8/10 Good
Katie S., San Francisco, California
10 January 2025
Liked: Cleanliness
Simple and sweet stay in beautiful location.
We enjoyed our week long stay over the Christmas holiday at Koana's Ocean Hale. The condo was as described, modest and clean and located a short walk from Keahou Bay. Even amongst many other condos, the upper lanai has a lovely and serene view of plants and ocean. Having a washer/dryer was useful, though the provided detergent was unusable for those of us with allergy/sensitivity to synthetic fragrances (would recommend replacing with unscented detergent). Proximity to the nearby KTA was ideal and we could pick up our groceries and picnic items with ease prior to our daily excursions. Things I would have liked to know before our stay: 1) The sleeper sofa pull out mattress is made of springs and extremely outdated and uncomfortable. We opted to put the mattress on the floor for better support, but was still very uncomfortable. This might be an okay option for children, but would not recommend sleeping for adults. 2) While kitchen was stocked with cooking tools, it did not have any basics like salt, pepper, or cooking oil, which deterred/limited some of our in-house cooking. 3) There does not appear to be any recycling of cans/bottles on premise. This is really unfortunate to discover after the fact and would deter our stay in the future as our preference would be to stay at accommodations that make an effort to minimize the footprint left behind by visitors to this beautiful island.
Katie S.
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2024