September family getaway

Guest: Dave and Suzy (Portland Oregon)
Date of Stay: 09/12/11 Review Submitted: 11/02/11

Sept 12 thru 22nd. There were 5 adults on our family trip. We had a wonderful time. The house was one of the best parts. Very airy and roomy with a bathroom for each bedroom. We quickly discovered the fresh fish maket and the local farmers market. Most of our meals were cooked at the house in the large clean, newly remodeled kitchen. The furnishings were Pottery Barn quality and the beds very comfortable. Hanalei is a gorgeous place and the house is close to town and beach. Kauai, a very lush island, was so much fun to explore. This will be our place to stay for any future visits. Dave and Suzy

Recommended for:Sightseeing, romantic getaway, tourists without a car, families with young children, girls getaway, adventure seekers, families with teenagers, age 55+.

September family getaway

Guest: Suzy (Portland Oregon)
Date of Stay: 09/12/11 Review Submitted: 11/02/11

Sept 12 thru 22nd. There were 5 adults on our family trip. We had a wonderful time. The house was one of the best parts. Very airy and roomy with a bathroom for each bedroom. We quickly discovered the fresh fish maket and the local farmers market. Most of our meals were cooked at the house in the large clean, newly remodeled kitchen. The furnishings were Pottery Barn quality and the beds very comfortable. Hanalei is a gorgeous place and the house is close to town and beach. Kauai, a very lush island, was so much fun to explore. This will be our place to stay for any future visits. Dave and Suzy

Recommended for:Sightseeing, romantic getaway, tourists without a car, families with young children, girls getaway, adventure seekers, families with teenagers, age 55+.

Wonderful Hanalei House

Guest: Peter F (Sacramento, CA)
Date of Stay: 10/06/11 Review Submitted: 10/17/11

We just returned from our first stay at this property. It is our 10th trip to the North Shore of Kauai and our best. The house is perfect. Open, airy, nice breeze, remodeled, outdoor showers (which my wife was thrilled I used!), location...I could go on and on. You are 1/8th of a mile to town and restaraunts and 1/4 mile to the beach (about 100 yards too far when carrying a 50 pound paddle board :) but perfect for everything else! Hanalei Bay Beach is great to hang out on all day if you only want to walk, or hop in the car and take a short drive to Tunnels, Hideaways or Ke'e then have cocktails at sundown just a short walk away. The kitchen is fully equipped to cook (we only cook breakfast and lunch though) should you want to cook big family dinners. The BBQ sits just off the back deck. Don't want to cook? Walk to the Dolphin, Kalypso, Bar Acuda or Tropical Taco for the best fish tacos on the island. This house is a wonderful experience if you want to be part of Hanalei which I think is the most beautiful town on earth. So if you want to be a local in a house with great amenities this place is for you. If you want to be a tourist go spend $500 a night at the St. Regis. I will now stay here on all my future trips

Recommended for:Sightseeing, romantic getaway, tourists without a car, families with young children, adventure seekers, families with teenagers, age 55+.

Great location!

Guest: hotrod (California)
Date of Stay: 07/14/11 Review Submitted: 09/26/11

We stayed at this house for 10 days in July 2011. First the pros: FANTASTIC location, close to town and close to the bay, AC wonderful, Internet very nice, washer and dryer handy, beach chairs and umbrella great!! Now for the cons: poor kitchen: no spices (not even salt and pepper), no baggies or foil, no paper towels, 1/2 of a sponge, watered down dish soap, most pans were so scratched I couldn't use them, dishwasher broken (to be replaced the day after we left), mold on the living room ceiling, charcoal BBQ not covered which made it impossible to cook our fish while it was raining. If you don't plan on doing ANY cooking I would recommend staying here. We left the remainders of our purchased items ie: spices, baggies, paper towels, kleenex etc.

Recommended for:Families with teenagers, age 55+.

Great value

Guest: Resy (Geneva)
Date of Stay: 07/24/11 Review Submitted: 08/07/11

wonderful stay, close to the beach, convenient shopping and restaurants close by. Coconut Cottage has all the necessary amenities, down to beach mats and beach chairs! Impeccably clean, easy Wifi access, great kitchen, wonderful ceiling fans keep the cottage breezy. Good value for money. We would rent it again anytime.

