The Wedding Reception and Dinner

After the 5:00 p.m. marriage ceremony at the Honolulu Tabernacle the newly weds and guests relocated to what was known to be "The Most Beautiful Restaurant on the Beach at Waikiki" ... The Queen's Surf.

Daniel and Mayone receive their well-wishers, mostly the Tongan community, now as man and wife.

Arranged by cousin Danny, the wedding dinner was served on the Garden Lanai as the sun sank into the western waters at Waikiki Beach. In this photo you can see the backs of Dan and Mayone who have just finished cutting their wedding cake and serving it up to guests. Guests are finishing their meal and visiting with each other as the torches are lit around the perimeter of the Garden.

Dan and Mayone's Wedding Reception and Dinner, Luau Style.

A 1960's advertisement 

Menu Cover from the Queen's Surf

A Menu Brochure inviting guests to try the Luau Dinner

Once a stately mansion, the grounds of Queen's Surf was a beautiful showplace and a perfect setting for a wedding reception.

Queen's Surf provided tourists and visitors with an authentic 'native feast' as well as other catered options such as "Surfwagon" dinners served at the water's edge and fried chicken and prime rib specialties. Night time drinking, entertainment, and dancing was a regular option until the wee hours of the morning. In the picture below, low-set tables are being prepared for luau guests who will sit on pillows and mats while they eat. Note the after-dinner coffee cups and saucers set to meet the tastes of the American tourist-diner.

According to Ian Lind, a reporter-blogger:

Queen’s Surf was built during the years 1914 and 1915, by Mr. & Mrs. W.K. Seering of the International Harvester Co., Illinois. In the year 1936 it was purchased from Mr. & Mrs. Seering by Mr. C.R. Holmes for his Honolulu residence. Mr. Holmes also owned the beautiful Coconut Island, which is located in the Kaneohe are on the windward side of the island of Oahu, in the Hawaiian Island Group. In 1945 the residence was purchased by a group known as the Capitol Properties, Limited. It was remodeled and made into an outstanding commercial location as pictured in the attached photographs. It is regarded as the most luxuriest commercial location in the islands. During the war period the residence was used as a rest home for young flyers. C.R. Holmes donated the premises for this use during the war period. Many of the flyers enjoyed the luxuries that were extended there. In the year 1944, during the war conference held in Hawaii by Admiral Nimitz, General Douglas McArthur and staffs; all of their time was spent in the residence now known as the Queen’s Surf.

http://www.ilind.net/2011/01/12/remembering-the-old-queens-surf/