Chief's Luau (Hawaii Sunset Events, LLC) Review

Bad service, horrible experience. The buffet is sooo small comparing to the crowd. Royal tickets holders get to start the buffet first. Until you get the chance to go to the buffet you will find empty heaters

Was completely convinced this would be a disappointment...and I was totally wrong. Truly a fun time, great food and entertainment, and a very enjoyable evening.

Very good the chief was funny and made the show a long with all the dancing and fire top food great night

Chiefs Luau is full of fun, culture, and good food! Show up early to try some island crafts and meet the performers. Chief does a great job of leading the show with humour and culture education. The performers are professional, especially the fire stick performers! Be prepared to get up and participate and have fun!

My family had a blast. Blown away by the amount of fire dancers. Our coach host was funny, made for an enjoyable drive to & fro. THANK YOU CHIEF

Had a great time! The Chief was very funny, the dancers were very good, and there was a good selection at the buffet. Special thanks to our tour guide, Cousin Vi as well!

Amazing night. The Chief is hilarious, the food is delicious and all of the dancers where great. We loved this place. Our tour escort, Chad, was absolutely the best too.

I ve been to 4 or 5 luaus and this was by far my favorite!! The Chief is hilariously funny and makes this a great event. The dancers are all awesome and even the food is really good as well! Normally the food is mediocre but this one is worth eating at.

Now, I ll also say that It s definitely not the authentic, casual luau on the beach you may be expecting. It is in the Wet N Wild park which makes it a little weird but it was still great.

Chief's Luau is fantastic. Chief himself is your MC. There are activities to do before the show starts. The food is a Hawaiian buffet and quite tasty. The show takes you through the islands with a large cast of male and female dancers. The finale is an incredible fire dance with many participants including Chief himself. Well worth the Royal upgrade for front and center seating, first at the buffet, a t-shirt, and 4 drinks. Mahalo Chief, cast and crew. We loved it!

Show was wonderful expected more interaction from performers coming down to tables instead of the audience going up to stage but overall very good

Best bartender service ever, Wayne and Andrew rock!

It was FANTASTIC! Great food, great show. The Chief if inspirational.

Great show! The Chief is funny and very attentive to everyone.

Fun, and the Chief is quite a character. Feels slightly artificial, though, and the previous activities are quite hurried.
About an hour drive from Waikiki

Most beautiful evening !!! Very organized with good food. The entertainers were very professional. This was so uplifting and special, a love fest !!!

Fantastic display of cultural customs, song and dance, throughly enjoyed it!
The "Chief" obviously a well honoured person amongst his family, brillant wit and humour!
Loved it.... Would definitely recommend!

Great dinner and show. The whole cast was great and friendly. Highly recommend.

Good. Food was excellent but they took down the buffet too quickly. Plus show, though phenomenal, felt a bit rushed. Bless the Chief, our host, he is hilarious! Good venue for couples.

Where to start!?

We booked this through Expedia at the Aston Waikiki beach hotel. Our bus picked us up at the Marriot down the street. Our bus guide was Cousin Tao (Sp?), and our driver was Jason. Cousin Tao was a great host and was full of energy! The bus ride was about 45 mins.

Once we arrived we were greeted by Hawaiian worriers and hula dancers, what a beautiful way to start the visit. Before our show we were shown our table and were treated to a few activities including fire starting, weaving, coconut chopping, temp tattoos and food and drinks.

Then we were seated and introduced to our host, and treated to a all you can eat buffet. The food was really good. It had a very good verity and of course I made my way to seconds.

Now for the big show, the Chief is a natural leader/host/comedian/teacher, you name it. He was the head of the show. He was supported by a number of musicians, and dancers. What a show, he explained pacific culture from the Islands of New Zealand, Feji, Tahiti, Samoa and of course Hawaii. Each island has their own style and dance. It was beautiful and amazing. The fire dancers and the beautiful hula dancers will be in my memories for years to come.

So if you have come across my post and are thinking weather you should do this or not, take my advice and do this. You will not regret it. The price is expensive but it's totally worth it. You will have very good memories and a great story to tell someday. So go and do this!! Aloha!!!!

I don't understand how someone could not enjoy any aspect of this experience . Everyone was great, funny and the entertainment was so enjoyable! The food was good. The pulled pork and veggies were tender and flavor was excellent. The entertainment and fire dance was amazing. The ride there on a really nice bus with Vetti our funny host waa wonderful. We got right into the entertainment area where drinks were served. Scenery was beautiful. Everyone we were around and talked to enjoyed this evening. I would highly recommend this exsperience!

Great entertainment. The Chief is an excellent host, sharing a bit about the culture and funny. The food is great. The food was better than I had expected. Overall, the food, drinks and evening show were great.

Poor experience. The bus picked us up at the Hotel at 4 pm, it's already 7 pm and no show. Just rough songs and dinner on cardboard boxes. Bad and cold food. Plastic chairs and tables all in the same plane (lawn). I'm feeling like a real Indian program. If you still decide to come, bring a lot of coat. The temperature is 25 degrees C but the wind gives a feeling of cold

Honestly, if you can skip it you'll be fine. The food was ok and the drinks were small. The performance was good but not worth the $120.

