
Layers of carmel colored rums and juices are topped off most appropriately with a premium rum float and the prerequisite orchid and pineapple garnish. You might find Henry Kapono a popular Hawaiian signer accompanying your sunset, but certainly order the Village Mai Tai off the HHV Classic Hawaii menu. People watching is at its finest and soon the music sets the tone for the sunset.

I like to plant myself in the lanai area of the Tropics Bar & Grill at the Ali’i Tower, a hotel within the hotel, well before the visitors have had time to shower and change. Perfect Beach Views: The Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort is a full-service resort with many facets.

Music varies from Hawaiian to contemporary each evening. Wear your high-heeled sandals and a pretty dress. The hotel has just received the prestigious five star award for excellence by Forbes so they have the service covered, and the music and the international people there will be beautiful. They have served over thirty thousand of these so far. Drinks are top-tier, pupu delicious and the sunset is spectacular looking Ewa direction over towards the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort and Fort DeRussy beach to the ocean. From their elegant sixth-floor Wai’olu Ocean View Lounge you can try their Bacardi award-winning version of a Mai Tai (recipe is included here) Called Ilikea’s Mai Tai. So grab your suit, a change of clothes and “holo holo” with me to chase the sunset and listen to some of the best music in Hawaii.Ĭhic Sip: Trump International Waikiki Hotel is a relative newcomer to the scene. I love each of them for a different reason. I have several favorite spots I want to share with you to enjoy a Mai Tai and music. Purists tell me, “The Mai Tai isn’t even a Hawaiian drink.” To that I always answer that the only truly Hawaiian drink is awa, a ceremonial pounded or chewed root, and you aren’t going to stick an umbrella and orchid in it. Then I dry off, order up a Mai Tai and watch the orange sun slowly color the ocean to gold and wait for the green flash when it dips his head under the Pacific. But I just can’t help myself when I come home to Honolulu, I head straight for the ocean and dive in.

Ilikea’s Mai Tai from the Wai’olu Ocean View Lounge at Trump International Hotel Waikiki. Here is a recipe for the drink that you can make at home. Mai Tais are the most popular drinks at many hotels and resorts in Waikiki.
