Waimea Canyon & the Westside
The eye-popping deli counter at this famed Japanese supermarket is guaranteed to revive even the most jaded palate. With local favorites like kim chee sea…
Must-see restaurants in Waimea Canyon & the Westside
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
This tumbledown shack looks like it’s been closed for decades, but find your way in through the side door for a quintessential Kaua‘i experience…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
With its local take on Japanese cuisine, this smart little restaurant has earned a sky-high, island-wide reputation. The sushi is impeccable, but there’s…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
Hands-down Kaua‘i‘s best bakery, this small organic cafe offers everything from delicate pastries and cinnamon rolls to sourdough loaves and baguettes and…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
Promising ‘aloha in a bun,’ this much-loved little town-center diner keeps things simple. Everyone’s here for the juicy pulled pork, and you can have it…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
Modeled on similar ‘fish markets’ elsewhere on Kaua‘i, here with more of a fast-food slant, this barnlike roadside building is good for a quick meal…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
The roomy and rather lovely wood-built bar/restaurant at the Waimea Plantation Cottages has been through various incarnations over the years, including…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
Hawaii’s famed icecream chain started operations right here in 1983. Lappert’s is way too big for Hanapepe-based production now, but this quaint little…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
‘Friendly, filling and reasonably priced’ sums up this local institution, formerly known as Yumi’s, where you can get a plate lunch with chicken katsu or…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
Your quest for Kaua‘i’s top acai bowl might reach the finish line right here. A Marley Bowl comes with hemp seed, kale and bee pollen, and the Avatar with…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
In a small storefront, this humble lunch counter makes huge plate lunches like loco moco and chicken katsu (deep-fried fillets), plus BBQ chicken and ribs…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
The menu at this cute coffee shop lures customers with espresso drinks, fruit smoothies, granola bowls, homemade soups, garden salads and bagel and panini…
Jo-Jo's Anuenue Shave Ice & Treats
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
This shack delivers icy flavor: all syrups are homemade without additives and won't knock you out with sweetness. The superstar item is the halo halo …
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
This place lives up to its moniker. Stop in for tropically flavored shakes, sundaes, floats or old-fashioned scoops of Maui-made Roselani ice cream in…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
One of the county-wide Sunshine Markets. Small-scale farmers truck in the goods themselves, and locals keen to score the best produce line up before the…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
This log-cabin restaurant overlooks a large meadow that’s stalked by marauding wild roosters. The one dining option in the park – and there’s nothing else…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
Yes, it’s touristy, but this Western-style saloon dishes up plantation lunches in authentic kaukau (food) tins full of shrimp and vegetable tempura,…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
Tortillas at this island fusion taquería are stuffed with wasabi-coated or Cajun-dusted seared ahi, fresh cabbage and rice, and they’ll do the same trick…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
Craving shrimp? Whether sautéed scampi-style, coconut- or beer-battered, in taco form or ground up into a ‘shrimp burger,' crustaceans are what this…
Wong’s Restaurant & Omoide Bakery
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
Part Chinese restaurant, part local bakery, this Hanapepe fixture serves up favorites from saimin (local-style noodle soup) with pork to a whole roasted…
