Paradise Grinds and Catering — Restaurant in Kauai

KUDOs. (1) Simple menu: two box lunches with assorted items, Regular or Deluxe, plus 4-5 daily specials featuring one item. The Deluxe box lunch is stuffed in a pie box, not the smaller bento box. (2) Nice assortment of local favorites flavored just-right (many other places use a lot of salt). (3) Low price for lots of food. Similar on Oahu would easily be $20+. (4) Boiled peanuts: tasty and crunchy; we regretted buying only 1 serving. (5) Delightful customer service: friendly, patient, willing to share information about places to visit, routes, traffic. CHALLENGEs. (1) Easy to miss location; it's in a row of houses. Look for the school sign across the street, "Kauai Campus. McKinley Community School for Adults." (2) Your meal is cooked when you order so it is served hot and fresh. This is definitely not a instant in-and-out place but it is well worth the wait (and the wait isn't long). We had planned to order and eat in the car while driving. Instead, we ate there and enjoyed 20 minutes of hospitality; this was one of the highlights of our trip. Paradise Grinds is very highly...

Visited Paradise Grinds during our visit and I wish there was a location in Minneapolis. The loco moco was the best I’d ever had! BIG portion and it was absolutely delicious. There were 4 of us and we all left completely satisfied and wanted to go back another day. They were closed on the day we could go, which I think is good because they deserve a day off also. But when we go back to Kauai, I’m definitely going to eat...

We tried two lunch plates here! Teri fried chicken was our favorite, but the chicken katsu was extremely tender. Staff was very friendly and even let us change our order (we didn’t understand the regular vs deluxe vs played lunch). Also chatted with an older gentleman that works there about his time on the mainland! The food was so good that even once I got full, I took my leftovers with me to...