Living Foods Market & Cafe

I came here during my short vacation to Kauai and everything about this place is incredible. My only complaint is that they didn’t have gluten free bread the day before I left so that I could bring some to the main land. :(the food was exceptional and the new juice bar is AWESOME! The acai bowls, cold-​pressed juices and shots are GREAT! It’s a little expensive that other local stores but the quality is worth every dime. Totally would recommend to anyone looking for good quality and fresh fruits, veggies and grass-​fed meats!

Great cappuccino! Far better than Starbucks and it’s kind. The teas here are good but absurdly expensive. Decent breads and baguettes. The cheese selection is not great but there are some pretty good choices here. Everything is fresh. It’s the whole foods equivalent of the island but pricier like everything else in Kauai.

Sitting here drinking our NOT mochas made by a woman who we overheard admit to her co-​worker that she’s «screwing up» after making our coffees. Ordering the coffee was painful as the woman had a frown when I ordered one Soy Mocha and one 1% Mocha. She looked at me as though I had made a mistake. But no, that’s actually what I wanted.
Meanwhile my husband was waiting to be helped 5 feet away at the deli counter. There were no other customers anywhere near the deli. But the two workers there just stared at my husband without approaching him.
If you’re looking for a store with good vegan options and friendly service, please go elsewhere. If you’re looking for overpriced goods with sour service, you’ve found the place.

I’m mostly reviewing the café aspect of Living Foods, not so much the grocery store. The best part is that it’s really close to where we stayed on Kauai, but it’s not worth a drive from outside the Poipu area.
The first time we were there, I saw French toast on the menu, and decided that we should go back while they were serving breakfast (until 11:30 am). We made it back for breakfast a couple of days later.
I ordered the French toast and my wife ordered the blueberry pancakes. It seemed a bit on the slow side, which can be a good sign. When the food arrived, mine looked good, with a nice even brown toasty outside on mine, sprinkled with morsels of pineapple; my wife’s looked suspiciously thick, with blueberries in blueberry syrup. I tasted mine, and the crust was just right, but the bread inside was lackluster. My wife’s pancakes, were undercooked and doughy in the middle. She gave most of them to me, and I ate them only because I hate wasting food if it’s remotely edible.
Not only that, our breakfasts were served without maple syrup — not even imitation maple. Sure, maple syrup is mainland food, but French toast and blueberry pancakes are mainland food too. The lemon butter blend (served on both plates) was tasty, but didn’t quite go with our orders.
Even given Hawaii prices, this place wasn’t worth the price ($ 15 for my French toast and $ 14 for the pancakes). The portion sizes were neither stingy nor generous.
A better aspect of the place is the grocery store. The selection is admirable for such a small store, and the quality is first class. However, the prices were extremely high. I paid almost $ 8 for a 12 ounce box of granola before I realized that there’s a Costco on the island that sells the same stuff in 34 ounce boxes for $ 7. Other prices and similarly high.
If you’re in Poipu and can’t spare the time to go to a farmers’ market, Safeway, Costco, etc., go for it. But beware the prices.

It’s a cute café/​grocery store. Lots of healthy options to choose from!
Came in with my boss and colleague to grab some lunch. The prices were kind of on the high side, BUT it was my boss’s treat so I can’t complain. Lol.
My boss and colleague ordered the ahi wrap and said it was so good. (I don’t eat ahi, but just by the look of it, the wrap definitely looked yummy and filling).
I ordered the falafel wrap. Loveeeee falafel. It was weird though, there were French fries incorporated in my wrap. Lol. I love French fries but not necessarily in my wrap. Rather have it as a side dish to complement the dish.
Anyways, it was a nice place to grab lunch and chit chat outside with my work family.

