If you are staying at lodging along Kaanapali Beach, you can likely just take a short walk on the paved and lit beach walkway.

Other Transportation
Many hotels in the area have a free Ka’anapali Resort Shuttle that goes to the Whalers Village shopping center, which is a 5 minute walk along the beachfront path to the Sheraton; ask your hotel for details. In addition, the Maui Bus ($2) connects Whalers Village to multiple areas.

Uber & Lyft are also active on Maui.

* On rare occasions, the luau is held on another lawn closer to the hotel (but still between the hotel and the beach/ocean). On the one hand, this means there isn't a direct view of the ocean/beach and cliff dive; on the other hand, it's a more intimate luau with ~50% less people. Currently there are no luaus scheduled at this alternate location. This message will be updated when there are dates with this change, and any booked guests on one of these dates will be contacted.

Standard Seating
Age 13+: $189.99
Age 6-12: $105.60
Age 5 & under: Free

Preferred Seating (VIP)
First 2 rows, expedited check-in, and first to buffet
Age 13+: $218.99
Age 6-12: $134.40
Age 5 & under: Free

Since tables are pre-assigned, if your party is booking separately in order to pay separately, please answer the question at checkout about the other parties you want to sit with so you are assigned the same table. Tables fit 10 if mixed parties, or can fit 12 if all one party. If your party is more than 12, it would be helpful to note at checkout how you want to be split up at adjacent tables. 

December 24 & 31 Holiday Pricing
Standard Seating
Age 13+: $236.99
Age 6-12: $152.80
Age 5 & under: Free

Preferred Seating (first 2 rows, expedited check-in, and first to buffet)
Age 13+: $265.99
Age 6-12: $181.45
Age 5 & under: Free

Special holiday menus: Christmas Eve (Dec 24) and New Year's Eve (Dec 31)

2025 Bookings

The luau has been officially scheduled through the end of March 2025. For April - June 2025, we are offering early (tentative) booking for those who want to get their booking over with and so we can grab you the best seats in the package booked as soon as dates are officially released. If there are any changes, we will inform you as soon as possible with ample notice. There is an option to Pay Later when booking.

If you are interested in one of these tentative dates (April-June) and prefer to wait to book until they are more final or are looking for the rest of 2025 that are not yet bookable online, you can check back for when this message has been updated, or you can submit our form to be contacted at that time. 

• Book early for the best seats (pre-assigned based on when booked) and earlier access to the buffet
• You may want to book a Friday, since Fridays were only added in mid-April and so generally have the best available seats
• If possible, it's ideal to book for earlier in your trip in case of a cancellation due to weather/etc. so you can still be rescheduled, especially for Nov-Apr (wetter season)
• Same-day online booking usually closes around noon. However, if you are a party of 4+ and today is the only day you can do (and it's Mon / Wed / Fri) and it's still before 3 pm, please contact us (email preferred) and we may still be able to fit you in, at least in Standard Seating.

• The luau company (Tihati Productions) is owned and operated by a local family since its founding 50+ years ago
• Walking distance from Kaanapali Beach hotels/condos means less transport used (i.e. less pollution/carbon emissions)
• Reusable cutlery, plateware, and cloth napkins reduce landfill waste