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Smith's Kauai Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto with Live Entertainment

Best Luau ever

Reviewed by: Linda, 2016/12/19

We have been to Luau's on all the islands but none of them can compare to the Smiths. The place is gorgeous. We felt like we were walking around in Disneyland. The food, service and show was excellent!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/12/16
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

A great time at Smith's Tropical Paradise Garden Luau!

Reviewed by: Sherri & Tom Boehm, 2016/12/10

Smith's is a must to visit when on Kaua'i!!! Beautiful gardens and people who make you feel like extended family! A wonderful time!!

  • Dinner is cooking!!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/12/07
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Smith's Kauai Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto with Live Entertainment

My 50th birthday luau

Reviewed by: Cmai, 2016/12/06

What a fabulous time! Loved this luaua show. It was best I've seen! Ate way too much but thoroughly enjoyed my evening!

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2016/12/02
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Smith's Kauai Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto with Live Entertainment

My 50th bday

Reviewed by: Cmai, 2016/12/06

Enjoyed trip up river much. Very nice crew. I wish they knew more about physical science of area. The history they shared was great. thx!

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2016/12/02
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

Great Food, Great Entertainment, Awesome Time.

Reviewed by: JJ Salazar, 2016/11/28

The tour of the Garden was fantastic. Peacocks all around. The tour guide was very hospitable and funny. The start of the Luau celebration was very informative and they explained about the tradition the Hawaiian people do and of their honorable way of life and respect for the planet in general. The seating was very organized and tables were called one at a time and in an expeditious manner. The food was very well presented and plenty of it. The salads and dressings were island flavor and very delish. The main dishes were local fish, Roasted Pork, Teryaki Chicken with your side of fried rice. The hosts were very friendly and helpful. The Show was a great ending to the night with a history of the evolution of the Hawaiian Islands and its people. I would definitely do it again. Worth the time and money. Take a camera...plenty of photos.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/11/25
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Luau Kalamaku at Kilohana Plantation - Polynesian Dinner Show & Fire Knife Dance

Luau

Reviewed by: NLKTravel, 2016/11/19

Pros: I added the optional transfer for $12pp and it was nice to have someone else drive since drinks were included. This was a large tour bus with plenty of room. When you arrive, you are greeted with a flower lei. Some local venders were selling hand made items, spices, photos, and nuts. The grounds are well kept with a flower lei greeting. The food was very good and you could go back for seconds. The dancers and show was one of the best I have seen.

Cons: If you drive yourself, arrive early so you can find parking. Paying for the "Plantation Owner's Evening" I thought we should have been sitting closer and I didn't feel like I was being treated like an "Owner". See the photo I attached of how far back we were from the show. For some reason, our bartender was not having a good day and was basically being grumpy. I hope his attitude changed later.

  • View from table 126, Plantation Owner's Evening

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/10/21
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

This is a must do!

Reviewed by: J & J, 2016/11/13

Smith's Tropical Paradise Garden Luau was an amazing experience. The grounds are amazing. There are many different types of Bamboo, Trees, flowers, and birds. The food is beyond delicious and the pork from the imu is mouth watering. The Luau is very colorful, long, and full of history. Loved the fire dancers. The entire family enjoyed their time here.

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Attended as: Families
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

Smiths Tropical Pardise Garden Luau

Reviewed by: Frank, 2016/11/10

We attended the Smiths Luau and Show. The Luau and Show were very professionally organized. The Smiths have a family business and We would recommend their Luau and Show to anyone in the area. The food was very good, really liked the teriyaki beef and luau pork. The fire dancer at the nightly show was very good.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/10/26
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

Amazing!

Reviewed by: Becky Ocampos , 2016/11/03

The food was fantastic, the grounds are gorgeous, and the show is absolutely mesmerizing! It was so cool to see all of the different influences that have contributed to the culture that is Hawaii. We cannot wait to come back and experience it again!

  • Some of the gorgeous landscape

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/10/31
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

Excellent!

Reviewed by: Jennifer, 2016/10/23

The show is as wonderful and the food was great! It was an excellent Hawaiian experience!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/10/20
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Smith's Kauai Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto with Live Entertainment

River cruise

Reviewed by: Gary & Elvia, 2016/10/22

It was nice, although it was short. I rented a kayak for the same river. Hindsight I should of did my homework.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/09/28
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

Luau Experience

Reviewed by: Gary & Elvia, 2016/10/22

The pre dinner, dinner and the organization of entertainment surpassed my expectations. The show was awesome as well, if anything I'd say put some padding for the stadium seating.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/09/28
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

Fun Luau

Reviewed by: Barbara , 2016/10/06

Had a fun time at the luau. Good food and good dance show. Recommend that you go !!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/10/03
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Smith's Kauai Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto with Live Entertainment

relax and enjoy

Reviewed by: Happy camper, 2016/09/27

My wife and I loved the quite trip down the river the music was great and the scenery was beautiful. Highly recommend to all looking to relax and escape it all!

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/09/21
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Smith's Kauai Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto with Live Entertainment

Disappointing

Reviewed by: Peter, 2016/09/25

Hurricane Iniki did in the fern grotto which I had not been aware of so was disappointed in that as it was always so beautiful. Other than that the river ride is always nice and Wailua such a beautiful place. The crew and entertainers were delightful and all in all it's a fun ride but as I said the fern grotto which is what most come to see was pretty much done in my mother nature. I had been on this ride more than once and first time as a child as my father was born in Lihue so I knew the grotto as it had been years ago so this most likely is what led me to my disappointment but first time goers will still find it a lovely trip and fun for all. Aloha

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/09/04
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

I'm hard to please as evidenced by4 stats not five

Reviewed by: J & D from NJ, 2016/09/25

But this luau food , organization and content was better than the Polynesian village luau on Oahu. Food was great and liquor was included with admission.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/09/22
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

Smith's Garden Luau

Reviewed by: james, 2016/09/21

Excellent. The food was wonderful and the hosts were very friendly. The show was good, but the male performers were average. I certainly recommend it though.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/09/08
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

Nice time!

