This was our first time to Hawaii. It was me and my wife along with our 14 and 15 year old sons. It is a great location on the south end of Kihei. You can walk to the Sugar Beach Bakery and the Ululanis Shave ice in 5 minutes. There is also a ABC store by the bakery. It is easy to get to the west side of island or into Kihei and the condo is about than 20 minutes from the airport.
The parking is great and not crowded at all. The path to the beach is easy and there is a shower just as you come off the beach to wash all the sand off before you head upstairs to the condo. That was really helpful.
There is a concierge service by the pool area (I forget name of it right now). We rented our snorkel gear from them. We also used them to book our snorkel trip. The ladies in there were super helpful answering our restaurant questions, beach questions, etc.
The pool area is close to the beach and you can spend time in both areas. There is a shower to wash off the beach sand before you head back to pool. The pool was nice and I didn’t feel like it was so over chlorinated as some pools we visit. The garbage chute is located on the same floor as condo, so you don’t have to walk downstairs to dispose of the garbage.
The beach area was never crowded. We walked the beach both directions everyday and played in the ocean right in front of the condo.
The condo itself is in nice shape. It was very clean and the kitchen was well supplied. There is a coffee grinder and a blender (we didn’t think there would be) among all the kitchen supplies. There was coffee, cream, and sugar to make a pot of coffee in case you can’t get to the store before it is coffee time.
The bed was comfortable, but that is such a personal thing that it is hard to say what others will think.
The internet service worked well. I had to work while I was there and there were no issues. We only used the tv 2-3 times, but there looked to be plenty of stations. ESPN worked, so I didn’t look much further.
The outdoor porch area is awesome! There looks to be about 120-130 units in the Sugar Beach Condos, but only 12, or so, have the double outdoor area. There are two reclining chairs out there as well as a table and 3 chairs. All 4 of us could enjoy the area no problem. We brought binoculars to check out the boats crossing the area and I would highly recommend you do the same.
The washer and dryer are in the condo. I wasn’t sure if it would be in the condo or in a common area. The description wasn’t clear to us when we rented the place. Anyways, this was such a convenience. We were there 9 nights and had to do laundry a couple of times.