Driftwoods Bar & Grill

Friendly staff but I was so bummed that they don’t carry Koloa rum since it’s made on island

Drinks are weak. Food is overpriced. Service was acceptable to good. Views were great. TV locations and bar setup seemed well designed. Not sure why they are not at a 3 star rating on Unilocal though

LOVED THE CHILI cheese fries!!! The tuna melt was the best I’ve ever had! The Mexican fish wrap needs some type of sauce though. Will definitely come back for the fries

They more servers out there– I had to go to flag a waitress down and it still took 30 min to get a beer and a Mai Tai! The drink turned out to be great but the wait was insane!
Great ladies, very sweet and kind –just took way tooooo long!!!

They heat up frozen food from Costco and serve it to you 25 minutes after you order it for an astronomical price. At least the vegetables were fresh. Overall not very good.

BAD service! Nothing will make me give a crappy rating faster than service. Terrible. Took an hour for the drink girl to offer us a drink. Even though she asked the couple next to us three times…
Beer, not real cold.
Mai tai was good.
Waiter was not friendly and when I asked for happy hour specials, he pointed at the menu and then walked away. He came back shortly and asked if I decided…
Do not waste your time here. Awful.

Not a great experience.

Drinks are good, they have happy hour and specials for each day of the week. The food is okay, if I can go somewhere else I will but if I’ve been drinking I have no problem staying and getting some food but it’s nothing special. People say service is horrible but I’ve never had an experience, and I’m down here daily during my trip.

Driftwoods was the first place we stopped after checking in at the Kauai Beach Resort and settling in. It was not a good first impression. We made sure to check in with the bartender and another staff, who told us to sit anywhere. We sat and waited. The oldest asked to go in the pool. We said okay. And waited. I went up to the bar to ask if we needed to order there, and the dude said someone would be right with me. So we sat down and waited some more. Finally a few gals we met at the next table hailed our server down (thanks, ladies-​you are awesome). Not okay. She was friendly once she started serving us, but really? Anyway, the food was decent. Kiddies liked their burger and nachos. I thought my panini was okay. Hubby had the burger, too. We had two drinks each; mine were weak but good. Hubby opted for beer. The bill: $ 98.18, pre-​tip. Yikes! Poor service for one of the most expensive meals on the island? I’ll pass. The only other use we made of Driftwoods was for drinks by the pool. That’s all I recommend, and just so you can get your drinks by the pool resort experience.