Tamura’s Fine Wine & Liquors

This place was recommended to me from a local. Located in a business area, who would have guessed that a place known as a wine shop would have excellent poke. They have so many things other than wine, next time I will really check it out thoroughly.
This is one of the best poke that I have ever had. You won’t be sorry trying this place out.

I live near a Tamura’s Wine and Spirits store on Oahu, so imagine my surprise when my friends and I came over here to Tamura’s Wine and Spirits store here in Lahaina on the Dr MLK Jr weekend and on the eve of the 2016 Maui Ocean Front marathon.
Don’t get me wrong, I do love fine wine and liquor as the next person, but it was funny and interesting to see my friends load up on vodka and wine. Perhaps they were going to drink it after the foot race, like most people do, including me, but they were going to do vodka shots during the race! Yep, you heard right. We all arrived here around 5:30pm on a brisk Saturday, 1÷16÷2016 before heading to Front Street @ Lahaina Sushi Ko for dinner with friends. This visit to Tamura’s Lahaina was short and sweet. Took maybe about 15 minutes to look around to see what we wanted and checked out. The overall experience is typical, just shopping for whatever we need and paying for it. The store itself is clean and very meticulously organized, so everything can be found. There should be air-​conditioned here but we did not feel it. The overall experience here at Tamura’s is as heavenly as it can be, if you enjoy booze and wine as the next guy. No, I’m not an alcoholic, more like a wine connoisseur. :)
Tamura’s Wine and Spirits is the located at 226 Kupuohi Street in Lahaina. Nearby down the street is Star Noodle, where I had eaten lunch earlier, so I was quite familiar with the area. They have quite ample private parking here, so once we were there, it was particularly empty, as it was around 5:30pm on a Saturday late afternoon. Still, it was a private lot for anyone and everyone who loves the drink and drink often. They accept major credit cards, which is always nice. It felt like being in the Tamura’s at home, since the store setup is basically the same and the décor was almost identically the same as my home store in Kaimuki, Oahu. It felt like a warehouse, albeit just a store, filled with various brands of liquors, wines, and beer. It’s always nice to experience new brands and tastes that you may discover while shopping, while there are others that will just keep you shaking your head. Trial and error when it comes to sampling wine, of course.
It’s always exciting to shop for wine and liquor, even if you don’t know what the hell you are doing. It’s just fun at times. Since my friends and I was here for the 2016 Maui Ocean Front marathon, they got a couple of bottles of vodka to be used on the course and a couple of white wine to be used for celebratory purposes after the race. After all, one of them was finishing their 50 states marathon quest in HI at the 2016 Maui ocean front marathon and that was awesome! For the most part, this visit to Tamura’s Lahaina was very much typical and uneventful. I ultimately bought a bottle of red wine for post race happenings and a bottle of gaterade — lemon lime for the race, as a good marathoner I am. The service here is alright and typical. Service with a smile and I’m sure she was happy to see people come through here, especially when it can be dead on certain times of the day.
If you love wine and enjoy liquor on a regular basis, come on down here and see what you can discover on your next trip to Tamura’s Lahaina. It may just enhance your visit to Maui.
4 solid stars!
Support local!
B+

So glad that Tamura’s is in Lahaina now. So many choices and of course everything is fresh and tasty. I would say Tamura’s has slightly better poke than Foodland. Had hamachi poke and ahi. But I would still get poke at Foodland if I also wanted hot food (all the musubi and chicken). Of course, no one beats Tamura’s for liquor prices.
Came back 2 days later for the Friday plate lunch. $ 11.99 for rice (white or brown), laulau, kalua, salmon lomi, and poi. Very popular with the locals and sells out fast. Enough for 2 people. Also got more poke. Today we had spicy imitation crab, wasabi crawfish, garlic king crab.
You definitely want to make a stop here if you are in Lahaina and want poke and some booze.

Loved the poke! Would eat it every day if I could! Quality of fish is great, not sinewy at all. The Tamura’s marinade is spot on with fragrant sesame oil coming to greet you as you open the container — hits the spot!
The only thing I’d suggest is maybe if they could add a little nijiki seaweed for some crunch… mmmmm…
Also tried the tako poke, which was yummy. But really, it’s all about the ahi! Hear they also have hamachi poke, though it was not available on the day I went. Have a number of cooked options too for the less adventurous – tako/​octopus, crawfish, crab, etc.

We were in Maui for 1 week and I was literally in search of good poke. Tried out multiple places including Costco, Foodland, Safeway, and other restaurants. All so disappointing. A waitress from Maui Brewing company recommended us to try Tamura’s for poke…
HOLY CRAP! Hands down the best damn poke on the entire island! I just wished I found this place a week earlier! Poke was just perfect and they had a nice selection of different pokes. My favorites were the kamikaze and sunrise poke. I also thoroughly enjoyed the spicy smoked tako! So good!
A humble recommendation would to have management put up a sign in the side of the building advertising their poke. We were in the parking lot for 15 – 20 minutes and multiple cars made u-​turns in their parking lot. Another recommendation would be to the older lady at the poke counter. Thanks for accommodating and allowing me to get the poke bowl after 6:30pm, but please be nice to others that don’t know your 6:30PM rule of not allowing poke bowls. You guys have a great poke. Up your service and marketing and Tamura’s will phenomenal. Bring people in with your poke and you’ll be selling your beers and wine. Guaranteed!

