10 Best Nightlife: Kauai, HI Bars

If your idea of nightlife includes hitting a bar for drinks and socializing, then our Kaua`i guide is just what you want. Capitalizing on first-hand experience and extensive research, we've located the best bars in Kauai for hanging out and kicking back in. From long-lived mainstays like Cafe Hanalei to busy places like Bar Acuda Tapas & Wine that get lots of 10Best reader approval, we present the top bars in town and offer details about them all. What's the energy like? How do the bartenders pour? Are most bars located in the Lihue area? No fear - we share all the facts!

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If your idea of nightlife includes hitting a bar for drinks and socializing, then our Kaua`i guide is just what you want. Capitalizing on first-hand experience and extensive research, we've located the best bars in Kauai for hanging out and kicking back in. From long-lived mainstays like Cafe Hanalei to busy places like Bar Acuda Tapas & Wine that get lots of 10Best reader approval, we present the top bars in town and offer details about them all. What's the energy like? How do the bartenders pour? Are most bars located in the Lihue area? No fear - we share all the facts!

Personal experiences over the years have led to this list of the best bars on the Garden Island. While there aren't any bars that truly qualify as a wild dance hall night club, there are plenty of local style bars with live music, sports bars, and upscale lounges and bars in resorts.

For a more formal than normal upscale lounge to hang out it, try Stevenson's Library or the Living Room. At the Living Room you'll be treated to expanses of glass provide dramatic views of Hanalei Bay at this resort hotel. From comfortable upholstered furniture, guests can watch clouds come rolling in or the sunset illuminate the darkening sky. Vocalists, pianists, hula dancers, and other entertainers accompany the majestic views with aural beauty, a lovely preface to a night of relaxation and pleasure. If you're looking for the opposite - casual, local, and cool - drop into Tahiti Nui where you'll find live music, some wild dancing, and lot's of locals socializing.

No matter what you're looking for after dark 10 Best has you covered. So read on, and put on those dancing shoes.

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