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The Polynesian Cultural Center offers a variety of meal service options ranging from fine dining in an exquisitely beautiful tropical restaurant through our most popular Alii Luau — Hawaii's finest traditional "feast for a king"— to an all-you-can-eat cosmopolitan dinner buffet, snack bars and concession stands.

Super Ambassador Fine Dining
Ambassador Fine Dining
Alii Luau Feast
The Gateway Buffet
Vegetarian Options
The Barbecue Luncheon Buffet
The Banyan Tree Snack Bar and other snacks

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Super Ambassador Fine Dining

The Polynesian Cultural Center's most exclusive package, the Super Ambassador, naturally includes the finest levels of dining service, presentation and menu selections:

Appetizers (one from the following menu):

• Shrimp cocktail served with cocktail sauce and lemon wedges
• Fresh oysters served with a spicy tropical salsa and pickled ginger
• Deep-fried Maui onions served with mango chutney
• Linguine served with steamed clams, featuring a pesto sauce with sautéed onions and shiitake mushrooms.

Soups (one from the following menu):

• Country-style corn chowder served with taro roll
• Island-style sautéed onion soup served with croutons
• Island-style Portuguese bean soup, an local favorite for over a century

Salads (one from the following menu):

• Papaya and Maunaloa garden salad with papaya seed dressing
• Macadamia nut caesar salad garnished with fresh cracked pepper
• Broccoli and crab salad served on Manoa lettuce
• A house salad with watercress and raisins

Entrees (one from the following menu), each selection served with steamed rice, sweet potato or baked potato. Condiments include sour cream, bacon bits, chives and green onion:

• Misoyaki chicken marinated with flavorful peanut butter miso sauce
• Shrimp scampi, sizzled in garlic lemon butter
• "Onolicious" salmon, served with carmelized guava-lemon sauce
• Succulent, juicy and tender prime rib — the best on the north shore — served au jus with lilikoi [passion fruit] and horseradish

Desserts:

• Haupia [sweet coconut custard] tart
• Luscious Maori trifle with custard
• Guava chiffon cake with cream cheese frosting and macadamia nuts
• The Ali'i Volcanic Royal with vanilla ice cream, apple banana, fudge, macadamia nuts, topped with fresh sliced strawberries and whipped cream

Drinks:

• Wahiawa pineapple juice
• Fresh guava juice
• Laie Point mist
• Hukilau wave exotic smoothies

Super Ambassador Package guests are also welcome to dine at any of the Polynesian Cultural Center's other dinner venues, including the Alii Luau.

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Salad, Soups and Sides (with a choice of French, Thousand Island or Caesar dressings)

• Green spinach salad
• Jell-O™ with cottage cheese
• Salad greens with cherry tomatoes, bacon bits, croutons, sunflower seeds, shredded cheese, shredded cucumber and green onions
• Sashimi served with wasabi
• Cold crab legs
• Somen noodles with green onions, sliced kamaboko, shredded eggs, shredded cucumber and memmi sauce
• Sushi: Futomaki, Daikon, Cucumber, Inari
• Vegetables Platter: cauliflower, broccoli, sliced cucumber, baby corn, carrot stickets, celery sticks and black olives
• Fruit Platter: Honeydew, cantaloupe, red grapes, fresh strawberries, papaya slices, Kiwi wedges and pre-cut pineapple
• Soup: Miso or clam chowder
• Side Dishes: Rice with ume,Beni Shoga, a mix of black and white sesame seeds, baked red potatoes served with sour cream and bacon bits, and assorted dinner rolls (wheat, white and taro)

Entrees Galore

• Tender prime rib au jus with horseradish
• Succulent pork stir-fry
• Baked teriyaki chicken
• Deep fried macadamia nut chicken
• Baked mahimahi with a coconut crab sauce
• Vegetarian chili

Hot and Tasty Vegetables

• A Sicilian blend

Don't Skip the Desserts

• Chocolate bundt cake
• Oreo creamed cheesecake
• Island Macadamia nut cream pie
• Strawberry chiffon cake
• Mochi

A Bevy of Beverages

• Pineapple, guava and orange juices
• POG — a passion fruit-orange-guave tropical blend
• Coca-cola™ (caffeine free), Diet Coke™ (caffeine free)
• Hot chocolate, decaf coffee and herbal tea.

