Looking for new color for the exterior of our home. Brock was extremely helpful in his suggestions…read more He prepared five sample quarts for me and we'll see how it goes. Hopefully we'll pick one of these or it's back for more samples.

This is an excellent place for paint…read more I needed some outdoor enamel to touch up an outdoor table. They have the magic color matching machine, and took great care to match an unusual finish. Friendly staff and free coffee!

I go to Kapaa Ace Hardware at least twice a week. The employees are ALL knowledgeable with products…read moresold and they direct you to where they can be found. Also they give helpful advice on products!!

Thankful for this place since we needed propane for our backpacking trip. Nowhere else sells them…read more When we entered, I found someone to tell me what aisle. Got the cans really quickly and went to checkout. Quick, easy and painless experience. They had cute Hawaii-esque masks at checkout, but they were only in kids sizes. Darn. Oh well. Just needed propane anyways. Wish they rented them or something though. We had too much left over after our 2 nights on the Kalalau Trail

Shopped here for the first time on the recommendation of an interior designer. What a surprise…read more I've never given much thought to paint and assumed that the Behr brand from Home Depot was more than decent. Boy was I wrong. David from SW made his recommendation on the color and type of paint according to our needs. I gave SW's emerald paint a try and I will never go back to Home Depot for paint. The hubby was able to paint our interior walls and the fumes were fairly non-existent and the quality of paint was excellent. Our maroon walls were painted in origami white in two coats. Sign up for their paint perks program to receive coupons and sale notifications. We got our paint at 30% off during their sale and the price was near what we would have paid at Home Depot. No brainer.

From the owner: Your local Sherwin-Williams Paint Store in Lihue, HI, provides expert advice, premium coatings,…read morepaint matching, and professional-grade supplies for home updates, DIY projects, and contractor work across suburban communities. Connect with our team for expert recommendations, the right coatings and tools, and personalized support that helps you achieve professional results. As a convenient paint store near you, we offer online color tools, color consultation, wallpaper and application resources, brushes, and information on paint recycling, along with high-quality paints and options to order paint online.

They were wonderful in supporting Sea Scout Ship 12. We needed to pull the boat out for desperate…read moreship maintenance and they donated painting items for when assisting us to bottom paint our vessel! Our crew is grateful for the generosity.

Chase and Dave and the team at Puhi Paint are amazing. They have been so helpful in advising us on…read moreour paint project and staying after hours to formulate some custom colors for us! Super friendly, knowledgeable and great customer service! Thanks guys!!

Kilauea Paint and Feed is a great place to buy organic corn feed, cat food, dog food, paint, and…read morepaint supplies. They'll match existing colors if you bring in a sample.

Great merchandise nice selection customer service Sharron is very knowledgeable friendly &…read moreaccommodating making my shopping experience fun!!

They have the stuff I needed in the last two visits. The staff is helpful, especially in the paint…read moredepartment! Also, for Veterans there is a 10% discount.

Great local hardware store. Friendly service. Sells propane…read moreEasy stop in Lihue just off Rice Street.

