Chief's Luau - Polynesian Show with Authentic Award-Winning Fire Knife Dancing
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4.79
Good show, average food
Reviewed by: Withor, 2023/12/30The show was very good, particularly the chief. He is a talented entertainer who interacted very well with his audience. The dancers were also very talented.
The buffet dinner was okay, nothing special.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/12/10 |
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Tons of Fun
Reviewed by: Kara, 2023/10/01Tons of fun, food was just okay, definitely a 1 time do but worth it to try for your first Hawaii visit
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2023/08/25 |
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Chief’s luau
Reviewed by: Gracie Cantu , 2023/07/26Enjoyed the show more than anything. The food was okay. Noodles and bread were cold. Also the drink menu was limited. Enjoyed the bus ride there and even more on the way back as our bus driver dropo us of right in front of our hotel. The venue was also shared by a water park which in my opinion was a lot little tacky
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/07/24 |
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Great show
Reviewed by: GregS, 2022/12/10I have attended this luau on more than one occasion. The food is good, the entertainment is great. Wonderful fire show!
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2022/11/17 |
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Wow factor!
Reviewed by: Shelby, 2022/10/26Super fun experience! The show was by far the most entertaining show we experienced during our stay in Oahu. The dancing was beautiful and the fire dancing was jaw dropping! We attended during our honeymoon and we were made to feel unbelievable special despite countless honeymooners and anniversaries attending as well. The only reason I did not award 5 stars is because the food was pretty mediocre. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great either. The drinks however, were delicious so that makes up for it!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2022/10/23 |
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Fun First Time Family Activity
Reviewed by: Michelle Thompson, 2022/10/24I brought my family to the luau since it was our first time to Hawaii. The dancers, musicians and fire knife dancers were very impressive. The food was abundant and pretty good. The weather cooperated, and it was a lovely evening.
Compared to other luau experiences I looked at, this one was affordable. However, I didn’t feel like the food was as good as it could have been. The chicken was good—but it was dark meat. The pork was tender but had little flavor. The dessert was cake with a few pieces of pineapple next to it. Pretty expensive for dinner and entertainment.
It was nice that two drink tickets for beer, wine or Mai Tais were included with each ticket and free water and juice were available to all.
It was fun that the cast came out afterwards so people could have their pictures taken with them.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2022/10/20 |
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Beautiful Evening
Reviewed by: Kara, 2022/10/12The staff is really friendly! This luau made my families night :)
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2022/09/18 |
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Good show but could be better...
Reviewed by: Heidi, 2022/07/29The show was good. The host is very entertaining. Food is as usual, nothing spectular. Upon arrival, only adult received drink tickets which the description did not indicate kids and youth don't get ticket for drink. With the price, the kids deserve soda tickets. It will be better if there are more pre-show activities, such as more photo backdrops and more lighting.
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2022/07/27 |
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Good show/food, Odd location
Reviewed by: Megan, 2022/07/04Pros:
Great show. Very entertaining for all ages. The fire dancing was amazing. Chief was funny and a joy to watch. The food was better than I expected with how many people they were feeding. They ran out of some of the items and for it being an all you can eat, they closed the lines down quickly after everyone had a serving. The food lines also moved quickly.
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The location. It is inside the wet n wild water park which definitely takes away from it being authentic. Some of the tables has shade but many didnt. They have you get there at 5 but thinks dont really start until closer to 545 so you are just sitting there roasting and burning. I expected more activities to do woth the family but there werent any to do at all except look at 2 booths of trinkets. You also have to use the wet b wild bathrooms and they were so so dirty and smelly.
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2022/07/02 |
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Chief’s Luau
Reviewed by: The Sager’s , 2022/07/02This show was outstanding. It surpassed all of our expectations. The talent and skills were evident and the energy level was high throughout the night. On the needing improvement side of things, the lines to get drinks were unbelievably long and very slow. The food was average at best but they were feeding 1000 people.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2022/06/08 |
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Great entertainment, fire dancing was awesome!
Reviewed by: V and B, 2022/06/11I thought the chief and group was wonderful but venue was weird. Wet n wild???? Would be better on a ocean front setting. My first husband/wife dance was on stage and will always be remembered.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2022/06/09 |
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Great show but not long enough.
Reviewed by: Honeymooners, 2022/04/13The show was great. Food and drinks were good. My overall experience was great but I don’t think the show is long enough. It seemed was too short.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2022/04/11 |
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Show outstanding!
Reviewed by: Marla, 2022/04/10I loved everything about the traditional dance and music. Amazing — especially the fire show. The rest was a huge cattle roundup with loading us onto buses, standing in lines, sitting in long tables, getting food like school lunches — all in a not-ambiance-producing water park. So I honor the Chief and his love, as well as Cousin Lisa our bus driver’s spirit of love and family but there was nothing relaxing about this production. Luau’s should be on grass among trees near water with time to socialize and enjoy the time with new friends and old. Thank you for sharing Polynesian culture though!
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2022/04/08 |
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It was fun!
Reviewed by: Juaniss, 2022/04/09It was awesome! Super fun and everyone was very friendly and welcoming. For my family and I the food wasn’t the best
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2022/03/14 |
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Like warm food
Reviewed by: Toni Everhart , 2021/12/15What a neat idea to use wet & wild for this event. I expected more for $155. The food was cool & the lime was closed by the time I wanted to go back for more desert. The piece of cake was so small. )1”inch square)
The show with the dancers & fire eaters was pretty good
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2021/12/13 |
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Great
Reviewed by: SAI, 2021/07/24Great show, it was entertaining. Drinks are easy to access. The food could have been better though.
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| Activity Date: | 2021/07/02 |
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Fun for the whole family!
