Taro Ko Chips Factory - Eleele

My mom, God bless her soul, used to by chips directly from the maker. She said it was the best she has eaten in her life. And it is till this day, I prefer!

Takes me back to 50 years ago.. like a time capsule.. Food is great but the nostalgia is irreplaceable

The chips themselves are super delicious. Thin, super crisp, perfectly seasoned. The place itself is a little house and you enter through an assuming side door that leads straight into kitchen. There you sill find two medium sized brown boxes with whatever chips they have left for the day. Dinged the place a star (but only a star bc the chips so dang good lol ; Don 't expect a friendly greeting when you enter lol. I greeted the two men with a friendly aloha and all I got were death stares. The most words that I got from the man by the counter said was him repeating my new grand total (every time i pulled a bag out of the box . Cash only! The lack of interaction/ death stares almost makes me feel like these gentlemen would prefer not to sell their goods to tourists. (If thats the case, maybe they should tell Hawaiian airlines to take their business off their website . All in all, just come here for the chips- they are pretty tasty!

Two stars but only because this man's taro chips really are delicious. We were here earlier this year and has regrets not buying more as gifts for family and friends back home. I came here this trip specifically with the intention to buy around 10 bags... The door was open and there was no one standing there. So I said hello to see if the business was open...before I start rummaging through his stuff. A few minutes later an older man (I'm assuming the owner) comes out. I said hi there. He did not greet us, only stared at me and my friend. As I was picking out bags, I set aside 6 and was still choosing. He asked if that was all. I told him I'm still deciding on the others. He grunted, became annoyed, sighed and said he's busy trying to watch baseball right now. At that point I took up less than 2 minutes of his time. How incredibly rude!!!!!!! Didn't realize taking than 5 minutes to buy a few bags of chips was so outrageous.

Hard to know when they are open. Tried the phone number listed and said out of service. I went according to the open time posted on yelp but nobody was there. Tried twice before finally giving up. Maybe next trip we will have better luck.I guess everyone gets Kauai Chocolate and Kookies from this trip.