Review of Maui Brick Oven

There’s a good reason that there are THIS many reviews (269 at the time of my review) on this website, when generally, even on the mainland, I tend to see maybe 20 or 30 for a given restaurant. It’s because Maui Brick Oven is THAT good. It’s my wife who has the gluten allergy, not me, but if I had walked into this place not knowing a thing about gluten-free dining, I’d have never known it’s completely gf. The food quality stands on its own, and it is wonderful! Also, and I’m sure some of the reviews mention this, but not a lot of them, Maui Brick Oven excels in a lot more than just pizza. They do fried foods perfectly! We had the coconut shrimp as one of our appetizers, and it was terrific! The batter was not too sweet at all (and it is too sweet in many other establishments), and not only that, it was really light and tasty. Add to that the plump, delicious shrimp you can taste (not just the batter), and the great dipping sauce, and that is one heck of an appetizer. In fact, we ordered a second one. That tells you something.

We also had the fish and chips for the main dish, equally outstanding! It was blue marlin, firm, tasty, fried perfectly with another great batter. Almost tempura-like. It is just so great to have a gluten-free fried food dish in the first place, but for it to not be too heavy and make you feel terrible afterwards is a significant accomplishment, and Maui Brick Oven pulls it off. And consistently, based on the many glowing reviews.

While we didn’t have the pizza (shame, I know), we did have the cheesy flatbread as another appetizer, suggested by our fabulous server, Katrina (more on that later), and a great suggestion indeed, because as she said, it does give you a taste for what the pizza would be like if you’re not going to order the pizza as your main dish. Really good crust, both in texture and flavor, and delicious cheese in the right proportion of cheese to crust.

The cheesecake was also excellent. Every single item we had, we loved. We even ordered the penne Alfredo with shrimp to go, to take back to our condo. Yet another winner!

Service was memorably excellent. We were greeted immediately by the hostess, who was very personable, and our server, Katrina was just wonderful. I mean, not just excellent service in the mechanical aspects, but WARM and friendly service. She really did a great job guiding us through the menu, we loved talking to her about everything food related, island related, and other topics. She obviously enjoys her job, and it shows. She showed us a great time. We had a great experience here and would consider returning to Maui SOLELY to eat here. And it’s not like we don’t eat out a lot - we do. It’s just THAT good. We wish them well as they continue to grow.