Overall, a great place to stay for a DIY trip to Kauai. The owners have clearly put effort into making sure everything you need is provided: beach chairs, cooler, internet, comfortable bed, etc. Recently renovated in 2015. Great location with easy access to grocery and beach which is right across the street (you aren't on the beach side). You can see a little bit of of the beach from the balcony. The only cons were no dishwasher or garbage disposal, no A/C, tiny balcony, no dining area other than kitchen bar. We cook a lot so the no dishwasher, disposal was just slightly inconvenient. The no A/C was a surprise but if you open up the all the windows and turn on the fan at night it cools down quite a bit, and its actually nice to feel the ocean breeze. The only problem is the birds outside are loud in the morning with all the windows open. We had friends in town so would have been nice to have a table for us all to sit at. I'm sure these details were all made clear in the description and we might have just missed them. If these cons wouldn't be an issue for you, I'd say it's a great value for an otherwise very expensive island. We didn't spend much time in the unit anyways as we were busy exploring. When we were there, the surf right across the street happened to be great (also a great spot to view sunset). Again, overall a positive experience with a good, communicative host, not fancy but very functional, comfortable and great location. Fabulous trip!