Must-see shopping in Hawaii

  • Piʻilani Village

    Kihei

    Kihei’s largest shopping center has a wide range of stores. Flip through women’s swimsuits at Maui Waterwear (www.mauiclothingcompany.com/mww.html) and…

  • Coconut Coast

    Kapaʻa

    Where the cheaper range of handicrafts live. If you crave an aloha gown or shirt, or a mass produced tiki or seashell wind chime out of earnestness or…

  • North Kona Shopping Center

    Kailua-Kona

    There's nothing particularly exciting about this shopping center, located a few minutes north of the center of town, but it's got lots of useful things –…

  • Waikoloa Highlands Shopping Center

    South Kohala

    The local shopping center for the folks who work in the shopping centers at the resorts (or, y'know, just work at the resorts). No stores carry anything…

  • Tropic Isle Music & Gifts

    Lihuʻe

    This tiny shop is crammed with a huge selection of Hawaiiana books, CDs, DVDs, bath and body products, home decor, island-made foodstuffs – you name it…

  • Menehune Products Fair

    Waimea Canyon & the Westside

    Browse crafts stalls, sample BBQ chicken or just talk story at this home-spun fair alongside the old sugar mill. Some days you won’t find many vendors…

  • Crystals and Gems Gallery

    Hanalei

    The whiff of Nag Champa, the jingle of cut-crystal wind chimes, the glint of blue agate pyramids, phallic wedges of smokey quartz, crystal skulls,…

  • Costco

    Lihuʻe

    This members-only food and goods warehouse is a good spot to stock up if you plan on self-catering.

  • Kauai Kookie Company

    Waimea Canyon & the Westside

    Some say it’s more novelty than delicious, but Kauai Kookie has a devoted local following. Classic tastes sold at the factory shop include Kona coffee and…

  • ‘Ele‘ele Shopping Center

    Waimea Canyon & the Westside

    This humdrum commercial plaza, alongside Kaumuali‘i Hwy at the intersection where Wai‘alo Rd heads down to the harbor, is home to a Big Save supermarket,…

  • Longs Drugs

    Lihuʻe

    So much more than a drugstore, Longs is an inexpensive place to shop for a wide selection of Hawaii-made products, from children’s books to macadamia nuts…

  • Kukui Grove Center

    Lihuʻe

    Lihuʻe's only major mall is an aging complex home to department stores, sporting-goods and electronics shops, banks and chain restaurants. The cinema is…

  • Aloha XCHNG

    Poʻipu & the South Shore

    This small-time Kalaheo outdoors shop stocks local branded clothing, along with a limited supply of surfboards and camping gear. Service tends to be…

  • Anchor Cove Shopping Center

    Lihuʻe

    Near Nawiliwili Harbor, the busy, low-slung Anchor Cove Shopping Center draws mainly tourists from cruise ships and the nearby Marriott.

  • Puainako Town Center

    Hilo

    Large strip mall with mostly fast food chains, but anchored by the venerable KTA Super Store.

  • Outlets of Maui

    Lahaina

    Factory-store retailers at this open-air outlet mall include all the same chains you'll find at outlet malls everywhere.

  • Harbor Mall

    Lihuʻe

    Near Nawiliwili Harbor, the two-story Harbor Mall draws mainly tourists from cruise ships and the nearby Marriott.

  • Port Allen Marina Center

    Waimea Canyon & the Westside

    Stretching beside the road just before the harbor, this mall is filled with tour boat and activity operators.

  • Waimea Center

    Kohala & Waimea

    Has groceries and basics, plus restaurants and fast food.

  • Lanihau Center

    Kailua-Kona

    Centrally located stores and some decent dining options.

  • Kumu Farms

    Moloka'i

    Part of a burgeoning organic farming scene on Molokaʻi (in contrast to the GM fields of Monsanto), Kumu Farms grows bananas, papayas, herbs, tomatoes,…