{"id":110119,"date":"2020-01-23T16:32:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T02:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=110119"},"modified":"2020-01-23T16:32:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T02:32:34","slug":"maui-college-leis-family-class-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/23\/maui-college-leis-family-class-act\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Maui College restaurant <abbr title=\"number\">No<\/abbr>. 1 in Hawai\u2018i on OpenTable"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_110131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110131\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/uhmc-culinary-leis-restaurant-1.jpg\" alt=\"dining room\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/uhmc-culinary-leis-restaurant-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/uhmc-culinary-leis-restaurant-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/uhmc-culinary-leis-restaurant-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leis Family Class Act dining room (Photo credit: <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College Culinary Arts Program)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OpenTable has named the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Maui College\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mauiculinary.sodexomyway.com\/dining-near-me\/class-act\">Leis Family Class Act Restaurant<\/a> as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opentable.com\/best-hawaii-restaurants\"><abbr title=\"number\">No<\/abbr>. 1 Best Overall<\/a> for both Maui and the state of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. The ratings are based on 400,000 new diner reviews posted on the huge online reservations hub. The Leis Family Class Act rating is 4.9 out of five stars based on 390 posted reviews.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant also landed on or near the top of the following lists:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110130\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/uhmc-culinary-leis-restaurant-2.jpg\" alt=\"chef and student\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/uhmc-culinary-leis-restaurant-2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/uhmc-culinary-leis-restaurant-2-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/uhmc-culinary-leis-restaurant-2-93x130.jpg 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Tom Lelli instructing in the Leis Family Class Act kitchen. (Photo credit: <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College Culinary Arts Program)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>State of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Food (&#35;2)<\/li>\n<li>Best Value (&#35;1)<\/li>\n<li>Notable Diners Choice &ldquo;Great for Lunch&rdquo; (&#35;1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Island of Maui<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Food (&#35;2)<\/li>\n<li>Best Value (&#35;1)<\/li>\n<li>Best Service (&#35;8)<\/li>\n<li>Notable Diners Choice &ldquo;Fit for Foodies&rdquo; (&#35;1), &ldquo;Great for Lunch&rdquo; (&#35;1), &ldquo;Neighborhood Gem&rdquo; (&#35;1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All the cooking and all the service at the restaurant is handled by <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Maui College Culinary Arts Program students under the supervision of Chef Instructor <strong>Tom Lelli<\/strong> and Dining Room Lecturer <strong>Mark Malone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our students give 110 percent every single semester. We\u2019re very proud of them and we\u2019re so happy they have the opportunity to enjoy this honor,&rdquo; said Lelli.<\/p>\n<p>Malone added, &ldquo;It\u2019s our goal to teach our students every day the value of service, as good service accents the delectable cuisine that our chef and his team of students create.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lunch is served every Wednesday and Friday while classes are in session. The restaurant is located on the second floor of the <span aria-label=\"Paina\">P&#257;&#699;ina<\/span> Building at <a href=\"http:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Leis Family Class Act Restaurant was named the <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 1 Best Overall for both Maui and the state of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[184,377,344,911,60],"class_list":["post-110119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-culinary","tag-culinary-arts-program","tag-maui-culinary-academy","tag-program-recognition","tag-maui-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110119"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110138,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110119\/revisions\/110138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}