Kalapaki Grill

I really dislike the waitresses attitude. Third encounter with a «hospitality» staff member that was utter sh*t.
This hotel hires the worst personnel I’ve ever seen. From the valet to the front desk now the pool bar.
I really hate this hotel. Will never ever stay here again!

Great spot to grab a drink. The bartenders are what really makes this place fantastic. Our bartender, Sissy, was great and is what kept us coming back. Friendly laid back atmosphere

Excellent food and drinks around the pool area! Get the Mahi Mahi or the salads with grilled chicken. And the Mule drink very refreshing! Tasty iced teas too!

This was our 2^nd time eating here. Our 1^st time was horrible but we tried again cuz we were hungry & thought maybe this time would be better. We were so so so wrong! Horrible service. The waitress never checked on us or asked if we liked our food. My fish sandwich was extremely over cooked; I only took 2 bites. We ordered mozzarella sticks for a pupu & the cheese was missing out of one stick. My husband ordered a blue cheese burger & the burger was well done (he ordered med rare), the focaccia bun was stale & there was way too much blue cheese! When I asked for the check I told the waitress about our dissatisfaction & she didn’t seem to care, didn’t seem surprised & wasn’t willing to comp our bill or even attempt to make things better. Needless to say we will never support this place again & I will encourage all my friends not to either. I have never written a review before so that should say a lot about how unhappy I am.

«Needed Five Tickets»
When you check in at Kauai Marriott they give you two tickets that you can trade for an equal number of mai-​tais at the Kalapaki Grill. In between the pool and the beach, the KG is a good place to sit, drink, talk to others, enjoy the views and watch sports. One can order food here but I didn’t. I just sat there wishing I had more tickets!

We were guests at the Marriott and decided to eat here on our first day in Kauai because of the ease of the location. It ended up being our favorite meal of our vacation. We enjoyed our beautiful view of the pool, the ocean and the hotel. Our server was very friendly and attentive. I ordered the quesadilla (with pork), which was delicious. My husband ordered the BLT wrap, which he really enjoyed. It was quite expensive for what you get but we found the food in general is very expensive on the island so I won’t factor that into the review as it’s par for the course.

Inside the Marriott next to the Pool, this is a good restaurant but spendy, certainly a resort experience, you can eat here and watch your kids in the pool, or if you just don’t feel like leaving the pool area. Some REALLY good food though. Elyssa is right the smoothies are great (even the non-​alcohol ones).

Pretty good for a hotel pool bar! Everyday we ordered smoothies from the bar and they were great! They have pineapple on the menu but the smoothies come with a big slice of pineapple so I didn’t bother ordering additional pineapple.
For lunch we ordered chicken fingers and fries. All were good. At first the server said they didn’t have honey mustard sauce but they do have a sweet mustard sauce (I believe for one of the hot dogs on the menu). The sauce was even better than honey mustard so if you are a honey mustard fan definitely ask for a cup of the sweet mustard on the side!

Not impressed and I won’t return.
Our server had a big smile, was nice. But. I asked for a hot water with lemon, when she returned she gave me a cup of ice water with lemon so I politely corrected her and asked again to which she tells me she does not have hot water… Um, come again?
You mean to tell me that although you have coffee listed as a beverage and you just handed me water with lemon that it doesn’t exist at your establishment? What the f&^*%.
She also didn’t check on us for at least 7 minutes after our food arrived. That’s enough time for me not to like all the old pineapple in my pineapple cup.
The food is mediocre but the shack that has the kitchen isn’t all that big so I can understand.
Almost everything comes packaged, good to take to the beach or to a picnic but that’s pretty much it.
One star for the friendliness off the server but that’s all it gets from me.

They are super! Especially Kurt and Sissy! Super cool peeps. They make great drinks too. Onions rings are DOPE! Have had better salads. But who cares … Come here for FUN not for health

Kurt & Sissy are super! Like for real. Nice drinks! BOMB onion rings! Love the view! Really can’t say a bad thing about the service!!!

When we went here, we just wanted to have a beer. The food selection looked ok but nothing outstanding. The real star is the friendly bartender, who gets six stars!!! Is it Kurt, it may have been. He could chat up a stone if he wanted but this was one of the friendliest bartender I ever encountered! Yes, I would come back just to hang out with him. He seemed to know everyone too.

1 star is hard to hand out. Fish wrap tasted like warm tuna on Greek bread. Sick sick sick.

