Loved the location. Very short walk to the water. Bring Eno hammocks if you have them as there are some great spots right over the water you can “hang out”. Little bit further to a sandy beach, but still not a long walk. Reasonable walk to Wailua Shave Ice (beside Safeway) which is one of the better Shave Ice stores (hint: don’t forget to try their smoothies, too!). And the condo is right on a LONG concrete walkway along the beach (many miles available of out-n-back for runners or walkers). Only about 1.5 miles from some of the best food trucks anywhere (Da Melting Pot has one of the best burgers you’ll ever eat, and trust me when I say I know burgers).
The condo itself was clean and had all the basics you need, including four nice beach chairs and a small soft cooler. We only had one day out of six where the wind died down enough during the day that it was hot, otherwise lack of AC wasn’t a big deal. There’s a Roku TV plus cable and there were plenty of towels, toilet paper, tissue, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, hand soap, etc. Parking was plentiful and never a problem. Definitely pay attention to Google or Apple Maps if you need to head south from Kapaa, though, as there’s currently construction but even without it we saw 75 minute estimates to get to the airport when without traffic it’s 15 (and there’s no other way to go that direction, which includes Poipu and Waimea Canyon). Seems to just get worse from morning through late afternoon and is *painful*. Hopefully they’ll have the widening done in a few months and fix that.
All in all, good value for the money in a great location for walkability. Location might not be great for folks planning a lot of driving to points south or west of the airport, however. Though once that construction is done, it might be fine for that, too. I really like Kapaa itself.