Guidebook for Kilauea
Kilauea Bakery
What a great place to get coffee and a morning pastry after a run to the Kilauea Lighthouse! Okay, I don't run anymore, but this is my daughter's ritual when she is here. Great baked goods!
Actually called Lighthouse Bistro. Walking distance from the house. Excellent food, artistically served. For Kauai, this restaurant is a good value. Open air setting. Most reasonable Happy Hour prices on the island.
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The Bistro
2484 Keneke StActually called Lighthouse Bistro. Walking distance from the house. Excellent food, artistically served. For Kauai, this restaurant is a good value. Open air setting. Most reasonable Happy Hour prices on the island.
Eat outside at tables under an awning.The fish tacos are excellent.
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Kilauea Fish Market
4270 Kilauea RdEat outside at tables under an awning.The fish tacos are excellent.
Tiki decor. Descendants was filmed here. You can sit where George Clooney sat. Good pizza. I recommend the Wednesday night luau. Quality entertainment, good food. Short drive home. :-)
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Tahiti Nui Restaurant
5122 Kuhio HwyTiki decor. Descendants was filmed here. You can sit where George Clooney sat. Good pizza. I recommend the Wednesday night luau. Quality entertainment, good food. Short drive home. :-)
Great funky island bar and restaurant. The world's best fish and chips here. They make them with mahi mahi, and serve them with waffle fries. Ask for the pink (chipotle) sauce. LOVE THEM!
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Kalypso Restaurant
Kuhio HighwayGreat funky island bar and restaurant. The world's best fish and chips here. They make them with mahi mahi, and serve them with waffle fries. Ask for the pink (chipotle) sauce. LOVE THEM!
Really good burgers. It has been here for years. More local character than Bubba's (Kapa'a and Hanalei). Bubba's is okay, too.
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Duane's Ono-Char Burger
4-4350 Kuhio HwyReally good burgers. It has been here for years. More local character than Bubba's (Kapa'a and Hanalei). Bubba's is okay, too.
Long drive from Kilauea, but if you are down there, this is a fun restaurant. They know how to do fish right here. Someone said it was like Gilligan's Island.
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Keoki's Paradise
2360 Kiahuna Plantation DrLong drive from Kilauea, but if you are down there, this is a fun restaurant. They know how to do fish right here. Someone said it was like Gilligan's Island.
Shopping
Sample every coffee they have for free. If you arrive at closing time (5pm) bring your travel mug, and they will fill it for free. Love the gift shop. Ice cream, cookies, light lunches.
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Kauai Coffee Company
870 Halewili RdSample every coffee they have for free. If you arrive at closing time (5pm) bring your travel mug, and they will fill it for free. Love the gift shop. Ice cream, cookies, light lunches.
Everything Else
Awfully fun to browse. VERY HIGH END shopping. Like Gumps in San Francisco, only island style. Look for the owner's adorable Jack Russell terriers, Olive and Mochi. And, there is a shop cat, too
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Kong Lung Trading
2484 Keneke StAwfully fun to browse. VERY HIGH END shopping. Like Gumps in San Francisco, only island style. Look for the owner's adorable Jack Russell terriers, Olive and Mochi. And, there is a shop cat, too
Our favorite family beach! 2.8 miles from the house. So easy to have a sunset BBQ here. Park under the ironwood trees, and walk a few feet to the water. Porta-potties. Great for boogie boarding.
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Kalihiwai Beach
Our favorite family beach! 2.8 miles from the house. So easy to have a sunset BBQ here. Park under the ironwood trees, and walk a few feet to the water. Porta-potties. Great for boogie boarding.
Regular bathrooms, BBQs, picnic tables. Boat launch. Good snorkeling. Abundant sea turtles.
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Anini Beach
Regular bathrooms, BBQs, picnic tables. Boat launch. Good snorkeling. Abundant sea turtles.
Hanalei
Fun town: shopping, restaurants, beach.
If you are a Rotarian, make up here! They meet Thursdays at noon. There cannot be a more beautiful meeting venue in the whole world. Have a look around this hotel. It's gorgeous.
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Princeville Resort Kauai
5520 Ka Haku RdIf you are a Rotarian, make up here! They meet Thursdays at noon. There cannot be a more beautiful meeting venue in the whole world. Have a look around this hotel. It's gorgeous.
