Kukui's on Kalapaki Beach

3610 Rice St, Lihue
(808) 246-5042

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Luis

The food was terrible, they need to improve the menus food was old kind of stale, food need to be fresh

Paula

Beautiful ambience, food was very good and the cost was appropriate. Service was excellent.

Nancy

Used to love eating here, but the food and service aren't what they used to be. Got a Caesar's Salad with Chicken added - dry as a bone, had to ask for more Caesar's sauce to be able to eat it. Because it's an open air restaurant, unfortunately, the large number of flies that wouldn't leave us alone drove us to checking out and finishing the meal in our room. Won't be going back.

Liz

Food and service was very good. The price was beyond extreme. $75 for 3 pieces of French toast, four sausages and a Loco Moco plate and a coffee. Not going back.

Kanani

The aunty that served us was so nice. We had a lovely conversation. She asked us where were from and what we did on our trip. She made us feel very special. I could tell she was a good server because all her other tables took the time to tell her goodbye as they were leaving. I can't remember her name but she is a gem. So much aloha.

Sheryl

Cherine did a great job as our server. She has a wonderful personality & made us feel super welcome. Food was good.

Praveena

The food quality compared to all the other restaurnts tried across hawaii was very average which was disappointing (starters and mains). The dessert was the only good part. The waitress seemed pre-occupied and not as happy and enthusiastic as other places we had been to, in addition considering it was a celebration dinner this was more dissapointing as expectations were a lot higher considering the price paid for this.

Jennifer

Food was fabulous, our waitress a delight, a lovely evening. It is on the expensive side; however, some of the dishes were quite exquisite.

Kellie

It was a pleasant surprise as we had never been to that part of Kauai before. Our waitress was delightful. She forgot to ask what we wanted for dessert but we're glad we told her we wanted the Ube cheesecake. Simply delightful.

Rod Kim

This place was so worth it only because of our server Petronela! She was so sweet and so positive made our experience great! Would come back only to say hi to her! Visit this restaurant and ask for her you will laugh your whole dinner with a good time!

Andrew

It was good. But expensive. So they either need to go cheaper or lower the prices. Or both. Food was good. Service was also good. Just too expensive for what you get.

Gina

Great location next to pool with really good breakfast options for adults and kids. We really enjoyed the French Toast!

Taylor

Great, relaxing restaurant. The service is impeccable. The food is very good. I loved the red sauce pasta dish (can't recall the name). We also came here for breakfast and we loved the classic breakfast that came with eggs, bacon, roasted potatoes AND “silver dollar” pancakes that were so buttery and melted in my mouth! Delicious and relaxing experience! We can't wait to come back.

Michelle

Convenient when staying at the hotel and food is fine. Servers are friendly but understaffed so it's very slow. Quite expensive for the quality of the meal that was just average.

Eat Well

Food is good, not great. But the staff is overwhelmingly bad. Ate here 5 times during my stay out of convenience, in such short interactions, had 5 poor experiences with staff. Inappropriate comments on wife’s pregnancy, closing lunch 15 minutes before said time, allowing kids to run around the restaurant at full speed and then KILL a baby chicken in their attempt to catch it, staff then left the dead baby in front of our table for 30 minutes before our server picked it up with bare hands and put it on a dining plate.

Lastly, what I hope wasn’t their manager came to the empty host stand after 5 minutes, apparently there’s an invisible line between the pool bar (in the middle of the restaurant) where you don’t have to have a shirt and the restaurant where you need a shirt over your swimsuit. That’s not a problem and makes some sense, but the server coped an attitude that I didn’t know this immediately and refused to seat my pregnant wife while I went to grab a shirt from my room. Like actually angry and rolling his eyes??? Then I insisted he seat her. As he did I stepped two steps into the restaurants invisible line to tell my wife what to order while I was gone to get my shirt, server then proceeded to raise his voice and yell about me not have my shirt. So I tossed the menu gently onto the table and walked away to not hurt this man’s fragile feelings. Because this coward child of a man was upset I didn’t gently lay the menu down… HE CALLED SECURITY and removed the plates from the table??? Then made my pregnant wife leave. Keep in mind there are probably 10 men at the bar without shirts on, and 30 laying out in chair just a few feet outside the restaurant. Just insane that all these things happened consecutive times. Food is good, but overpriced. Go here as a last resort

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Kukui's on Kalapaki Beach

3610 Rice St, Lihue, HI 96766
(808) 246-5042