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Heart of Hanalei Winner

Guest: Maria (Mission Viejo, CA)
Date of Stay: 01/22/11 Review Submitted: 02/01/11

We had a wonderful stay at this very clean and very comfortable home. It was centrally located to beach and town. We will definitely stay here again on our next visit and recommend it to friends and family. The owner was available and answered all questions promptly! The cleaning crew were friendly and they do a great job!!! I don't want to say too many nice things so that it is available the next time I want it!!!!

Recommended for:Sightseeing, romantic getaway, tourists without a car, families with young children, girls getaway, adventure seekers, families with teenagers, age 55+.

Perfect spot in Hanalei

Guest: Marc (Carpinteria, California)
Date of Stay: 11/04/10 Review Submitted: 11/19/10

For my wife and I the Coconut cottage has everything we want in a rental. First, the house is beautiful and very charming. The house is ammaculate when we arrive. The amenities are complete, including 2 outdoor showers. The house is 1/2 way between the town and the beach of Hanalei, easy walking distance to both. When we are there we call it our home. The house is very comfortable. The owner is helpful and available during the booking process. We would recommend this house.

Recommended for:Sightseeing, romantic getaway, tourists without a car, girls getaway, adventure seekers, families with teenagers, age 55+.

Great location - wonderful house

Guest: Jim (New York, NY. USA)
Date of Stay: 02/06/10 Review Submitted: 11/05/10

We had a great week in Hanalei. The house is located a very short walk from both the beach and the bay. We enjoyed walking to the beach each morning with a cup of coffee to check out the waves. The house is exactly as the pictures show, spacious, clean and very comfortable. We felt right at home as soon as we arrived. I would highly recommend this property.

Recommended for:Sightseeing, romantic getaway, tourists without a car.

Highly recommended

Guest: Bergkamp9999 (London, UK)
Date of Stay: 09/19/10 Review Submitted: 10/09/10

For our second visit to Kauai, after a very long flight from London, we chose to stay in Hanelei again, intending to stay again at the B&B run by Carolyn but as it was full she offered us the Coconut Cottage for our 8 day stay. I’m certainly glad we stayed here because it was very comfortable, spacious, quiet and very conveniently located. The house is very clean with modern facilities and a great view from the verandah, a great place for breakfast. It was a pleasure to come home each evening and to feel right at home, and we actually got takeout food most nights as we could really relax, which we couldn’t do quite so easily in the B&B. We have stayed in 5-star hotels in many countries so our standards are very high but we had nothing to complain about here. Except perhaps for the free range, organic alarm clocks which are quite vocal early mornings! We enjoyed our time on Kauai so much we stayed two more nights instead of going to Oahu. If you’ve never been to Kauai we recommend staying in the North, rather than in Poipu. The beaches are much better and the scenery is just stunning.

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Clean, stylish, comfortable, plus great locale to beach & dining!

Guest: TK (CO)
Date of Stay: 08/21/10 Review Submitted: 09/12/10

I consider myself a very tough critic & I did EXTENSIVE lodging research for our Hawaii vacation. Somehow, I stumbled upon Carolyn's property. Not only did she allow us to do only 2 nights (we went to the south side for 3), but she gave us a fantastic price: better than I could get anywhere else. Naturally, because of this I was worried, never believing VRBO photos or owner's words. However, were were in heaven at the Coconut Cottage! It really has 3 wonderful bedrooms & 3 baths, one of which is a posh master. The photos on VRBO are astonishingly accurate! You can really see Bali Hai from the patio! There are 2 outdoor showers plus the place was spotless. You can honestly walk 3 blocks downtown to dining or 3 blocks to Hanalei Bay. The rest of our entire vacation, our group wished we were still in Hanalei, instead of Poipu & then Maui. May I suggest to those of you wondering where to stay- do so in Hanalei. Poipu was full of families with small children & felt a bit more like suburbia than Hawaii should. Don't even get me started on Maui... The house did have "rules" posted throughout (re: cleaning up, quiet hours in the neighborhood), but I'll take that in order to have the efficient customer service I received from Carolyn that I did not with other rental owners on the island. Enjoy & hike Na Pali!

Owner response:I just wanted to let future guests know that the County of Kauai requires each licensed vacation rental to post a letter(s) in each house to explain about the "quiet hours in the neighborhood" and other "rules" that guests are asked to follow to keep year-round residents in the neighborhood happy. In the past, residents have been unhappy because vacation rental homes seem to generate lots of "late evening" noise and sometimes have been disruptive to the local neighborhood. The letter of rules has helped with this problem.

Recommended for:Romantic getaway, girls getaway, adventure seekers.