After securing your car rental, the next challenge may be finding a Hawaii restaurant with an open table.
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Thanks for pointing out that we need to check the websites of the restaurants and use open table to see what are available to visit. I’ll keep that in mind now that we are craving to go to a Hawaiian good restaurant this weekend. My husband and I have been planning to try their food for the past year now, but we are just able to do it now since we feel safer these days even if the pandemic is not yet over.
We made two advance reservations so far – At two of the nicer resorts on the Big Island – MONTHS in advance – and BOTH required a credit card in order to make the advance reservation. Never had to do that before. Neither of these were bookable via Open Table as they were before. Had to call. They have listings on Open Table but the links for booking a table don’t work.
Just hoping our auto rental is there when we get there and it is the vehicle we booked. :0)
Not sure if we will make it to Kauai this trip, Jeff. :0( Next time :0)
Hi Colleen.
Have a great time! Glad you got some good advance reservations.
Aloha.
After reading the comments about the difficulty in getting reservations for dinner at many restaurants, my husband and I spent time tonight booking dinner reservations. We will be in Kauai mid July and were able to successfully book our dinner reservations either through Open Table or by calling the restaurants directly. We booked our favorite restaurants like Dukes, Keoki’s Paradise, Gaylords and Lemongrass Grill. We filled up our 2 weeks nicely leaving a night or two available for walking into places like Coconut Fish Cafe, Smiley’s Local Grinds and Olympic Cafe that don’t take reservations. We’ve never had to plan this far in advance before but seeing that we are in unusual times with Covid-19, this is a whole new plan of attack.So, there is hope! Thank you BOH for all you do to keep us informed!
Hi Lisa.
That’s great advance planning! Thanks for letting us and others know that it can work.
Aloha.
Hello!
Does anyone know if hotel restaurants are in this mess too? If I am a guest do I get priority since I’m staying there, can show room key, etc. over the non-guests or public at-large?
Mahalo!
Hi Rob.
We are hearing that the hotel restaurants are in the same boat, unfortunately.
Aloha.
Just another nail in the coffin …. Another why not to visit
…. And may be a long time before another trip….