The St. Regis Princeville Resort

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We are about to depart after a 3 night stay. Initially we had booked at the GH, but decided it was too family oriented for our liking. Managed to get a $395++ prepaid rate which seemed reasonable given the other rates on spg.com

It's an easy drive from LIH, realistically about 45 mins. We drove in and the bellboy gave us us leis which seem to be made from wood (perhaps for men?) and immediately took our luggage. He introduced us to another bellboy who walked us to check in and waited.

Check in was swift, and I already knew we were preupgraded to the beautiful Bali Hai Signature Suite. We chose the breakfats amenity with the $15 upgrade to the full buffet.

Bellboy gave us a thorough tour, made recommendations and even gave us an overview of the room features. The hotel sent up a bottle of Champagne for a special occasion we were celebrating.

The room appears to be the size of 4 standard rooms, is a bi level suite with 1.5 bathrooms, full Kitchen including glasses, cutlery, even pots and pans with separate butler entrance. I figure this is what celebrities book, and may request the butler or a chef cook specific meals in the kitchen. You could host a dinner party for 8 and a cocktail party for 16 judging by the wine glasses.

The property is the perfect antithesis to tacky Honolulu. It's quiet, beautiful and calm. As soon as we arrived we noticed a much different clientele to Honolulu. Guests are mainly American, and you won't see shorts or singlets in the lobby.

We walked down to the beach and had a quick swim. I didn't realise it was so rocky and literally swim directly into a rock. There is a pocket of sand next to the big tree where there are no rocks and where most people stay.

We didn't use the pool, but the gym is adequate.

We expected f&b to be expensive, but the Accents boutique on site sells high quality gourmet snacks such as Proscuitto, cheeses etc. They even sell Musclemilk! To save on alcohol (we mainly drink cocktails) we bought a bottle of Grey Goose and Scotch fromt the ABC store en route on the highway.

We did visit with Westin for dinner, but this came to $175 and was not worth it. In hindsight, we should have ordered rooms service. We had out final dinner at the Kauai grill and did the tasting menu which I recommend.

It appears that other guests were leaving the property to eat in the local town. We did drive along the coast and to the end of the road and the local town Hanalei is quaint.

The butler delivered our coffee every morning, and on the final morning brought us pastries. Other than minor requests, we didn't really utilise their services. The staff here are genuinely warm and friendly, it's not the typical LA customer service which I find beyond insincere.

The internet is painfully slow. We rented Jurassic Park off iTunes and it took 12 hours to download. Simply unacceptable for a property of this nature. Also, the Kauai Grill tried to deny the 10% for SPG members despite being grestaurantsandbars.com/united-states/hawaii/kauai/kauai-grill-by-jean-georges-vongerichten

Overall the property is beautiful, and great for America, but it's not the Maldives. If you were looking for a once in a lifetime holiday, for this price I would go to the Maldives.

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