Vegan
American
Take-out
Fusion
Breakfast
Hawaiian
Bistro-style outside cafe est. since the 2000s and became fully vegan in 2017. Formerly known as Eat Healthy Cafe. Offers soups, sandwiches, wraps, and other savory entrees. Has a heavy focus on Beyond Meat. Open Tue-Sat 8:00am-2:00pm, Thu-Sat 5:30pm-8:30pm. Closed Sun, Mon.
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184 Reviews
First Review by shaz
VeganOnVacation
Points +275
Great great vegan food - Edit
Banana pancakes, vegan burgers, wraps ... Just wonderful.
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RudyWolpink
Points +266
Delicious food, friendly service - Edit
My wife and I went here numerous times during our 8 day stay. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Every single thing we ordered was amazing! Super laid back, comfortable environment. Watch out for those chickens! Lol
Read morePros: Only 100% vegan spot on Kauai, Amazing food, everything we tried was great, Chicken squirters
Cons: Little pricey, but so is everything on Kauai
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Lesley21
Points +13
Food very good..... service awful - Edit
The food is very good, wonderful and tasty. Not your usual just a salad, some very interesting foods on the menu.
Read moreSadly the service was awful. First having to wait to be seated when there were lots of empty tables. The server was not helpful at all, he just spoiled the whole experience of being there. Maybe he was having a bad day :-(
Pros: Great food choices
Cons: Chickens eating off the tables, Serving staff on this day had some attitude.
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KathrynHillier
Points +41
Great food! - Edit
Ate here 3 times on a recent trip to Kauai - nice easy walk from our resort. So good to find some healthy delicious plant based options.
Read moreA little bit pricey and some serves are quite small - don’t order the oats if you want a filling breakfast - my husband said he had a coffee in a bigger cup! Smoothies are good, really liked the tofu scramble. The summer rolls made a nice light lunch.
Service is very relaxed! Don’t be in a rush. Strangely we had to wait for ages to be seated, and then realized there were hardly any other customers.
Wild chickens make for a fun dining experience!
Pros: Lots of options, Great smoothies
Cons: Very “relaxed” service, A bit pricey
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CyndiClausen
Points +211
Casual eating and good breakfast foods - Edit
Went a little after the opened and it was getting full. They had a lot of options and variety of options on the menu for breakfast (which I loved). I had a cold brew smoothie and a “eggs” Benedict. I loved both of them. It is a more relaxed dinning experience (you are in Hawaii after all). I will come back and eat here again before I leave. Prices were fine for locally sourced products on Hawaii. Everything is going to a little more on the islands, but I found the prices to be the same as what I would get at a local vegan place on the mainland).
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BiljanaD
Points +86
Amazing food - Edit
This place is a must if you come to Kauai. First I should tell you that a lot of places in Kauai advertise “vegan” options, but very deceiving- unless you eat salad ALL the time. On the other hand, this place is genuine, tasty, all vegan. Everything I tried on the menu is absolutely delicious! This is our go to place when in Kauai.
Read morePros: All vegan place , Tasty vegan food , Great service
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dogdoc
Points +199
Good eats - Edit
Good food and a cute place but the server was surly and seemed to resent being there. Perhaps a bit overpriced but it is in a touristy spot after all.
Read morePros: All vegan, Delicious food
Cons: Hit or miss service
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victoria1024
Points +489
plant power - Edit
love that it’s all vegan. food was really good and came out quick, and the staff was really kind. &
Read morethere’s a little hand washing station with all vegan soap (👏🏻)
Pros: outdoor seating , restaurant kitty
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heidijwahl
Points +25
Cute! And good food! - Edit
Cute little courtyard in the back of the cafe. Great food and options! Convenient and quiet location.
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options, Cute courtyard with outdoor seating , Açaí and smoothies all day
Cons: Not a lot of seating
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Vegtravel4
Points +319
Only vegan restaurant on Kauai, as of April 2018, and worth your time - Edit
Kauai vegan food tends to be relatively simple and uncomplicated in ingredients and flavors. That’s not a bad thing! But it may leave some folks looking for more sophisticated vegan food. That’s where Eat Healthy comes in! The chef comes from NYC’s Cinnamon Snail, which I absolutely love, so I was excited to try this place.
