Must-see shopping in Kauaʻi

  • Yellowfish Trading Company

    Hanalei

    This irresistibly upbeat gallery offers a mix of true vintage and vintage-inspired art, handicrafts, books and much more. It’s the vintage stuff that’s…

  • Havaiki

    Hanalei

    Tucked at the back of the Hanalei Center and flagged by fascinating outdoor displays, this wonderful shop sells superb handcrafted Polynesian and Oceanic…

  • Hanalei Strings

    Hanalei

    This long-established, always welcoming shop channels two passions: music and knitting. Alongside a wide range of guitars and ukuleles from concert size…

  • Hanalei Surf Company

    Hanalei

    Surf is the name of the game in this store, which stocks all the gear any surfer girl or beach boy might need for riding waves, including boards, along…

  • Chocolat Hanalei

    Hanalei

    The aroma alone is enough to lure you into this compact chocolatier linked with a farm in nearby Wainiha Valley and filled with treats. Specialty…

  • I Heart Hanalei

    Hanalei

    This beachy clothing boutique has more stock than most. Peruse racks of stylish bikinis, beach cover-ups, sun hats, shorts and yoga wear from labels like…

  • On The Road To Hanalei

    Hanalei

    Vibrant batik-print dresses and pareus (Tahitian sarongs), handcrafted silver jewelry and Japanese cracked-glaze tableware are just a few of the treasures…

  • Hanalei Center

    Hanalei

    Hanalei’s former schoolhouse, built in 1926, moved to this site in 1989. Now complemented by a cluster of buildings that similarly evoke Hawaii’s…

  • Backdoor

    Hanalei

    The coolest clothing shop in Ching Young Village offers board shorts, bikinis and rashies for all ages, sundresses, surf and skate boards, sunglasses and…

  • Water Sports Swap Meet

    Hanalei

    Like the name suggests, this is an old-fashioned swap meet devoted to (used) surfboards and related equipment. Everything’s laid out on the lawn in front…

  • Sand People

    Hanalei

    The original outlet of what’s become a Hawaii-wide chain, this cheery shop is bursting with reproduction signage, gift books, beauty products, tableware…

  • Barn 808

    Hanalei

    This rustic yet stylish wood-floored boutique deals in Nick Fouget hats, one-of-a-kind sport coats, jeans, and all sorts of linen clothing, drapery and…

  • Bikini Hanalei

    Hanalei

    Associated with Pualani further west, this bright and cheerful bikini shop is a cut above most of its neighbors, selling bikinis of all brands as well as…

  • Hula Beach Boutique

    Hanalei

    The sarongs are lovely, and there are dresses, clutches, handbags and aloha shirts for men too, but the toys, cute beach outfits and aloha shirts for kids…

  • Halele‘a Gallery

    Hanalei

    In front of the Dolphin restaurant, this high-end gallery showcases plentiful original artworks by local artists along with jewelry made using Black Pearl…

  • Bikini Room

    Hanalei

    Whether you need a wrap, a lovely ball cap with paintings of mountains, flowers or waves, or a new bikini, there's plenty to sort through in this tiny…

  • Root

    Hanalei

    Among Hanalei’s more fashionable boutiques devoted entirely to women’s clothing, the Root offers much more than just beachy threads, including dresses,…

  • Kokonut Kids

    Hanalei

    A super-cute kids shop with rash guards, T-shirts, beach hats and aloha wear for groms, along with cuddly stuffed toys and cute horseshoe-shaped pillows…

  • Pualani

    Hanalei

    This small, stand-alone boutique across from Hanalei school west of the center offers cute bikinis and hip beachwear for women, designed by surfer Iwalani…

  • Tropical Tantrum

    Hanalei

    A mind-blowing array of all-but-psychedelic sarongs and beachwear flows through this dazzling boutique and out onto the verandah of the old schoolhouse.

  • Aloha From Hanalei

    Hanalei

    A kitsch depot of shirts and signage silk screened with such poetry as 'world's okayest surfer' or 'in dog beers I've only had one.' If that kind of thing…

  • Hula Moon

    Hanalei

    A kitschy gift shop with cool aloha coasters, nice coconut-shell and seashell jewelry, and some forgettable mass-produced handicrafts. Worth a browse on a…

  • Crystals and Gems Gallery

    Hanalei

    The whiff of Nag Champa, the jingle of cut-crystal wind chimes, the glint of blue agate pyramids, phallic wedges of smokey quartz, crystal skulls,…

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