Fantastic place and location. We had noted one of the pictures showed a dawn from the lanai. To clarify, the sun rises over Mt Haleakala which you can see from the lanai, and you can also see the sunset over the ocean from the balcony. The view was Amazing, better than expected, it's not often you have a good view of both sunrises and sunsets from the same spot. This building sits out a little bit on a point so when you are looking out, you are still looking directly at the beach and water, not other buildings. most of the structures along this beach are single family homes so this beach is less crowded and more of a natural beauty setting, great for walks. We visited a couple of other beaches that came up on "best beaches" list in West/Upper West Maui. With all of the hotels towering over those beaches, it made us appreciate Mary's place even more. We went for a sunset to west/upper west Maui, and on some of those beaches the sun sets over another island. From Mary's place, you look past the palm trees and watch the sun sink into the ocean with other islands in the background. Beautiful. We stayed in Mid-December and saw whales every single day, turtles multiple days by the rocks, and dolphins when we rented kayaks from the on-site store.
We were a family of 6 - a couple in our 30's. Our 1 & 4 year old and my wife's parents in their 60's and this place worked great for us. The first bedroom had plenty of room to set up a pack n play we brought. The shower was well done and it was great having a bath for the kids in the 2nd bath. My in-laws commented that they had stayed in a lot of places over the years and it was nice to stay in a place that had everything we needed including detergent, trash bags, etc so we didn't have to waste time going to the store to get random items. We also loved the big grassy area which allowed us to enjoy the views and sounds of the ocean if we wanted to go down without getting all sandy. When we go back to Maui, this is the first place we will look to stay. Mary was great, very proactive in reaching out and making sure we had everything we needed.