Vim ‘N Vigor

This is my go-​to place, Malisia, Kyle and Cara are all friendly and know their customers by name. They are there to answer all of my questions. Also, if they don’t have a particular item in stock, you can ask them to locate it. They’ll put it on their list and call you when it arrives. Sure, it’s pricey and they lack in produce items but compared to the prices at Living Foods in Kukuiula, Poipu and I refuse to deal with Kapaa traffic to go to Papayas or Hoku, Vim meets my needs for eating healthier.

Love this place :)
Its small inside but has a lot of stuff I am pleased!
Fresh veggies local, fresh coconut wAter.
Homemade cookies the cookies are so good my favorite is the peanut butter with jelly cookie it’s gluten free too.
Locals and visitors love this place Aloha.

This place had a great selection of alternative food items to supplemental a trip to a regular market. They don’t have much produce, but they have gluten-​free items and dairy-​free items to rival the best health food stores on the mainland. We got local honey, local kombucha from Kauai Juice Co, and some of my favorite gluten-​free brands of crackers, fake cheese, nut milk, etc.

Happy, helpful, fully stocked health food store. Thankful they let me exchange my shampoo when I bought the wrong kind. Great customer service!

Great health food store. Thank goodness they have one in Lihue as well as Kapaa. The employees who work here are nice– there is some aloha here, but more like earthy-​crunchy people.
Usually they have some kind of healthy sandwiches in the cooler, but I came in at 10 minutes to 7pm and all that stuff was pau (done, gone).

perfect spot when u you are in lihue to pick up a quick healthy snack, cluttered because it’s so small, but they got every natural fix you will need.

Pricing here is pretty good. At healthy lifestyle choice purveyors (c’mon you KNOW it’s not a mere health food store) this is hard to come by. I was prepared to pay the hefty price associated with not choosing an early death via processed consumerism but was pleasantly surprised that I didn’t have to pay with my firstborn (who accompanied me just in case). It also bears mentioning that this is the only place besides Kapaa’s Papaya that sells such items on the West side. I bought 3 different kinds of lactating mother’s teas (oh the joys of breastfeeding!), some Tikka Masala simmer sauce and a frozen Indian food meal and the tab came to $ 28 including tax. I consider this a deal since I’m accustomed to paying a lot more every time I enter one of these establishments. The staff was friendly and not pushy and I found parking right in front though this could be a problem during weekends or busier times as it’s limited.

They were next door to kauai kitchens for the longest time, now they are by the subway and across from mcdonald’s in lihue town. bigger location but the parking is not as good…
they make sandwiches, and you can get like, veggies, avocado, tuna, veggie/​seitan (i think!) and it’s way better than going to either of those two fast food places.
plus, they have bulk food of all kinds and supplements of all kinds, and the people who work there are knowledgeable (and if they are not they won’t make stuff up!)
so, this is a place i like to go shopping and get a fresh sandwich.