Honua Kai is great for families.
We enjoyed this resort with all of it's amenities. The restaurant is amazing, all of the pools and hot tubs were great for variety, and the beach is super close. If you have young children, the waves are very calm in this part of Maui, so it's a great beach to introduce to your little ones. We also saw sea turtles on the beach every day! The other thing that I fully appreciated was how easy it was to get beach towels. You could get as many as you wanted and they never ran out. That's a blessing when you have young children who want to dry off frequently.
The actual unit was beautiful and was exactly as advertised. It was clean and I loved having a washing machine. The cooler and plastic cups were an awesome touch -- my hubby and I used them to bring wine to the pool for our own personal happy hour at the hot tub.
My only concern is that one of the rooms had a bit of a mold problem -- it smelled super musty unless I ran the A/C on high with the windows open. That was a problem at night as I wanted to close the curtains to keep the room dark during sunrise, but by the morning the musty smell was so bad, it was hard to breathe. Mold is never good for the body, so if I was staying for longer than a week, I would have definitely needed to change rooms. But for such a short stay, I hung in there, even though I started to develop a cough by the end of the week. Hopefully, Maui Resort Rentals will get the mold cleaned up for the next person who stays there. Other than the mold problem, I would definitely stay here again.