Kawaihae Hotels

"The grounds are beautiful and green, expansive. They are midway through a phased renovation so you may get an old room or an updated room, no way to know until you get there. Self park ($45) day. The Tram. When you walk into the lobby it is expansive and impressive. However, when you realize you have to walk a half mile to your room to check in if in Ocean Towers, or wait 15-20 minutes for the tram, you are deflated. Especially if you've been traveling all day, like we had been. The tram is so SLOW! We stayed Monday to Saturday and overall we spent 6 hours on the Tram, or walking .5 mile to our room. Nowhere on the website for hotels.com does it mention this tram or the distance and situation for transport and relation to your room. The Kona Pool is spacious with plenty of seating. You do have to pay for shade in the form of a cabana. Floaties/ swim gear for sale at the shop, plus snack shop with ice cream/pizza. The pool water is cold and refreshing. Only 2 small jacuzzis at this pool and they are packed! Downer at the small adult pool, no jacuzzi! No shades. The coffee stop at Ocean towers is good for coffee and pastry, but food is mid to low quality. Nui italian is overpriced, but the pizza was detroit style and scrump. Big island breakfast, BOGO. There is a lot of "sorry for the inconvenience" at this hotel right now. You will do a lot of walking at this resort. The tram and distance to the rooms will prevent a repeat stay for me at this resort. "

"When I arrived, the AC was blasting. I called the concierge and an engineer came, took the cover off the thermostat and change some settings. After that, when the AC came on, it ran at a lower speed. Still somewhat annoying, but less so. Also, I found it surprising how skimpy the toilet paper and the kleenex were, considering it's supposed to be a 4-5 star resort. I thought the music playing by the pool area was way too loud. I did find the breakfast menu food was excellent!!"

"Spacious rooms, great for families, feels like second home"

"Yes kitchen was fully equipped. There were plenty of shops near by. The front desk staff was wonderful. However, sometime when I texted for request, it was forgotten. The property was old. The water pressure was very weak. The screen to the patio was broken. The ceiling lamp cover fell off in the middle of the night. "

"Wonderful hotel - not to big and not too small"

"Super slow trams. Empty towel bins all over the property. Towers are extremely far from front desk and tram wait can be very long! Not ADA friendly as bridges all had stairs and going around them would take very long due to how massive the property is."

"The room location and floor plan was amazing! All facilities are luxury and clean! The view was outstanding and the breeze from the ocean allowed to avoid AC! The landscaping gave beautiful fragrance and feast for the eyes! Access on foot to the exclusive Mauna Beach was a huge bonus! "

"The kitchen in our unit came equipped with everything we needed for cooking; it also had its own barbecue grill which was great for dinners in. The property is well laid out, parking is convenient to the unit and the whole resort feels very high end for an affordable family stay. "

"I thought the property was very well kept. My only complaints were the pool. It was rather chilly especially as some of the days we were there were windy. Also, we did come to this resort for our honeymoon and did mention this to the front desk during check in and there wasn’t an acknowledgement of this."