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two cruisers
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3 out of 5
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Nostalgic Favorite near the Banyan Tree

  • December 30, 2008
  • Rated 3 of 5 by two cruisers from Ames, Iowa
Nostalgic Favorite near the Banyan Tree

Lahaina’s famous Banyan Tree is best photographed with the quaint dark green trimmed in white Pioneer Inn in the background. When you are through admiring the huge tree wander on over to the Pioneer Inn Grill and Bar and have breakfast, lunch or coffee and dessert. I don’t think they have the best menu on the island; the wait staff isn’t the most attentive; but I still have enjoyed every visit here due to the ambiance. Seating is in an open-air covered porch. Sunshades sometimes block the view, and occasionally a tour bus discharging diesel fumes can be unpleasant. If you have any imagination at all it is easy to picture this place when it was a bustling seaport. Even though it was built in 1901, it evokes the much earlier time when whalers anchored in the harbor. As I indicated before the food is good, not great, but the servings are generous. On this trip we visited here for breakfast and an afternoon pick-me-up. Bill had scrambled eggs, bacon and fried potatoes. I had Huevos Ranchero and we shared a short stack of plate-size pineapple pancakes. On the day we stopped for coffee break we each had a dessert. Mine was a Chocolate Brownie Sundae with way too much whipped cream. Bill’s choice was an Apple Tart with Vanilla Ice Cream. Being accustomed to the Pioneer Inn’s large servings, we were surprised at how small the tart was. We would have been better off just having the coffee, which was good, or drive back to the Upcountry Komoda Bakery were the pastries are superb. Breakfast for two with tip was $26.00. Coffee and desserts for two with tip was $15.00.

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