KAUAI
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The 7 most popular food & drink in Kauai. Here's what they actually deliver, who runs them, and what they cost.
Walk Princeville Botanical Gardens on Kauai, taste Hawaiian fruit and honey, then enjoy single-origin chocolate samples with cacao know-how.
“The guides were awesome! They had rest areas where we sampled different local fruits. The grounds were beautiful and well maintained.”
3-hour Kauai cacao tour at Lydgate Farms: botanical tastings, seed-to-bar chocolate, honey and vanilla, led by local guides.
“It was wonderful with great information and lots of fruit and chocolate tastings! We highly recommend it. Brooke was a great guide!”
Private Kaua'i food tour with Susan. 3 to 4 hours of guided tastings, local history, and included bites and drinks.
“We booked and paid, no one showed up! Somehow I was also charged twice, so this was not a good experience.”
Walk Hanalei’s North Shore with a local guide for taro, poke, and more. Tastings, lunch, and stories in 1–2 hours.
“We really enjoyed trying the local food choices; of which included: sweet chili fried chicken, various poke samples, fresh squeezed juices or açaí bowl, local chocolates made through the entire process by the merchant. Further, we were given local history.”
Kauai small-group food tour with an expert guide, big tastings across the island, and local history. 3 hours, $120.
Tour Common Ground Kauai in Kilauea with a regenerative farm walk, fruit tastings, and a family-style island-grown dinner for about $39.
“The tour is small and short, and the food is only okay. What they’re doing seems to be very noble, but they’re preachy about it. If the experience was cheaper, it would be 5 stars, but it wasn’t at the level of other tours nearby that cost the same and last longer, with more to…”
Hanalei, Kauaʻi walking food tour with local chefs and food trucks. 2.5–3 hours, all food included, small group.
“I highly recommend against this trip. They cancelled 2 hours before the event, when they could easily have cancelled at least the day before. Incredibly bad communication. So if you are completely free and can afford to waste an afternoon then may be, but otherwise just stay away.”
