Waipio Valley Artworks

Handcrafted by local artists, the merchandise here is very high quality, especially their collection of exceptional wood items. Friendly staff as well!

We stopped here after a very long day along the coast. We had seen the beautiful woodworking pieces 2 years ago, and I had to go back. After seeing the gorgeous Waipio Valley from the lookout, we headed back into town. Although the shop was closed, I persuaded my husband to stop so that I could at least look in the window. A friendly voice from out in back of the shop asked if she could help us. When we explained our situation, Elise insisted on opening up for us! The same beautiful bowls were there. We purchased a very special piece, turned of Norfolk Pine and practically transparent. Thank you, Elise, for being so gracious and spending a little more time with us!

Loved the art pieces in the shop. Wish it had been more Hawaii focused. I still bought a few things, including a fabulous pair of earrings. The owner, Danny, was so nice. He told us his story of coming to Hawaii, via Louisiana. He also gave us some wonderful restaurant advice. I love shop owners who take the time to be friendly and make customers feel welcome, to their town and their store!!!

Beautiful wood pieces. WAY out of my budget though. I ended up getting an amazingly beautiful set of coasters and a Koa Wood bookmark.
We also got some of their homemade ice cream, which was super tasty.
I’m not even sure how we found this little place, it’s so out of the way. I’m sure that most people just drive right on by it, it just looks like a little village general store.
But it is a beautiful art gallery, and I recommend you stop by if you’re in the area.

I didn’t speak with the lady working at the shop like Noël A did but I’m glad such good info about Hawai’i is generously shared here and I wish I would have spent more time and had some of those conversations myself. What caught my eye in this shop was the woodwork for sale and some pretty jewelry pieces. My friend liked their books about Hawai’i and their Hawaiian music selection. You can get ice cream here and drip coffee if you need something to keep you going.

My bf and I went here to meet up with our hose ride guides. There were some beautiful and varied art pieces throughout the store, but what I was really interested in were books on Hawaii’s history and myths. I picked up a few and took them up to the shop’s counter to ask the lady working there what she recommended. She gave me clear and thoughtful descriptions of each book and was totally cool when it turned out that after describing all of them, I hadn’t even noticed the two I really wanted, publish by University of Hawaii. She found them for me. She also had great insight into what was going on in the socio-​economic climate of the island and held a really intriguing conversation with my boyfriend and I, fully aware that as soon as our guide came, we would be bouncing. If you’re in Honokaa or doing the horse ride, make sure to take a good look at the cool stuff in this shop and have an interesting conversation with a informed, conscious lady about your questions about Hawaii or whatever else. She also knew where to get lunch!