A perfect vacation

Guest: susan (Clinton, SC/ USA)
Date of Stay: 12/17/11 Review Submitted: 01/01/12

This was a wonderful house and we are very picky. The garden is filled with exotic plants, a beautiful pool, hot tub and tennis courts. The house is staffed with everything you can think of. There were 15 all family members and we never felt in each others space. Dano was a wealth of information and help advice us on the best way to do our outings. If I get to go back, and I reall hope I do , I would restay here. One other thing to consider when comparing properties is which side of the island you want to be on. This is the side and the location was convenient to everything.

Recommended for:Adventure seekers, girls getaway, sightseeing, families with young children, romantic getaway, age 55+, families with teenagers.

You have a beautiful setting at the Hawaian Oasis. We had a wonderful experience while there.

Guest: Grandma (508 5th, Alma, Ne. 68920. USA)
Date of Stay: 07/22/11 Review Submitted: 08/06/11

You have an amazing atmosphere for family gatherings. We all enjoyed out stay! The house is beautiful and the bar below was a fun place to gather. Everyone enjoyed the beautiful pool and some took advantage of the tennis court. Thanks again for a wonderful stay.

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

Hawaiian Oasis is the right name of this B&B

Guest: Pandamom3 (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date of Stay: 06/25/11 Review Submitted: 07/23/11

We rented the entire Oasis for our son & daughter-in-law's wedding at the end of June. It could not have been more perfect! They were married on a beach and we held the reception at the Oasis. The setting was perfect! The tiki bar is really an extended kitchen and the extra regular size fridge came in handy to store the reception foods. Our son's chef buddies did the food, and they said the kitchen in the house was well equipped for their needs. (They especially liked the gas cook top!) We set up 5 large round tables, head table, food buffet, and 2-person band in the lawn area behind the tiki bar. There was room for several more tables if we had needed them. We had 5 couples in the bedrooms, plus used the pull out in the music room. No one ever felt cramped. All our questions were quickly answered either by one of the owners, or the innkeeper. The photos of the grounds are beautiful, but it is better in person! We would recommend this property to anyone!

Recommended for:Girls getaway, sightseeing, families with young children, romantic getaway, age 55+, families with teenagers.

Gorgeous property!

Guest: perla (San Francisco, CA)
Date of Stay: 04/10/11 Review Submitted: 04/24/11

This is a dream house! We definitely want to come back. The place is beautifully decorated and furnished. Spotlessly clean. Pool and jacuzzi were perfect. And the outdoor barbeque and the tiki bar just completed the picture of Hawaii paradise. Great big kitchen with lots of cooking utensils. The property owner was super helpful in answering our questions.

Owner response:Mahalo Perla! We're very happy to have been your hosts, and look forward to your return to the Hawaiian Oasis! Peter and Darla

Recommended for:Adventure seekers, girls getaway, sightseeing, families with young children, romantic getaway, age 55+, families with teenagers.

Beautiful and relaxing

Guest: TropicalNess (Denver)
Date of Stay: 11/05/10 Review Submitted: 01/08/11

My fiance and I and our family rented the entire Hawaiian Oasis for our wedding, and it was absolutely perfect. The whole house was clean and beautiful, and the landscaping is spectacular - literally like an "Oasis". Matt, the caretaker is fun and easygoing and is a fantastic cook. In fact, he helped cater our wedding reception! He assembled the most beautiful fruit platters with exotic tropical fruits, and bbq'd a variety of meats for us. For everything else, he directed us to Costco, and helped with the shopping list (btw, Costco has delicious hawaiian food!). We got married on the beach, and planned an informal wedding reception at the Oasis around the Tiki Bar. It was the perfect setting. Matt set up tiki torches for us and helped the band set-up on the lawn ("Aloha In Motion", also highly recommended!). I don't think we could have asked for better! My entire family is still talking about how beautiful the Oasis was and how special it made our event.

Recommended for:Adventure seekers, girls getaway, sightseeing, families with young children, people with disabilities, romantic getaway, families with teenagers.

Guest: myloCA (-)
Date of Stay: 08/09/09 Review Submitted: 08/30/10

from our Tripadvisor guest comments- 5 stars "No place like this place..." My wife and I returned from Kona last week (8/9/09) and we stayed at the Hawaiian Oasis B&B. I’ll start by just saying it was great! The Oasis has all the very lush, tropical foliage that one would expect (and more) from Hawaii and is just beautiful. If Hawaii has a feel, I think we found it here at the Oasis and I’m not bs-ing you. We stayed in the Aloha room for 7 nights and it is off the hook great! We looked at the other rooms and they are all very nice as well. The whole place is just very well taken care of and has a very nice feel when wandering around the lushness of the place. When we came back after a hard day of snorkeling and just goofing around the island...we gorged ourselves on the views of all the surrounding tropical foliage and of the ocean from the rooms lanai. The Oasis is an easy 5 minute or so drive into old Kona with all its restaurants and shops. Its also in what we considered an excellent location for getting everywhere, especially all the fantastic and un-crowded beaches. The beaches on this side of the island are just over the top beautiful and great for swimming , snorkeling and just plain kicking back. Getting back to the Oasis, the whole place is just straight-up nice and, well, so Hawaiian vacation like...usually up very early in the mornings...sip our Kona coffee on the lanai, grab some fruit and...we were out, off to enjoy the rest of the island, only to look forward to returning to the Oasis in late afternoon or evening...One of our favorite routines while there: After a day of snorkeling, swimming, 4WDing to get to some outrageous beaches...we’d stop off at the Harbor House (Honokohau Harbor) before retuning to the Oasis which is about 10 minutes away. Once there, we’d tip a couple of ice cold thick glass 18 oz. goblets of beer (only $3.) The food there is pretty good too. Cheers to the good life! I’m sure you could tell we’re pretty jazzed up about this place and Kona in general, we really enjoyed it. This was our third trip to Kona and hopefully we’ll be able to venture there again next year.

