Magical! Merriman’s is the gold standard for amazing food and service. This location isn’t quite as formal or fancy as the location on the Big Island, but is still quite nice and just as beautiful with breathtaking views. Great spot for a special occasion or Aloha dinner (last night of your trip). Order the chocolate purse!

Yummy food and great service. They Kindly wished us a happy anniversary with a yummy passion fruit dessert! These little touches make for a memorable dinner.

The meals we had were so extremely salty that they were practically inedible.
The music volume level was very loud and made any conversation difficult. This is a smaller room with socially distanced tables bouncing the sound around. Very disturbing.
Our waiter was excellent but couldn’t take care of the food and noise issues.
We have eaten here many times in the past and was always one of our favorite restaurants while on the island. Not sure what the future will bring for this place.

The food was just okay. Fish and chips were mushy. Caesar salad nothing special. Biscuits saltless.

19th wedding anniversary

Jared our server was awesome! He made our special day a priority. Food was also amazing, service was amazing, booking online was easy. Book now a we were lucky to get in.

I have had a ton of Mahi in my life. The Mac Nut Mahi was the BEST I’ve ever had. Well done.

Celebrating a friends birthday. It was a wonderful evening. Good food good company good service

Great service and great food!

It took a while for our server to greet us and then he felt a little distant and wasn't the most welcoming. The food was delicious though.

Amazing food, cocktails, service and view! Truly the best spot on Kauai!

Mac Nut Fish was excellent! Service was excellent. Would recommend to fix fan on back deck as it was a bit warm. Recommend a fake owl for patio as well to keep birds from landing above people's heads.

Amazing food and atmosphere!

Delicious food - burger was amazing. Service was quick and friendly, would definitely return and recommend to friends/family!

Really wonderful dinner and great service from Ashlynn.

This was the best dinner of our trip to Kauai!! The staff was amazing! We were greeted with smiles walking up the stairs. Alex, our server, was AMAZING! She helped make our dinner perfect!

The food was excellent with a beautiful view. Lobster and crab cakes were delicious.

Our waiter was excellent and we greatly enjoyed the champagne to celebrate our anniversary!

Excellent service from Eric! Gorgeous table to celebrate our anniversary while on Kauai.

Great dinner!
Service was excellent!

We had reservations for dinner as it was our last night in Kauai. We always loved Merriman’s, but this time we were truly disappointed. The hostess escorted us to a booth next to the bar which made us uncomfortable considering the COVID situation. After waiting over 10 minutes for a server to acknowledge us, I went to the hostess to complain that guests seated after us had already been served. She went to the kitchen and finally a server came to our table with water. He took our drink order which again was slow in arriving. We ordered a salad to share which was okay. My husband ordered fish & chips and I had the mahi-mahi. Neither entree was anything special. In the past, the quality and service at Merriman’s has always been stellar. We declined dessert, because we didn’t feel like it was worth ordering given our experience tonight.

I hope the restaurant takes note of the poor service and quality of the food has evolved to since reopening. Hopefully they will improve once the island has returned to some normalcy. I don’t recommend dining here anytime soon.

Great food. Excellent service. Fast also. Already made 2nd reaervation

The mai tais and ono were awesome

Great view of the sunset and even better food and service! We had the daily ceviche which was ono. Super fresh and flavorful! We also had the fresh catch - ono with grilled shrimp, carrots and roasted potatoes with a tarragon butter. My husband had the Caesar salad and pork quesadillas. My daughter loved the Keiki chicken tenders and fries. Everything was delicious!

Had early reservations, 4:45. Waitress was excellent, food was good. We gave up our table in consideration and moved over to the bar area where there was a phenomenal Hawaiian guitarist playing and singing wonderful Hawaiian music. It is now 5:45 so still early and the hostess asked what we were doing...we said enjoying the music. She escorted us from a table we were at saying they had a party coming at 6:00. Ok, so two bar seats were available and she kindly blamed the manager stating that we could only sit outside the restaurant to finish the wine we had at dinner. I really like Merrimen’s but that was very short sighted of them. You apparently are worthwhile to them right up to the time you pay your bill and give up your table in consideration. Bad move on their behalf and it left a bad taste in my proverbial mouth...hence this review. Sorry guys, just being honest.

The food here is way overpriced for its quality. Typical mediocre restaurant in a touristy area.

Outstanding food and beautiful views. We enjoyed the menu which was less “fine dining” than previously. The Ahi was cooked (very rare) to perfection. Everyone working here was friendly and very service oriented. We would go back but they are booked the rest of this trip.

Merriman’s Kauai is our go to every year! It has been a family favorite for as long as I can remember. We knew with the new protocols it would be a slightly different experience but the views were still outstanding at sunset and the food was spectacular as always. The service however was subpar with the water server being very polite, friendly and helpful and the actual server who was inattentive, didn’t sell the menu or speak much. We are hopeful our next visit will be back to what we’ve experienced for many years.

Great service and good food. You can tell that the staff is happy to be at work again. So glad they were able to hang in there.

Once again great food & drinks! Appreciated social distancing & masks required!!

The poki was spectacular!
My mai tai was the best on the island
I can’t wait to come back!!

Best meal ever! Everything was so fresh. Service was outstanding.

Over priced for what we received. $50 for small piece of fish, on warm jasmine rice that had two macadamia nuts in the mix, and two small well cooked shrimp. It was a huge disappointment for mediocre food. EXCELLENT a server

Some of the best prepared fish entrees we’ve had on Kauai. Perfect outside seating and attentive wait staff.

We had to wait about 15 minutes for our table but the food was great, the view beautiful and the staff were attentive

The waitstaff were all incredible and really enjoyed interacting with each table of guests. We made lots of happy hour jokes, and they were passionate about their favorite dishes and drinks on the menu.

Mediocre, expensive, and really uninspired food. I loved Merriman's Waimea, but the Kauai version had a good view and not much else. Might be nice for drinks and dessert, but the food was overcooked, not tasty, and hugely overpriced. We won't be back and can't honestly recommend this place to others. The service was good, and it's a shame that such excellent servers were not matched by the dinner.

We have been to Merriman’s Poipu before and have enjoyed the ambiance, service and live music but this was bot their night. Our server was barely present and it really colored the evening.

Food was excellent, staff was polite, and the service was timely. bathrooms need upgraded.

25th visit, and again did not disappoint with the food, drinks, and service. Always a special treat. Thanks to the Chiefs and Servers/Bartender that makes this possible. Would be nice if they could fix/replace the ceiling fans on the Lanai as late afternoon /sunset it gets a bit sweltering. And feel free to turn off the poor choice in music and let the dining experience speak for itself. We could almost hear the nice live music from the bar area, but it was drowned out by the strange loud music from the speaker above our lanai table. A couple of Management fixes would have made this the perfect dinner!