Came in on my honeymoon off of a recommendation from a friend for Poke… this was amazing. I asked the guy in front of me what to order, he made a great suggestion and I went with it. Fresh, spicy and delicious. Well done!
Solid beer selection too! They had three cases of Goose Island BCBS that has been sold out on the mainland for a month!

If you’re looking for fresh, delicious poke look no further. Tamura’s has some of the best poke on Maui in my opinion at least. This location is so convenient since it’s across the street from the CrossFit box I drop into when visiting Maui. Try the kamikaze or sunrise poke, both are full of mayo but oh so delicious. They also have a wide range of booze so whatever you’re in the mood for I’m sure you’ll find!

I would never think they would have such tasty poke here. Besides having a great selection they also let you sample them.
If you’re new to poke stop by and give it whirl. You can get just poke or poke on a bowl. This place won’t disappoint you.
Take a look at their huge selection of adult beverage.
As I finish my review I’m now craving poke.

The poke here is bombdiggity good! Came here twice during our stay in Lahaina and couldn’t get enough of the scallop and hamachi poke. If only we could bring it back through customs!

Best food and alcohol prices on the island, and lets NOT forget the POKE!!!
This is the real reason to come here — but plan carefully. Get a bowl with poke, so you get some rice — them get some additional items, as they don’t see the rice by itself (gas station down the street does!!!)
A little goes a long way, so don’t overdue it… Tucked in — google maps gets you right there though

This place is AMAZING! I cannot speak to their selection of beer, wine or liquor but their sparkling section was CRAZY! Like… CUH-​RAZY! I have never seen such a full and diverse selection of bubbly in 1 place. I was like a kid in a candy store. I just stared at the aisle for a good 5 minutes taking it all in. So many choices at every price point.
And the prices are comparable or in some cases better than either Safeway (which has a pretty decent selection) or back home. I was quite impressed.
They also have a poke counter which I totally want to go back for. We were on our way to dinner so I didn’t partake, but I NEED to!
If I lived on Maui, I’d hang out here :)

This place is amazing! 20 dollars for 2 lbs of different types of Poke. Pick some up and sit on the beach at sunset beats the hell out any restaurant. The ladies were very helpful and gave generous samples.

You’d never know what kind of magic lurks behind the bottles and rows and rows of bottles in Tamuras. Sure you could go there to get rum for your mai tais, vodka for your bloodies and beer for the beach, but you could also go there to get the BEST fix of island poke you could ever want. Ahi, crawfish, rice bowls, it’s all about the food here. We picked up a little of everything and took it down to the beach for a quick picnic. Can’t lie, we actually started eating in the car… sorryimnotsorry. Beats the heck out of any over priced poke you’d find at a restaurants.

My husband and I found this spot the second to the last day of our honeymoon because a friend of his posted poke pictures on her facebook. We were disappointed that we didn’t find it sooner. You can guest it, we had poke the day of and took some to go before the airport.
Our favorites are the Sunrise and the Ninja. I tried some of the crawfish in the creamy sauce, but it was too much after finishing a bowl of the poke.
We didn’t buy any alcohol but they do have a huge selection of wine and liquor.

One of the best spots on the island, even throughout the chain. If you can’t find it here, there’s a good chance you can’t find it. We came by to grab some beer, wine and some poke. Their poke options were the best we found anywhere, were fresh and very inexpensive. The service is ok, nothing amazing, but they know their stuff. It’s some of the best poke you can get on the island. A true hidden gem.

Best poke I’ve had, always a variety to choose from. They will let you sample before buying.
Also a diverse selection of beer and alcohol.

We came here literally EVERY SINGLE DAY while we were on the island for poke madness. The service was wonderful and when they ran out of a certain poke, they made it fresh then and there for us too! The groups’s favorites were the Tamura’s special, the garlic crawfish and the sunrise.
They also have strawberry ICEE’s, which we Californian’s don’t have … only blueberry and cherry. We even bought some frozen lau lau’s so that we could take them home — score! It was a very depressing day when we had to leave knowing that we weren’t going to be able to just hop on our mopeds and get some poke … depressed …
xoxo
Amy Nguyen

The rudest service from this woman we have received on the whole island. And this is my island!
She has a Tatoo on the side of her neck that reads charlotte… They did not have enough people helping at first, and then they did.
Why be unkind.

Freshest poke I had in Maui! Although some could have used better seasoning, the poke bowls overall were great!
It was also relieving to see that a place finally had alcohol at mainland prices. They have a great selection of wine and liquor alike! I would recommend stopping by at Tamura’s after getting to the airport to stock up on snacks and drinks before heading off to your hotel or condo!

Yup yup yup yup yup.
Yup.
Did I mention YUP? Because yup.
This poke. These poke bowls. Shut up. Too good. Seriously, shut up and don’t talk with your mouth full, it’s not becoming of you.
Wine wine wine wine wine booze beer snacks wine for days.
We biked here on rental bikes from Front St. It was a touch harrowing. Drive or get driven to here if you can, folks.
So many delicious boutique-​y wines. SO MANY. And such delightful poke.
Get thee to here stat, and take your wine and your poke and your butt to the beach for a sunset dinner that couldn’t disappoint if it tried.