We had a great stay in Kailua and at the studio apartment. Todd was great leading up to the trip providing information and responding to any messages. The photos are very accurate and it had everything we needed. The hosts also had a handy guide about the neighbourhood and restaurant recommendations. The nearby Whole Foods is a short 5 minute drive away and we'd regularly go there and get some smoothies and did one bigger grocery trip so we could make breakfast in the apartment every morning. The place has a full kitchen and a bunch of supplies for you to use to cook. The Whole Foods area also hosts a farmer's market on Thursday evening which we went to and bought some delicious bbq, lemonade, and sweets.

Kailua and Lanikai Beach are also a short drive away and we spent most of our days there. It seemed like the area was pretty mellow come night time so we didn't really go out other than grabbing a couple dinners at some of the recommended restaurants. Prima was delicious for wood oven fired pizza!

One thing I would note is that there are no windows and instead shutters for ventilation. Because of this, if you're a light sleeper (like myself) it may be handy to bring some ear plugs as you can hear the outside much clearer, like neighbourhood dogs barking. I already had some ear plugs on me so it wasn't an issue, but my boyfriend wasn't prepared at first.

This was our first time in Hawaii and we had a blast! We're already looking at when we can come back again.