The store does carry a lot of goods that I would normally purchase without hesitation. Yes, products are overpriced ($ 7 for a bottle of GTS kombucha which usually runs about $ 4 on mainland) but without too many other stores selling the same types of food, you kinda have to give in.
However, when your store is overpriced, and you have staff giving bad service, there needs to be some adjustments made.
When asked, an older woman working there patronizingly told us that their sugarloaf pineapples were about $ 5 a pound claimed it’d be about $ 30 for one.
I am not one to flaunt my money, but a $ 30 pineapple won’t break my wallet.
Her attitude and approach to «selling» us the pineapple was completely irrational. Because of that, we left the store without purchasing anything.

Came here a couple of times for breakfast while visiting the island.
A good spot for breakfast outside of a hotel, although it can get pretty crowded in the AM making it hard to get a table.
WE ordered:
Breakfast pizza– This was awesome and so filling. A good order for the price. I want to try to make it at home.
Pineapple French Toast– also pretty delish and a good size portion. The french toast was a bit gooey inside how I like it.
Lemon Ricotta Pancakes– pretty tasty, but typical pancake order
Coffee is good as well.
I would definitely recommend, but it is super pricey so beware.

No water in our condo this morning meant breakfast out with our little crew. Living Foods Market was recommended to us to try out, so off we went. The market is clean, well organized and beautiful. The breakfast menu was simple but made us all hungry for sure. We each ordered something different so we could try it all out. One special which was a steak and egg burrito. Served with a salsa and horseradish sauce. Wow is all we could say after sampling a bite of that! One pineapple brioche French toast, which was an excellent sweet bite of French toast perfection! One regular breakfast burrito with salsa and sour cream, amazing fresh chorizo and veggies… So good! And I had the lemon ricotta pancakes, which were complete perfection. Made sweet with blueberry compote and syrup and super balance with the lemon and ricotta to add some extra protein. The French toast and pancakes came with bacon as well. There was fresh cold water, and great coffee with a variety of milk options for those of us not in to traditional dairy. Overall we loved this place and would eat here again for sure. No table service, but with food this good, who cares?

Been to lots of places to eat on the island and this is by far at the top of the list for breakfast ! Great smiling friendly service. The place is very clean and organized which I love .
The food was fresh and my taste buds delighted with joy with every bite. Our crew was stuffed after eating, Pineapple brioche French toast with bacon, Special steak burrito with the best horseradish ever, blueberry pancakes with ricotta and bacon and chorizo breakfast burrito.
The house coffee completed the meal .
A must try.

I work closely with Living Foods and I never tire of their store and delicious food! Excellent selection of grocery items, wine and a fabulous deli and bakery. Absolutely the best baked goods (bagels, cookies, pastries) on the south shore! Everything in Kauai is expensive and many of the prices for grocery items at Living Foods are the same or very close to you would find at Safeway or Foodland for organic products. As a Colorado transplant I also LOVE that they carry Justin’s nut butters, Noosa, Chocolove and some of my other favorite hometown products. Lastly I can’t say enough wonderful things about the owners and staff. All friendly, knowledgeable and a delight to interact with. Thank you Living Foods!

We had Christmas Day breakfast here, the food was excellent! The Acai bowl was delicious, so was the breakfast pizza. If you’re hungry go for the pizza! The brioche French toast was good, not as filling for a teenager. DINNER: their burgers and their fries rock as well as the BLT ! The service is Aloha! Prices are pretty good too.

I came here in search for the white sugarloaf pineapples. It’s one of the few places that sell them. It’s totally worth a try despite the prices. The foods seems quite fresh and healthy here too. 5 stars because it’s one of the short lists of places you can get white sugarloaf pineapples.

From the Juice Bar, I tried the «green goddess» smoothie. You have an option to add a boost such as peanut butter to the blend. Service was quick and the smoothie refreshing.
We also walked over to the café for the «primavera pizza» (bell peppers, eggplant, onion, mozzarella and goat cheese over a tomato based sauce). Unlike at the juice bar, service here was a little slow and inattentive. We tried to order a side of noodles but were unable to get the counter attendants assistance so went without it. The pizza was good but small with barely any veggies; I was disappointed at having spent $ 17 for it.

