Best views on the island. Our second visit to this condo on the gorgeous grounds of HBR. Kauai never disappoints and neither does this condo. Mahalo for another magnificent stay!
We enjoyed our stay at Hanalei Bay Resort! The view from the condo was gorgeous! We loved sitting on the balcony drinking our tea in the morning and watching the sunset in the evenings. It is a beautiful resort with a lot of hills. The walk up and down the hills is worth it. They do have a person on a golf cart that will drive you around the resort as well as to and from the beach below the resort. The beach below the resort is great! It has beautiful views and is not very crowded. The restaurant on site, Happy Talk was good with great views. The pool was nice with great views. The unit was clean and had plenty of space for 5 adults. There were plenty of beach chairs, snorkel gear, and coolers. We would definitely stay there again.
The views unbelievable. Can’t wait to return
We enjoyed the condo, it was as promised, well appointed and lots of beach gear and snorkel equipment. We were not overly impressed with the resort however, it was very hilly and hard to walk, the trek to the beach was 10-20 min (all downhill on the way there and all up hill on the way back), the pool was relatively small, and the food options were limited (one restaurant open 3-9 daily except Wednesday, a carry out pizza place that was shut down most of our stay because of a flood I think, and another restaurant that appeared to be permanently closed). There were no on-property options for breakfast or lunch, and no daytime bar options to enjoy a cocktail by the pool. One of the bathrooms had a clogged drain, maintenance came out and said they did what they could but it was how the drain was made that caused the slow water drainage, really? The other bathroom was perfectly fine. The resort gives you wrist bands to wear on property and as many towels as you’d like, but you have to turn them all back in as you leave or you’ll be charged which was a huge pain (towels not small wristbands) when you also have to manage tired kids and suitcases. You could call for a golf cart to help but not all drivers were actually helpful. Our first driver when we arrived dropped us off and lugged all of our stuff upstairs. A driver later in trip dropped us and all of our beach gear, etc. at the stairs and we had to lug everything upstairs ourselves with two exhausted and sunburnt kids.
The overall property is in flux with one onsite restaurant closed and some nearby construction. None of that impacted our enjoyment. We were not bothered by any construction noise. There is a great variety of dining nearby and the setting is great.
The beach below the hotel is swimmable and quiet and other beaches are a short drive away.
Beautiful condo, beautiful view, beautiful location. It doesn't get any better.
