Kalapaki Joe's Poipu

We came here for happy hour, for the deal on appetizers and we were not dissapointed. You have to order two drinks (per person - does NOT have to be alcohol to get the deal) the wings were good - but the fish tacos were even better. As well as the wontons we tried. Very good flavor, the staff was super nice, and you can see the beach! There was some awesome live music! The noise level here is pretty loud.

Might just be a hidden gem in Poipu! This place should be packed. After a full week of incredible breakfast places, this place just took first! Outstanding! To date this is the best breakfast on Kaua'i! Solid portions of amazingly prepared food. If you're a breakfast lover this place is a MUST STOP!! $20-$30 unless you enjoy a great Mimosa, they're worth it though

Stopped by Kalapaki Joe’s while in Kauai and had the loco moco — it was fantastic. The portion was generous, the flavors were spot on, and the gravy tied everything together perfectly. Great spot to relax, enjoy good food, and soak in the island vibe. Friendly service and a fun atmosphere made it even better. Would definitely come back!

Had breakfast here. It was good Nothing fancy for me, just eggs and Portuguese sausage. Others had pancakes that were very good

This place was great! Go for their happy hour drinks, and stay for their happy hour food deals. Just remember to bring earplugs if there's a big game on that night. People were losing their minds over some college football something fierce!

Great spot nearby for good views and good company. Live music makes everything better, and the live music was great! We've been told breakfast here is great. Dinner was okay, but not my favorite I've had on the island. It fed us. The drinks were actually good, but not strong by any means, and too expensive to drink multiple to get the buzz if you're looking for a buzz, however there are great options for beer, and that we can keep up with. My brother in law ordered the reuben and said it was the best he had ever had, so I probably just ordered the wrong thing for dinner. I'd like to do breakfast here sometime though!

We liked our meal so much the first night we came back another! The daily happy hour is from 3-6, and the $6.99 cocktails (only those listed on the happy hour menu) were a real draw. Be aware There’s a 2-drink minimum during happy hour. We loved the Coconut Shrimp — much better than the ones at Brennecke’s — and during Happy Hour, they are $2 each. Fish tacos are $5 each. Our table was right by the open window and lovely views of the nearby mountains and coastline. Cici was our most excellent server.

Total local gem! Go in and enjoy a divey bar with a great happy hour menu. There’s open air with all their open windows, plenty of seating, and one of the best happy hour menus in Poipu. They also do Taco Tuesday which is always a good idea 🌮. The food okay HOWEVER it’s still worth it for the happy hour, and the servers are always friendly and chill! Perfect casual spot to grab drinks or light bites.

ONE STAR SERVICE. I really wanted to give this place one star but I haven't had the food.. just experience the bar vibe. Today is Feb 26, we came in at 8 PM and saw a sign out front that said "we're closed" my best friend said f it. Let's ask for drinks. Maybe it's closed for food only? I said cool let's go. Greeted by a guy, but my bff was right. It's still open? LETS GO! Mind you ... Yelp said 9 pm. Anyways we're hanging with the guy next to us and he's shooting the ish... he was already drinking so we offered to buy him a drink! Cause hello? California in us. He agreed, so we tell the girl. Mind you... the girl has been so nice to us! Greeted us , then told us she was coming when she took too long.. all the works. Okay??? Service! Anyways the drinks came out, my bff goes what did he even order ( the guy next to us ) .. he goes "at this point , it could be anything" in which return , my bff said "probably just water" and I laughed out loud so hard and go yeah your cup is just water!! And the bartender who was originally sweet... Rushed over as if her life depended on it and goes OH YOU THINK ITS WATER? Drink it??? You think it's water ?!? DRINK IT! Damn girl.. where did all that animosity come from? We were just joking with him? We didn't even say anything when you took a break and took shots in the corner? Then one of the other server did something .. not sure what but our server goes are you serious?! Wt F WORD. And the other girl goes I'm sorry and she goes yeah . Either way, sorry we're not locals? You shouldn't treat people like that! ): we used to work food and beverage industry, what you did was very unnecessary. Maybe cut back on the alcohol at work..? :\

Just returned for the first time since my honeymoon in 2012. Same great happy hour. Wings are delicious. 25 cent wings. Fire. Also, had pork sliders, fish tacos, and coconut shrimp during happy hour. All very good. Great beer selection. I had a few different local IPA's served in ice cold mugs. Great 6 dollar drink specials on Mai Tais and a few other drinks. The place is jumping during happy hour. If you want happy hour prices give yourself enough time. Don't show up at 5:55. Big props to this great staff that is hustling. Highly recommend.