Probamos las tostadas francesas que estaban muy buenas, la ensalada de papa y un Sandwich deli. El sándwich es hecho al gusto del cliente.

This place is half the price of all the resorts but twice is good as anything that you will get elsewhere. The food is really fresh, is served very quickly, and the outside is a really relaxing place to sit.

This place is so pricey. I get it, you’re in the touristy Poipu with the new shopping center and the expensive restaurants and most of this stuff is imported from the mainland. But damn! This place is more expensive that whole foods. The juice bar is fine, I ordered the Hawaiian glow (for $ 10!) and it was good, coconut water, ginger, kale and lime. And something else… Pineapple maybe.
It’s fun to walk around it and look at stuff and maybe buy a drink, but I can’t see doing your whole shopping here. But I’m cheap!
Staff is friendly, kinda.

Better than mediocre but not amazing.
Like Whole Foods, they have both grocery and café food items. Also, like Whole Foods, it’s pricy!
The market is pretty small but has good produce and the organic essentials. There is some beer and wine and basic dry goods.
The café has decent food, healthy-​ish but uninspired. And how do they have a pizzeria that doesn’t have gluten free options?
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The little coffee shop in here has THE BEST CHIA TEA, I’ve had anywhere in the world!
The make their own and will tell you all about it, ask for Chelsea’s Chia Tea it will ruin all other Chia Tea’s for you.

This place reminds me of a tiny island version of Whole Foods. Natural, local, no preservatives, etc. Their fresh food to order is apparently amazing and the Unilocal pictures look tasty. We went there to buy bread. They only had loaves with the thick crust which would have been too hard for my eight year who is loosing teeth by the day. They did have tortillas– and this is where they lose a point. They should actually loose two points for this bit I am in a good mood because of the tasty Island snow we just ate down the road. The eight tortillas cost $ 6.85 cents. Now, I am kool and down with the Island markup and expect to pay more, but this is plain and simple price gouging.

This place is very wholefoods esque. You can find an abundance of organic food. What makes this place a 5 star is their AHI WRAP. It’s a bit pricey, $ 15 but definitely worth it. The wrap has a bit of everything, sweetness, saltiness from the dipping sauce (which is amazing), and it’s refreshing. If I could I would eat this everyday.
Another plus is that they carry Kevita and Kauai Juice. Those two are my obsessions.
They also have a Kale salad that is always fresh and always gone! You have to get it early.

Sad, Whole Foods ripoff, that doesn’t even halfway do it justice.
We stopped in tonight to grab din. I ordered the falafel wrap and a side of fries.
How can you possibly eff up a falafel wrap?
Ask the two incompetent chefs working the kitchen at 8:20 p.m. on 3÷21÷15. The falafel wrap was dry, loaded with harissa and sautéed veggies faijita-​style. The two flavors clashed and ruined the wrap. It needed tzatziki sauce badly, so dry. Actually, I’ve never had a falafel wrap without it. Major miss.
The fries were ok.
Btw, they were out of ketchup so I notified one of the chefs. He simply looked up at me for a sec, and then proceeded with what he was doing. Not a word. A minute later another chef walked up. The first chef said, «There’s no more ketchup». The second chef shouted across the counter to the coffee shop and said, «Brian, you’re out of ketchup». Brian then proceeded to scrape the remaining ketchup off of a plastic container he retrieved from the back of the kitchen. Taking care of the customer, these 3 guys. So rude, even McDonald’s treats customers and their requests more respectfully.
Save yourself some time. Groceries are overpriced, so if you can, drive over to Sueoka’s Market. The food is not worth what you’ll get charged for it, and the service is horrible. Go to Koloa Deli or Brick Oven Pizza, where you’ll get amazing food and equally amazing customer service.