Robin, the owner is a great guy and the food is fresh and yummy. All five Indian tastes to balance your system. A great find. Enjoy! read more

Food is okay. May be good for non-Indians who does not know taste of real original food. Story of the owner Robin and his journey to Indian culture was really interesting. read more

Surprised by the authentic Indian food. Just buy everything from this place. The food is very yummy.

Always enjoy stopping by here for lunch. So happy they have re opened again. A great variety of dishes with a real traditional taste. The chef/owner really knows his stuff when it comes to a Indian food. You won't be disappointing. read more

Affordable, quick, and extremely flavorful southern Indian vegetarian food. Three curries and lemon cashew rice for $8 Owner and chef Robin was super friendly and passionate about his food. Cauliflower coconut curry was amazing read more

Best Indian food on the planet, now found on Kaua'i. Robin is preparing quality vegetarian food in small batches throughout the day so everything stays fresh. $8. thali with choice of three curries and lemon cashew rice. This is the answer to many a prayer. Thank you Robin, for realizing your dream.....and ours! OM Love read more

So excited to have this awesome little restaurant on Kauai! Great food and the owner is very nice and welcoming. All the dishes, on the day we went, we're allergy friendly- no eggs, no dairy and only one item wasn't gluten free! Oh, and great price/value at only $8 for rice and 3 choices. read more

Cafe Nirvana - Lemon cashew rice with okra, local sweet potatoes and Brussels. Yum! - Indian Near Me - Kapaa, Hawaii

Vegans come here! Quite tasty. Without even being promoted the guy told us what was vegan. Everything but one vegetable dish was vegan.

I am so excited that we have a new Indian restaurant on Kauai! Cafe Nirvana just opened less than 2 weeks ago and I've already eaten there twice. I will say that the first time we went in, I was a little alarmed by the "curb appeal" and ambience -- so do know that this is a very very casual low key place. But the minute we walked in and chef / owner Robin began talking to us I knew it was going to be great - and it was! For $8, you get lemon rice and your choice of 3 dishes (Robin seems to make 6-8 something different each day.) Amazing deal! It was so good we went back for an extra plate. 2 people, 3 plates, $24 - can't beat that! The food is southern Indian and vegetarian (vegan?). Please do stop by and support Cafe Nirvana so that we continue to have this wonderful new, and affordable restaurant choice on Kauai!! read more

This place is yummy and great option for vegans BUT the Yelp map is currently way off! This place is located near brick oven near kuhio hwy and Haleilio st. It sits in the strip mall part in the back. Check it out! read more

If you are a foodie looking for quality Indian food, this is the definition of the hole-in-the-wall-all-about-the-food joint. Freshly prepared vegetarian clean food with fantastic taste at $8 a plate of 3 choices and yummy herbed cashew rice. There is seating, or you can take it to go. Enjoy! read more

What a find! This restaurant has delicious affordable vegan food for only 8 bucks a plate. For once, I felt like I could totally trust the ingredients and integrity of preparation. Each plate comes with rice and your choice of 3 vegetarian options. I saw 2 people purchase a 2nd plate so clearly I was not the only person enamoured with the meal. I highly recommend this gem of a restaurant! read more

Worst Indian good I've had. Not spicy at all. I'm not sure what the other reviewers thought was so great about it. But I'm never coming back here again. The curry was underwhelming, not warm at all, the cauliflower and chickpeas mushy. It was plain bad. read more

This is the spot! The guy is super cool and the food is delicious! Atmosphere is in progress and a kombucha bar is coming soon.

Not sure why this is reported as closed.. I went in for a kombucha at Potions (shares same space as Nirvana) and they were serving Indian food as usual. Was a bummer since I had wanted to go get dinner there last night and chose something else due to this yelp page saying it was out of business. read more

Great place for Indian food on the island. Fresh, quick , tasty and good options available for Vegetarian people. Tomato Dal( lentil) is a must try. Make sure you carry cash. read more

This is the only completely vegetarian (milk products might be there) restaurant in Kauai that we could find. It offers Indian food cooked in medium spice range. They offer a "platter" in which you can choose 3 or 4 curries. You also get some rice along with it. It costs nearly 9$. The food portion was just about sufficient for a meal. If you are very hungry, it might be a little less for you (and you could purchase more curries for 2$ per serving). The owner was kind enough to give us some achar (pickled Indian vegetables) for more spice. The place is very normal looking (nothing fancy). In fact, the owner looked so informal - he was in shorts and what Indians call a banian (under-shirt). They also have a variety of Kombucha available in their bar. I think the food is cooked at once in the morning and kept in the heater for a while (due to low demand). So, you might be better off going right after the restaurant opens (in the morning or evening). read more

Quick service, owner himself is cook & food was tasty... I would suggest to take Togo & have lunch at beach (or) nearby kamokila village...

Healthy (very low oil) and tasty. Good South Indian flavor, and great for a quick bite.

Tiny little place Tucked back into Wailua, next to brick oven pizza. As we walked in greeted with a smile and aloha! Six different dish varieties to choose from, with my favorite yellow Indian rice. Only eight dollars! Very flavorful and delicious!! this place blows away the other indian food place.They only have vegetarian dishes.. All the food they make there is from local farms on Kauai. Definitely check this out before you leave! read more

Fast, an unbeatable price, delicious. Don't be putt off by the unusual store front, go on in and pick up some tasty south Indian food.

This place doesn't exist or the address on Yelp is wrong. Drove a good 25 miles to get here only to see a patch of barren land. The phone keeps ringing but goes straight to a voicemail that gave no indication of it being any kind of a culinary establishment. Very disappointed! read more

This place is a tiny hole in the wall but the food is great. The chef/owner learned Tamil cooking from his mother-in-law. The place is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. It's just $8 for a meal of rice plus choice of 3 out of 6 or 7 different curries, prix fixe. Highly recommended!! read more

I've been a vegetarian my whole life and Kauai sucks for vegetarian food. So I am always on the look out for anything vegetarian on this island. I had heard good things about Cafe Nirvana so I figured I would give it a shot. The first time we pulled up there was a sign on the door saying "Out of Curry" and they were closed. An Indian restaurant out of curry? Oh well, next time. The second time we showed up around 1:30pm and they were out of all food. We were told they sell out early, so get here early. OK, next time. The third time we got there at 11:30am, we were going to try this food no matter what. And guess what they had food! But..... The lady explained that they were out of most things, including the Naan that came with meals. We were told that the food available depends on what the cook is feeling. So there were no "options" just whatever they had. We got it and went to Foodland to get some Naan. So after all that, the food was not bad. If I were to give it stars just based on the food I would give it 3 stars. But being a veggie, I really wanted this place to pull through. So I tried it a 4th time. This time I got there a bit later this time and they still had some food left, but the almost empty containers were not looking appetizing (my fault for getting there late I guess) , but the same lady came across as quite rude, like she was going out of her way to serve us. So I left. I'm not sure if she just didn't like the look of me or just doesn't care about customer service, but it sucks. So, sorry, 2 stars is the best I can give you, I feel that is even a stretch. I won't be sending any of my vegetarian friends there. Shivalik Indian Cuisine is just down the road, their food is easy on par if not better (not full vegetarian though) and the people there are very friendly and customer service orientated. Please Cafe Nirvana, step up your game a bit, it seems like you just don't care. read more