Best of Kauai 2019: Food & Drink

HAWAII Magazine Staff,
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Restaurant  ($60+ Per Person) 

1. Beach House Restaurant

2. Tidepools at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa

3. Eating House 1849 by Roy Yamaguchi

4. Jo2 Restaurant

5. Hukilau Lanai

Restaurants  ($3o-$6o Per Person) 

1. Keoki’s Paradise

2. Duke’s

3. Hukilau Lanai

4. Beach House Restaurant

5. Gaylord’s Restaurant at Kilohana

Restaurant (under $30 Per Person) 

1. Hamura Saimin Stand

2. Brennecke’s Beach Broiler

3. Olympic Café

4. Duke’s

5. Keoki’s Paradise

New Restaurant  (Editor’s Picks) 

1. Piazza

2. Saimin Dojo

3. Holoholo Grill

Chef 

1. Jean-Marie Josselin, Jo2 Restaurant

2. Clinton Nuyda, Eating House 1849

3. Marshall Blanchard, Beach House Restaurant

 Gastropub 

1. Kauai Beer Co.

2. Avalon Gastropub

3. Kauai Island Brewery & Grill

Bar or Lounge

1. Tahiti Nui

2. Lava Lava Beach Club

3. Trees Lounge

4. Keoki’s Paradise

5. Happy Talk Lounge

Hotel or Resort Restaurant  

1. Tidepools at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa

2. Nanea Restaurant and Bar at The Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas

3. Duke’s at the Kauai Marriott Resort

4. The Kauai Grill at Princeville Resort Kauai

5. Lava Lava Beach Club at the Kauai Shores Hotel

Breakfast (Editor’s Picks)

1. Makana Terrace at the Princeville Resort Kauai

2. Ono Family Restaurant

3. Kalaheo Café & Coffee Co.

4. Kountry Kitchen

5. Eat Healthy Café

Buffet  

1. Makana Terrace at the Princeville Resort Kauai

2. Ilima Terrace Restaurant at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa

3. Smith’s Garden Luau

4. Gaylord’s Restaurant at Kilohana

5. Kukui’s on Kalapaki Beach at Kauai Marriott Resort

Burger 

1. Bubba Burgers

2. Duane’s Ono Char-Burger

3. Street Burger

4. Kenji Burger

5. Brennecke’s Beach Broiler

Cheap Eats 

1. Da Crack

2. Puka Dog Hawaiian Style Hot Dogs

3. Hamura Saimin Stand

4. Bubba Burgers

5. Tiki Tacos

Farm-To-Table Restaurant 

1. Merriman’s

2. Eating House 1849 by Roy Yamaguchi

3. Jo2 Restaurant

4. Kalaheo Café & Coffee Co.

5. Kauai Ono

Food Truck 

1. Porky’s Kauai

2. Hanalei Taro & Juice Co.

3. The Green Pig

4. Dim ’N’ Dem Sum

5. Tacos Al Pastor

Italian Restaurant 

1. Kauai Pasta

2. La Spezia

3. Dondero’s

4. Café Portofino

5. Piazza

Noodle, Saimin Or Ramen Restaurant 

1. Hamura Saimin Stand

2. Ama Restaurant

3. Pho Kapaa

4. Kintaro Japanese Restaurant

5. Kauai Ramen

Pizza  

1. Brick Oven Pizza

2. Pizzetta

3. Pietro’s Pizza

4. Kilauea Bakery & Pau Hana Pizza

5. Café Portofino

Plate Lunch 

1. Mark’s Place

2. Koloa Fish Market

3. Smiley’s Local Grinds

4. Olympic Café

5. Chicken in a Barrel

Poke 

1. Koloa Fish Market

2. The Dolphin Restaurant, Fish Market & Sushi Lounge

3. Foodland

4. Ishihara Market

5. Pono Market

Romantic Restaurant  

1. Beach House Restaurant

2. Tidepools at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa

3. Makana Terrace at the Princeville Resort Kauai

4. Happy Talk Lounge

5. Plantation Gardens

Seafood Restaurant 

1. The Dolphin Restaurant, Fish Market & Sushi Lounge

2. Beach House Restaurant

3. Duke’s

4. Keoki’s Paradise

5. Tidepools at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa

Shave Ice Stand or Store 

1. JoJo’s Shave Ice

2. Ono Family Restaurant

3. Wailua Shave Ice

4. Hee Fat General Store

5. Waikomo Shave Ice

Steak House  

1. Bull Shed Restaurant

2. Ruth’s Chris Steak House

3. Kalaheo Steak & Ribs

4. Wranglers Steakhouse

5. The Kauai Grill

Categories: Best of 2019