The King Kamehameha

Fantastic golf course with amazing views of Haleakala, the bay and the Sugar cane fields in the valley. The greens are pure and the fairways nice. Played early morning so the winds were down. Clubhouse is great and the staff and members very professional and friendly. Definitely must play while on Maui.

THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE PRIME RIB DINNER BUFFET AT THE WILLIE K SHOW…
Show only = 25.00, show + dinner = 60.00. The show was good for 25.00, but the dinner was not. For the extra 35.00 I would expect more than tough prime rib and instant mashed potatoes. Salad was standard, and the best thing on the whole buffet was the shoyu ahi poke. 18% gratuity included for «servers» to refill waters and clear plates (we had to get our own cocktails at the bar). If you are truly wanting a prime rib dinner before the show, I’d go to Beach Bums in Maalaea Harbor instead. He plays mostly blues but throws in some Hawaiiana stuff as well. He performed 2 full hours. His guitar player is excellent and plays at South Shore Tiki Lounge in Kihei on Saturdays from 4 – 6 pm as well.

Starting three weeks ago they have a Thursday night «prime rib and seafood» buffet, followed by a two hour performance by Willie K and his Warehouse Blues Band. This is all in the fabulous Frank Lloyd Wright designed building nestled against the mountainside (and now the clubhouse for a golf club).
Visiting the facility is definitely a five star experience.
The buffet had excellent food, but, to my shock, no Hawaiian fish as a main course. Salmon — not from here. Shrimp in pasta — not from here. Tofu with vegetables — who knows or cares where that originated. And prime rib. The sides were good, as was the salmon and prime rib. But come on, this is Hawaii. Ahi tuna in the poke does not do the trick.
Willie K, short handed a keyboard player, was still great. Awesome talent, fabulous entertainer, with great backup artists. Very entertaining show, albeit a bit short on blues music.

Awesome golf course, challenging if you can’t hit to your targets. You can get in trouble in a blink of the eye. Pristine fairways and fast greens. Excellent service and awesome clubhouse, designed after Marilyn Monroe’s house, the men’s lockers has it all… bar, shower, furo, massage. I think this is Maui’s only private course, they also host a lot of parties, weddings etc. very impressive, lots of Koa wood carvings. Golf balls on the range are included in your green fees, beer on the course $ 4,75, your cart comes with 4 bottles of water in a cooler.

I live in Wailuku with my family. This mothers day I decided to do brunch instead of cooking this year. Most importantly I decided to take my mother in law, my daughter, daughter in law, as well as my wife to your brunch. When it came time to choose brunches it was hard, because of all that Maui has to offer, but when I saw Kamehameha Golf course was going to offer a brunch I immediately thought of high quality and a beautiful spread! Especially Mother’s Day Brunch ! It should be the mother of all brunches during the year! How disappointed I was.
In my 18 years of culinary experiences, I have never seen such a lackluster, and «lack of» brunch. Not to mention unfriendly, non personal wait staff
Here is what I found disturbing :
1) Instant mash potatoes. Dry, cracked, with silly lines drawn into it. Surely with the price the customers are paying it should have been real potatoes. At least half half…
2) No waffles, pancakes or French toast. Not even toast!!!
This is common and easy component of brunch.
3) No bacon. Again for the price the customers are paying, surly there should be bacon on the line OR another choice of breakfast meat besides 2 kinds of sausage.
4) Omelet station. When did we start scooping our own ingredients and handing it to the cook to prepare our omelet? Omelets were found to be greasy and undercooked.
5) Prime rib badly undercooked. Although it is a normal practice to undercook the prime rib ONLY if you are going to offer the customer a temperature on it. Which they did not. Instead customers were forced to have bloody meat placed on their plates.
6) Lastly, upon sitting down the wait staff failed to greet and wish the mothers a Happy Mother’s Day. That was the killer.