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Guest: Alberta, Canada (-)
Date of Stay: 12/29/09 Review Submitted: 08/30/10

from our Tripadvisor guest comments- 5 stars "Simply Excellent" Stayed at Hawaiian Oasis for 3 nights, and had a wonderful time. Upon checkin hosts were there to meet us, and took us for an in depth tour of the rooms, the common area, and the property which includes a swimming pool, hottub, and an outdoor kitchen/bbq area which came in very handy. Rooms are all beautiful, and expecially large. The common area features a sitting room with an extensive collection of books on the area, and Hawaii overall, which are all at your disposal. Not to mention a very nice oceanview. Breakfast was served at 8:30 each morning, and could be slightly tailored to meet your your schedule. It was delicious and plentiful each day. Especially important to note this is a hot breakfast, and not just a fruitplate and a bagel as so many B&B's are. You will not leave this table hungry. The words 'I'll keep making if you keep eating were said on a number of ocassions. The propery itself is a quick 5 min drive to the oceanfront drive in Kona, and is a great place to base yourself out of while on the big island. The hosts were always more than ready to offer information on the area, your activities, and offer equipment such as beach towels, and coolers for your day. They enjoy engaging with their guests, and it shows. I personally enjoyed interacting with them. I would return in a heartbeat!

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Guest: alohaliv (-)
Date of Stay: 12/29/09 Review Submitted: 08/30/10

From Tripadvisor guest comments- 5 stars "Loved it- This is the real Hawaii" My boyfriend and I stayed for 4 nights over New Year's in the Garden Suite which was just so lovely. Darla and Peter, our hosts, met us upon arrival and showed us around. They are really great and so full of helpful information about the Island and Kona. Having stayed in Waikiki, Kaanapali in Maui and then coming to The Big Island, we were just so blown away by the natural beauty, abundant wildlife and friendly hospitality. Hawaiian Oasis is located 5 mins drive from the town of Kona so it's great if you have a car, to escape the main section of town and wake to birds singing rather than traffic noise or rowdy hotel guests. The grounds are manicured and lush and the rooms are spotless and very well kept. But the most amazing part was the cooked breakfast! Banana pancakes with fresh tropical fruit one day, warm upsidedown pineapple muffins with honey butter they next, honestly the best food we had the whole time in Hawaii. Also the Tiki bar by the pool with BBQ area made for a fabulous NYE celebration!! I can highly recommend this place for people who want to get away from the tourist trap and experience the real hawaii. This is it!

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Guest: Virginia (-)
Date of Stay: 11/30/09 Review Submitted: 08/30/10

from Tripadvisor guest comments- 5 stars "Phenominal place to stay!" The Oasis is beautiful, large, accomodating, and beneficial for a corporate and family retreat vacation. We took our corporate executive committee and immediate families and performed our annual planning conference.... During our meetings, our families went to the beach, shopping, snorkeling, and exploring. Our meetings were held in the large living room and at the tiki bar. Our executives were in swimsuits and went for frequent dips in the pool and hot tub during 15-minute breaks. Each of the executives/families had a suite and bathroom. The best part? Matt!!!... the person who takes care of the Oasis and cooks your "break-feasts"...a wonderful chef! We had variety in the food, from breakfast burritos to eggs, portugese sausage and croissants. We always had fresh tropical fruit for breakfast. This included kiwi, mango, three varieties of papaya, star fruit, oranges.... It was fun to sit at the granite bar and watch Matt perform! He taught us about health (he was a personal trainer for The Biggest Loser TV show) as he cooked. His little dog was a fun addition and he entertained the kids with balls! The Oasis is clean and spacious. Despite having 13 people, we never felt crowded. The koi pond at the front door, with the waterfall, are peaceful. I walked every morning in the safe tropical neighborhood. After walking, I swam in the pool. This ritual was one of the highlights for me personally. The bathrooms are large and the plumbing works well. There is an elaborate lighting system in the home so mood lights can be turned on for evenings...plenty of parking in a circular driveway with a huge macadamia nut tree near the entrance. We cracked lots of fresh mac nuts that had fallen in the grass. We loved the dishes at the house so much that we bought a set of 12 plates and bowls...now, we think of the Oasis every evening as we enjoy dinner on the same style of plates that were there. We are amending our family strategic plan to purchase a home on the Big Island similar to the Oasis. You will enjoy the clean, spacious rooms with all-cotton Hawaiian bedding. You will love Matt, his dog, and the food he prepares for you each morning. You will love the pool, beds, baths, tiki bar, and hot tub. You will appreciate... the secure feeling of the neighborhood. Most of all, the aloha spirit is alive and well at the Oasis and you will write a review one day that glows more than this one!

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Guest: obommarito (-)
Date of Stay: 02/06/10 Review Submitted: 08/30/10

from Tripadvisor guest comments- 5 stars "Favorite Big Island B&B. Two enthusiastic thumbs up!" We spent 5 nights at the Hawaiian Oasis B&B and have nothing but wonderful things to say about this beautiful home and the wonderful hospitality. Our room was enormous with a private living area, an updated bath with big tub, tasteful furnishings, and a private lanai. The waterfall outside our room was very peaceful. The breakfasts were fabulous and different every morning. The friendly host was extremely knowledgeable about the island and was a great resource for island activities and restaurants. We took advantage of the outdoor kitchen and cooked in most nights beside the pool beneath the stars.

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