Lanai - Hawaii with Kids - page 334

828 Lanai Ave. (P.O. Box 630520), Lanai City, HI 96763. & 800/795-7211 or 808/565-7211. Fax 808/565-
6450. www.hotellanai.com. 11 units. $105-$135 double; $175 cottage. Extra person $10. Children 8 and
under stay free in parent's room. Rollaway beds (in 2 units only) $10. Rates include continental breakfast. AE,
MC, V. Airport shuttle $25 round-trip. Amenities: Excellent restaurant; intimate bar; access to 2 resort golf
courses on the island and 9-hole golf course in town; nearby tennis courts; free use of snorkeling equipment.
INEXPENSIVE
Dreams Come True In addition to their quaint plantation bed-and-
breakfast where two of the four bedrooms feature a four-poster canopied bed,
with an additional single bed (perfect for a small family), they also rent nearby
two-, three-, and four-bedroom homes for $250 to $350 a night. No cribs or
rollaway beds are available here.
547 12th St. (P.O. Box 525), Lanai City, HI 96763. & 800/566-6961 or 808/565-6961. Fax [phone].
http://circumvista.com/dreamscometrue.html. 4 units. $99 double. Extra person $25. Rates include continen-
tal breakfast. AE, DISC, MC, V. In room: No phone.

Finds

4 Family-Friendly Dining
Your children will be welcome in Lanai's restaurants, which are a curious mix of
innocence and sophistication, with strong cross-cultural elements that liven up
the culinary offerings. You can dine like a sultan on this island, but be prepared
for high prices. The tony hotel restaurants require deep pockets (or bottomless
expense accounts), and there is only a handful of options.
You'll find the restaurants reviewed below on the map on p. 331.
VERY EXPENSIVE
Formal Dining Room RUSTIC AMERICAN/UPCOUNTRY HAWAI-
IAN Get a sitter for the kids and enjoy this romantic setting: a roaring fire,
bountiful sprays of orchids, sienna-colored walls, and well-dressed women in
pearls sitting across from men in jackets, with wine buckets tableside. The menu
highlights American favorites with intense flavors. The Dining Room is known
for its use of fresh herbs, vegetables, and fruit grown on the island, harvested just
minutes away. It's extremely pricey and not really appropriate for children under
12, although they do have a kids' menu with spaghetti, fried chicken, and a BLT.
In The Lodge at Koele. & 808/565-4580. Kids' menu, highchairs, boosters. Reservations required. Jackets
requested for men. Entrees $44-$45; kids' menu $3.75-$7.75. AE, DC, MC, V. Daily 6-9:30pm.

Ihilani MEDITERRANEAN Here's another place that's probably best for
an adult night out, although accommodations are made for children. Ihilani is
Lanai's top gourmet restaurant, with a formal atmosphere (jackets for men) and
inspiring food at eye-popping prices. Standouts include appetizers like homemade
goat cheese and spinach ravioli with roasted eggplant, and asparagus salad in a sun-
dried tomato cilantro sauce, and entrees like baked onaga and citrus in a sea-salt
crust, and lavender-honey glazed duck breast. The prix-fixe menu is very complete
and comes with selected wines. If you bring the kids, there's a menu especially for
them, with cheeseburgers as the star attraction for the under-12 crowd.
In the Manele Bay Hotel. & 808/565-2296. Kids' menu, highchairs, boosters, crayons. Reservations strongly
recommended. Jackets requested for men. Main courses $23-$40; set menu $100 without wine, $150 with
wine; kids' menu $4-$13. AE, DC, MC, V. Tues-Sat 6-9:30pm.
EXPENSIVE
Hulopoe Court HAWAIIAN REGIONAL The main dining room at
Manele Bay Hotel, which offers fresh, local ingredients in their breakfast and
dinner items, is very kid-friendly. (They get their own menu and crayons to play