In an eight days' stay (or even less) it's worth going at least once to the Wake Up Café: kinda an old Hawaii grunge vibe with servers who would probably rather be surfing, and even if half the pancakes are a bit under-cooked, there's so much food you only want to eat half anyway. In fact, I've just made a mental note to drop by in November.

It's just a darn friendly, laid back place: don't be in a hurry.