Lawai Beach is one of the local favorite spots for hanging out and watching the sun set. The restaurant is situated such that most (if not all) tables have a view to the west. We made reservations, which is very strongly suggested if you want that romantic sunset dinner. We arrived a few minutes before our reservation time and opted to use the valet parking. Parking in the particular little area is sometimes challenging. For the $3 or $4, it was worth it to just not have to deal with it. We were seated right on time in a nice booth in the lower section of the restaurant and had a righteous view out the side of the place. As the sun was going down, people started getting up and leaving their seats to go out towards the beach/water and have their picture taken. There were actually a lot of people about since, as I mentioned earlier, this is where people like to go to watch the sun set.
Something to keep in mind, my grand-pappy used to say that a picture taken of the sunset/rise in Hawaii must contain a palm tree or else it could be a picture taken anywhere. That said, there are a couple of palm trees on the other side of the beach that get beautifully silhouetted by the setting sun.
Food: oi… fantastic… absolutely fantastic. It was all amazingly presented and had incredible flavors. The service was also wonderful. The servers were there whenever you needed anything and were always right on task without hovering or being at all overbearing. We had a couple of drinks with dinner and then finished with dessert. It was all very elegant.
Will we go back? Almost guaranteed. It ranks very highly as a romantic dinner. I wouldn’t necessarily take my kids with me because I think a lot of the experience would be lost on them and I wouldn’t want to blow the bucks since the Beach House is in the higher cost range.
Attire should be reasonable. Don’t wear your swim trunks but you needn’t wear a tie either.