I ( female) stayed there with my girlfriend. We are not good English speakers but we could have very fun time. Maikik, Al and all the other travelars were nice and friendly as well as their white cat :- ) Sometimes we made dinner at ninght and garden in the day time, and also went out together. Thease are my... more

I loved this hostel. It was clean & in a great area. Met heaps of great people who I discovered the island with. Maikiki & I got along great. He is an amazing person & I got to know him really well. I even went out into this area with him to pick Bamboo leaves for his new garden &... more

nice place to stay. clean. good people staying there. the manager has his rules and they are for the benefit of everyone staying there. ocean is about 100 yards away. it is not party central it is very laid back and casual. more

i did not stay here, however i want to share what happened to me as a warning to others. when i was in kauai last april, my friend and i wanted to check out the hostel for a possible future trip. although he did not identify himself as a manager, from reading the other reviews on this site i am... more

i had been warned by my guidebook about the manager nicknamed Maikiki so i stayed real calm, smiling and friendly when checking in. Within 60 seconds, he said that he had already kicked out 5 people today and that he wouldn't accept any BS, this being said with a smile and a chuckle, so that you are never sure whether... more

My girlfriend and I stayed here for three nights in one of the private rooms. The hostel is clean, well located, and a large kitchen is available. The fellow travelers we met there were fantastic. The problem? The manager (Maikiki) is unstable, disrespectful, and utterly unprofessional. Here's what we observed: 1. Check-in availability - When you arrive, you will likely... more

I am a female who was travelling by myself on Kauai last week. I called the Kauai International Hostel to inquire about a place to stay. The guy "mike" who answered the phone seemed very weird and kind of angry. Anyway, I asked him if they ever have bedbugs, as I've had this awful experience before and didn't want a... more

I stayed here briefly until I was evicted while trying to intercede in an altercation between the manager, Maikiki, and some guests who had merely asked if there were composting or recycling facilities, He calls this "making waves", and was the reason for evicting these guests. I observed this seriously aberrent behavior several times during my stay. A complaint was... more

basically im just writing this to say that you should not stay at this hostel no matter what your situation is, and because theres the 80 percent chance he will look you up and down and not let you and say that his full! i stayed here over six days and the moment i turned up at the gate he... more