Reviewed by: Rema Mio, 2021/07/20Our family had an amazing time! Chief and all of the staff were so friendly and welcoming. The food was delicious, drinks were great and the entertainment was unforgettable. Thank you for having us :)
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2021/07/19 |
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Entertaining
Reviewed by: Lynna Ampe, 2021/04/11I would have given Chief’s Luau a Great, because the entertainment was the best. Thee food ok. How ever I took our two boys 15 and 16. Paid adult prices. Was told by Veltra, that they could have a virgin Mai tai or coke, sprite, etc.. however they would not give the guys drinks unless I paid extra for them.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2021/04/09 |
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Great time even through the rain!
Reviewed by: Mainland Friends, 2021/02/18My girlfriend and I just recently attended the luau on Valentine’s Day. We were welcomed in and sent straight to our table which was set up very nicely. The show was absolutely amazing even though I feel it was a little short. It started raining pretty heavily and although we appreciated the ponchos it does seem that tents should have been built to avoid what the forecast predicted. This made it really difficult for us to enjoy our food because everything was soaked. All in all the food was decent. We did however have to wait 15 to 20 minutes for someone to notice our on the table signifier for a waitress or bartender to serve us. Fortunately it did work out in our favor as by the time our food and drinks arrived the rain had settled. The chief was extremely funny and we have an experience that we plan to take back to the mainland and talk about for years to come. If you do happen to go to the luau make sure you check the weather because I guarantee you would enjoy it more with clear skies. To the event, I was strongly suggest that pop-up tents are invested in so that customers can truly enjoy the night as expected regardless of the weather.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2021/02/14 |
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Friendly and Fun Luau
Reviewed by: a-chan, 2019/11/04Chief's Luau was such a fun experience. The chief was such a funny person and made me laugh the entire time during the luau. The show was very intriguing, the Chief likes to have the audience take part in the show which made the experience personal. The weather was great the day I went so there was no rain at all which helped make the experience more enjoyable. The food was okay it wasn't something extraordinary but it was still good. My favorite part of the luau was when the chief had a special segment where he recognizes couples on their honeymoon and couples who have been married for a long time. The chief also helped someone propose to his love. He really acknowledges family and makes sure that everyone has a good time while they are at the luau. I would definitely recommend this luau to families and couples.
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| Attended as: | Families |
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not sure if we would go back
Reviewed by: Viv , 2018/03/10show was awesome
meal was not the best
we included transportation from Waikiki..ambassador did no entertainment on the bus
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| Activity Date: | 2018/03/04 |
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Good value and great location
Reviewed by: Roc & Nats, 2017/01/02This was a must do activity and was made excellent by our host "Cousin Bo" who was informative and entertaining. The event itself was fantastic, the show was very professional and the story of the Pacific islands well executed. The fire dance at the end was visually stunning and well worth it. Location was beautiful and the trip there was pretty too. The activities and food were probably not my ideal, but we would absolutely recommend going for the actual performance. We booked the royal experience. The chief is a real comedian and the evening was good fun all round.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2016/12/30 |
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great luau
Reviewed by: susan, 2015/10/24we found this luau great ,the view was amazing, the show wonderful ,shuttle bus staff fantastic our only problem was the food , we were the last table called up and some of the food had run out and also we didn't really like the food there just was not enough variety
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2015/09/30 |
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Very fun experience!
Reviewed by: Wendy, 2015/05/17After swimming with the dolphins at Sea Life Park, we simply walked back through the park to the Luau (very convenient). We were greeted warmly with a shell necklace and photo op with the Chief, and then got to enjoy some games (spear tossing, a Polynesian version of musical chairs (except with sticks), braiding palm leaves to make head-bands, and hula dancing). There were also some tables with native-made goods for sale. Then the Chief led the unveiling ceremony of the roasted pig (he is very entertaining and funny), got our non-alcoholic drinks and food (which was very tasty, especially the pineapple cake!), and then enjoyed the show. The hula dancers were very talented, the fire dancers where great, and it was neat to see all the different dance styles of the islands that were represented. It was our 2nd wedding anniversary, so we got to go up on stage with some other couples and they honored us with some pretty flowers! The only down-side was that the location is a little small, but other than that, we had a great time!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2015/05/11 |
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FUN FUN FUN
Reviewed by: R family, 2015/04/04We had a great night! The food was good and the show was amazing! It was worth the beautiful drive and the money paid.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2015/03/11 |
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worth the money
Reviewed by: R family, 2015/04/04We enjoyed the luau so much! We even got to see several whale breeches in the ocean behind the stage just before the show began. BONUS! Seeing the dancers and all that talent on stage was a great way to spend our evening.
Dinner was good, show was fun and the setting and the way the involved everyone made it that much more fun.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2015/03/11 |
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First experience for my kids
Reviewed by: The Mann Family, 2014/08/11We love the dancers and the stories! It was awesome!
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2014/08/08 |
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Chiefs Luau
Reviewed by: Kelley, 2014/07/02Really enjoyed the show! Food was...ok. Would recommend based on the entertainment factor.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2014/06/25 |
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Chief's Luau
Reviewed by: TMJ, 2014/01/12Cheif's Luau show was good. Transportation was good. Food was alright. Disappointed in the fact that the 'coupon' for a free item we were supposed to get by booking with VELTRA was useless. In other words there was no free item.
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2014/01/08 |
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luau
Reviewed by: Joe Ballard, 2013/07/16The entertainment was wonderful. The food was a disappointment. in fact, the cheaper tickets that went through the buffet had it better because they got as much as they wanted. Also, there wasn't much difference between our seats and theirs. I would do it again but would buy the cheaper tickets.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2013/07/08 |
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