The Restaurant at Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa

"Grass-covered roofs and solar panels reduce emissions, food scraps from dining outlets (such as the thatched-roof Tidepools restaurant) go to local pig farmers, and used cooking oil becomes biodiesel fuel"

"A full-service spa, championship golf, tennis, and several restaurants add to the experience"

"Interconnecting blue pools wind through tropical gardens on the "beautifully landscaped" grounds of this 602-room beachside "mega-resort" that's admittedly "big corporate Hawaii" but done "with a sense of style" in a "traditional Hawaiian plantation" motif – add on "postcard" ocean views and this may be, as some claim, the "best property on Kauai"; "superb" facilities and "fantastic" restaurants aside, for many reviewers "the reason to go" is the freshwater pool complex, a "water playground" connected by "slides, waterfalls and waterways" – "paradise!" Zagat reviews are compiled from individual user reviews"

"The resort has taken strides to reduce its carbon footprint by installing photovoltaic panels, renting hybrid vehicles, establishing a waste-diversion program, and planting an organic herb garden utilized by the in-house restaurants"

"One of the best luxury resorts on Kauai, the 602-room Grand Hyatt Kauai draws guests with spacious, Hawaiian-inspired rooms, three incredible pools, a behemoth saltwater lagoon, 10 dining options, including a host of high-end restaurants, a renowned spa, a twice-weekly luau, and immaculately kept tropical grounds"

"Poʻipu’s glamour girl is 600-rooms strong and loves to show off, with a soaring lobby, tropical gardens, a huge spa, a world-renowned golf course, oceanfront restaurants and meandering ʻriver pools"

"Perhaps Kauai’s most ostentatious resort, the Grand Hyatt has four pools, the island’s largest waterslide, half-a-dozen domesticated macaws, a sprawling spa set amid jungle waterfalls and seven restaurants—including Tidepools, located atop a series of koi ponds"

"Six restaurants offer something for every palate"