Read moreWe went for dinner and brunch. Both times the service was super. Highlights were the tofu katsu, the meatballs in the red sauce pasta dish, and the banana nut pancakes. They forgot my latte one time and ended up giving it to me for free, which I truly appreciated as I had to wolf it down before heading to my next destination. The food is delicious and on par with the nicer vegan spots I’m used to in LA! Wish I could have tried the quiche but it was sold out both times I visited.
It’s already a wonderful place. But wanted to mention two potential areas for improvement, in case the owners have time to take a look.
First was the birds/chickens trying desperately to eat our food. It’s depressing to see them addicted to “people food,” and the table next to me had some fruit stolen right off their plate by a particularly aggressive bird. It just swooped onto their table while they were eating. If this happened to me, I wouldn’t want to finish my plate in case it had bird germs.
Eat Healthy gives you a water bottle to spray at them, but they’ve learned some creative techniques to get food from patrons. I know an outdoor restaurant on Kauai is obviously going to have “natural” forces present, but I just wish they could solve for this somehow. I had trouble relaxing and enjoying my food after seeing how aggressive the birds were. Just wanted to get out of their as quickly as possible.
Second, the bathroom situation can leave a bit to be desired in busy times. There’s one (pseudo outdoor) bathroom and it requires a key. At lunch, there was a long line of people trying to get in, and it was pretty dirty inside, due to the back to back use.
Overall, I absolutely love the food here and think it’s a major upgrade for the island’s vegan food section! I can’t wait to come back for another vacation and eat here, and “eat healthy,” again.
Pros: Food, Service
Cons: Hungry birds, Bathrooms
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jbryan21
Points +162
Almost 5 stars.. - Edit
There are not many vegan places in Kauai and this is one of them. We both ordered the tofu scramble platter. I got sausage and pesto and she got pinto beans and chipotle creme. Mine was tasty and my wife's was bland. It's served with white rice. It seems like a small portion for $15 but it was surprisingly filling. We also had blueberry turnover which I liked a lot but she didn't. Worth a visit if you're vegan. The chickens are fun but be careful or they'll snatch your food!
Read morePros: Large vegan menu
Cons: Portions are just okay and flavor is hit or miss
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Meli_M
Points +294
Great place - Edit
My husband and I stayed on Kauai for holidays. Unfortunately at the day before we went to Maui we discovered this place. We would have definitely come more often if we would have known. Anyway, the place looks really great and the staff ist friendly. The food is beyond delicious. My husband and I shares the summer rolls as a starter and I had the tofu sandwich. Unfortunately they had no more desserts, so no experiences on that. Maybe this can be interesting for you, on Tuesday they are often out of desserts. I can absolutely recommend this place, you will definitely find something that meets your taste.
Read morePros: 100% vegan, Friendly staff , Good menu selection
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BeMa
Points +104
Delicious Healthy Food - Edit
We loved this place. Everything was so delicious.
Read moreWe had the summer rolls which came with an incredible delicious peanut sauce as starters.
After that I had the chickpeas curry wrap which was amazing. All these incredible flavors! The drinks were also good. My wife got the home made lemonade and I tried the kombucha.
We can highly recommend this place!
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mj747
Points +20
Bomb.com - Edit
Best banana bread we’ve ever had. Portion sizes are perfect and food is delicious to say the least. Also the environment is beautiful!
Read morePros: Friendly staff , Lots of options , Best banana bread
Cons: Bit pricey
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MaxInterrobang
Points +21
100% Vegan - Edit
200,000% awesome. Large serving sizes, plenty of choices, nice setting, friendly, warm, fun staff.
Read moreWe’ve tried their smoothies, scrambles, wraps, pancakes, açaí bowls, bagels (breakfast), as well as one of the pasta and curry dishes* for dinner; all were yummy, all measure up to any vegan food we’ve had at home (Oakland, CA, a vegan food haven) and around the world.
Like a 6-minute walk from our hotel (Aston Islander on the Beach), so the quality and distance meant we dined here 4 times in 5 days/4 nights. And we would DEF eat here again had we stayed longer.
Pros: Lots of 100% vegan options, Large portions, Can accommodate all sorts of dietary restrictions
Cons: Pricey if yr not familiar w/Kauai, But, c’mon, they’re a freakin’ island, You know they have to import stuff!
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szeliadt
Points +78
I would eat here every day if I could - Edit
Dropped in a for a quick lunch. We are not usually nearby, but we will be definitely coming back for so
Read moreBreakfasts and Dinners.