My name is David Parsons…read more  I'm a small business owner having started 3 successful businesses in the services industry and own a marketing/consulting firm that works with top name-brand items on the mainland, US. I live full-time on the island of Kauai. Two of my service business - Hawaii Window Cleaners & Power Washing & Kauai Solar Cleaning are located here. I cannot speak more highly of Kyson and his team at ACE Ele Ele. I visit this store 2-3x per week over other ACE stores simply because of the personal service I've received by Kyson, Roger, and Vince at this location. I am willing to spend more here than at Home Depot (closer to my offices) to receive their personal assistance during shopping.  As a small business owner my time is money. Being able to walk in the door at Ele Ele Ace and instantly be greeted by a team member willing to help me find what items I need allows me to get out and onto the job site faster and with less returns for additional supplies.  I want to share two specific stories from 2024 that exemplify the care given by this store which has stuck with me over the year and caused me to sit down to provide positive feedback on their account. Story #1: Over the summer I serviced a new client through my window cleaning company - The Waimea Plantation Cottages by Coastline Resorts - a well known vacation destination on the west side of the island. The new account promised a HUGE contract and ongoing work. On our first job with the resort my crew and I completed a major window and screen clean of two of the largest cottages in the resort and at the end of the day we accidentally broke one screen frame. The job had to be done by 5pm for us to close the job as guests were arriving that evening.  I jumped in my car and drove to Ace Ele Ele hoping they had the custom screen channel (color and gage size) so I could repair the screen and replace it before we had to be done.  I arrived at ACE Ele Ele at 3:30pm. I was in the screen repair area and Kyson asked if I needed help as he could see I clearly was searching for something in haste. I showed him the screen channel and he proceeded to look with me. After 15 mins of searching through inventory I gave up. Kyson, on the other hand, didn't. He saw that he had one box left of the screen channel in the inventory records and was determined to find it. He continued to look for an additional 20 mins through every box that he had stacked in the back and HE FOUND IT! Kyson's selfless and persistent hunt for the product saved me the reputation of a successful job finished with a new client and a four hour trip to the north shore where they had the channel size at a different ACE. What is more, after leaving, Vince asked if it would be helpful for me to have the screen build quickly onsite and got it done in 15 minutes while I was at the bank. I was out the door by 4:30pm and back at the Waimea Plantation Cottages with the new screen installed by 5:05pm in time for the guests check-in. Story #2: Over the holidays I realized I was about to run out of propane. My wife was frantically preparing for family to arrive and she was preparing food when the propane stove started flickering as the gas was low. I jumped in the car and drove to Ace Ele Ele to have the tank refilled. When I pulled up I saw Roger at the propane bay. He could hear my two kids crying in the car (I have a 7-month old and a 2-year old) and he sprinted over to my car to help me with the propane. He proceeded to fill it up for me while I fed the baby and called it into the front. While I was paying for the propane he watched my kids and loaded the propane into the minivan for me. I was back at home with the new tank in less than an hour.  I cannot thank Kyson and his team enough for how much they actually care. Living on an island I experience so much complacency at businesses... employees not caring or taking any pride in the human interaction, the joy of leaving customers satisfied, and a job well done with a smile on.  Ace Ele Ele is the opposite. They are passionate, caring people always ready to help with a genuine sense of aloha. Mahalo.

I love hardware stores…read more Going to them in small towns will reveal some usually cool random items. We needed de fog spray for our snorkeling masks and guess who had it? Ace never fails. Super clean and well organized. They also had some cool souvenir magnets and fishing tackle like crazy ! Super cool ace hsrdware

This is a great ACE, stocked full of everything to get that HoneyDo ... done! Friendly and…read moreKnowledgeable staff. This is a well-organized store. I few years ago I was in here almost everyday... but got so many things fixed with their help!!

Orchid Alley, is an AMAZING store and Online Purchases are easy-peasy too…read more Located on the beautiful island of Kauai and is a Must See while there.

The orchids are absolutely gorgeous! They are well taken care of and there is a wide variety to…read morechoose from. The owner was kind, extremely helpful, and knowledgeable of regulations taking live flowers out of HI. I bought shorter orchids and was able to take them with me on the plane. She packaged my orchids with love and care. As well they made it all the way back to my home in perfect condition. She even packed orchid care instructions. I look forward to buying orchids here again.

This is the place you need to get your Kauai souvenirs from. I'll just cut to the chase, because…read morethis is it. My reckoning as follows. Similar to Kauai, I live in a state that banks big on tourism. Similar to Kauai, New Mexico is a place that doesn't sell out (define that as you may) and has a lot of cultural soul, historic pride and sly personality, as opposed to our neighboring southwestern states. Thus, the Locals know that our desert island is simply authentic. While the average tourist brings home a suitcase of dreamcatchers (most likely made in China) and moccasins (made in Minnesota), the best goods are produced by local artists. While I won't say By The Sea is a purveyor of strictly local finds, if you spend some time digging, you'll dig what you find around here. Shirts and hats are simply cooler than anything I'd seen anywhere else. I can't define cool, it just is, you'll know it when you see it. High quality products produced in America. Funny jabs and smart, proud merch. Just go. My wife got a baseball cap that looks straight outta the 80's, and I'm not ashamed to note that I remember that decade.

Although I love this company's products, I find myself in a peculiar situation. I placed a large…read moreorder in 2020. After completing the payment, one of the products was not available. The owner asked me if I wanted a refund or store credit. In order to support her small business, I decided on the store credit. I have been trying ever since to use the store credit, however the owner refuses to honor it. Very frustrated and not sure what to do.