My Family stayed for one week at Mauna Kai 8. The house is very nice. Two bedrooms are on the 2nd floor and a master bedroom with en suite bathroom is off the downstairs living area. The space is tastefully furnished (HEAVY furniture) for the most part and is spotless. The washrooms have a hotel-like feel: nice white towels, sample-size soaps and shampoos (to start you off). The kitchen has every sort of appliance or utensil you would ever need, but note there are no pantry staples, spices, or oils. There is salt and pepper, but it’s old and the salt in the shaker is clumpy. Hard to cook without salt. It’s generally quiet, though you can easily hear noise outside as all the windows are louvered.
Princeville is not a true town as I originally thought. It’s located in a resort-type community, so you’ll be surrounded by lots of guest accommodations of all types. It’s located on the north side of the island near Hanelei.
This means that exploring other parts of the island will take longer as you have to go clockwise around the island wherever your destination. It also tends to rain more on the north (it rained almost every day). Personally I would find a place on the south or east side next time. If I didn’t mind the location, I would stay here again.
This would have been a five star recommendation except that communicating with the host/company was difficult and frustrating sometimes. You’re communicating with a real estate company and not a true, one-on-one person.