I really want to give this a higher rating, because Abie our guide, was a sweetheart and she did a great job of working us through what turned out to be an awkward and disappointing tour. We chose the Hanapepe walking tour, because we thought that would be cool to walk from restaurant to restaurant. We did one in Key West, FL, which was awesome. "Walking tour" is quite the stretch in this case.
We started at Grandma's Japanese, and right out of the gate, there were 4 people who had canceled, so it was only me and my wife. Per the literature I received on the tour, they cancel if there are only 2 people. Almost wished they had. The noodles and dragonfruit sushi were good, the ahi tuna, not so much. While we were at Grandma's, our guide told us that one of our restaurants in Hanapepe was actually closed for maintenance, so we were not going there. So we've now gone from 5 stops, to 4.
Next stop was Midnight Bear Breads, across the street. We had a caprese croissant, and a mac nut cinnamon roll. The cinnamon roll was very good. While we're eating those, the guide gets a call from her boss, that another one of our stops is closed until 4:30pm (it's about 2:30 at this point), so we're not going to be hitting that one either. So now we're from 5 down to 3. Our guide tells us we can pick out 2 free pastries from the shop we're in, to take home for breakfast tomorrow, as compensation for losing yet another stop.
Our last stop is Salty Wahine. This is a salt & seasonings store....not a restaurant. To be fair, Laura & David (owners) were great, and David grilled up one steak in back with some of their seasonings rubbed on it, with a cut up tomato with some different seasonings. We had a few bites of each, and they were very good. We were also very entertained by the stories of both Laura and David, about the history of the business, etc. And yes, we did buy some seasonings to take home (they're very good).
But in the end, this was very disappointing. $220 for 2 stops at restaurants, and 1 at a seasoning store, when we were supposed to have hit 5. This tour should have been canceled before we even showed up. The tour gets 2 stars, and that's only because we enjoyed the ad hoc visit with Laura & David. Otherwise, it would have been 1 star. And 4 stars for Abie our guide, who really tried hard to make the best of a broken tour.