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Small bistro-style outdoor cafe, fully vegan since 2017. Previously named Eat Healthy Cafe. Offers acai bowls and smoothies all day long. Open Mon 8:00am-3:00pm, Tue-Sat 8:00am-9:00pm, Sun 8:00am-3:00pm.
Categories: Vegan, American, Take-out, Hawaiian
38 Reviews
First Review by shaz
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Super good! Greet for after sleeping giant hike - Edit
Great spot loved everything. We had the Tempe BLT and Caesar salad along with banana bread and a piece of cake. Best thing is you can bring your own beer too because they don’t serve alchocol. Really friendly and food came out super fast.
Pros: Tastes great, No corkage fee
Cons: Little pricey
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Chill out place - Edit
Cool patio with cool açaí bowls! Chickens roaming free! So cute!
Enjoy
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nice place!!! - Edit
Nice place with lovely garden seating and friendly staff. Salads were very tasty and fresh! And the tofu wrap was super yums!
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all vegan 🤤 - Edit
Absolutely amazing atmosphere with delicious all vegan menu! And to top it off - kitties roaming around
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always an amazing spot - Edit
Great food.. Great service !! Plus they even have gluten free 🙏🏾
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vegan nirvana - Edit
Great vegan baked goods, scrambles and burritos for breakfast. Quality ingredients & really nice staff. Good coffee!
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beautiful dishes to match the beautiful atmosphere - Edit
5 of us came for lunch after getting out of the airport. Friendly staff and fresh meals. I wish more restaurants were like this one! Would definitely come again.
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great food, great service - Edit
Completely vegan restaurant has great tasting variety of apps, entrees and desserts. Service with the aloha spirit makes this place a great pit stop for a local Hawaiin vegan meal.
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just what I needed - Edit
We were driving back from the other side of the island and I became overwhelmingly hungry. So much so that I thought I might need to ruin my diet. I am so glad I made it back in time for an amazing lunch. The new owner is welcoming and very sweet. Our waitress recommended a dish and I went with it. It completely filled my hunger. Thank You for saving this new Vegan
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Great vegan food, terrible name - Edit
I love this place. Lots of options and all vegan! The samosas, blackened tofu, mac nut crusted tofu, and more are all wonderful. But that name! Eat Healthy makes people think of brown rice and steamed vegetables, especially when a place is vegan. The old name, Cafe Coco was better. To make matters worse, the other sign says "Hippie Cafe" which is a huge turn off to many. Please support this restaurant when you're on Kauai. I want it to last and they should be rewarded for going all vegan after years of also serving fish.
It's all outdoors so dress accordingly. It gets cold in winter!
Pros: All vegan with many great options, Good desserts, Good service
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Fabulous, Super Fresh, ALL VEGAN and it filled me up! - Edit
The wonderful outdoor seating area with a gentle trade wind breeze only enhanced our experience here. Super kind staff serving farm fresh, Hawaiian inspired vegan cuisine is a must for the conscious diner. We will certainly be back to this little gem (maybe even for dinner later tonight).
Pros: ALL VEGAN great atmosphere. , That Blueberry Cake though...
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Amazing little vegan cafe - Edit
A little piece of heaven !
Food's amazing and had an all vegan menu !
Staff are very friendly and the outdoor area is simply amazing !
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schön gelegen, nicht ganz preiswert - Edit
Es hat uns gut geschmeckt, sah toll aus, allerdings hätten wir uns gern mehr Gemüse gewünscht :-)
Pros: vegan
Cons: nicht ganz preiswert
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Caffee Coco - Kapa'a - Edit
Caffe Coco offers dinner under the stars on the slopes of Nounou Mountain range, more famously known as Sleeping Giant in the Wailua area. They specialize in delicious healthy organic cuisine. Their backyard setting is nice experience with great music. Everything on their menu can be vegan and gluten-free.
Parking: There is a parking lot available for customers.
It is the same establishment of the Hippie Café which is open for breakfast. The staff is friendly and happy to answer any questions. We ordered the Summer Rolls w/ Peanut Sauce, Coconut Mac Nut w/Tofu served with local veg, rice, coconut cream sauce), Tofu Sandwich
w/ peanut sauce, greens, carrots, cucumbers, and cheese quesadilla for the keikis. Everything was full of flavor and the portions were enough to fill the adults. The keikis weren't too impressed with their quesadillas as they didn't have much queso in them, but they liked the flavor.
Although it would be hard to make a frequent place to eat for our family as the pricing is high, we will definitely plan to visit again soon.
