I’m sad to say this is my least favorite place I’ve ever stayed in Puako. The first and foremost reason being that it was so unbearably hot in the room we were staying in and without the ability to lower the temperature of the air conditioning we just cooked all night long…it was miserable. The owner of this property is adamant that you do not alter the air conditioning temperature so it said at 73 and with 70% humidity its like being slowly suffocated to sleep. In fact when we got there the room was so stifling hot we turned the air conditioning on and went for a walk and within 10 minutes had a message from the owner asking us not to leave the air conditioner on. Super weird since he was in Mexico…
The tower fan that was left in the room was broken and made such ungodly noise we couldn’t bear to have it on thankfully there was another fan but not enough to keep the room cool at all. The second being that the bed was terribly uncomfortable the Airbnb advertisement said Tempur-pedic mattress I own a good memory foam mattress and this was not one - this was more like sleeping on a misshapen marshmallow. So we didn’t sleep at all while we were there. There wasn’t any time during our stay that we felt comfortable or cozy or any of that spirit of Aloha we are so accustomed to. The cameras everywhere on the property only enhanced the uncomfortable air about the place.
There were crunchy dead bugs in our room and very much alive wasps outside every entrance to where we were staying.
When I inquired about the blow dryer “included in the amenities” I was told where it was but warned that it would probably blow the breakers and then I would have to help set them all back on so it really was more hassle than it was worth and I just went to my birthday dinner with messy ocean hair.
I feel very strongly that these so-called “amenities “that are available need to be properly outlined in the listing so that we don’t feel harassed getting multiple messages threatening additional fees if we don’t clean the kitchen properly and such things. We didn’t even bother to use the kitchen we felt so uncomfortable.
We are not fancy high end people and this is not my first stay in Puako so I had no grandeur expectations of any kind but for the price we paid to stay here we should’ve at least been able to feel comfortable. Really put a damper on my birthday unfortunately.