Pros: Super tasty, Reasonable prices for Kauai, Lots of vegan options
Cons: None
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TheNacks
Points +54
Fantastic! Delicious! Great Food and Relaxed Atmosphere! - Edit
My wife and I ate here sometimes twice a day on our stay in Lihue. Everything we had was delicious. The breakfast, all day, and dinner menu items we had were all excellent. Stuffed mushrooms, Katsu tofu, Thai peanut tofu, Tex Mex Benedict, Mac pancakes, penne with meatballs all excellent. Come with patience as it’s one server and a small kitchen.
Read morePros: All Vegan Menu, Creative Recipes, Something for Everyone
Cons: Don’t go in a hurry , Be patient
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jessek
Points +1875
Best food on Kaua'i!! - Edit
The best place for vegan food on Kaua'i by far! The seating is all outside in a gorgeous back garden with palms and succulents and a wonderful breeze. The food was all flavourful and delicious and my only regret is that I wasn't able to eat here more often when visiting Kaua'i.
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spandana
Points +32
sooo good!! - Edit
they had a great variety of choices from savory to sweet and they use clean ingredients. the plates were very filling which justified the price. all of the dishes we ordered tasted amazing!!
Read morePros: all vegan!, great atmosphere , delicious
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CRW
Points +655
Wish we’d come here day one - Edit
We went for dinner last night, and even though we are staying in a different town, came back for brunch this morning, and have agreed to go back to dinner tomorrow, the last night of our stay here in Kaua’i. The food was excellent, the ambience was super comfortable, and the covered outdoor seating kept us sheltered from the rain. Between our two visits we tried 8 main dishes, two starters, and a turnover. Everything was delicious and demolished pretty quickly. Our favorites so far were the BLT, the tofu sandwich, and the Tex-Mex Benedict. Lots of fun drinks to choose from and my teen loved his Thai iced tea with a sugarcane stirrer.
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VeganScientist
Points +847
Amazing! - Edit
We took the family out for lunch here and everyone really enjoyed it. The breakfast pancakes and scramble were really good. The only thing we didn't like was the coffee smoothie. The coffee was like raw and not really blended which made it too strong. Also the service is really slow, so don't go in a hurry. The brownie and chocolate chip cookies were really good too. Small portion on the scramble and every thing is pretty expensive but worth it for the wholesome and handmade food. Nothing prepared here. Fresh food and lovely patio seating under the Sleeping giant mountain.
Read morePros: All vegan
Cons: Expensive
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Adam12
Points +26
Yes please! - Edit
This place is a lovely vegan Oasis! Food was delicious and lots of variety. Tofu scramble over greens with Chipotle sauce was kickin, and paired with banana nut pancakes you can't go wrong. Service was super friendly but not necessarily fast. Lovely view of Sleeping Giant from their outdoor seating area. We are definitely coming back to try the entire menu!
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options, Lovely atmosphere
Cons: Service could be faster
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veganmomcms
Points +65
Excellent food, friendly staff - Edit
Had a wonderful lunch after kayaking and hiking. Very helpful and friendly staff. Will definitely eat here again during our stay.
Read morePros: It’s all vegan!, Fabulous summer rolls, Cool atmosphere
Cons: Somewhat expensive
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nunocroft.m
Points +53
Good food and friendly staff - Edit
I ordered the scrambled tofu plate and it was really good and fresh, except for the rice which was not good at all. Clearly microwaved and sticky.
Read morePros: Tons of vegan options and good food
Cons: Microwaved rice , Quite expensive
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SpencerLund
Points +22
5 stars best vegan food on island - Edit
We have eaten here at least once per day while we have been on our vacation. I was a Chef for many years and can usually find many flaws in food this place has amazing food overall and everything has been amazing!
Read morePros: Amazing vegan food!, Best Vegan food on the island, Staff is amazingly friendly
Cons: Slightly expensive but worth it when you are veg.
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Rondriel
Points +82
A must visit on Kauai - Edit
This place is simply amazing. A wide selection of food to choose from - all vegan, very friendly staff, cute outdoor space and everything we ordered was super yummy. I can especially recommend the banana bread. We will definitely go here several times while on the island
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JulieWhiteDickerson
Points +52
Delicious! - Edit
What an awesome find! We just moved to Kauai and will definitely be back to this restaurant. Everything was so good! I had the tofu scramble burrito, my husband had the banana macadamia pancakes, my 15 yr old had the tex mex plate and my 16 yr old had the BLT. Everyone loved it! Cool atmosphere too!
Read morePros: All vegan menu
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