The Ultimate Kauai Guide: Eat, See, & Do
Updated: Nov 8, 2022
A guide to my favorite beaches, restaurants, and shops in Kauai.
Aloha, here is my Ultimate Kauai guide after having lived on Kauai for 4 months. Here are my favorite places I’ve found. If you go to Kauai at any point, you might enjoy these special places as well.
I'm going to break everything down to four categories: food, beaches, places, and stores.
Overview of each category
Food
Rice Box Emoji - Lotus Garden Chinese & Thai Cuisine (Princeville)
Shave Ice Emoji - Uncle’s Shave Ice (Poipu & Lihue)
Croissant Emoji - Midnight Bear Breads (Hanapepe)
Taco Emoji - Paco’s Tacos (Kilauea, Kapaa, Kalaheo)
Beaches
Places
Stores (not shown on map)
Food
Lotus Garden Chinese & Thai Cuisine
Lotus Garden is hands down my favorite place to get Thai food on the whole island. Their spring rolls are to die for! If you are in the Hanalei Bay/Princeville area you should definitely try them out.
Uncle's Shave Ice
Midnight Bear Breads
Paco's Tacos
Places
Waimea Canyon & Koke'e State Park
Waimea Canyon & Koke’e State Park is one of the most incredible drives you can take on the island. There are many accessible views (viewpoints) as well as hikes. So basically there’s something for everyone .
Old Town Hanapepe
Wailua Falls
Opaeka'a Falls
Kilauea Lighthouse
Beaches
Polihale Beach
Salt Ponds Beach
Poipu Beach
Shipwreck Beach
Lydgate Beach
Wailua Beach
Pila'a Beach
Anini Beach
Hanalei Bay
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