Kauaʻi Cuisine
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Kauaʻi Restaurants
As with every Hawaiian island, Kauaʻi’s cuisine is defined by fresh ingredients, global-inspired flavors and colors so vivid they’re usually reserved for rainbows. Whether it’s fine dining, local plate lunches or just-picked fruit from a roadside stand, fresh is always in season on the island of Kauaʻi.
Hawaiʻi Regional Cuisine—a decades-old cooking movement that focuses on island-grown ingredients—can be sampled at restaurants like Merriman’s Fish House and Roy’s Poʻipū Bar & Grill, where you’ll dine on freshly caught mahimahi, wahoo and other fruits of the sea. In Kōloa, Red Salt is another acclaimed, upscale option.
Reserve a night during your trip to feast on kālua pig and taro at an authentic Hawaiian lūʻau, which you can do at several venues from Kapaʻa to Poʻipū.
Shave Ice is a distinctly Hawaiian dessert that can be found at stands around the island, while Kaua`i-based Lappert’s Hawaiʻi ice cream shop is among the island’s favorite ways to stay cool. And be sure to sample fresh produce and locally made food products at Kauaʻi’s Sunshine Markets (the local name for farmers markets), held throughout the island in towns like Līhuʻe and Hanapēpē.
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Kauaʻi Restaurants & Dining
Mamahune’s is a retro-inspired tiki bar and restaurant that offers contemporary Hawaiian cuisine, [...]
Recently opened in the hip new Kauai Shores Hotel in Kapa'a on the Coconut Coast of beautiful Kauai. [...]
Chef Zack Sato creates an array of delightful preparations featuring locally-grown, organic produce and [...]
Poipu’s luxury nightspot offers sweeping views, scrumptious sushi, inventive cocktails, tropical [...]
Pass the time in ease as you experience the casual dining with indoor seating of Nanea Restaurant and [...]
As you savor a delightful meal or snack, fruit smoothie or sip on a tropical drink, you will be able to [...]
Fuel up for your morning in Kapaa, Kauai at our on-site coffee house, serving a variety of custom coffee [...]
Gaylord’s offers one of Kauai’s most beautiful settings for lunch, dinner or Sunday brunch. Located [...]
The Crooked Surf is located oceanfront and poolside and features a menu of light fare and signature [...]
Dine Hawaiian-style. Feel the romance in thatched-roof bungalows that seemingly float above a koi filled [...]
Asian, American, and Hawaiian dishes are offered, also lavish daily breakfast buffet, Lunch and Sunday [...]
Hanalei Taro & Juice Co. provides unique family recipes that customers, as well as tour guests, can [...]
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