The Lookout was outstanding and gave us a chance to live like a local for a few days (rather than staying in a hotel). The Lookout is a very cute cottage with the essentials: bed, small kitchen with fridge, microwave and coffee maker, toilet and shower. However what makes The Lookout unique is that all these amenities are purely focused on the amazing view of the Pacific and downtown Kona. While washing dishes, your view is of the Pacific. While taking a shower in the amazing outdoor bamboo shower, your view is of the Pacific and when you wake up in the morning, you wake up to the Pacific.
One thing to consider; The Lookout is a little far from everything in downtown Kona (about 15-20 min drive). While it doesn’t seem like much time-wise, if you’re out late, driving back to the Airbnb isn’t as easy since the roads up to the unit are on country roads along the mountain (big elevation difference from Kona). We happened to be in Kona with friends and they stayed in downtown Kona and having to meet up constantly took considerable time and needs to be planned logistically in order to make it work. If you’re not in this situation, being so far away from the “busy-ness” of Kona is very peaceful and relaxing, which we also loved.
We did some grocery shopping to buy breakfast stuff (keep in mind everything in grocery stores are very expensive due to having to import everything to the island) so that we can have peaceful breakfasts in the outdoor patio... yep, overlooking the Pacific. Very cool experience because there are lots of birds, butterflies and little green geckos that greet you as you’re enjoying your meal. There is a lot of privacy all around The Lookout so you won’t be bothered by people, just by nature :)
Overall we truly loved staying at The Lookout and would easily stay there again when we go back to the Big Island!