Just your average bar and grill. Food was good, but nothing special to me. Got the pork belly dish and was able to split the plate with my husband. Prices were also pretty high for a sports bar. Best part of the restaurant was the staff, they were very kind and helpful when trying to pick out what to try.

It's funny reading these other reviews, because I guess the general consensus is to not come here, haha! Imma be real with ya - I hardly remember anything about this place :D Here's a little back story of my life: When I travel, I like to paaarttyyyyy! Which creates the best memories that I never remember! Thank Buddha for Cameras. But ya know, only the flattering pictures, not those ones where you're passed out in a ditch covered in seaweed, even though you're nowhere near an ocean O____o Anyway, I'm sure the food was food and the drinks were alcoholic. Just like me ;) SO yeah, come here. Or don't. Will you really let other dictate your life?! NEIN! NEIN NEIN NEIN!!! KThxBai! LuvYou!

Totally decent breakfast. We did the banana French toast, fried rice and spam. Everything was very flavorful. You're on Hawaiian time. If you wait a minute to get a table, just breathe. The food will still be there when you sit down. The server was sweet and working her butt off! I had a passion fruit mimosa and my husband had a tequila sunrise. Both delicious.

A great sports bar with many screens! Food was solid.... Not super fancy but well prepared. Wait staff were harried with the happy hour crowd but well worth it to order wings! 25c each (any two drink minimum). Fresh fried and nice and meaty! Great selection of on tap beers including a full menu of Kauai Brews. Noise levels were high but place was packed!

Bad service, bad food, watered down drinks, and happy hour specials are a joke, and loud.

I found glass in my mango margarita. They also serve Costco frozen items. My group of 4 came by for happy hour on a Monday at 4:30pm. Happy hour is from 3pm-6pm daily. We were seated right away next to a big window over looking a tennis court and a sliver of the ocean. Inside had so many large TV screens showing a basketball game. Our server was Jason and he was great. He had no attitude, was friendly and was honest with us. When I noticed their Monday happy hour special was a pork, chicken and cilantro fried wontons I asked if it was from Costco and he admitted it was. I didn't want to ask about their wings but I suspect it is also from Costco, at least it is definitely not made in house. Their happy hour had specific rules. Wings were $0.25 a pc and can only be ordered in 5, 10, 15 or 20 qty. Each table can have a maximum of 20 wings with each diner ordering 2 drinks minimum. It can be non alcoholic. That means if you are a table of 4, or a table of 10, you can only have 5 pc per person or 2 pcs per person. Their happy hour drinks is huge. Mango margaritas, mojitos and mai tais were $6 each. You can get a good buzz on just one. But it just tastes ok. You can add li hing or tajin rim for an additional $1. On my 2nd mango margarita order I sucked up a piece of glass. Luckily I didn't cut myself and Jason apologized and replaced my drink. Wings were ok. Comes with ranch and buffalo sauce. We also asked for blue cheese on the side. Coconut shrimps were ok too. Fish tacos were filling. Overall, nice to try but I wouldn't return.

This was the worst restaurant we tried in Hawaii. We were in Poipu for sunset and found this restaurant nearby and decided to try it. It gave dirty sports bar vibes and the service was really terrible. We waited for almost 30 minutes at the door before anybody even came to talk to us to sit us down. Once we got a table, we waited long for the food and it was terrible food. The table was also greasy and dirty. Overall, it was not a pleasant experience whatsoever.

We were looking for a place to eat that wasn't our hotel and this one was pretty close by. There was a sign after walking in that they were short staffed and to be patient. We were able to seat ourselves. We got a spot near the windows and got to enjoy some people and chicken watching and ocean views. It kind of felt like we were in a treehouse! It was not busy and we were able to order our food right away. We got the special which was fried rice with eggs and gravy and the surfer's breakfast. The food came out pretty quickly and wasn't anything too special. Overall, service was good and the staff was friendly!

Very average. I got the nachos and they forgot half the toppings and I had to ask for those. The waitress was so so. We were seated without menus and it took a while to get them. Good place for a sports bar but not really for a restaurant.

