• CLOSED: Rainbow Living Foods

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  • White Vegan
Vegan
International
Organic
Raw
Take-out
Bakery

Casual cafe specializing in locally grown, organic, vegan & gluten-free fare, with raw food classes. Offers smoothies, desserts, shakes, coffee and 8 different entrees. Has prepared foods to take home and baked goods in addition to groceries. Reported closed Mar 2019.


19 Reviews

First Review by syork2

GiselaFiege

Points +344

Vegan
02 Dec 2018

Love the food here!

First raw vegan place I found when I moved to island. It is a bit pricey but good food is always a bit pricey. All items on menu are delicious. Everything is fresh and tasty. Portions are perfect. I go there once a month at least.

Pros: Clean uplifting vibe.

Cons: A bit pricey small place very few seating

CaseyVance

Points +43

Vegetarian
09 Jun 2018

Great food

The food was very good and I felt good after eating there as well. The Palo Santo Kombucha on tap was delicious I give it four stars because I didn’t find the staff to be super friendly. They were nice but a little bit of an uptight vibe in my opinion. The desserts are not worth it at all. What they are charging for the quantity is ridiculous.

Pros: Super clean environment , Fresh food

Cons: Expensive , Uptight vibe

AlexBrown

Points +42

Vegan
22 Feb 2018

I literally love everything here

This is one of the best raw vegan restaurants I’ve ever been to. I’ve been on Kauai for 7 days and eaten here multiple times a day. Everything here is amazing!!

SophieP

Points +48

Vegan
16 Jan 2018

interesting but not filling

We ordered two dishes. Both had the same ingredients arranged slightly differently - lettuce heavy rather than a leaf with more nutrients like kale.
Interesting that it was all raw, particularly the 'bread' but not filling at all.

WNCVeggie

Points +539

Vegan
04 Dec 2017

Delicious Raw Vegan Food

We had the pizza, the tacos and some smooothies and all were delicious. The bill was about $50 for two people for lunch and we thought it was worth it as everything was really good and very fresh. We were thrilled that everything on the menu was vegan. It was nice to have options! So as noted the service is a little slow but we found the folks working there to be friendly and we were not in any hurry so that didn’t bother us.

Pros: All Vegan Menu, Delicious Smoothies, Healthy Food

Cons: Service was on the slow side, A little pricey but worth it, No bathroom inside the restaurant to wash hands

vaz

Points +3121

Vegan
01 Dec 2017

Lot of greens but few beans

We ate two veggie wraps and they were delicious! Looked wonderful and tasted wonderful, but it has few substance. After the lunch we were quickly hungry again. All food was raw which can explain why there were no beans. Maybe with some beans/lentils/etc would be more complete. We also had a smoothie and a chocolate/banana desert and they were perfect!

Highly recommend this place! Expect to eat delicious food but not to be full ;)

Pros: staff was very nice

Zweiglücksamkeit

Points +98

Vegan
30 Jul 2017

Gerne wieder!

lecker und freundlich!

Pros: rohvegan und glutenfrei

Hatsie71

Points +42

Vegan
15 May 2017

Delicious but tiny portions and slow

The food was very tasty, and we were excited to eat raw vegan in Kapa'a. Unfortunately I received a totally different dish than what I ordered. It took so long to wait for it, that I didn't say anything because I didn't want to wait any longer and what he brought out looked/tasted very good too. The portions were so small we immediately went somewhere else to eat all over again.

Pros: Healthy, Delicious, Nice staff/owner

Cons: Slow, Small portions, Didn't get what I ordered

FrankieVandellous

Points +52

Vegan
14 May 2017

expect a long wait

We waited almost two hours before our food showed up. I had falafel which was tasty. My partner had the rainbow burger which had a strange (especially for an Omni palate) flavour, was served with tomatoes when he asked for none, and was mostly sprouts (luckily I live them). Not worth the price or the wait.

Pros: raw food , easy parking

Cons: long wait

Whatresonates

Points +40

Vegan
13 May 2017

Raw gourmet treat

This is a great place for raw vegans! The owner was very welcoming! All items were beautifully crafted, and seemed complicated or time-consuming to recreate. The presentation was excellent.
My husband loved his burger. I enjoyed the nori rolls, but--not being a raw vegan--I admittedly prefer the taste of rice over sunflower seeds. Food included lots of high quality fats, so it was very filling. Meals might be heavy for some.

