My wife and I stayed at the Punahoa 301 unit over Memorial Day weekend and we absolutely loved the location and the view from the unit. Its about 3 minute walk to a really nice beach and we absolutely made the most of this during our stay. We were treated with really beautiful sunsets everyday, watching it from our lanai every evening.
The unit had beach chairs and an umbrella and a cooler that we could use for the beach. Its nice to have these items included with the room. The unit had Wi-Fi and cable tv as well which is a nice to have.
We did not use the kitchen at all during our stay. We had some issues with small roaches in the unit, which was one of the worst parts of our stay. There were roaches all over the counter even without any food out. We were not too happy about this since every time we walked in the kitchen, we were faced by a bunch of roaches. I did mention this to the host and asked if there was a bug spray or something available to which I didn’t get an answer.
The other issue we had with the unit is that there is NO AC in the unit. The unit gets really hot and we had the windows open during our entire stay, including the lanai door. We also had the fans running full time as well. Yet it got uncomfortably hot everyday. The windows in the bedroom were not working properly, we needed to use clips to keep the windows open which was annoying.
With the windows open all night, we could hear every sound outside and on the street, which meant whenever someone was driving past we could hear it and this woke us up a few times during the night. Due to this, we did not get enough rest during our stay. We considered sleeping in the living room on the bed, but we couldn’t do that either because of the roaches in the kitchen. We would have been fine with just the fan without the AC, but because we kept getting disturbed by the noises outside. Also, the price we paid, I would normally have expected an AC in the unit (there were other comparable units with AC in the same price range)
Overall, I rate the unit very high due to the location and the views. But I have to give it low points due to the cleanliness and comfort. I highly recommend the owners remodel, install an AC and get pest control for the roaches.