Reviewed by: PATravelGal, 2016/09/21

The landscaped grounds were beautiful. The host was perfect and gracious! Loved the show, which was after the dinner and even the show during the dinner. Only disappointment was the dinner. Would have thought for the price that we had something other than instant mashed potatoes, mac & cheese, rice w/seafood, and a chicken wing (other than the pulled pork). Mai Tai's were quite watered down, which was a disappointment. Not that I would want more than 2 - maybe 3 small drinks but it would have been nice to taste it somewhat.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/08/31
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Smith's Kauai Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto with Live Entertainment

Beautiful ride!

Reviewed by: TraveLpro, 2016/09/09

This activity works for the whole family. The river is lovely and passengers get a bit of entertainment and a bit of history.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/09/06
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Smith's Kauai Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto with Live Entertainment

Good entertainment

Reviewed by: Kansas620, 2016/09/08

The staff and Captain were very nice. The musicians were outstanding! Loved the walk back to the boat, down the path through rain forest. A little disappointed in the viewing distance from the Fern Grotto. It was explained that in 2006, the area received torrential rainfall and suffered a mudslide. Since that time they had to built back the tour area, which means a viewing stage/deck, quite a ways away from the Fern Grotto itself. You can no longer go to the mouth of the cave, and pictures did not turn out well.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2016/09/02
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

Luau

Reviewed by: Emy, 2016/09/02

Excellent! There were 12 of us in our group & we all enjoyed it . The food & entertainment were superb.

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Attended as: Friends
Activity Date: 2016/08/30
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

Wonderful Experience

Reviewed by: Richard, 2016/08/30

Beautiful garden and welcoming atmosphere. The staff was very welcoming and made our experience very pleasurable. The food and drinks were exquisite, enjoyed the beef teriyaki! They put on a great show at the end! Thank you and would love to visit again!

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Attended as: Friends
Activity Date: 2016/08/24
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Smith's Kauai Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto with Live Entertainment

Beautiful!

Reviewed by: Deb, 2016/08/27

Such a beautiful part of the island! We had a great time on the tour, our guides were amazing.

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2016/08/04
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

Smith Garden Luau

Reviewed by: Denise, 2016/08/22

Wonderful for entire family. Toddlers, Mom & Dad and Grandparents all loved the night. Helped us to have a real appreciation of Kauai, the people and their history.

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Activity Date: 2016/08/19
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Smith's Kauai Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto with Live Entertainment

Nice relaxing ride on the Waimea River

Reviewed by: Jackie Benavidez, 2016/08/22

We took the morning tour and really enjoyed it. We were entertained by musicians on our way to the Grotto and was even taught a simple hula dance. The Grotto was beautiful and we thoroughly enjoyed the history lesson of the area. I would definitely take this tour again.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/08/18
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

Show

Reviewed by: Oskars, 2016/08/17

Show was amazin, national dances from lot of another cultures, like New Zealand, China etc..
After check in is a small train tour around Botanic garden with guid. Tour is around 15 min, guid show you all kind of trees what you can see in hawaii island.

  • Garden

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/08/15
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Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar

Luau 09 AUG 2016

Reviewed by: Rob & Steph, 2016/08/13

We brought 6 people to luau. I had been to Smith's Luau 3 times in the past, the others (my Fiancee, our daughters, and their friends) had not. My daughter had been to a couple of "real" Hawaiian family luaus in the past. I advised our group that this would not be like those, it would be a very structured and commercial setting with a really great Polynesian show at the end.

The Smith's are a wonderful family, very accommodating, welcoming, and freiendly beyond words. The tour, Imu ceremony, and food were as good as they had ever been in the past.

The thing that earned the Smith family only 3 stars on this visit was the quality of the performance at the end. I was looking forward to the male warrior portion of the show, but found that the current cast was lacking in stature and talent. With only 3 young men in the cast, two of whom were in the range of 100 to 130 pounds, the warrior aspect suffered dearly.

Hopefully the Smith family can rebuild this cast, or at least get a gym membership for the current cast members, and return the show to the quality that I had experienced in the past.

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2016/08/09
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Smith's Kauai Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto with Live Entertainment

Must Do Activity on Kauai!

Reviewed by: Jackie, 2016/08/13

This was my 3rd trip to Fern Grotto over the years and it never disappoints! The entertainment is awesome! Everyone is so friendly and accommodating! There were 18 of us on this trip and most were first timers, they loved it! Can't come to Kauai and not see the Fern Grotto!!

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Attended as: Families
Activity Date: 2016/07/18
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Luau Kalamaku at Kilohana Plantation - Polynesian Dinner Show & Fire Knife Dance

Very professional job

Reviewed by: scott, 2016/08/10

This is a busy, but very well organised event - We had the full package - coach transfer, train ride, meal and show. The food was of very high quality and as a vegan I was very pleasantly surprised by the variety of veggie food. (There is plenty for the meat eaters too!). The show good too - something for everyone I reckon.

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Attended as: Couples
Activity Date: 2016/08/01
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Smith's Kauai Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto with Live Entertainment

Fern grotto

Reviewed by: Tiff, 2016/08/09

Enjoyed the relaxing boat ride. The ride back was extra fun with music and my crazy mom who got up and intertained everyone aboard. The workers seemed to enjoy it.

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Attended as: Friends
Activity Date: 2016/07/26
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