Amazing !! Funny and very entertaining!! Would highly recommend it !

Amazing experience...absolutely loved it. Very entertaining, very funny, good food as well. Great for the entire family, definitely a must when visiting Oaho

The experience for Chief's Luau was absolutely amazing. It was our wedding day May 3, 2018 and we decided to do this luau for dinner for our guests and it was the best decision to make for dinner and a fabulous show. Chief was so caring, funny and just really took in all the guests and their experience. My husband and I were included in the show along with other great guests and it was all so touching. The whole luau team was phenomenal and I would definitely visit again. Thank you all so very much for making our wedding day that much more special. Great experience!!!!

Although it's at a water park and not on the beach, they have the best possible show on the entire island!

The chief is funny, the hula dancers are beautiful and talented, but my favorite were the fire dancers. Wow! The food was so-so, but the entertainment can t be missed!

The show was really good with lots of audience interaction. The show has, or claims to have, sever world champion fire dancers and a champion hula dancer and they do put on an excellent display. The Cheif, supposedly the first fire dance champion, was a great entertainer and often had the audience laughing and cheating.

The food was the low point of the evening and the buffet seemed more Chinese than Hawaiian, the main dish (traditional roasted pork) was rather salty.

Awesome food and awesome experience. Best Luau on the island!

The MC is hilarious! The show features talented singers, musicians, dancers, it's got everything! Great views of the east coast while you eat your dinner and watch the entertainment. The food is average though.

Amazing talent very funny and friendly staff. Best luau in Oahu!!

We were late by an hour because the bus driver took a wrong turn, but we were amply compensated for what we missed.

Whatever you think you're getting with this luau, you're not.

They make you show up at 4:30 and stand in a crowded area like cows, and if it's sunny you become a fried cow. Then you shuffle into the luau area at 5:15, meaning you just wait in a fenced off area with no entertainment or bathrooms for 45 minutes.

They greet you like any typical luau, but they give you a shell lei instead of flowers; no biggie, but for $80+ a ticket, I wanted flowers. They had activities for less than 20 minutes in which you could get an airbrush tattoo or weave a headband or throw arrows. That was decent, but it went downhill after that.

The food was cheap for what you pay; typical iceberg salad with baby carrots, tomatoes, and cucumbers. The actual dishes were not labeled so it was a game of mystery meat and what-type-of-potatoes-are-these? It was cooked decently, but the pork was flavorless and slightly slimy. It felt like food cooked at a family summer party; edible but very low budget. I will give props to the pineapple cake; only part I enjoyed other than the rice.

After the food came the show, and man oh man what a show it was. I should preface this by saying that I am a professionally trained dancer in the disciplines of jazz, ballet, tap, lyrical, hip hop, etc., but not in cultural dancing. I say that because I judged this in the way I would judge any other genre of dance, but again, I could be getting this all wrong. So... first and foremost, not all of these dancers were Hawaiian. Born on the island? Sure. Native descendants? Debatable. Not that I have any problem with that, to each their own, but it was advertised as a traditional Hawaiian luau. Just sayin. Then the actually dancing was mediocre. I've seen the good, bad, and ugly, and this was... well, not good. They were doing traditional dances, but they were not superb dancers. The dance tribute to Elvis' Blue Hawaii? Yeah that was terrible. The dancer was walking around the stage doing the same hand movements the entire time; no actual dancing. Another dancer tangled her ball props and just stood on stage shaking them for a solid minute and a half before she was able to untangle them. I was mortified for her; how do you not know how to recover from a screw up?!

THEN IT GOT WORSE

They went on to do a dance and then went into the audience and pulled people up onstage to dance with them. Then they had them all say their names and where they were from. Like any of us care. At this point, my family and I got up and left.

My mother was dying to take me to a luau after she went to a few on Kauai, but she was highly disappointed in this one. Even without having seen the other lauas, I can tell you, this was a cheesy/hokey take on a luau. They straight up play on the ignorance of tourists, make it as cheap as possible, and reap in the money.

If you want to go to a luau, don't go to this one.

Chief's Luau was lots of fun and the fire dancing was amazing. Great food and atmosphere. I've also been to two other Luau's in Hawaii over the years but Chief's is the best one.

This luau was awesome. The food was delicious and the show was exciting and funny.

The show was so funny and intimate... the crowd was constantly involved and the performers were on point. It was completely worth the price for the show! The food was delicious and there was plenty of variety!

Profoundly outstanding performance on stage. Extremely delicious and varied Hawaiian foods. The terrain is a real challenge for someone who is using a walker! The staff is extremely helpful. I watched the harvest of a coconut and I made a palm leaf crown with the help of one of the people. It is a never-to-be-forgotten experience. Sit as close as you can afford to the stage.

