Since my sister has to work at her restaurant on Mother's Day (tomorrow, boys and girls; have you bought a gift/sent a card yet?) we had an early outing today at the eastern end of Waikiki. The Hau Tree Lanai at the New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel is an outdoor restaurant right on San Souci beach; the hau tree in the name grows right in the middle of the restaurant, and it really is one of the places Robert L. Stevenson loved while living in the Islands back in the 1800s. In fact, he wrote the following in the hotel register: "If anyone desire such old-fashioned things as lovely scenery, quiet, pure air, clear sea water, good food, and heavenly sunsets hung out before his eyes over the Pacific and the distant hills of Waianae, I recommend him cordially to the 'Sans Souci.'"
I can't attest to the sunset, since reservations were for 12:30 pm, but all the rest is true.
Posted by Linkmeister at May 10, 2003 05:12 PMI think I've been to the hotel before for a wedding. I'll have to check out that restaurant next time!
Posted by: ali at May 10, 2003 11:21 PM