Ideal spot for family of four. The location is perfect to go about anywhere in the island. The condo is very clean and has all the necessities that you need. Wendy is excellent in communicating and answers to any question you have. The condo also has boogie boards , beach mat and snorkeling gears that you can use.
Kitchen has all the essentials including rice cooker that we were so thankful for as our cooker was broken apart in the flight to Lihue. There was salt/pepper but bring your own spices/sugar/tea.
Bathroom was well stocked with shampoo/bath gel/towels/beach towels. Bring your own lotion.
The queen bed in our Bedroom was very comfortable and the closet had good organizers to keep our clothes for the week
The sliding door room had a decent sofa bed and my 13 and 10 year old managed. It was comfortable but made lot of noise when they rolled in their sleep. I guess my 13 year needs a separate bed from now on :). My small suggestion to Wendy would be to put a permanent bed there as for the whole time we kept the sofa bed in the bed position and we didn’t want to deal with converting it every day.
The living room is a bit tight for four people to sit but the balcony makes up for that. Nice long balcony and spent many evenings eating dinner or playing cards outside. The tray table was useful for the times when the kids were eating food while watching tv.
Location wise you can’t go wrong. Our longest drive was to Waimea canyon or port Allen which anyways you will dedicate a day to it if you are hiking or going for a day snorkeling tour and all. Going to Lihue , poipu and princeville didn’t take much long. Ofcourse if the traffic backs up, add ten to twenty mins to it.
Restaurants, best ones were in Lihue and Kapaa. We are vegetarians and didn’t find anything in poipu. Will suggest these: verde , passion bakery, Java Kai, oasis at the beach, SEA restaurant, Bobby V’s, JO2, shaved ice in front of lawai beach, local Hawaiian icecream flavors in the tropical dreams shop in the Safeway complex and the veggie sushi at Safeway:). We wanted to try couple more but they were closed. Check the restaurant timings as many of them have different opening/closing times. It is all over the place so check it before going.
All these places are closer to this location than staying at sunny side poipu. Talking about weather. It is a small island and I didn’t see very drastic rainy weather in kapaa. We enjoyed all location but would prefer staying here because of the proximity to things.
The private beach in the back is cozy and good for little kids to just sit on the shore and enjoy the waves but can’t snorkel, swim or boogie board. Nice shore for a short stroll under the moonlight or sunset.
Overall, loved staying at Wendy’s place. We enjoyed thoroughly and had a wonderful time.