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FUUD: Chef Mavro on King Street

By Catherine Toth Fox • October 29, 2010 • Food, Musings, The Daily Dish

The last time I ate at Chef Mavro on the corner of King and McCully streets was several years ago — well before the high-end restaurant received national accolades like the AAA Five Diamond Award or the designation of Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S. by Gayot Guide.

And it was still damn good.

Now the restaurant is dripping with awards and recognition, from receiving the the prestigious AAA Five Diamond Award three years in a row, being named everything from Top 10 Seafood Restaurants in the World (Destination Fish) to 10 Most Romantic Honeymoon Hot Spots (TheKnot.com), to getting impressive reviews from restaurant critics at the New York Times, Gourmet and the Los Angeles Times.

So, inspired by our recent jaunt to Paris this month, we decided to head back to Mavro from some French-inspired cuisine, where small plates explode with flavors and the personally selected wines pair perfectly with the seasonal selections. It was like being back in Avignon — only we were feasting on freshly caught opakapaka and the James Beard Award-winning chef George “Chef Mavro” Mavrothalassitis read my tweet about it and came to my table to personally thank me. (Seriously. He reads his tweets.)

Here’s what we ate:

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Chef Mavro, 1969 S. King St. Hours: 6 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Phone: 808-944-4714, www.chefmavro.com, www.facebook.com/chef.mavro. Follow Chef Mavro on Twitter @chefmavro

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15 Comments

  • Reply UncleBullet October 28, 2010 at 10:33 pm

    Darn it Cat! I just ate lunch and I’m hungry again! oh well…

  • Reply russkar October 28, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    Mavro is still on the Cutting Edge when it comes to dining in Hono.

  • Reply Maxcat October 28, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    It’s nice to see really fine dining like this

  • Reply CourtneyBiggs October 29, 2010 at 2:03 am

    Ooooh add me to the “all of a sudden very very hungry” list.

  • Reply NonStopMari October 29, 2010 at 3:00 am

    i feel like i feel after mchang’s food blogs: totally satiated and fully informed. great photos and detailed descriptions.

  • Reply Ynaku October 29, 2010 at 3:42 am

    Yay for Chef Mavro. I would love to try that Wagyu beef too. I’m not a lamb eater. Wish I could eat right now, but just came from Dentist and he says no chew hard stuff for 24 hours. Oh the hunger. Pass the ice cream.

  • Reply M October 29, 2010 at 8:41 am

    Hello Cat!
    Fuud pixs Friday!

    Yummy! It’s just out of my budget to eat there.

  • Reply spotdoc October 29, 2010 at 11:21 am

    I’ve eaten my way through many cities around the globe, and Chef Mavro stands shoulder-to-shoulder with all of the Great Chefs. I don’t think we appreciate him as much in Hawaii as we should. But, maybe that’s good – I don’t have to call three months in advance for a reservation!

  • Reply Annoddah_Dave October 29, 2010 at 1:47 pm

    CAT,
    Aaaiiiyyyyaaahhh! Fuud Pix! Tenks! One of my favorites. This aint Zippys, small portions, subtle flavors, pricey. Based on your French dining in Avignon, how did this stack up?

  • Reply dbjack October 29, 2010 at 6:00 pm

    Does Chef Mavro still do the thing where he cooks down on Waikiki Beach? No doubt the food there is good, great way to impress your date, and the food is priced right for what you get.

  • Reply mjc_808 October 30, 2010 at 11:52 am

    Great review and pix! I’ve had both phenomenal meals here and a couple that were “decent” – I like that the menu changes seasonally so the menu changes a lot. I too haven’t been in years and want to go back now!

  • Reply Harrycovair October 30, 2010 at 8:44 pm

    Gotta love those fuud proms. That Strip Loin looked soooo delicious. Chef Mavro has always been on the cutting edge in terms of the different layers of flavor in his style of preparation.

    I haven’t been there in a few years but it’s definitely worth a revisit, maybe soon too.

    (Why can’t @ ChefMarvo pop up in this comment? I follow him.)

  • Reply 808marv October 31, 2010 at 3:28 am

    Thanks for the pics, every time that I’m on the “other side of the tracks” ( S. King St.) at Jack In The Box drive-in and I always wonder what it’s like in there. 😉 Interesting stuff, looks good!

  • Reply jmatthicks November 1, 2010 at 9:56 pm

    #6, #9, #10, #16.

    My oh my does that look good.

  • Reply sushi November 1, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    13-17 look so delicious. Now where’s some chocolate?

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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