View 10000 stars, everything else 3.5 stars
First off, the view is insane and makes anything wrong with the place extremely worth it. We spent hours watching sunrises/sunsets (and plenty of wildlife) from the patio with a cup of coffee or glass of wine.
The location is also good, 10 mins drive from Hanalei with the private beach, Hideaway Beach, and Queen’s Bath all within walking distance. Place comes with beach towels and a few beach chairs, decently well equipped kitchen (no cooking oil though so bring your own) and shampoo/conditioner/shower gel/body wash/laundry detergent. We didn’t check out the pool but there is pool/hot tub access.
That being said, there are a few cons/things we wish we’d known beforehand. Listing says there is AC; the place has a window unit in the bedroom only. We kept it running overnight and slept comfortably but the kitchen/living room/bathroom got really stuffy from 10am-6pm even with the fans going. The shower is basically falling apart, very hard to control water temperature and water pressure very weak. Screens were very dirty and the place was decently clean but not spotless. Lots of noise from neighbors and not much privacy. Lastly, check in/check out at 4pm/10am is not ideal.
Our main gripe was the AC - would 100% stay here again if there was central air, and even still, the view probably makes up for it and we weren’t home much in the heat of the day anyway. All in all decent value and you’re really paying for the view anyway.