Food was simple bar food, but damn it was great! Got the onion rings and the big dog. Kurt the bartender backed that choice and I’m glad I got it. Food was great, but the service was even better. The bartenders make this place worth visiting. Good energy and very sociable (they’ll remember your name).

This is THE spot to hang out at! It is located right by the pool and right in front of the ocean, like that in itself isn’t awesome enough! Bartender, «Kurt» he is absolutely wonderful! People hang out there just to be around him! He seriously has a talent with people and drinks.
We had their fish sandwich the wasabi mayo on the side, delicious! If I lived on Kauai, this would be my favorite sandwich and could eat it all the time! We also got the side garlic fries. Now, I usually don’t like garlic fries because places don’t get the flavor or consistency right, this was not the case here! They were PERFECT!
My drink of choice here was the similar to a lava flow, forget the name already but it was Kurt’s recommendation. It was CRAZY good, and certainly not over the top.
They have TV’s so you can watch sports as well! I am telling you, this is the happening spot! They are open from 11am to 4pm. :)

So convenient! We stayed at the Marriott resort and due to jet lag for the first couple of days were eating at odd hours. This was a great remedy for late afternoon hunger pangs.
The grill sits right next to the pool area, a strategic short walk from the Kalapaki Beach as well.
My favorite drink was the virgin piña colada. I had it a few times while relaxing in our hotel balcony. Also, they make a great burger and shrimp tacos. Portions are really big so in a way it offsets the cost.

Kalapaki Grill is the best deal for food in the Kauai Marriott complex, for sure.
We ate lunch here, and I had the Hawaiian Fish Pita. The fish was good (but I never figured out what kind it was), and it came with chips and hummus for the pita bread. I also ordered a side of watermelon, which was fresh, cool and delicious, and iced tea to drink.
We left feeling very satisfied at the good, fresh flavors. Nothing fancy, but pool/​beach-​side seating with a nice breeze under the shady umbrella made for a nearly perfect lunch.
The only drawback is, of course, the price — this is the Marriott, and you do pay a premium for the location.

Beautiful ocean view, bar seating, local feel. Bartenders are awesome! Really nice and and heavy pourers. I had extra time before my flight, and decided to walk from my room in the Marriott. I sat at the bar was was greeted by the bartenders. I ate one of their specials that day. Chicken panini. It was delicious! But I only had half because I wasn’t too hungry. Bartender made me a lava flow (piña colada with stawberry purée) DELICIOUS!
Great service, good food, and a beautiful view. Must stop by if you’re at kalapaki beach or at the Marriott!

Conveniently located poolside at the Kauai Marriott Resort is Kalapaki Grill where you can order drinks and food from waitresses while lounging at the immense hotel pool. We brought our Kauai Marriott Resort 2013 thermal mug with us from a previous trip to the hotel and were able to refill it at no charge with unlimited coffee, tea or soda here during their regular operating hours, which saved us a little money. We also ordered different foods from here to snack on while laying out from refreshing cut watermelon pieces to Kalua Pork quesadillas, onion rings and French fries, and were conveniently able to charge it back to our room and not have to worry about carrying around any cash or credit cards to the pool. The food and drinks were a little pricey, but what was to be expected staying at a resort.
Our only frustration was that many times that we wanted a drink or some food, we either were waiting for them to open or just missed them because they were closing, and had to walk across the pool to the hotel’s indoor restaurant to place our orders. They don’t have their hours posted, but it seemed like they really only opened for lunch (around 11:00 am) until about 4:30 or so, right before the dinner rush. I think the hotel would make more money and keep their guests happier if they held longer hours by opening a little earlier at 10:00 am and closing at about 6:00 pm, so that guests could enjoy a drink and some food while watching the sunset as well as beach and pool goers.

The bartenders made this place one of my favorite lunch time/​drinking places while staying at the Marriott. One word: Cicey. I hope I got her name right. She rocked. So did the rest of the bartenders. Over the span of our trip we ate: the shrimp tacos, the chicken katsu burger, a burger special, the fish pita with hummus and the chicken tenders. The only thing not awesome were the chicken tenders — too much batter.
Overall, great place. Not fancy. You can saddle up to the bar in your bathing suit and bare feet. Good views of the pool and ocean. A great retreat for those pesky mid afternoon (or in our case, all day long) rain showers.
A word to the wise… give yourself a limit on the Tai Chis. They are quite seriously so strong and tasty but creep up on you in a manner that you’ll be flat on your ass in no time. Take it from me, you’ve been warned ;)