Vana Paia - Paia

Love what the new owner is doing with our favorite Paia restaurant. Great service wonderful food and awesome atmosphere.

Where to start...Well in my experience in these styles of Japanese inspired cuisines the service means everything. The staff was very nice but they really weren't great at service....sorry missed the mark there.First, the table setting outside was so close and small no place to put your things if you need...maybe that doesn't matter to most but with the table being so small and the dish size being large the table space, we needed wasn't happening.Second the menu I got was old and my husband got the new one.... with higher end pricing that's not a great idea to still be using old menus.Okay so the food....as a sushi lover and have traveled to eat good sushi...it was just okay... for a roll to cost 38.00 I expect more than okay... I honestly was super disappointed in that aspect like....it wasn't really special so why was I paying for a spoofed up trendy restaurant atmosphere.The Brussels were overpowered with a very mediocre sauce and said it came with pork belly but that wasn't the case.The 10.00 small bowl of miso soup I could buy better at a local ramen bar.Overall I wouldn't recommend the food. The resturant is obviously a hype and I'm sure the bar is a great reason why....for drinks I can see this being a quiet, yet sophisticated spot to have some drinks....especially outside.But save your money for Umi in kahului or Morimoto.Aloha!

We normally sit in the patio but this visit we were in the new front facing seating area. the ambience is ok but is a bit sterile when compared with the outdoor patio seating. Our food was good, but not to the same level of great taste we have had in the past.. our order of the miso cod never appeared so we cancelled it, and left the restaurant disappointed by our experience. It seems like the menu has changed, and the flavors that we enjoyed in past visits has suffered.

Food is decent but my roll tasted premade and like it was in a cooler which is a no no lol, they brought out my entree before my drinks and appetizers even came out like what? The service was okay expected more for Valentine’s Day but I’m still in Maui so there’s that just stick to the mom and pop stores in the vicinity much better service and fresh food. Great if you just want some drinks just no on the food.

Vana created a special atmosphere perfect for Valentines Day. The dumplings were light and flavorful. Sushi rolls presented an amazing variety and fabulous combination of flavors. The dragon roll (the special) was particularly memorable. Mahalo!