Ferraro’s at Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea has been one of our favorite oceanfront restaurants in Wailea for years, but it has changed quite a bit since we first wrote about it. The restaurant was reimagined in 2024 with a new look and a coastal Italian menu led by Restaurant Executive Chef Russell Rummer. The open-air setting right along the water remains a big part of the appeal, especially around sunset.

Chef Rummer came to Four Seasons Maui in 2022 after working in some respected Italian kitchens on the mainland, including Delfina and Absinthe in San Francisco and Seneca Trattoria in San Diego. He’s also made several trips to Naples to study Italian cooking firsthand. At Ferraro’s, that background shows up in a menu centered on house-made pasta, crudo, fresh seafood, and Italian cooking that makes good use of ingredients from Hawaiʻi.

There’s a lot more to order here than pizza and pasta. Tonno Tonnato starts with ahi crudo, chili crunch, caperberries, tonnato, and pine nuts. The Kampachi Amalfi pairs kampachi crudo with lemon salsa, watermelon radish, Calabrian chili, and cucumber acqua pazza. Their Al Forno “Puccia” Pane is a Salento-style bread served with seaweed butter and roasted garlic, with burrata or prosciutto available to go with it.

The pasta section is where Ferraro’s gets especially interesting. Spaghetti al Nero di Seppia combines squid ink pasta with Kona lobster, confit tomato, and puttanesca. There’s hand-rolled cavatelli with black truffle butter, bucatini with fresh clams and white wine, and a traditional tagliatelle Bolognese made with beef, veal, and pork ragù.

For a main course, the current menu includes roasted Hawaiian sea bass with Palermo salsa, panko-crusted ahi with anchovy-lemon butter and a Sicilian pine nut and caper relish, Wagyu steak, lamb chops, and olive-brined roasted chicken. Groups can also order Festa da Ferraro’s, a family-style menu selected from Chef Russell’s dishes.

Dessert is worth leaving room for. Ferraro’s tiramisu comes with espresso-soaked savoiardi, mascarpone, and cocoa, and the Limoni de Amalfi hides a strawberry-yuzu center inside a lemon-shaped dessert.

Ferraro’s serves lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Golden Hour from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., and dinner from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Guests dining after 8:00 p.m. can also get 50% off select bottles of wine.

It’s still a splurge, but Ferraro’s has grown into a much more interesting restaurant than the one we first wrote about years ago. The oceanfront location gets your attention, and Chef Rummer’s food gives you a good reason to come back.

Ferraro’s Restaurant & Bar
Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea
3900 Wailea Alanui
Wailea, Maui, HI 96753
(808) 874-8000

Chris

The Treehouse Dad has been writing about his home of Maui for over two decades. When he’s not sharing stories and tips from around the Valley Isle, he’s dreaming up treehouses, adventuring with his ‘ohana, and chasing good waves, good food, and a growth mindset. A lover of travel, surf, food, and art, his work blends local insight with a playful, creative lens on life in Hawaiʻi.