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Eating At Halekulani Hotel’s Restaurant House Without A Key

Hawaii, Oahu, Travel, USA · May 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to visit Halekulani Hotel’s House Without A Key restaurant for their Sunday lunch. Their team had asked me to come in during the Mele Mei festival, a month-long celebration of Hawaiian music, to enjoy live music and food and do a fun takeover of their Instagram account. Since my parents are in town, I asked Halekulani’s team if they could come too, and in true Hawaiian fashion — they said “the more, the merrier!” So, we headed off to Halekulani Hotel for delicious food, drinks and views. If you are debating eating at House Without A Key at the Halekulani Hotel in Honolulu, today’s post is for you 🙂

House Without A Key restaurant menu at Halekulani Hotel in Waikiki, holding up menu with palm trees in the background

Eating At Halekulani’s House Without A Key

Dane and I had previously gone to Orchid’s at Halekulani for dinner and Lewer’s Lounge for cocktails, but we had never been to House Without A Key.

Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, 4 tropical cocktails in Hawaii

The views of Diamond Head from Halekulani are reason enough to make a reservation at the property and the hotel’s mai tais are world famous (enough for them to share the step-by-step process on their website!), but everything about our experience yesterday was so above-and-beyond that House Without A Key is getting their own blog post!

Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, Girl standing with a drink on grass in front of ocean and palm tress

Each May, Halekulani hosts Mele Mei with a new performer each Sunday. This year, we were fortunate enough to attend with GRAMMY-nominee Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom performing. Let me just say — she was freaking amazing! She sang alongside Jeff Peterson, a guitarist, and together their music was truly incredible. Now, I’ll be honest — I didn’t know a single song, but there was something so beautiful and soulful about each and every song that I loved. 

Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, GRAMMY-nominee Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom performing with Jeff Peterson in Hawaii

To be honest, I was so busy enjoying the music I only snapped this fun shot from the Halekulani Instagram page…whoops! 

Of course, we began with a round of cocktails — a lilikoi daiquiri, mai tai, Hale tai, and Bloody Mary. I think we all sample each other’s and just…wow! Let’s just say they went down easy 😉

Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, Hale Tai cocktail at Halekulani Hotel in Waikiki

Now, let’s talk food, because I’m pretty sure between all 4 of us, we sampled one of everything on the menu. We started with ahi poké, Hamachi, calamari and coconut shrimp. I am not a huge raw fish person, but let me just say — if you’re going to try it anywhere, let it be Halekulani. I went back for seconds and thirds!

Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, Fried calamari with dipping sauce and a lemon wedge Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, Bowl of fresh Hamachi Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, Bowl of fresh poké Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, Four coconut shrimp with dipping sauce

And that was just to start…! After we moved on to our main courses where we sampled Loco Moco, the fish sandwich (it was Mahi and SO tender), the Cobb salad and salmon plate. It’s safe to say we all cleaned our plates entirely. The Mahi sandwich was my favorite, but mostly because it was not overcooked like I’ve had it other places. You can’t really see it in the photos, but even though it was fried, it was just lightly crispy. I don’t know how they do it (an air fryer?) – I have no clue, but I’m drooling again thinking about it!

Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, fish sandwich with lettuce and tomato Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, dish with asparagus and friend egg Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, glazed salmon with asparagus

Our second round of cocktails included an off-the-menu drink that was an infusion of tequila and champagne, which sounds kind of weird, but trust me when I tell you — ORDER IT! Just ask for “The Lost Passion”!

Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, drink with flower floating in it

And now – my favorite part…dessert! I have a total sweet tooth, so the dessert menu is always the real treat for me and Halekulani Hotel’s House Without A Key didn’t disappoint. We sampled Key Lime Pie, Coconut Cake (their signature!), a chocolate mousse cake (with gold flecks!), and a pineapple cheesecake. The Key Lime Pie was by far my favorite! 

Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, Key Lime Pie tartlette on a plate with a pink flower Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, Chocolate cake on a plate with gold flecks Eating At Halekulani's Restaurant House Without A Key, Pineapple cheesecake in Hawaii

All in all, it was a delicious meal and experience and we will definitely be back to House Without A Key in the near future (those mai tais call to me like a dang beacon). Have you dined at Halekulani? What did you think?

If you liked this post, you might also like, The Best Shave Ice On Oahu, The Ultimate Hotel Guide to Oahu or my Official Guide to Oahu!

Special thank you to the team at Halekulani Hotel for hosting us! While sponsored, all content, photography and opinions are mine alone.

Halekulani Hotel’s House Without A Key

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