Fiji Kava Bar Honolulu — Restaurant in Honolulu

Our experience at Fiji Kava in Honolulu was one of the worst we've had in the kava community. My husband and I walked in with years of experience drinking kava and supporting bars across the country, but were met with condescension and gatekeeping from the owner himself.

Despite Waka being listed and offered, he refused to sell it to us, stating he "didn't know us" and "didn’t want us talking bad about kava." That kind of reasoning is not only insulting but discriminatory—and felt deeply personal. If you're offering a product, you should be willing to stand behind it, not selectively withhold it based on who your customers are.

The kava we were allowed to purchase was extremely weak, and frankly disappointing in quality. Add to that the awful parking situation, and there’s really no reason to go out of your way for this place—especially when there are better, more welcoming kava bars elsewhere.

If you're looking for a spot that truly embraces the spirit of aloha and the kava community, I suggest you...

I wandered in looking for some authentic island kava and I wasn’t disappointed. Does Daya sound confident? Sure. But it’s because the guy knows his stuff.

I walked about with a blend of what I think is a good combo of heavy/heady kava but I was more impressed I could stand to drink it. I hate the taste of kava.

I think I’m gonna go back and get some more before I leave. I might even order from him directly, he seems like a good dude, was super nice to my daughter. Hell he had a kenpo karate kaju looking flyer in his fridge. I like him, if you didn’t I think you were just insulting and a...

Kava is wonderful! If you are trying to get off alcohol and need alcohol to get to sleep at night, try kava. Compared to alcohol, if alcohol is a lousy Hershey chocolate bar, kava is like the finest Swiss chocolate like Lindt. It makes you feel loved.

As for prices here or there, well there's kava and there's kava. A half-lb is a lot of kava, too. That cheaper kava bought online is often really Meh. And it's $60/lb these days.

As for stores being set up under a parking lot ramp, well, I used to get the best bentos from a little place set up by the tire dept. of Ala...