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Is Uahi Island Grill Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 19 Kailua, Hawaii

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Uahi Island Grill is listed open on uahiislandgrill.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A direct check of the restaurant's website on 2026-09-08 found it live with current-week hours, a working catering and events request page, and an active ordering widget. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Uahi Island Grill during the 'Island Flavor' episode, aired 2014-05-23, where Guy Fieri highlighted the restaurant's Thai red curry grilled fish served with green papaya salad and its slow-poached Mandarin duck confit finished with an anise-orange glaze. Uahi Island Grill is a contemporary Hawaiian restaurant in Kailua, Hawaii, also known for dishes like seared ahi, a Korean steak salad, a tamarind burger, furikake calamari, and kalua pork with kale. A direct check of the restaurant's website, uahiislandgrill.com, on 2026-09-08 found the site live with current-week hours listed for each day and working catering and event-booking pages. The homepage also promotes party hosting and catering services and private event bookings, showing continuing day-to-day operations rather than an abandoned listing.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 19

Episode 10
Aired
Title: Island Flavor · What was featured: Thai red curry grilled fish and duck confit
How Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. uahiislandgrill.com https://www.uahiislandgrill.com/
  2. dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com https://www.dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com/uahi-island-grill-hawaii.html
  3. dddnearme.com https://dddnearme.com/restaurant/uahi-island-grill/
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Record ddd-0686 · checked by Cal Marchetti.