A Luau experience by Grand Hyatt Kauai Luau. Back to all Kauai tours.
Tour Summary: This lūʻau is on the Grand Hyatt Kauaʻi's own grounds in Poʻipū, so resort guests walk to it from their rooms and nobody in the group has to drive home after the open bar. The evening runs from a welcome mai tai through a buffet with Makaweli steak to a fire-knife finale.
The full cast in Tahitian costume, with a Grand Hyatt Kauaʻi building behind the stage. Photo from the operator's gallery. 
The fire-knife dance closes the show. A poi ball lesson for kids before dinner. Poi balls are weighted balls on cords, from Māori dance in Aotearoa New Zealand. The musicians play at the back of the stage while the dancers perform. A Tahitian number, with the ukulele and guitar players a few steps behind the dancers. Hula dancers on the grass stage, with red flowers lining its front edge. The Aotearoa New Zealand section of the show, danced with poi balls. Ahi poke and lomi lomi salmon (salted salmon with tomato and onion) among the buffet appetizers. Huli huli chicken takes its name from the Hawaiian word for turning it on the grill. Molokaʻi sweet potatoes with a coconut glaze, from the buffet menu.
6 Tour Highlights:
- Walk from your Grand Hyatt room, no driving
- Pre-show hula and poi-ball lessons
- Servers bringing drinks to your table all night
- Kālua pig on the buffet
- Makaweli grass-fed steak and volcano-spiced local catch
- Fire-knife dance finale
Important: General Admission seating is open, and the front tables go to whoever checks in first at 5:30 pm.
Tour Information:
| Price: | Adult |
|---|---|
| (excluding taxes & fees) | $215.33 |
Price note: Prices include tax and gratuity. Keiki (ages 3-12) $101.86, ages 0-2 free. Premier Seating: $254.08 (13+), $140.60 (keiki). Lower kamaʻāina (Hawaiʻi resident) rates with state ID.
Tour Provider: Grand Hyatt Kauai Luau
Activity: Luau
Tour start time: 5:30pm (Tuesdays and Saturdays; Fridays added in summer), 5:15pm early admission (Premier Seating)
Duration: 2.5 hours
Location: Poʻipū
Pick-up available? No
Included: Lei and welcome mai tai. Open bar all evening. Pre-dinner cultural activities. Dinner buffet. Polynesian show with fire-knife finale
Cancellations: Cancel by phone at least 24 hours before the show for a full refund or credit. Inside 24 hours you get a 50% refund, and no-shows are charged in full. If the operator cancels for weather, you get a full refund or credit.
Read more: about luau in our Kauai luau guide.
About this lūʻau
If you’re staying at the Grand Hyatt Kauaʻi in Poʻipū, this lūʻau is a walk from your room, and nobody in your group has to drive home after the open bar. We recommend it to resort guests and to families who want an easy night, not as a lūʻau to drive across the island for. As of September 2026 it holds 3.7 stars across 594 TripAdvisor reviews, the lowest rating of the eight Kauaʻi shows we compared.
The show is on a courtyard lawn between resort buildings, with no ocean view. Reviewers report that the resort’s ocean lawns go to weddings and private events, and in the operator’s photos the stage backdrop is the hotel and its garden palms. On rainy nights the lūʻau moves into a ballroom, and reviews from those nights are among the lowest. The cast is small: an August 2026 review counted one male dancer, who also did the fire dance.
For Grand Hyatt guests and families
For a Grand Hyatt guest, the night starts with a walk across the resort grounds to check-in at 5:30 pm and ends 2.5 hours later with the walk back. Self-parking is covered by your resort fee.
Keiki (children) ages 3 to 12 pay a lower rate, and children 2 and under are free. The operator’s photos show dancers teaching children to twirl poi balls (weighted balls swung on cords) before dinner. The show ends at about 8 pm, so young kids are back in the room soon after.
General Admission or Premier Seating: what the upgrade adds
Premier Seating adds earlier entry, a front-row table, pūpū (appetizers) and a premium lei; everything else is the same on both tickets.
General Admission
Seating is open and shared, and you can’t pick a seat when you book. The front General Admission tables go to whoever checks in first; one reviewer’s party of 13 got one by being first in line. The ticket covers a lei at check-in, a welcome mai tai, the open bar, the pre-dinner cultural activities, the buffet and the show.
Premier Seating
Premier adds early admission at 5:15 pm, 15 minutes ahead of General Admission, for the pre-show activities. Your table is in the first row, closest to the stage. Servers bring the pūpū to it, a shared platter that includes edamame, and Premier guests get a premium lei at check-in.
Dinner and the show, in order
Reviewers describe the pre-dinner cultural activities as hula lessons, and a few craft vendors sell their work. A conch shell call opens the evening. A Hawaiian trio plays through dinner.
The buffet has kālua pig (slow-roasted shredded pork), grilled grass-fed Makaweli New York steak, huli huli chicken and a “volcano spiced” local catch with yuzu beurre blanc and mango coulis. Poi (pounded taro), lomi lomi salmon (salted salmon with tomato and onion) and ahi poke are on the line too. The baby greens come from Grand Hyatt Kauai Farms, the resort’s own farm. Desserts include haupia (coconut pudding) and warm pineapple bread pudding. There’s no imu (underground oven) pig unveiling.
After dinner the show moves through dances of Tahiti, Samoa, Aotearoa New Zealand and Hawaiʻi. Reviews split on the emcee: some call him entertaining, others call his act dated. The show closes with a fire-knife dance at about 8 pm.
From the reviews of the past two years, we think the food and the table service are this lūʻau’s strongest parts. Recent reviews praise the buffet more often than they fault it, the pork most of all. Reviewers also say servers keep drinks coming to the table all night. The fire-knife finale gets praise even in one-star reviews. Low-rated reviews mostly cite the price, often from guests comparing it with lūʻau they’ve seen elsewhere.
If you’re not staying at the resort, you drive in or take a taxi or rideshare; there’s no pickup or shuttle, and valet costs $30 per day. For an oceanfront setting instead, our Kauaʻi lūʻau comparison lists each show’s price, nights and setting, including the oceanfront show at the Royal Sonesta on Kalapaki Bay.
When we checked the booking calendar in September 2026, it showed only Tuesday and Saturday shows for October and November, both at 5:30 pm; the operator adds Fridays in summer. Bring a valid ID if you plan to drink, since Hawaiʻi law requires it for alcohol service. Cancel by phone at least 24 hours ahead for a full refund or credit. Inside 24 hours you get 50% back.
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