Best place we have ever stayed! If you rent this place you will have the best unit in the building hands down. Ocean front, huge wrap around lanai, cool breezes, ocean waves and beautiful sunsets. They provide coolers, lawn chairs and snorkel gear to take to other beaches. (No alcohol allowed on beaches)
We stayed here the week school started so it was very quiet. There were maybe 4-10 people at most in warm ocean front salt water pool at any one time. There were always beach chairs on their beach but we didn't need to use them.
One word of caution: If the salt water pool closes because of high waves...expect it to be closed for 3 days. So plan accordingly. This happened to us and it was unfortunate. Go to Hilo Farmers Market and their lovely black sand beaches like Richardson Park.
The location is just far enough from town that you need to take a car or bike. There is a liquor store in the building in front of the units. We have fantastic water in Portland so we needed to buy a jug of water for drinking. Just our preference.
The best trip we took was the "Swimming with the Manta Ray's" with Coral Reef Adventures. This is a must! They only take 4-6 people at night. Other groups take up to 16. We had Hunter as our guide and he worked really hard to make sure we learned a ton and had a great time. Tip him!
A lovely trip all around!