Guidebook for Kapaa
Food Scene
Upscale open-air resort bar & restaurant in a great locatoin by the ocean. Open for breakfast, lunch, happy hour and dinner. At happy hour most Wednesdays, you can hear Aldrine Guerrero, a high-energy ukulele player and local legent.
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Oasis on the Beach
4 820 Kuhio HwyUpscale open-air resort bar & restaurant in a great locatoin by the ocean. Open for breakfast, lunch, happy hour and dinner. At happy hour most Wednesdays, you can hear Aldrine Guerrero, a high-energy ukulele player and local legent.
"Paniolo" is a Hawaiian cowboy, and this place has casual Western decor and ambiance. Specializes in Santa Maria (CA) style tri-tip and barbecue. Live music most nights.
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Paniolo Santa Maria Style BBQ
4-1345 Kuhio Hwy"Paniolo" is a Hawaiian cowboy, and this place has casual Western decor and ambiance. Specializes in Santa Maria (CA) style tri-tip and barbecue. Live music most nights.
Wailua Shave Ice is "Da Best". Shave ice is a large pile of crushed ice in a dish or cone, topped with fruit flavor. This one is made with real locally grown fresh fruits. No artificial colors, flavors or syrups. Also has branches in Portland, OR, and San Diego, CA.
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Wailua Shave Ice
4-831 Kuhio HighwayWailua Shave Ice is "Da Best". Shave ice is a large pile of crushed ice in a dish or cone, topped with fruit flavor. This one is made with real locally grown fresh fruits. No artificial colors, flavors or syrups. Also has branches in Portland, OR, and San Diego, CA.
If you enjoy wine tasting, here's a unique variation. Mead is honey wine, reportedly the oldest alcoholic beverage in the world. You get to taste 6 kinds of mead. Nani Moon Mead is locally-sourced and comes in several seasonal imaginative flavors, e.g. ginger spice, cacao moon and the locally popular spicy chili-pepper-laced Deeviant Beehavior.
Nani Moon Meadery
4-939 Kuhio HwyIf you enjoy wine tasting, here's a unique variation. Mead is honey wine, reportedly the oldest alcoholic beverage in the world. You get to taste 6 kinds of mead. Nani Moon Mead is locally-sourced and comes in several seasonal imaginative flavors, e.g. ginger spice, cacao moon and the locally popular spicy chili-pepper-laced Deeviant Beehavior.
Everything Else
All natural, organic, healthy foods -- including many GMO-free. Limited selection of good fresh vegetables, island-baked breads.
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Hoku Foods Natural Market
4585 Lehua StAll natural, organic, healthy foods -- including many GMO-free. Limited selection of good fresh vegetables, island-baked breads.
You must try -- at least once -- a local plate lunch. Go early as it's very popular and sells out early.
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Mercato Pono
4-1300 Kuhio HwyYou must try -- at least once -- a local plate lunch. Go early as it's very popular and sells out early.
Fantastic ice cream in many tropical flavors (love the ginger!) Located close to Safeway, in the same shopping center.
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Tropical Dreams Hawaiian Gourmet Ice Cream
4-831 Kuhio HwyFantastic ice cream in many tropical flavors (love the ginger!) Located close to Safeway, in the same shopping center.
Crescent-shaped beach, good for swimming -- it's protected from large waves by an offshore reef. The beach is beautiful and always surprisingly quiet.
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Parco della Spiaggia di Kapa'a
4-1604 Kuhio HighwayCrescent-shaped beach, good for swimming -- it's protected from large waves by an offshore reef. The beach is beautiful and always surprisingly quiet.
The best (and only) luau I've ever been to. Fantastic setting by the river, good food, efficiently served, and a show after dark by the lagoon. A very memorable evening!
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Smith Family Garden Luau
3-5971 Kuhio HwyThe best (and only) luau I've ever been to. Fantastic setting by the river, good food, efficiently served, and a show after dark by the lagoon. A very memorable evening!
This is a wonderful free public pool right by the ocean in Kapa'a, including showers and changing rooms. Highly recommended for lap swimming Check the opening hours on the notice posted by the
Kapaa Swimming Pool
4470 Kou StThis is a wonderful free public pool right by the ocean in Kapa'a, including showers and changing rooms. Highly recommended for lap swimming Check the opening hours on the notice posted by the
Great gym - keep fit on your vacation in air-conditioned comfort! Newish machines, many classes. Daily and weekly rates for visitors.
Kauai Athletic Club
5611 Kawaihau RdGreat gym - keep fit on your vacation in air-conditioned comfort! Newish machines, many classes. Daily and weekly rates for visitors.
If you've never heard of noni, you are in for a surprisingly informative and enjoyable FREE 3-hour tour of this organic noni plantation. Noni is an ancient Hawaiian medicinal plant, and you'll see how it's grown, harvested and made into soothing noni lotions and edible noni leather.
Hawaiian Organic Noni Farm
11 Larson Beach RoadIf you've never heard of noni, you are in for a surprisingly informative and enjoyable FREE 3-hour tour of this organic noni plantation. Noni is an ancient Hawaiian medicinal plant, and you'll see how it's grown, harvested and made into soothing noni lotions and edible noni leather.
It's a cocktail lounge with furnishings and decor reminiscent of the period when Kilohana was built. You can have a drink and relax here before going for dinner at Gaylord's restaurant, or you can eat in the bar from Gaylord's menu.
Mahiko Lounge
3-2087 Kaumualii HwyIt's a cocktail lounge with furnishings and decor reminiscent of the period when Kilohana was built. You can have a drink and relax here before going for dinner at Gaylord's restaurant, or you can eat in the bar from Gaylord's menu.
Kauai Humane Society has a unique program "Dog for a Day" where you can borrow a shelter dog and take it for a walk or sightseeing with you! You might fall in love with the borrowed dog and adopt it (that's what the Humane Society hopes you'll do).
Kauaʻi Humane Society
3-825 Kaumualii HwyKauai Humane Society has a unique program "Dog for a Day" where you can borrow a shelter dog and take it for a walk or sightseeing with you! You might fall in love with the borrowed dog and adopt it (that's what the Humane Society hopes you'll do).
Sightseeing
No. 1 activity on the eastshore. It's free! There's nothing like it anywhere else in Hawaii. We provide bikes for guests' use.
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Ke Ala Hele Makalae Path
Kauai Multiuse Path(Ke Ala Hele Makalae)No. 1 activity on the eastshore. It's free! There's nothing like it anywhere else in Hawaii. We provide bikes for guests' use.