This place is an absolute must when visiting Poipu! Best happy hour around 25 cent wings & happy hour deals that you can't beat. Food was all amazing not just regular bar food, everything's great quality. Calamari is a must and happy hour drinks, of course. Mojito was delicious & the live music was a nice touch. Everybody inside was super friendly. We sat at the bar with all the locals, and we felt very comfortable!

DO NOT COME HERE -- TRUST ME. You do not want to waste your time or money going to Kalapaki Joes. Service was HORRENDOUS. We waited to be seated as the sign stated, stood there for 10 min, decided to just sit down (saw everyone else doing it), we were not greeted for another 20 min, finally the older bartender lady came by with water, and a menu, waited another 10 min for her to take out order, and every time we spoke, she just rolled her eyes at us, didn't bother to acknowledge every 'thank you' we said to her. She was just NOT a nice person -- maybe she was having a shitty day. NOPE, we see her laughing her ass off at the local older gentlemen sitting at the bar tables. We observed her to see if she had the same attitude towards the other groups that sat down around the same time as us, and I think it was worse for them. They flagged her down and she ignored them, didn't take their orders, and they walked out, Happy Hour was a good deal given the island prices. But the food in general was very mediocre, and it was cold, we didn't get napkins. Drinks were weak. Just too many issues to list!

The service was fine considering they were short staffed. The foo was not good. It was like a frozen burger from Costco laid on bun. We will never return. They didn't deserve money for that meal. There were 4 of us and none of the food was above par.

This is an updated review.My girl n I came to enjoy a happy hour slash date day.When we arrive we just waited a few minutes to be seated.It wasn't that bz.The person that seated came back promptly with our water,menu n little plates n our eating utensils.WOW this guy is right on!.Soon after our waitress came n asked if we wanted any drinks?.We placed Our order n we knew what we wanted from the food Menu.Promptly our drinks arrived n then soon after our food arrived we didn't have to Wait very long.We had the chicken wings n Carne Asada fries.Oh man hit the spot!!.Our absolute favorites!!.We had fun!.The waitress n other staff Was very nice attentive and The food was really good!.We always come here for happy hour especially when for foot ball Season!!.So Come here for good food Good drinks n a friendly atmosphere!.

Slowest and rudest service. We waited in line for about ten minutes and the waitresses walked by about 5-6x without seating us. Sign said wait to be seated. Some locals came in and did not wait to be seated. We're served, before we even got seated. We waived a waitress down and asked if we could seat ourselves and she got mad and told us no, that they didnt have enough staff to take care of us and thats why they wouldnt seat us. Half the tables were empty, and there was two waitresses.

Best happy hour on the island and great if you want to watch sports. The happy hour has food and drinks. The drinks are massive and beyond worth it. The service is wonderful. Great atmosphere and views. The prices can't be beat for their happy hour menu. Would highly recommend if you are looking for a good long happy hour. Cici was a great waitress and kept the drinks coming

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Went for breakfast. I had the kalua pig moco loco. Highly recommend for local grindz. Also had fruit, which included a very good papaya. Service was very good. The place overlooks the tennis courts.

The reviews weren't great, but my meal was. I asked the server what she would get, and went with her advice. The loco moco with the kalua pork and fried rice. Amazing!!!!

We almost didn't come because of so many 1 star reviews. Thank gosh we did! The food was excellent, service was very good. Nice views and atmosphere.

Loved this place for the ambiance and the service. The food was good and happy hour specials were fun! What we found really amazing was the staff! Everyone was friendly and helpful, but our server was exceptional. Jewel really made our experience there fun. She was funny, smart and never left our glasses empty. Jewel's 5 star service and the rest of the great staff had us returning 3 times during our visit.

Had to stay another night in Kauai and picked our favorite west side happy hour at Kalapakī Joes. Great deals on mixed drinks, drafts and appetizers. Recommend the teriyaki and bbq wings. The coconut shrimp and street tacos are a great runner up. Also props to the staff as they had a small staffing issue tonight, but everyone was friendly and professional. Additionally, the live music is incredible. Met Kyle Lebenz who was playing guitar and singing tonight and he needs to be the mainstay attraction here if he is not on the daily schedule. His voice and style was perfect for the Island vibe.

Kalapaki Joe's is the best place for happy hour! Ice cold beer served in ice cold mugs, awesome specials for appetizers! We loved everything we had and loved the vibe.

