Kahale's Beach Club

This place was pretty cool.  We stumbled upon it randomly and found some guest who are attending the wedding at the bar.  It was serendipity.  What was really cool was there was a live funk band playing funk and r&b music...in Maui!  As an outsider it looked like a biker bar (bikers in Maui?  who knew?).  The cabbie that picked us up looked at us and was surprised us youngsters were at the "old folks bar" as he said it to us.  We had a good time.  I love dive bars!

Two ways to understand what is a local dive bar:  Write a few thousand words, or come here.

Hidden in the back corner of this active nightlife area, the music draws you in.  Friday night had a great guitarist, playing his own Maui-adaptations of some famous songs with great guitar skills and a fine smooth voice.  We and one other couple looked like we didn't belong.  The rest were clearly regulars, with hugs around when new ones arrived.  The place is small, old, messy, and a room you'd probably not want to see in daylight.  But the beer was cold, service was excellent, and everyone was relaxed.

A highlight was the lady who talked to the guitar player, kicked off her shoes, and then danced a beautiful flowing hula in front of her boyfriend standing at the bar.  I don't know if this was suppose to be the Hawaiian version of a lap dance, but it was great - warm, sincere, well-done, and sexy, by a woman who was definitely not a professional dancer, but did know her hula.  She got plenty of applause.

The lowlight was the most uncomfortable stools on which I have ever sat.  I even tried setting, but it didn't help.

DIVE DIVE DIVE!

Wow, my first experience coming into this place was like walking into a "biker" bar in another state!  As soon as I walked through the door you get that "stare" like "boy, you don't belong here!"

It really wasn't like that though, although some people could feel intimated.  I just bellied up to the bar and order some beers.  No local beers! OMG!

I guess this is the most un-Maui/Hawaiian bar you could go to.  You know, I suppose some of the locals want that feeling of getting away from Hawaii!

All in all, I don't think this is much of a tourist spot.  It seemed more of a local bar.

The band was some hard rock band screaming into a mic!  Not the best band and didn't want to wait around long enough to see if it would get better.  My friends and I just chugged our beers and left!