Hale Aina Caterers

We used the private chef services while on vacation and absolutely loved every single meal we had with Chef Ryan. Better than any restaurant on the island, in my opinion. Ryan was a great communicator and we had fun crafting the menus, and he always made sure to adapt to our group's dietary needs. Highly recommend, you won't be disappointed!

We just got married on the north shore. We were referred to Kanani by a friend. We had a custom menu set for them. Kanani was very helpful in supplementing with a few of their own items. I am an Ex F&B worker and know a fair bit about food. I have many friends ( many of whom attended) who are also foodies. They nailed everything. Chef Sean had to put up some early logistical problems ( space and parking and such) which he did very professionally and got the apps up and the main course with perfect timing. They will all clean cut and super nice.As I mentioned, I am a foodie. I have tried Prime rib in alot ot restaurants. Alot! It was easily the best prime rib I have ever had. At least 5 of our guests said the same. Highly recommend them. Super good.

We hired Kanani to cook for our family vacation. We had a group of 18 adults and children. He helped us plan menus, shopped and prepared 8-9 course meals every night. Special dietary needs and kid palettes were accomodated and all were satisfied. The meals were all delicious and beautifully presented. His staff served and cleaned up. They really allowed us to enjoy our vacation and take advantage of every moment together. Although he had an emergency one night, he was very professional. He made arrangements for another chef to come cook for us the night he was away and we had no stress and no interruptions. We would highly recommend Hale Aina caterers and would hire them again.

You absolutely cannot go wrong with Hale Aina!!Kanani, Heather, and their entire crew did a superb job catering a 150-person Christmas reception at our house.From the personal site visit, to menu selection, to food prep and service, Hale Aina is the caterer of choice.Many of my guests were senior military officers who raved about the food and service and will also avail themselves of Hale Aina's catering.I am booking them for next year.

I cannot say enough good things about Kanani and his amazing team. We met Kanani at an expo and he was so friendly. He had samples of his chocolate haupia tartlets at the expo and they were soooo delicious. After shopping around for a bit, I kept coming back to Hale Aina and finally we decided to book. We decided on a menu & the necessary rentals pretty quickly. I gave Kanani a price range I wanted to work in and a few of the items we liked off his menu and he put it all together. We could not have been happier with the menu! I didn't really have to touch base again until close to the wedding -which was nice to not have to worry about it. By the time the wedding came around, Kanani had hired Jarrod as an assistant. Jarrod touched base several times in the 72 hours leading up to the wedding to make sure we had everything ready to go. I didn't see him much the day of, but my family said he was great - ran around and made sure everyone was happy. Now, to the food - AMAZING!!! We never had the time to do a tasting beforehand so I was a tad nervous. Kanani and his team did not disappoint. Everyone was talking about how delicious the food was that night and still now a week later. We did several hand passed appetizers - the ones that stood out were the salmon & ahi tartare on wonton crisps and the kalua pig wontons. For dinner, we did Opah with a mango salso and a rib eye. The fish was moist and flavorful and the rib eye melted in your mouth. The mashed potatoes were sooo creamy and had a great flavor. The real winners were the desserts. We did the mac nut spring rolls with lilikoi sauce and chocolate haupia tartlets - I could've eaten a whole tray all to myself. At the end of the day, you want your guests to have had a fabulous meal and I know we succeeded on that front thanks to Kanani and his team. The service staff were so attentive - I never once had an empty water glass or wanted for anything. I would highly recommend Hale Aina for any event where you want yummy food and good service!

Hired Hale Aina to cater a small corporate networking event and everything was delicious! We ordered heavy pupus for 40 people and there was definitely enough food. My favorites were the slow roasted chinese pork bao and the salmon ahi tartare. Since we had a kitchen at our location they were able to cook and serve everything hot and fresh! Judy was easy to work with and responsive when it came to emailing and phone calls.

If you are looking for authentic, delicious Hawaiian luau food, I highly recommend Hale 'Aina Caterers. I have relatives in Hawaii so have been to many luaus, when visiting, and must admit that I was not wild about traditional Hawaiian food. That is until I attended a relative's first year baby luau which was catered by Hale 'Aina Caterers. Excellent food and service and now I can say I like Hawaiian food if it is from Hale 'Aina Caterers!

Just had my third private event in which Kanani and Hale Aina Caterers provided the most amazing food. Presentation was excellent, staff very friendly and professional, and the food is absolutely amazing. Every course was exquisite!! Everything is done is a timely manner - set up, serving, and clean up - and not a single flaw at any of the events. To top is all off Kanani is an extremely personable, charismatic individual, and plays whatever role is required of him. His personal addition to the quality of food and service cannot be understated!

We couldn't be happier with our experience having Hale Aina Caterers cater our recent event for 40 people. Chef Kanani's menu was creative and delicious and KathE was very professional and accommodating throughout the whole process. Angel and 'Jersey', our servers, were friendly, easy to work with and did a great job from set up to clean up. Having Hale Aina made all the difference in us being able to enjoy our event. I look forward to hiring them again and again!