Three of us went to play this course and showed up early to get the whole package, driving range, putting, and chipping. I had been kicking the idea around to join for a couple of years now and wanted to just get a feel for it.
I have been a member of a few country clubs for the last 20 plus years and was very disappointed with the treatment and general take on the whole place. Don’t get me wrong, the views are beautiful and course was in good shape but no balls on driving range so no warming up, no GPS on carts, green side bunkers not raked and wet and tracks throughout. Sorry, but this is not the country club I’m used to. I just as soon play at Kiheli below.

What a great course!!! Private but I was in the right place at the right time and was invited to play. Clubhouse is beautiful, greens were in perfect condition and the fairways were a pleasure to swing from, (when I didn’t stray). The staff was exceptionally nice and I look forward to possibly playing there again. Outside of my budget to join but what a great experience. If you ever get the opportunity, don’t pass it up.

Incredible! We loved the course so much, we played it twice while visiting Maui this Fall. The course is challenging and beyond beautiful. I may have spent a small fortune in the Pro Shop. The staff is friendly, accommodating, and fabulous. If you have the opportunity, this is a must!

I have played some of the best courses in the nation as well as most of the courses on the island, and the experience I had today has to be one of the top memories in my golfing career. I would recommend this course to anyone visiting Maui. If you want a great golf course, great views, and a great experience, visit King Kamehameha. Thank you to the golf staff members who make this in my opinion the best kept secret on the island.

Amazing golf experience at the KK Club. I have played the courses at Kapalua and the Maui Dunes and the KK Club blows them out of the water. Played on a Friday with 3 players and we finished in about 3 hours 45 minutes! I was able to experience this course as a result of its member for a day program and I hope to do so again soon. Amazing views and service. Aloha!

I didn’t know really what to expect as I have played the Wailea Emerald and Old Blue, as well as Makena. All were great times. I have to say though nothing beats the service I received here at this club. From pulling into into the parking lot and having the staff member drive right up to my car and greet me and ask if I was renting right or left handed clubs which he would get ready.
The experience was fabulous. When I booked it at the clubhouse the few days before they also asked if I wanted to pair up with someone or golf alone. Which is a first anywhere. Nice to have choice.
First rate service, facilities and golf course. The wind will absolutely challenge you and I think it was close to a 3 and half club wind. I teed off at 10:20am and it got going after that so maybe early tee off is better.
Will be back and like to try this one again. A great day at this course.

Played here yesterday on the Private members only King Kamehameha Golf course for the Napa Auto Parts Tournament. It is a beautiful course that is very well maintained. It boasts many water features throughout the course, and the grass is in immaculate condition. Not an very difficult course but if you every have a chance to play there, do so.

Attended a few events and most recently a wedding at the clubhouse (typically referred to as the Marilyn Monroe house.) Not sure how it is when coordinating with them, but from a guest’s point-​of-​view, it’s spacious, tastefully decorated and laid-​out with a killer view of the central valley & Haleakala.

Being a member of a private club in Chicago, this club offers a reciprocal member program so we took advantage at the opportunity to play The King Kamehameha Golf Club.
Wow! We (my wife and I) were very much impressed. The course sits high in the mountains and the bi-​coastal views were amazing. There were ocean views from pretty much everywhere on the course.
I honestly don’t know how many times we said «WOW!» whenever we came up to a new hole. The course has great character and is immaculately groomed. The staff was super nice.
The 74,000 square foot Frank Lloyd Wright designed clubhouse was amazing. If you get to visit this club, don’t miss peeking into the locker rooms, they were unbelievable. Each locker room (one for men, one for women) has its own full bar, lounge and massage therapy.
I’ve golfed at all of the resort courses from Kapalua down to Makena and everywhere in between and this course ranks at the top of the list as my favorite Maui course. The resort courses are great but you can’t beat the specialness you’ll feel golfing at a private club and not to mention the 3 hour rounds (our round took just over 3 hours) at a private course.
The club also offers a Member For A Day program, I would highly recommend anyone to play this spectacular course.

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This is a Members Only Club, which I’ve been fortunate to be invited to during a Police Commissioning Ceremony back in ’03. The views of this club is amazing! Breath-​taking!