Plumeria Beach House, located at The Kāhala Hotel & Resort, now has a new Sunday brunch buffet.
The resort’s popular Sunday brunch buffet moved from upstairs — in the former Hoku’s Kāhala space, current Alan Wong’s location — to downstairs at Plumeria Beach House.
Brunch is now every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to The Kāhala Hotel & Resort executive chef Joe Almoguera, who says the change happened in September. The buffet costs $97 per adult ($49 for children ages 6 to 12 years); kamaʻāina can take advantage of a 20% discount until Nov. 25.
“We’re still running the kamaʻāina discount right before Thanksgiving,” Almoguera confirms. “It’s 20% off the entire bill; the discount used to have a limit (of around six people), but now it will count toward your whole party.”
Almoguera explains that Plumeria Beach House has a breakfast buffet until 10:30 a.m., then sets up the buffet for its brunch offerings.
The brunch buffet still has many of the same elements diners will remember from Hoku’s Sunday brunch. The raw bar still includes crab legs, oysters, sashimi, spicy poke, shrimp cocktail and more (lobster tails and the poke musubis are no longer part of the buffet).
The carving station features prime rib and Mountain View Farms suckling pig, in addition to new options like baked oysters and roasted tako (octopus).
“The past two Sundays, we’ve been putting octopus as part of the carving station,” Almoguera says. “We’ll probably rotate it and see how popular it is.”
New options, like dim sum, have been added to the hot foods section. Almoguera notes that there’s also a featured eggs Benedict of the day, like Korean barbecue pork with a pickled ginger beurre blanc served on crispy cake noodles instead of the traditional English muffin.
“We kept a lot of the breakfast items, and then added onto it,” Almoguera says. “Every Sunday, the eggs Benedict always rotates. We have a classic one, and a smoked salmon version.”
Other breakfast specialties include Kāhala thin pancakes with maple butter, mochiko chicken, misoyaki butterfish, seasonal breakfast potatoes, and a create-your-own-omelet station.
The dessert station still features the signature chocolate fountain — with strawberries, churros, and marshmallows for dipping — along with the Kāhala signature bread pudding with crème anglaise and coconut cake.
The eatery’s Kahalasadas — its version of a malasada — has been popular so far among customers.
Complimentary valet or self-parking is available when dining at Plumeria Beach House.
CONTACT
Plumeria Beach House
The Kāhala Hotel & Resort
5000 Kāhala Ave., Honolulu
808-739-8760
kahalaresort.com/dining/plumeria-beach-house
Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Kelli Shiroma Braiotta can be reached at kelli@alohastatedaily.com.
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