Brown's Beach House Restaurant Review:
Located on the shores of the Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii, Brown's Beach House presents open-air dining with a white tablecloth setting and tiki torch lighting. Specialty dishes include the appetizer of char siu octopus, pickled mango, crisp rice and sesame oil; crab-crusted Kona kampachi with green beans, bacon, ulu and poha berry sauce; and seared Wagyu rib-eye served with baked Molokai sweet...
Offering bang for your buck, this show is slickly produced and well choreographed, incorporating both traditional and modern dance and an array of beautiful costumes. The meal offers the most variety of any island luau, with four buffet tables representing New Zealand, Hawaii, Tahiti, and Samoa, and there's an open bar for mai tai refills.
This first-rate resort overflows with tropical gardens, cascading waterfalls, sandy beach cove, beautiful wings with "open sesame" doors, a meandering pool, and renovated rooms with all the amenities. All guest rooms have private lanai, while a good percentage offer partial or full ocean views. Excellent on-site restaurants include the flagship Brown's Beach House, adjacent to the beach; Hale...
The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii Hotel Review:
One of the premier destination resorts along the Kohala coast, this hotel offers a quality resort experience that is uniquely Hawaii. Perhaps its most exciting feature is the Spa Without Walls. This al fresco facility boasts waterfall and oceanfront massage pavilions, as well as expansive fitness facilities. The rather formal U-shaped hotel provides attentive service, varied activities and 32...