Koloa Travel Guide

The Koloa Fish Market is a great place to go to grab some fresh fish. If you’re staying in a vacation rental or something with kitchen facilities and you want to cook up a meal of fresh island fish go here to grab your supplies. They also serve fantastic hot lunch plates and will cook up the fresh fish right there for you if you’re looking for a ready-made bite to eat. Another plus is a variety of fresh poke to choose from at reasonable prices. All the fish is fresh caught in the islands so the selection changes daily. At the very least stop by for some poke. You won’t be disappointed!

Favorite Dish: Come here for the fresh seafood, of course. Try any or all of the several varieties of poke. And if you want a prepared meal try one of their lunch plates - you can't go wrong with anything here!

Tomkats Grill is an affordable dining option in Koloa. It’s located in the heart of Koloa town and the small open-air dining room looks out onto a garden. It’s definitely a casual, rustic restaurant. The food isn’t the best but it’s cheap. Tomkats is owned and operated by a nice couple, but it’s usually just them on the floor and a cook behind the grill so service can be uneven and slow, but always friendly. I’d recommend it more for Happy Hour drinks at the bar or for drinks after dinner than for dining. Every night they have drink specials and different happening at the bar (like Karaoke night) but I can’t imagine they draw a huge crowd in this sleepy little town. It is definitely a more casual and younger bar option than Stevenson’s Library or Roy’s.

Favorite Dish: The food is your standard bar food, salads, nachos, all things fried and like I mentioned the food’s not great but the drinks are good!

Roy’s is a Hawaiian institution, and if you’re going to eat at a Roy’s there’s no better place than in Hawaii. Known for gourmet fish and great tropical drinks, you can find celeb chef Roy Yamaguchi’s signature restaurants all over the United States and in Japan and Guam but the concept was born here in Hawaii. The cuisine is Hawaiian fusion blending flavors from the islands with European concepts and techniques. The food here is delicious and definitely worth a taste. The website below will give you more information on the cuisine, locations and Roy himself and will even allow you to make reservations for locations on the mainland but not on the islands because the restaurants on the mainland are only partially owned by Roy while the restaurants throughout Hawaii are completely under Roy’s ownership and control.

Favorite Dish: You can’t go wrong with anything on the menu here but I HIGHLY recommend the fish two ways. This isn’t the real name of the entrée on the menu but it’s basically two pieces of fish (the fish changes depending on what’s fresh) one type of fish is macadamia crusted and the other is prepared a different way. Two different types of fish prepared two different ways and it’s amazing! Also if you’re dining with others the appetizer “boat” is a great way to sample a variety of the tasty apps with the entire table.

THE POIPU BEACH BROILER is a dining highlight on the GARDEN ISLAND of Kaua'i. Go to old
Koloa Town and then to the Sunny South Shore at Poipu. There you'll find ampel parking at the P.B. Broiler...big shade trees, Handicapped Access.
My daughter and I went there for dinner twice during her much to short stay on the island. The food was absolutely GREAT and abundant. Full bar, too ! The Aloha from the owners and wait staff flowed like the gentle trade winds throughout the restaurant. And the prices were about like mainland prices, very reasonable.

Favorite Dish: Without doubt, my daughter's and my favorite dinner was the prime rib of beef...thick cut and cooked to your order. Ummm, Ummm. Not to mention the "right off the boat" Mahi Mahi. It's all fantastic. :o)

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This was one of our stops on our bus tour of the island. Lunch wasnt included, and ironically, the bus driving chose where we were to eat. Well, this place was pretty good. I played it safe and had a cheese burger. It didnt come with fries, but it was tasty.

Favorite Dish: I had a burger and a sprite

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Built in 1841, St. Raphael’s is the oldest Catholic Church on the island of Kauai. Some of the original structure remains on the property as well as the old cemetery. A new church has been constructed on the site and is in use for religious services. But even if you’re not Catholic, it’s an interesting detour, if you’re in the area, to check out the original structure and the old headstones. It’s not something I would go out of my way to see, but as a photographer I enjoyed the short diversion off the beaten path.