Kaanapali Beach Hotel
Oct 11, 2007, 1:35 pm
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Kaanapali Beach Hotel
Just looking for recommendations good and bad for this hotel. I booked the room,meals & wheels deal for Jan 08 for $240/night partial oceanview, Dollar rental car and breakfast at Aloha Mixed Plate. From other prices I've seen this seems like a very good deal to me. Previously stayed at Royal Lahaina (1995) and Sheraton (2005). Recent reviews of Royal Lahaina are not great and Sheraton has priced me out of their hotel ($445/night). Any reviews, encouragement, discouragement etc. would be appreciated. Mahalo in advance!
Oct 11, 2007, 1:49 pm
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Never spent a night there, but go there alot. ASAMOF, it's our "new" (3 years in a row) favorite Easter Sunday Brunch venue, and we've been to every one on West Maui! For whatever that's worth, KBH is the only locally owned and operated hotel on Ka'anapali Beach, and probably on West Maui. (But not the entire island). For what that's worth, I think you're gonna get more of a Hawai'ian experience by staying there than at other hotels for sure. The location is great, price and value great, the package you got sounds great, so have a great time. P.S. They're famous here for their great local kine daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffets!
Give a shout when you get here if you want to get together for cocktails at their Tiki Bar!
Give a shout when you get here if you want to get together for cocktails at their Tiki Bar!
Oct 12, 2007, 7:15 pm
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Never spent a night there, but go there alot. ASAMOF, it's our "new" (3 years in a row) favorite Easter Sunday Brunch venue, and we've been to every one on West Maui! For whatever that's worth, KBH is the only locally owned and operated hotel on Ka'anapali Beach, and probably on West Maui. (But not the entire island). For what that's worth, I think you're gonna get more of a Hawai'ian experience by staying there than at other hotels for sure. The location is great, price and value great, the package you got sounds great, so have a great time. P.S. They're famous here for their great local kine daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffets!
Give a shout when you get here if you want to get together for cocktails at their Tiki Bar!
Give a shout when you get here if you want to get together for cocktails at their Tiki Bar!
- we'll give you a holler. Thanks for setting my mind at ease re KBH. I remember walking past there when i stayed at the Sheraton in 2005 and putting it on my mental list (such as it is) as an OK place to stay sometime. Any other hints or suggestions for our Maui time will be appreciated. I think I'll take SIL to Haleakala (not sure whether she's material for getting up before dawn for the sunrise, but definitely want her to see the other-worldness of it even in daylight), snorkeling @ Black Rock and to Old Lahaina Luau (I've enjoyed it twice before but is that too cheesy?). Hana highway was fun for me (I'm pretty laid back) - not sure whether that's a good time for most people or not?
Oct 12, 2007, 7:44 pm
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My fav beach is Makena Beach (aka Big Beach). And if you are more adventurous there is Little Beach on the other side of the rocks!
The volcano for sunrise is a MUST.
I looked at some hotels in the same area for an end-of-October break and a lot of hotels were doing construction on their facilities (pools and such) so definately check out the place you are booked. I was looking probably Sheraton and Marriott but am staying at the Fairmont in Wailea.
The volcano for sunrise is a MUST.
I looked at some hotels in the same area for an end-of-October break and a lot of hotels were doing construction on their facilities (pools and such) so definately check out the place you are booked. I was looking probably Sheraton and Marriott but am staying at the Fairmont in Wailea.
Oct 12, 2007, 8:59 pm
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My fav beach is Makena Beach (aka Big Beach). And if you are more adventurous there is Little Beach on the other side of the rocks!
The volcano for sunrise is a MUST.
I looked at some hotels in the same area for an end-of-October break and a lot of hotels were doing construction on their facilities (pools and such) so definately check out the place you are booked. I was looking probably Sheraton and Marriott but am staying at the Fairmont in Wailea.
The volcano for sunrise is a MUST.
I looked at some hotels in the same area for an end-of-October break and a lot of hotels were doing construction on their facilities (pools and such) so definately check out the place you are booked. I was looking probably Sheraton and Marriott but am staying at the Fairmont in Wailea.
Oct 14, 2007, 6:23 pm
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The "tiki bar" at the KBH is one of our "must do" things every time we're in Maui. Rudy Aquino and his group play nightly there (a nice blend of hapa haole, contemporary Hawaiian and traditional Hawaiian) and it just feels like a lot of aloha (the stars overhead and the setting contribute, too!). BTW, Rudy used to play with Don Ho's original group back in the 60's--he's a real legend, and a genuinely nice guy. We'll be in Maui in 1.5 weeks and I'm looking forward to at least one evening at the KBH's lovely little bar very soon!
Jul 5, 2018, 4:52 am
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Looking for a (relative to Hyatt and Westin) less expensive hotel in Ka’anapali Beach area to book a room with ocean views for last 3 nights of our trip to Lahaina/Ka’anapali area in February. I am especially Interested in comments on rooms at ka'anapali beach hotel that have full or partial ocean view. We are staying 5 nights on points at Westin in rooms without a view. Note I have stayed at Royal Lahaina and liked their partial and loved their full ocean views from the rooms and have been comparing rates and rooms there to KBH. I like what I have read about the KBH and is atmosphere, but I thought I read somewhere that the ocean views are obstructed.
thank you!
thank you!
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Jan 23, 2020, 3:55 pm
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Tha Kaanapali Beach Hotel is to undergo a major renovation:
https://mauinow.com/2020/01/23/ka%ca...-irE4mK1K5SJTc
https://mauinow.com/2020/01/23/ka%ca...-irE4mK1K5SJTc