Ambassador Menu Dinner served from 5:00-7:00pm

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The Gateway Buffet

The Polynesian Cultural Center's Gateway Restaurant serves an outstandingly good and satisfying cosmopolitan buffet that's sure to please any palate. Of course, in the best Polynesian tradition where feasting has been elevated to an art form, you're welcome to enjoy as much as you like from among the following menu:

Soup-and-salad-Lovers Spread

• Fresh tossed greens with beets, kim chee, cottage cheese, sliced peaches, alofa salad, macaroni salad, orange wedges, ripe bananas, pre-cut pineapple and Jell-O™ squares
• Croutions, shredded cheese, carrot sticks
• Thousand Island, French Ranch and Maui Onion dressings
• Chicken noodle soup

Choice Entrees

• Rice served with ume and red ginger
• Mashed potatoes and gravy
• Baked chicken or moa makete
• Deep-fried Mahimahi served with tartar sauce and lemon wedges
• Garden-fresh steamed vegetables
• Samoan chop suey
• Fijian chicken curry
• Sweeet & sour meatballs
• Turkey served with mango chutney and cranberry
• Vegetarian chili
• White dinner rolls

Delicious Desserts

• Banana muffins
• Pineapple crumb bars
• Tarts filled chocolate and vanilla pudding
• New Zealand trifle with vanilla and chocolate

Thirst Quenchers

• Pineapple, guava and orange juices
• POG — a passion fruit-orange-guave tropical blend
• Coca-cola™ (caffeine free), Diet Coke™ (caffeine free)
• Hot chocolate, decaf coffee and herbal tea

For an additional surcharge and on a space available basis, Gateway Buffet guests may upgrade their meal service to the Alii Luau dinner, the Ambassador or Super Ambassador dining options.

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Barbecue Luncheon Buffet

The Polynesian Cultural Center is a great place to stop for lunch while driving around Oahu, either as part of an organized tour or in a rental car. Our Luncheon Buffet, served in shady comfort of The Hale Ohana from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., is delicious yet simple, and an excellent value. Eat as much as you like from the following menu:

Salads and such

• Fresh tossed salad garnished with cherry tomatoes, carrots and red cabbage, topped with shredded cheese and toasted croutons
• Served with ranch and thousand island dressings
• Also, rainbow Jell-O™, macaroni salad and assorted fruits, including Kahuku watermelon (seasonal), honeydew, cantaloupe, grapes and pre-cut pineapple
• Kahuku "supersweet" corn-on-the-cob (seasonal), olives, celery sticks, cauliflower, carrots, sliced cucumber and baby corn
• Dinner rolls

Entrees

• Tasty barbecue chicken
• Sautéed Kahuku shrimp (seasonal)

Desserts

• Yummy pineapple crumb bars
• Mouth-watering brownies

Beverages

• Pineapple, guava and orange juices
• POG — a passion fruit-orange-guave tropical blend
• Coca-cola™ (caffeine free), Diet Coke™ (caffeine free)
• Hot chocolate, decaf coffee and herbal tea

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The Banyan Tree Snack Bar and other snacks

The Polynesian Cultural Center's Banyan Tree Snack Bar, near the front entrance, is open daily (closed Sundays) from 11:00 a.m. and serves a delicious variety of cold drinks, nachos, ice cream, fruit cups, hot dogs and other snacks. Guests may also enjoy egg salad, turkey, tuna, crab or ham sandwiches; and the deep-fried chicken plates, barbecue chicken plates, excellent hamburgers, fish and chips, and other menu items will definitely help get you through the rest of the Polynesian Cultural Center experience.

Additional snack stands and eating areas are also located throughout the island nations of the Center, including the Fale Popo (Coconut House) in Samoa, the Maori Snack Bar, the Tonga Hut and the Laie tour bus stop, and the Marquesas Snack Shop at the Marquesas canoe landing — each offering cold drinks and other treats to satisfy the desire to munch. Caffeinated coffee and Coca-cola™ are available upon request.

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