We only stayed for a short while checking in at 4 and leaving at 9am-ish the following day. My only real complaint is that the cleaning fee of nearly $300 for a per night rate of about $150 was ridiculous and borderline misleading as the room shows up as the most affordable room but the actual cost triples the rate for one night. Also the requires guests to strip the beds and even take out the trash. (Washing your own dishes and putting towels in the bathroom is reasonable.) After staying in a place less than 24 hours and being charged a cleaning fee double the daily rate and being asked to search for a dumpster to take out the trash seemed a bit ridiculous to me.
That being said, the place itself was lovely. The bed was large and comfortable, the kitchen was a full sized one someone would expect of a 1 BR place. The living room was a nice size and the lanai was very nice with a pool view.
There is no “beach” but there are literally steps to the water which was kind of spectacular.
It was raining and there was a surf warning so we couldn’t really enjoy it but even in the rain on a cloudy day the sunset over the water was beautiful and we stood in the rain to watch it. The place had a serene vibe and we would have loved to stay for several days (which would also make the cleaning fee more tolerable). There was a nice pool, nothing fancy but nice enough. We’d been snorkeling all day and it was raining when we arrived so we didn’t test it out.
There were beach supplies available but because there is no actual beach and we didn’t have time to go to the beach and be back before checkout we couldn’t use any of it.
Overall it’s roomy enough for a couple or a small family and would be a lovely and even affordable place to stay for several days or a week and on the future if we have a longer trip we would love to return.
For a 1 day stay it was a bit more than we needed and just the way it was priced for 1 day was a bit off putting, but in all fairness, it was clean and the property was lovely and if we had more days to stay we would’ve gotten more use out of it and been less annoyed about the cleaning fee.
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Kitchen and the place itself is well-stocked with everything one might need and spacious enough to settle in for several days.
Stay for at least 2 days, not worth it for 1.
Check-in could be confusing but was actually simple: There is no check-in. Park, put your car info on the sign in sheet on the unmanned “lobby” and enter your code in the room to unlock.
There didn’t seem to be anything walking distance and we had to drive everywhere, but that may have been because it was raining and we lacked knowledge of the area compared to where we stayed before and not a fault of the host or location. (Napili Shores- where beach and tide pools were just outside the resort and restaurants were onsite and a condo in Waikiki where there’s streets of restaurants a couple blocks away so maybe we expected too much to not have to drive).
Overall the property is spacious and lovely and the per night rate is actually a good value if you’re staying several days. After staying several days in Waikiki our final days in Maui snorkeling at Kapalua and Namalu Bay and arriving at Hale Ono and taking a hot shower and watching the sunset was serene and relaxing.