Mauna Kea Beach Resort Beach Bar

This is one of the best beaches on that coast, for sure. Gorgeous! Now about the bar...

It looks out on said gorgeous beach.

The drinks at this bar are super yummy (and go ahead and ignore the signs that say 'No liquor beyond this point" because no one really enforces them, and it's fun to sip your drink from a beach chair.

The food was exceptionally mediocre and pricey, and there are very few vegetarian options. Go to the beach here, but eat at the Fairmont's beach bar because it is yummy. In fact, my advice would be to always eat at the Fairmont unless you are at the Four Seasons, in which case, go back and forth.

I had lunch here with my family last week and it was so delicious! The service was exceptional and the food was memorably yummy. The beach was just beautiful and the people around were all so friendly. Highly recommended and will definitely return again.

Let me say that I dream of this place when I am away from it.  It is one of my favorite places in the whole world-- I may be a bit biased because our house is at the hotel, but it really is THE place to be on the Big Island.. or anywhere for that matter.

The beach is unbeatable, the liquor is STEE-RONG, the glasses are tall, the boys are sexy (the girls are too), the bodies are bronzed, oh and you're in f*cking Hawaii.... must I go on??

The Frederico- a fruity, bourbon (JD) drink-- love them, not too sweet and 2 will knock you on your ass.... and that is a good thing of course..

The Tropical Itch- if you've never had one, this is the way to go.. kind of the "tourist that is very serious about drinking" drink... like a tropical Long Island + a 151 floater.... 2 of these = making friends with EVERYONE at the bar.. or the whole resort... and u get a back scratcher so it's totally worth your dignity...

and you can't go wrong with the ol' faithfuls.... Pina Colada- coconut/pineapple rum drink, Lava Flow- same thing with strawberry puree swirled in (delicious, but sweet, and fun to look at), and last but certainly not least, the Mai Tai- pineapple rum drink... classic.

Aloha to Jacob, Sheldon, Joanne, and Lito! damn near  family at my home away from home, see you next week! :)

oh yea, and ask Joanne what Lau Lau's are....