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Hee Fat General Store

Kuhio Highway, Kapaa, Kauai, HI
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Ranked #8 of 79 restaurants in Kapaa
Cuisines: Dessert
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Dallas, TX
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 May 2013 NEW

Loved their shave ice, one of the better places on the island. A bit cheaper then some of the others we tried, which is always nice. Get the snow cap, very good!

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Bellflower, California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2013

I love the ambience of being in one of the oldest buildings in Kapaa and I love, love, love the inventory. There are lots of places to shop on Kauai, but you won't find some of the items in Hee Fat's anywhere else. I recently decorated a room in my home "Island Style" and purchased many of the items I... More

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Bellevue, Washington
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 May 2013

I bought this shaved ice by accident at or beside the General Store because they were promoting a free scoop of macadamian ice cream with their shaved ice if you had made a purchase of so much. I was actually in the General Storew and the accompanying gift shop beside it and didn't even know about the shaved ice available... More

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Martinez, California, United States
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 April 2013

Huge servings, prompt friendly service, great flavors, especially the natural ones. Only downside is there is no good shady place to sit to enjoy your quick-melting treat; the sidewalk benches are pretty exposed to sun and noisy traffic.

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Bend, Oregon
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 April 2013

Worth a visit. Our 14-year-old granddaughter spent a fair amount of time perusing the stock and she was tickled by the name. As was I.

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Melbourne, Australia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 April 2013

We were in Oahu for 11 days before arriving on the island of Kauai and the kids had been asking for shave ice the whole trip. Are we glad we waited! With 6 children we were looking for value for money and we found it! Not only was the price competitive, the service was fantastic as the lady was very... More

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Minneapolis
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 March 2013

Best shave ice in Kauai, hands down. My three kids were disappointed anywhere else they got it (their first was here), so we had to go back. Nut allergy alert - if you have a nut allergy, just get the shave ice without ice cream. The man working there told us they use the same scoop in the plain ice... More

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traverse city, mi
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 March 2013

Bought a 3 flavor shave ice with a coupon that added a scope of vinilla mac ice cream in the bottom. Plenty of syrup, average shave size, large ice portion. Can't beat it for $3.25 plus coupon.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 February 2013

Made sure to eat here twice on our recent trip. Fantastic shave ice--Lava Flow, specifically. Second time the ice cream portion was pretty stingy, but overall still one of the best. Fun little store to hip around in as well.

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Westerville, OH
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 February 2013

Other sources indicated so. Sight seeing and other activities kept us from trying this until near the end of our trip. We had not had any Shave Ice on this trip until we finally broke down and had some in Waimea at Jo-Jo's Anuenue location. I believe my wife would give them the edge because of the choice of toppings... More

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