Poipu, Ocean View, Pool, Walk to the beach and Relax!

Prince Kuhio #305 perfect location. Very clean. Awesome view. No A/C but wasn’t bad with the fans on and were used to having A/C. Trade winds blowing thru most of the time kept it cool enough. Close to beaches, eating and shopping with sunset viewing every night across the street. Parakeets didn’t bother us. Will definitely come back!

I can't say enough good things about this place. Pool is awesome, friendly staff, clean rooms, close to everything, close to the best snorkeling on the island (right across the street). Highly recommend.

Understand that I grew up staying in Motel 6's when we traveled so this does not come from some snoody 4-Seasons kind-of person:

We always stay at Prince Kuhio, when we visit Kauai and apparently we've just gotten really lucky by randomly selecting a room... but our luck just ran out.

Yes there were pillows, sheets & blankets... but without exaggeration they were probably 30+ years old, stained, worn, tattered.

Yes there were appliances... but the iron was rusted out and the fan had more rust on it than non-rusted metal.

Curtains were tattered and torn

Fan shook violently and noisily above our bed and we always prayed extra hard that we would make it through the night without it falling on us.

...did I mention how gross the sheets were ?

1 roll of toilet paper for the whole week we were there and we had myself, my wife, my mother and our 2 kids staying... needless to say at the end of the week we ran out and had to go make a run to the store for some more.

There were 3 old towels that you could see through when you held them up to the light and i think the towels were representative of the whole experience: technically the boxes were checked, but much was lacking.

I took pictures of everything but this review page on the vrbo website won't let me attach images. So yes, technically everything was present... but BARE MINIMUM requirements were met. This is a beach-side rental but it felt more like a tweaker's apartment in an inner-city. When we would arrive at our #305 it was as if we left beautiful hawaii and stepped into a post-apocalyptic studio apartment in downtown (with the exception of the view).

As I prefaced - I grew up staying in Motel 6's and even I was grossed out.

This next part of my review is when I get slightly more snoody so get your pinkies out folks !

There were no beach toys, no beach towels, no fins, no umbrella, no snorkel stuff and I'm guessing the beach chairs that we found were probably left there by a previous renter (thank you anonymous stranger). I'm guessing we've been spoiled by the other units here at Prince Kuhio (and any other VRBO at which we've stayed) because it seemed like every other rental provided more than just the bare minimum - but not these people.

Expect to have a front door with a lock and a great view in the backyard but anything else is just gonna be a bonus if you keep your expectations low.

I'm not angry or upset... i'm just dissapointed that we didn't rent from any other PK unit

This place was cozy and perfect. You really do not need air conditioning as the cross-breeze was really nice. You can hear the waves and the birds from the balcony and the pool was awesome. We would definitely stay here again.

Plus side

-Very nice situation: nice view, close to the beaches and all commodities. Ideal location to explore the south shore of Kauai

- Smoothless process and communication, including key pick-up

- Nice property well organized with the pool and BBQ place

- Decently equiped (all you need for your stay, couldn't find the snorkeling gear described in another comment)

Less Positive side

- The condo ended up relatively noisy from the road underneath, especially at that time of the year where you have to let the windows open to get some air. Overall we didn't sleep that well.

- The layout was actually kind of strange (very streched from East to West to get all units the double exposure) + bedroom was between kitchen and lanai. Therefore it is actually perfect if you are 2 but if you go up to 4, it becomes a little bit more complicated to live together for a week.