In 1958, Mitzi Gaynor sang, "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair" here. Stunning beach. Uncrowded. Very short walk down a trail to get there. Have spent many hours at this gorgeous beach.
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Lumahai Beach
In 1958, Mitzi Gaynor sang, "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair" here. Stunning beach. Uncrowded. Very short walk down a trail to get there. Have spent many hours at this gorgeous beach.
You have to secure an online reservation for this beach and the trailhead to Hanakapiai Beach & Falls, and the Kalalau Trail. If you don't succeed, you can pay $35/person for a shuttle to take you there.
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Ke'e Beach
You have to secure an online reservation for this beach and the trailhead to Hanakapiai Beach & Falls, and the Kalalau Trail. If you don't succeed, you can pay $35/person for a shuttle to take you there.
Located in a rustic roadside cottage. Best taro chips in the world. Fresh. Pricey, but worth it.
Taro Ko Farm
3940 Hanapepe RdLocated in a rustic roadside cottage. Best taro chips in the world. Fresh. Pricey, but worth it.
Go on Friday evening, when everything is open for Art Night.
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Hanapepe
Go on Friday evening, when everything is open for Art Night.
It takes all day to get to Koke'e, but if you have not done it, do it! At the lodge, we love the chili and the lilikoi chiffon pie. Feed the chickens. Drive up to the Kalalau lookout. Awesome view.
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Koke'e Lodge
3600 Kokee RdIt takes all day to get to Koke'e, but if you have not done it, do it! At the lodge, we love the chili and the lilikoi chiffon pie. Feed the chickens. Drive up to the Kalalau lookout. Awesome view.
Hit this place when you first land. The best prices on the island, but the packages are large. Don't buy food souvenirs anywhere else until you see what Costco has.
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Costco Wholesale
4300 Nuhou StHit this place when you first land. The best prices on the island, but the packages are large. Don't buy food souvenirs anywhere else until you see what Costco has.
Beautiful old, historical home, now has shops and restaurants. Worth a browse. The train ride is a little lame, but feeding bread to 100 pigs was fun. Do not miss the free Koloa Rum tasting room!!
Kilohana
3-2087 Kaumualii HwyBeautiful old, historical home, now has shops and restaurants. Worth a browse. The train ride is a little lame, but feeding bread to 100 pigs was fun. Do not miss the free Koloa Rum tasting room!!
Such a fun place. Great gift shop. Gorgeous tasting room. Always take my visitors here. Taste all their rums, the rum cake, the chocolate rum sauce and the Mai Tai mix for free.
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Kōloa Rum™ Company Store
3-2087 Kaumualii HwySuch a fun place. Great gift shop. Gorgeous tasting room. Always take my visitors here. Taste all their rums, the rum cake, the chocolate rum sauce and the Mai Tai mix for free.
Love this trail to the top of the mountain. Beautiful top of the world views. Not recommended if you are afraid of heights. Make sure to take the East Trail which is much more pleasant than the hot, dry West Trail. Only 8 parking spaces.
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Sleeping Giant
Love this trail to the top of the mountain. Beautiful top of the world views. Not recommended if you are afraid of heights. Make sure to take the East Trail which is much more pleasant than the hot, dry West Trail. Only 8 parking spaces.
They have done a beautiful job with this place. They charge admission to the site, but have generous senior discounting, lifetime passes, etc. Educational. Scenic.
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I-Lighthouse yaseKilauea
3580 Kilauea RdThey have done a beautiful job with this place. They charge admission to the site, but have generous senior discounting, lifetime passes, etc. Educational. Scenic.
A hidden treasure, mostly frequented only by locals. Access is by going down a dirt road off Wailapa Road. Good for boogie boarding, surfing.
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Rock Quarry Beach
4160 Wailapa RdA hidden treasure, mostly frequented only by locals. Access is by going down a dirt road off Wailapa Road. Good for boogie boarding, surfing.
Trailhead is along the side of the tiny parking lot just as you enter St. Regis property. If no space in lot, take free valet parking at hotel. Trail is steep. Worth it.
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Hideaway Beach
Trailhead is along the side of the tiny parking lot just as you enter St. Regis property. If no space in lot, take free valet parking at hotel. Trail is steep. Worth it.