Nightlife
after luaus on Kauai is
very limited. In
Nawiliwili and Lahu'e South Shore most of the action is
in the tourist hotels.
For Example, Gilligan's in the Outrigger Kauai
Beach where entertainment varies from small groups
through soloists of mixed merits served up in a rather
random, manner. Certainties
are the line dancing from 8 to midnight on Thursday and
Kareoke on Friday that may be offensive to those with
absolute pitch.
Saturday
night DJ music seems safer if you don't mind loud music
and the nearest thing Kauai has to a body bar. Things
shut down about one in the morning. Call 808-245-1955
for scheduled performers.
Duke's Barefoot
Bar has rather modern Hawaiian Music in the bar on
weekends and a very nice trio upstairs in the
restaurant.
Most
locals consider the Kuhio Night Club in the Hyatt Hotel
the best bet on Friday and Saturday nights because of
the decent drinks, nifty Hawaiian music and dance until
two in the morning.
Aside from these, or the rather staid Stevenson's
Library in the Hyatt the best thing to do early may be
to watch the Hula shows in the Poipu Shopping Village.
Picking
up a Mai Tai at a hotel bar and simply watching the
waves from the beach may e the best show on the island
if, of course, you have the right companion.
Funky
is easier to find than upscale and if you missed San
Francisco fern bars of the 1960's or the chemically
enhanced1970's and 1980's it's possible to find remnants
of the Summer of Love and new friends,
at the Hanalei Gourmet over on the low budget
side of the island. It dishes up a nostalgic mix of folk
music -- Puff the
Magic Dragon is required --fair jazz and some rather
basic rock across the road from Ching Young Village that
lasts until -- yawn -- 10:30!
There
are similar bars at all of the Princeville hotels that
you might check in passing.
Movie maniacs can find two theater complexes with
the Kukui Grove Cinemas in Lihue the choice for most.
(808-245-5055) There's also always Hawaii
Five-O or Magnum,
P. I. reruns on TV. |