Pros: Rare raw vegan items, Beautiful presentation , Excellent service

Cons: Limited seating , Might be a little heavy with lots of high quality

Tofutti

Points +30

Vegan
28 Jul 2016

Raw Foods Surprise

This little raw foods cafe is tucked away just off the main highway with a couple of outdoor tables in addition to the few inside. We had the taco salad and the burger, which were bother super fresh and tasty. We finished with the dragon fruit cheesecake, which was a beautiful purple, but didn't do much for us.

pixiesnakes

Points +196

Vegan
07 Jul 2015

Worth the wait

I'm not much of a raw foods person, but this was really delicious. I had dessert too, some sort of chocolate mousse thing and it was amazing. The sauces were really flavorful and there are so many different options on the menu. I just wish they were open later. I caught them just before closing time and was so happy they didn't turn me away.

Pros: huge variety of flavors and textures

Cons: hard to find location

ShantiPeace

Points +496

Vegan
21 Mar 2015

Satisfied.

Fresh, friendly and fun add to my island trip. Salad and dish I had was very nice and satisfying. Small locals place with good energy. Will go again.

vinz33

Points +203

Vegan
22 Nov 2014

Delicious

Very tasty meal I have had here, I am vegan, and this raw food was great. Nice ambiance.
I usually eat quite too much, so the portion was a little bit small for me.
It is raw organic and vegan, so price are moderate.

vhardison

Points +13

Vegetarian
13 Nov 2014

Great Lunch

We had the falafel. Nice sauces, especially the almond cream substitute for tzatziki. This was the only vegan food we found on Kauai. Friendly staff, obviously proud of their food. Seem to have a few regulars come and go while we were there.

Astonangel

Points +193

Vegetarian
13 Jul 2014

Disappointing

I have been a life long vegetarian (no fish and no meat) and have eaten all sorts of vegan / veggie food in all sorts of places. This place is over priced for the taste of the dishes. We tried 3 of the mains and only one was "ok". The rest were tiny portions on huge beds of lettuce. The falafel was ok. The veg wrap is tiny but the ingredients are ok. Stay away from the taco. The beans taste unfortunately like meat substitutes. Sadly this is the first listing on happy cow we were disappointed with.

Pros: Veggie, Fresh

Cons: Small portion, Overpriced, Iffy taste

Iamcharliebrown

Points +70

Vegan
07 Mar 2014

Wonderful all vegan food in Kapaa

We had a great lunch here during our stay on Kauai. All items are made fresh here with each dish prepared for your order which means there is a 20-30 minute wait but so worth it. This is the only place we found here that was all vegan. So many great looking food, drink, and smoothie options it was hard to pick. We settled on the rainbow veggie wrap, guac and chips, and mint limeade. Overall, this meal was delicious and a great value especially compared to other eats on the island.

steveveg

Points +3067

Vegan
13 Aug 2013

Only vegetarian restaurant on Kauai

We had a great lunch here. This is the only vegetarian restaurant on Kauai. Everything is vegan, organic and gluten free except for a bee pollen add on. Vegan dining options can be otherwise hard to find on Kauai. We had the nori roll, wrap, pizza and taco, plus a salad. We also had the chia pudding for dessert. All were nicely done. The owners were very gracious and friendly.

Pros: almost all vegan, friendly owners, fine food

syork2

Points +193

Vegan
16 Nov 2010

Wonderful food and great atmosphere!

My husband and I went to Kaua'i for our honeymoon and, as vegans, were afraid we weren't going to be able to find much on the island. Boy, were we wrong!

Of all of the places we tried, we loved Rainbow Living Foods the most! There is a generous selection of entrees, desserts, and drinks so going there twice during our week there was wonderful!

There was only one very nice and friendly guy working both times we went, so it was a bit slow, but we didn't mind at all. The atmosphere is great and there is indoor and outdoor seating and you can even get your food to go and step right out to the beach to eat!

We tried the pizza, taco and falafel wrap as well as the fudge and energy balls for desserts and the Rainbow shake and banana nut milk shake for beverages - everything was amazing! The taco was our favorite, though. :)

I thought everything was reasonably priced ($10 for an entrée, $3-6 for dessert, around $6 for a large shake) considering the island has many expensive options.

This place has great food that makes you feel energized and filled but not overly full - so you can still go snorkeling or kayaking or hiking or whatever you have planned!

Hopefully this place will be around for a very long time. It deserves to be!

Pros: Reasonable prices, GREAT food, Nice atmosphere




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