The Crooked Surf — Restaurant in Kauai

Great place to hang out before our flight back! We had a day pass at the resort so ate lunch and snacks here. Service was good, food was also good but nothing too special. We ordered the house salad with the grilled fish and the fish blt sandwich. Both hit the spot just right. (My fish and the dressing were a bit too salty.) We later ordered the kimchi edamame and ice cream (they only had vanilla), I would not recommend the edamame. It was way too oily and salty imo, the oil was the kimchi part of the dish so it had a bit of spice. Not my favorite and I love kimchi. Otherwise, we had a lovely stay, relaxing by the pool and watching the waves before we fly out. Very relaxing. They were setting up a live band as we were leaving, not sure if it’s an every day thing or maybe just Friday’s or weekends? They sounded nice. Exactly...

Had drinks at the bar and later dinner at a nearby table. Arrived on a Monday afternoon & in the middle of happy hour and enjoyed a glass of their house Pinot Noir and a Mia-tai and then another glass of wine and a Brandy & Soda. Cashed out at the bar and used the very nice restrooms (part of the Sheraton Hotel the restaurant is located in) and found an empty table (not hostess to seat customers) and our waitperson eventually came by with menus and took our order. We had a Kale Cesar Salad with he seared Ahi Tuna (which was exceptional) and a House Garden salad with fried shrimp (6 of them in a very light batter). Salads were larger than either one of us could finish off and we passed on dessert (they were out of the crem brûlée). Overall a very nice experience and they do have live music Thursdays...

FOOD ALLERGIES BEWARE!!!!!

The first night I to this resort on my Honeymoon we ate here on property.

That night I got seriously ill and was having breathing difficulties that required steroids and inhalers to get under control. For context I have a severe gluten allergy.

Their menu has numerous items that explicitly say GF or Gluten free. I ate one of those items.

So today I went to this place again and asked explicitly if these items actually are Gluten free. The server tells me no, and they aren't sure why they are labeled that way.

I say, that can't be right, why would it be label that if itisn't, could you ask the chef.

The chef confirms NONE of those items are actually Gluten Free.

Avoid this place at all costs if you have...