I guess going to Mala for brunch two days in a row was a little too much. After our meal here this morning, I’ve fallen a little out of love with Mala. Why, you ask? Well, we discovered the hard way that if you decide to order things separately (eggs, bacon, etc.), you’ll get ripped off. For example, I ordered the Great Start Breakfast ($12): 2 eggs cooked to order, hash browns, grilled health bread, jam, butter, and your choice of bacon, prosciutto, or lamb sausage.
I chose 2 eggs over medium, lamb sausage, and subbed out the hash browns with some fruit salad (for an additional $2 charge) so my final cost for this breakfast was $14. Expensive, but a price I’m willing to pay for good food.
Fitbomb didn’t want to the hash browns or bread so he ordered a side of bacon ($7), a side of 2 eggs ($5), and Alii mushrooms ($12).
Yes, we should have asked how much the items would cost by themselves (it wasn’t listed on the menu) but we didn’t think his breakfast would be $24! Next time, we’ll just get the Great Start Breakfast and waste the hash browns and bread.
Plus, we had to wait a long time for our food, our portions were smaller, and our waitress was really ditzy. Maybe we were cranky because we were leaving Maui but our final experience here left a bad taste in my mouth.
Oh well, all will be forgotten when we return in a year.