Pros: Great Vibe, Vegan Friendly, Nice Staff
Cons: Expensive
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Inventive veggie food in a beautiful setting - Edit
Hippie Café by day, Caffe Coco by night – this is the same spot, same people, just different names to reflect the (slightly) different emphasis. My feeling is that Caffe Coco is a little on the expensive side but this is offset by the fact that it’s BYOB, and they charge only $5 for wine corkage. Most of the people there for dinner had brought a bottle of wine, or several :-) Service was very attentive and friendly. The patio is very beautiful with its beach of glass pebbles and wide umbrellas – it feels like a very peaceful haven. The menu is small – I had the Tofu spiced with Charmoula (a North African spice blend) which came with rice and a purple potato samosa and banana chutney (which is also available as an appetizer) – $24. The samosa was original and interesting, the tofu was well-cooked but I didn’t find the spice blend alone was enough to make a dish out of it. The two items did complement each other but a vegetable to go with it would have been nice (although they do provide a complimentary green salad to start). My friend had the vegie pasta which came with a thick slice of garlic toast ($24) – the ingredients tasted fresh and overall the dish was quite good. They are not at the level of outstanding vegetarian restaurants like Millennium in the Bay Area, but I recommend trying it for the ambiance and the originality of some of the dishes. In the morning I went back for an acai bowl (see my review of the Hippie Café) and thought it was fantastic.
For social and environmental impact I think Caffe Coco deserves 4/5 green stars. It’s focused on vegetarian/vegan cuisine which is the best diet for compatibility with our planet and society. They also serve some chicken, which I believe is local and organic (but I’m not 100% sure about that) and fish. All of their fish dishes are made with locally caught ahi, which are all line-caught in Hawaii and are listed (on www.hawaii-seafood.org and www.seafoodwatch.org) as not being overfished. According to Caffe Coco’s website, they specialize in organic cuisine using local ingredients. It would be nice if they provided more information about this in their menu listings or elsewhere in the restaurant or website.
Pros: Friendly service, Inventive dishes, BYOB with $5 corkage
Cons: Tofu dish was a little plain, A touch expensive
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should get five! - Edit
So I saw the reviews of this place, 2 min from the cheapest hotel I could find on Kauai and basically just a regular plantation worker style home with a backyard and said I have to try it! I think it was pure heaven! I might have to make more trips to Kauai just to eat there more! I ordered appetizers, both entrees and every desert in the menu and went back for breakfast the next morning! My suggestion? Try everything! It was all fantastic! But bring someone to help you finish it all.
I would give five hearts but apparently the rules don't allow it because there is meat served as well, which I understand because those cows wouldn't be happy, though they served no beef, but did serve chicken and fish all locally sourced.
Pros: food, service , vibe
Cons: one annoying family came in right before we were a, too bad the restaurant couldn't just refuse servic
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outdoor patio paradise - Edit
Everything on the menu can be made vegan (and gluten free). We started with the appetizer special, avocado toast, and then had the Jerk Tofu and the Coconut-Macadamia Nut encrusted tofu. Both were delicious! All of the desserts are vegan and we shared the Lillikoi Cake with a scoop of mango ice cream, which was fantastic. The service was great, and despite being on the main highway, the garden in back was quiet and charming. This was the best meal we had on Kauai.
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Gourmet Tofu - Edit
This restaurant bills itself as a vegan restaurant with fish items for non vegans. They do amazing tofu. Careful attention to details and flavor combinations. Beautiful presentations. Try macadamia crusted Tofu in coconut sauce with rice and veggies. Also Jerk tofu with puréed purple Hawaiian potatoes. Herbs grown on site. Lovely laid back garden area. Don't miss this place for a real gourmet dinner!
Pros: fresh, local produce. friendly staff. nice music.
Cons: hard to find! don't use HC map. use GPS.
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Would like to give 5 stars! - Edit
Best meal we ate on Kauai. Really cute cafe with outdoor seating and nice atmosphere. The Jamaican jerk tofu was amazing, one of the best meals I've ever had - the coconut cream sauce was just fantastic! My mom and cousin had the Pasta Fresca (vegan if you don't get the parmesan cheese). Basically everything on the menu can be made vegan. They also had vegan dessert options, we had chocolate coconut ice cream, although they also had vegan cake and cookie options. Definitely go here!
Pros: Amazing food, Cute atmosphere, Friendly and attentive servers
Cons: Meat is available on menu so I can't give 5 stars!
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Hippie Café from 8:00-1:30pm - Edit
We stopped here multiple times for morning snacks. The banana bread and chocolate chip cookies do not disappoint, and their summer rolls are awesome!
Pros: vegan baked goods
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favorite place to eat in Kauai! - Edit
I've eaten here 3 times and want to still go back for more. All dishes can be made vegan. Their tofu nori wrap and jerk tofu dish is amazing. If you're not a coconut fan, you should still try their coconut cream sauce since it's a very mild coconut flavor and its vegan! Their peanut sauce is the best peanut sauce I've ever had. All desserts are vegan and gluten free!