If you're looking for a sports bar with a great happy hour this is the spot. $6 cocktails and $.25 wings during happy hour! Thanks Kalapaki Joes for giving me a great deal on at least one meal while on the island!

I've come to really enjoy this place! Ice cold drinks and walking distance from Poipu Kai resort in Poipu Beach area. Ice cold drinks and peek ocean view. Plenty of parking. Happy hour fish tacos are pretty good also. The best part is the staff! Always welcoming and working hard to keep everyone happy. Nothing beats an ice cold draft for happy hour. Stay long enough and you'll get some live music most nights (around 6pm). Thursday nights have local Hawaiian band, an experience many come out for. If you're looking for authentic Hawaiian music, it's a must-see. Aloha!

Waited at front door to be seated for over ten minutes, staff were not very friendly. Not once did our waitress check on us once we received our order, the order was completely wrong ended up with volcano burgers which were horrible. No flavor and a ton of seasoning. It tasted like I had a full packet of taco seasoning on the burger. When the waitress did return I asked if the burgers came with jalapeños and she wasn't sure. The wrong order was put in by our waitress. Very disappointing I would not recommend this place waste of time and money. If I could give zero stars I would but one will have to do.

Closet restaurant serving breakfast lunch and dinner to our air B&B. Friendly staff, hostess, servers and drink servers. Food prices around $20 and up like everywhere here but the best happy hour! Inexpensive daily food specials with 2 drink purchase. Large restaurant, great view. Only downside was in my salad the veggies were old, not fresh. Great stop in the Poipu area.

Food was really good. Service was great. I really loved the ambiance, it was very chill. We ordered fish Tacos & Nachos with kalua pork this stuff was great they use the real nacho cheasse. There's beach access if you want to go for a walk after the Nachos

Causal bar/restaurant. Lots of TVs for sports . The service was friendly and efficient. There is a small selection of better quality beers. Those who had cocktails liked them. I had the fish tacos which were small flour tortillas (I prefer corn tortillas but these were fine). They were quite tasty and the fish tasted good but it was overcooked and somewhat dry. Same thing for the coconut shrimp. They spent too much time in the fryer and were dry and a little tough. The nachos were a huge serving easily shareable by 4 people as an app.

This is the best spot for happy hour and watching the game!!! Jess in particular is such a cool server- patient, friendly, and really made our day. We'll be back!

The entertainment at night was fun. The food was OK. There were four of us and all.agreed that the food was not bad but not good either

Man I love this place! This trip we only made it one time for dinner which is a bummer, because we really like this place. Server was super nice and friendly, we were seated at the corner of the restaurant and had beautiful views of Poipu Resort and the ocean beyond that. The Ahi Salad was amazing! Our cocktails were delish and the burger we split, was incredible. Hopefully next time, we'll be in Poipu a little bit more so that we can dine there more than once! We didn't even make it in time for their Happy Hour...which is 3-6 pm and is awesome!

the service was bad. understaffed and frustrated! the food was worse. like gfs frozen burgers thrown on some bread.

I was in Hawaii for 1 week and went here multiple times. I would order wings during happy hour, 25c per wing!! But you had to order 2 drinks. Wings were crispy and delicious. The servers were very kind and I had a great experience. Would 100% recommend

Best happy hour around! Such a cool place, great vibe and awesome customer service! Perfect way to spend your evening.

If you like a traditional sports pub, this is your place. I'm not a fan though. Sat by an open air window with a nice view of the grounds outside. Decent Service. Basic menu. Loud atmosphere. Seating and tables weren't that comfortable.

FRESH! One of the best poke nachos I've ever had! Everything was super fresh! Everyone was so friendly and accommodating helped me keep my sleeping child comfortable

This review may have been higher, but I felt like the entire experience started very low and was spent digging itself out of a hole until we left. Upon reaching the host stand, we were greeted with a complete absence of a smile, a "hello", or any friendliness. It amounted to "ok...sit there". The waitress came over after a few long minutes to get our drink order with only slightly more warmth than the host. I don't know if she heard me grumble to my wife about the brick wall demeanor we had witnessed so far, because from that point on, she was very friendly, attentive and the food was good. I honestly forget what we ate because this was about one month ago, but I recall the food being up to standard. The moral of the story is really just that service was uneven at best.

