The Surf Cottage is exactly pictured and more! On this trip to Hawaii, we stayed at 3 different Airbnb. We felt like Goldilocks - 3rd house was so sour!, 2nd house was just ok, 3rd house was perfect! Just an unbelievable place, beds were comfortable, linens and towels felt soft and fresh, decor (Amy you did a great job!) were so beautiful my hubby wants to go home and redo the entire house, love sitting on the front porch to eat breakfast or watch the little green geckos. Didn't like cooking at the other houses, but the Surf Cottage is my home away from home that I enjoyed cooking breakfast and making lunch for my family and they sure got a treat! Let me explain why I enjoyed cooking at Amy's kitchen. It's sanitized and stocked with the essential spices and kitchen utensils. As a cook, you really don't need much if the right tools and spices are at your fingertips.
Our host thought of everything, including ear plugs for them pesky rooster noises. I grew up in HI so I'm used to it, but it can be very annoying if you're trying to rest. It's a thing we talk about in CA when we talk about HI. But hey, you really don't need it if you close your windows. This house has double pane windows that you don't hear much of anything! And Amy thought of also making the room dark by putting on darkening curtains because HI sun can be very bright. I love the local noises though. Washer and dryer were located at an interesting, cute spot. Amy & Joel, very innovative. Didn't get to do laundry since we ran out of time, but it was good to know it's there if needed.
My favorite are the natural hand soap, body soap and she even thought of air freshener spray made of natural stuff. I'm going to look for all these products for my own home.
For future guests, first thing you need to do is jus relax, take it all in and read through the Maui book under the coffee table, great tips! My only regret is not having the time to get to Twin Falls. Oh! Restaurants! Thanks to Maile (Amy's assistant) suggestions, we ate at Colleen's every night! They had the best fish & chips ever! We've had fish & chips from the west coast, east coast and UK but this place again the best! It's always annoying when there is so much breading instead of fish and when all you taste is grease the breading collects, Colleen's definitely had more fish, breading was so light and thin. Oh and they serve you 4 big fishes so either share with another person or be prepared to eat leftovers. I ate my leftovers the next day cause I can, we had Amy's oven! Their Garden Pizza is great too. Grocery Shopping at Haiku Market is the place to go. Miriam, the cashier was such a joy! And the Baked Good restaurant was really good-listen to Amy's suggestion on this one. Lilikoi Bar is my favorite. Haven't had it before so this was a treat.
Overall experience, just perfect...Now I wish we stayed at Lahaina first in Maui then stayed at the Surf Cottage last so we can go home feeling very relaxed and be closer to the airport and not have to fight traffic before our flight back home to CA.