Well, we have halogen over the island and the same pendants with LED elsewhere (over the bar area). I don't find them bothersome at all, but I'm only 5'4" (on a good day . . .)

there are a zillion. look at 'pendant lights one island' and see what you like any of these? (and the brass tones can be had in the silver if you like)

Sometimes the way the room is arranged suggests that pendants aren't necessary or contra-indicated. I don't have pendants over my island, just two recessed lights and I don't have any desire to add pendants when I remodel. There is plenty of light in the room. IMO, you would be better off putting a chandelier over the dining table and not having pendants in the kitchen. Just rearrange and add to your recessed lights to cover the area more evenly. It looks like six should do it. Is there an extra one in the middle row because of where the island used to be? When you install LVP, make sure you don't make it impossible to get a dishwasher in and out of the spot for it since the level of the floor is going to be raised. The previous owners of our house did that, except they trapped it, and now we can't pull it out to service it.

IMO there's a lot visually going on in a small space. Have you considered simply changing the wattage of the bulbs in your ceiling downlights? To me that is the least espensive, easiest solution to gain more lighting. Select a PAR LED bulb for your downlights.