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Really 5 stars - Mostly Vegan! - Edit
We visited this place for breakfast and dinner every day during our trip. I can't say enough good things about it. On our first visit we met the owner and she told us she is transitioning the menu to be all vegan and she herself is clearly passionately vegan. The breakfasts and pastries are all vegan, and the dinner menu has a vegan option for every item. The dinner options are very creative and delicious. For dessert they have fresh made vegan coconut-based ice cream with different flavor each night. We got banana peanut butter ice cream, and... holy moly it was fantastic. Breakfasts are delightful as well: acai bowls, smoothies, avocado toast, banana bread, cookies, berry turnovers - I wanted the owner to adopt me and feed me for every meal. Get breakfast and coffee to eat outside on a nice sunny morning and watch the wildlife. There are geckos, feral cats and chickens that might say hi but never bother you. You can also see banana trees erupting with fruit around the yard. Very pleasant atmosphere, friendly staff and delicious food. I want to rate it 5 stars, but Happy Cow won't allow 5 stars for a place that still serves meat (seafood and chicken).
Pros: delicious and creative menu items, wonderful outdoor atmosphere, varying options day to day
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Delicious breakfast - Edit
We went in the morning for their hippie cafe. We both got acai bowls and they were really good! There was also a variety of baked goods, all vegan!
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Good quality but strange combinations - Edit
The food was very fresh and high quality, but the recipes were so creative that the food was a bit strange. The samosa appetizer was not at all like a samosa except maybe in shape. It was also huge. Good for probably two or three people to split. The banana chutney was tasty but not at all like any chutney I've ever seen. The menu was small and they served quite a lot of seafood, but I appreciate the use of locally sourced food.
Pros: open later than many other restaurants, seating under the stars, excellent service
Cons: unconventional recipes
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Beware of glass floor-flipflops not recommended - Edit
We ate at this place and it was pretty good. The food was organic and mostly sourced from local farmers. Although there was no meat on the menu but they did have fish and seafood. The presentation was creative and it tasted pretty good. The service was great and the ambiance was nice nestled amongst the flora and fauna outside. Do wear bug spray otherwise you may get eaten by mosquitoes! Also be prepared to spend - It was pretty expensive. My biggest concern though was that the floor was made of recycled glass which was sharp and not rounded off. So be careful if you are wearing flip flops. I cut myself on the glass shards. Also after you leave the restaurant check for glass shards in your shoes which you may track into your car and hotel room.
Cons: serves fish and seafood, dangerous glass flooring
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A must go! - Edit
The best restaurant we've found on Kauai!
We've been to Kauai two years running, and hands down, Caffe Coco is my favorite spot. The decor is delightful, bright, fun, and the staff are all super friendly. One of the nights we visited (we went 3 times in 2 weeks!), there was live music going on in the open courtyard, and it added to the overall cool vibe of the place.
It's a BYO, VERY vegetarian/vegan friendly, and the menu is what it should be if a restaurant is doing it right - rather than having a million options that are all OK, Caffe Coco has carefully chosen a smaller menu (17ish options total) were no matter what you order, it's going to be AMAZING. The potstickers and curried soup are a must from the starters list, and we tried both the Jerk Tofu and Charmoula Tofu as our main dishes and they were out of this world. For dessert we tried the homemade coconut milk ice cream and it was GREAT.
If you're on Kauai's eastern shore, and are looking for excellent food, a cool vibe, and a great evening, eat at Caffe Coco.
ALSO, I wanted to give 5 stars, but since the restaurant is not listed as officially vegetarian, the Happy Cow system would not let me. Nearly everything on the menu here can be made vegan if you ask, so this is definitely a 5 STAR place!
Pros: Excellent vegan food options, Great vibe, Great prices
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The Vegetarian Gem of Kauai - Edit
We ate here our first night and our last.......and should have eaten here every night in between!!! The night we flew in, we were tired and not too hungry so came here for appetizers. The pot stickers were to die for......and the sweet potato samosa's and pumkin soup were super deliciious as well. Throughout the week we went to various other "veg friendly" places and their idea of creating a vegearian dish was serving vegetables and rice with a block of tofu stuck on top. Very disappointing. So on our last night here we headed back and I was sooo hoping that their main dishes were as good as their appetizers. They did not disappoint!!! OMG, the Coconut MacNut Tofu was absolutely amazing!!!! It had the texture and flavor of a perfectly done fish without having to kill anything! It was so flavorful.....yumi.....And we had a vegan brownie w/bananna chocolate ice cream for dessert. Best vegan meal I've ever had in a restaurant--even better than Millennium in SF. And there was live music to boot which added to the whole island vibe. Perfect way to end our 8 day venture in Kauai! Don't foreget....it's a BYOB place.
Pros: Delicious vegan fare., Live music., Super friendly staff.
Cons: BYOB--not really a con, it's cheaper!
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