We visited here in November, and it's taken me this long to decide whether to leave a review. Our server was great. The food was mediocre. The person whose job it was to welcome and to seat us clearly would have rather been anywhere but there. The ambiance was upbeat.

Fun place to hang out with good food, drinks and live music! We did have a bit of a wait getting seated, but the food and entertainment made it worth it.

This place was absolutely AMAZING! We stayed at the condos next to this restaurant, for 6 days, and ate here at least once a day! I can't tell you anything on the menu that wasn't absolutely delicious! I'd try anything on the local grinds, because you have to when you're in Hawaii! Pulled pork and cabbage, $25 cent wings at happy hour, taco Tuesday, ahi nachos, loco moco, pork belly, the list goes on! Great food, great drinks, great atmosphere, great service! Thank you Kalapaki Joe's for treating us great and for the local hospitality!!!

Was looking for some place to watch NFL games and found it!!! Great place to watch a game and love the staff!!!! they work their butts off and even when they are short staffed they rock!! Keep up the great job Kalapaki Joe's!!!

This place a COMPLETE RIP OFFFFFFFF. $8 for 4 tiny sausage coins. Sooooo $2 per sausage coin????? Go here is u wanna spend money for nada BUT I will say a gazillion TV's and it looks super cool if you want to watch NFL football. Can't speak for the bar since we were there for breakfast

Happy hour, sliders and wings. Minimum 2 drinks either sodas or beers. Locals count how many visitors they don't know. Smh

Always a good time!! The exceptional service, the cocktails always on point, the food is always top tier!

This place has an amazing happy hour! It can get busy so plan ahead. The taco special was really well priced and surprisingly good. The wings are good sized with great flavor. The drinks are really good. You can't beat the price of this happy hour and service was really good at the bar.

Being conveniently located in Poipu, it was a no brainer for us to stop by and eat here, as we passed by every time we drove down to South Shore. Kalapaki Joe's is known for their daily happy hour, between 3pm-6pm, so of course we made sure to time our dinner during that window. When we arrived, the hostess informed us that the wait time for a table would be able 30mins, but she could seat us immediately if we didn't mind sitting at the bar, so of course we agreed. This actually turned out to be rather advantageous, as we sat ourselves near the napkins, so it was very easy to grab more as needed. And being that all the servers constantly would go to the bar to grab more drinks, or to work the register to update a patron's orders, we were constantly being asked if there was anything else we needed, and any additional food or drink items we ordered were always delivered very quickly. Kalapaki Joe's happy hour has several order requirements that initially, were a bit confusing to follow. First, each person in the party has a two-drink minimum order requirement. The drinks are thankfully also happy hour pricing, so it still made happy hour worth it. The beers were $5 for a "small", which is about a pint size, so you definitely still get a good portion per drink. Secondly, certain items such as wings and shrimp tempuras have to be ordered in increments of 5. For our meal, we wound up ordering quite a bit of the following: -Chicken Wings: Perfectly battered wings, that were deliciously crunchy on the outside, but nice and juicy on the inside. At $0.25/piece, it was hard not to load up on these, as they were both delicious, as well as affordable. We wound up downing about 10 pieces between the two of us. -Fish Tacos: Wasn't sure what type of fish was used, except that it was clearly some type of white fish. The fish was fresh, and the tacos sizable and incredibly delicious. -Slider: We only got 1 of this. While decently good, it was very reminiscent of a White Castle burger, without the cheese. -Shrimp Tempura: These were really good, but also taste a lot like the frozen shrimp tempuras we could buy at Costco. Service was very friendly and efficient. And there was even live music from a very talented young lady near the end of our meal. Free parking is available in their attached, private lot. Highly recommend everyone stop by Kalapaki Joe's when you're in Poipu. We definitely look forward to going back!

We came here twice. Probably should have learned from the first time. But this place was super close to our condo and convenient with two little kids. We waited for someone to seat us for 25 minutes--nobody even acknowledged us. Having two little kids screaming we just left. The second time it wasn't as busy so we were seated. The server was nice and attentive that's why I gave one star. The happy hour was good on price. 25cents wings. But the food was really bad. The wings were basically chicken tenders barely drizzled with sauce. The bone in ones were soggy. My side salad was decent but cost more than the wings. We felt sick from eating there. Would recommend somewhere else in the area. This place has so much potential but needs work.