Ringing in the New Year with style

The new year is only five days away, and several Kauai restaurants are gearing up to ring in 2014 with style.

Tortilla Republic Grill at the Shops at Kukuiula in Poipu will offer a $59 four-course prix fixe dinner menu between 5:30 to 10 p.m. New Year’s Eve.

The party continues immediately afterward in The Sky Lounge, featuring drinks, dancing and music from DJ Jon Buono Party, beginning at 10 p.m. and ending at 2 a.m. New Year’s Day.

Tortilla Republic Margarita Bar & Taqueria will also host a celebration of its own from 9 p.m. to midnight featuring music from “The Quake Kauai.”  

For more information, call 742-8884.

At the Kauai Beach Resort in Lihue, Naupaka Terrace will be hosting a New Year’s Eve buffet dinner menu from 6 to 9 p.m. for $38 for adults and $19 for children 5 to 12 years old. Children ages 4 and under eat for free.  

After dinner, the celebration will continue at Shutters Lounge beginning at 9:30 p.m. and featuring live Hawaiian music from “Kanihou,” including Greg Mira, Garret Santos and Darryl Gonzales. The celebration will continue until 12:30 a.m. and a complimentary champagne toast will be made at midnight to ring in the new year.

RumFire Poipu Beach at the Sheraton Kauai Resort in Poipu, according to an event flier, will “roll in this New Year like it’s 1922” in honor of “The Great Gatsby,” the famous 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel turned into a successful Warner Bros. movie that was released in May.  

The celebration, which includes a “vintage glamour” dress code, will kick off at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday night with an $80 seafood buffet that will be served until 9:30 p.m.

From there, an after hours event beginning at 10 p.m. and featuring music from “The Synapses,” dancing and, yes, champagne will continue until 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Tickets for the after-hours event is $20, but admission to celebrants who paid for the seafood buffet is complimentary.

For more information, call 742-4786.