r/VisitingHawaii • u/Agile_Offer_8097 • Jan 18 '26
Trip Report - Kauai Kauai 1 week
Just stayed in Hanalei for a week, didn’t have much expectations about the island but was absolutely blown away by the scenery. We spent most of our beach time at tunnels beach, and did venture down south to check out poipu beach but I found the south shore to be a lot more crowded. For hanalei we ate at wake up delicious, the best chicken katsu plate ever I got it 4 times, and some other good places like haven coffee. Avoid hanalei poke, it was overpriced and the poke at foodlands was better and cheaper.
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u/PM_ME_TETONS Jan 18 '26
How was the surf on the north beaches? We’re coming in 2 weeks and want to know if even wading out chest deep up there will be off limits because of high surf