This was a great location for our trip. We were in Kauai hiking and coming back to a resort (with a hot tub!) made for a great end to many long, muddy days. The room was nice (its a hotel room) and the location was nice for getting around the island. If you do not want to eat at the resort, you do need to drive to get to other restaurants, but its only ten minutes from Kapaa or Lihue were we had a number of great meals. We were not sure how 'resort-y' we wanted our trip to be but it turned out to be one of the best choices we made!