Kai Ola Poke food truck built from sun-bleached reclaimed wood with biophilic living plants at 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay

At 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay · Kauai

Kai Ola
Poke

Ocean-Fresh. Island-Raised. Zero Waste.

Premium sustainable poke at 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay — born of the North Shore, served with aloha.

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Our Story

Born on the North Shore.
Rooted in aloha.

Kai Ola Poke brings ultra-fresh local catch, island flavors, and true closed-loop sustainability directly to your plate — a quiet luxury experience served beneath the palms of Hanalei Bay.

Every bowl is line-caught by neighbors, hand-cut by chefs, and served in a vessel that returns to the earth.

Est. Hanalei
Kai Ola Poke food truck on the beach

"Living water, living food."

Kai Ola Translation

The Closed Loop

True Zero-Waste
Luxury.

Sustainability isn't a feature here — it's the architecture. Every input, every output, engineered to return.

01

Rainwater → Ice

Catchment rainwater frozen into pristine block ice for our shaved ice.

02

Waste → Biodiesel

Cooking oils and food scraps converted to biodiesel that powers our generator.

03

Coconut → Compost

Every shell, fiber, and napkin returns to the soil within 90 days.

04

Reef → Plate

Line-caught within 12 nautical miles. Never trawled. Always traceable.

Certified B Corp AlignedHawaii Green Business1% For The PlanetMarine Stewardship

Find Us

On the sand at 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay.

Our walk-up window sits beneath the palms just steps from the shoreline — open daily for hotel guests, locals, and anyone wandering the bay.

Address

5520 Ka Haku Road

Princeville, Kauai HI 96722

Hours

Daily · 11:00 — 19:00

Sunset bowl service until last light

Hotel Guest Perks

Beach delivery · room-charge billing · sunrise pre-orders

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@kaiola.poke

Moments from the bay.

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Coconut bowl on the beach
Classic Kai Ahi
Chef slicing fresh ahi
Vibrant rainbow poke bowl
Signature coconut experience
Sustainable coconut shells

Guest Love

Words from the shore.

"The most thoughtful bite on the island. The coconut comes back, the flavors stay forever."

Mira K.

1 Hotel Guest

"Hanalei finally has a poke bowl that matches the view. Quietly perfect."

Daniel O.

Travel + Leisure

"Born and raised on Kauai — Kai Ola gets the fish, the rice, the aloha. All of it."

Kekoa P.

Princeville Local

Get In Touch

Reserve, ask, or simply say aloha.

For private events, hotel partnerships, or order-ahead inquiries, leave us a note. We respond within a tide cycle.

Email

aloha@kaiolapoke.com

Instagram

@kaiola.poke