My wife Becky and myself had a truly exciting and enjoyable time from the moment we arrived to the time we left !

Cheesy to start and kind of annoying the way they manage the crowd to get people in and seated in chintzy plastic chairs. The crafts and activities are just lame. Once the meal starts it gets better. The buffet was pretty good. The dancing was very good and the chief's lounge act is Vegas good.

Certainly, we were bestowed with the luau's chief. Malaho! Aloha!

Fantastic scenery, delicious food and the Chief is the real deal. He really makes you feel welcome. He has great enthusiasm for the tradition of the island people.

It was a little cheezy, and the way people were dismissed to eat was not cool. It was supposed to be a buffet, but the food choices were limited as well as the availability. People that paid more for their ticket were given preferential treatment and were served first. The rest of us got what was left. Not worth the money paid to attend.

We had a wonderful time. Highly recommend it. Will be telling my friends that are coming in April

Excellent, the whole family had a great time would recommend it 100% .

Been to other Luau that claims best in HI, this is definitely much better. Entertainment and food were great. Would do it again.

One of the best experience we had in Hawaii. Wonderful performance and amazing food. If you go to Hawaii you have to can't miss the Chief's Luau

I went with my EF tours a couple of years ago and it was an amazing experience. You get food and seeing the fire was really cool. It s beautiful and mesmerizing seeing all the dancing. Definitely worth coming here. It s also a BEAUTIFUL location and something to check out if you re in the area long enough.

This does not even compare to paradise cove. We check in at 4.30pm and ask the ladies at the ticket booth were the toilet was for our son "we don't have access to one at the moment until 5.15pm when entry to the luau begins. You can ask sea life if you can use their toilets, although they may not let you"!. How can you expect people to wait 45 minutes without access to a toilet. My son and I went for a walk and found people accessing sea life toilets down the back.

Then they make you wait like cattle for 45 minutes in a small area without seats or anything at all for the kids.

Walk in, line up, quick photo. Tables lining up 20 minutes for food. No trays. Very difficult waiting patiently with children for food. Very average with the baby carrots frozen and punch disgustingly full of sugar. Alcoholic beverages served in small glasses.

Activities for children were archery, basket making and that's it, running only for twenty minutes.

Show was the only good part.

The whole experience was terrible and not worth the money and family focused

Great fun but we were at the end of the food line and they ran out of a couple of things. Show/dancers were awesome.

Wow is all I can say...Food Dance Entertainment. A must see.

My wife loved the handsome built tattoo covered men and I thoroughly enjoyed the benefits afterwards in our hotel room. She was not crazy about the stringy pork (which I thought was 5-star) but did enjoy getting blitzed on the mai-tai cocktails. The show was entertaining and suppose qualified for a significant Luau experience.

The show was good and we love the Chief. The food was just ok for me but we really went for the show

Loved everything, activities, performances, amazing chief except food which is mediocre

Amazing show! Very friendly people! Memories for a lifetime!

Great luau that involves crowd from the moment you arrive. Food was magnificent Although it was all-you-can-eat style, one round is plenty! Chief was quite entertaining and very knowledgeable. Well worth the drive from Waikiki.

Great entertainment!!! The food was great. The M.C. was very funny. The dancers were fantastic. The fire knife dancers were INCREDIBLE!!!!

My husband and I had such a great time at Chief's Luau. The atmosphere was very festive, fun and inviting. The staff was very welcoming and worked hard to make sure everyone there had an enjoyable time. The entertainment was heartfelt and full of exciting and funny moments. Its a great couple/family/friend atmosphere with something for everyone, no matter what occasion you are celebrating. The food was great and the pre-Luau activities were fun. I personally got a tattoo and had a headband made for me. I definitely recommend as a "must-do" activity when visiting the city. The culture is rich and admirable. I am glad I chose this experience to celebrate my birthday and would love to come back a second time!

Just, wow. This luau was simply spectacular. The food was just delicious and the fact that you can eat until your tired (as the chief said) is well worth the money. The show was beyond memorable and an experience for the whole family. The guy could be a comedian! Honestly, if you're looking for a luau in Hawaii, this is the one to choose. All three packages give you decent seats, so you dont need to worry about buying the most expensive one.
I cant Express how amazing the chief was. He had the happiness of Robin William's. 10/10, would go back to this luau again. Mahalo!

This show has it all. High energy, excitement, humor, activities, good food, friendly and talented staff.

Chiefs luau was so fun from the activity s to the food and then the Luau. You really get your money s worth. They pick you up and drive you back. The guide was very knowledgeable to all the Hawaiian traditions. Don t miss this.

Definitely fun and entertaining! We got into a bus who was the representative for Chief's Luau she was amazing!! Cousin V!! She rocks!! And the bus driver cousin Jeff!! Stellar customer service!! I love the entertainment and their shows! And their food we ate til we got tired lol. Anyways be sure to be here open minded and definitely enjoy your vacation and loosen up. It's not a place to pull ranks and respect the culture and the island.

I have just one word AMAZING!!! The staff was great food everything