I grew up in Maui and so I get sentimental when it comes to the islands. The Aloha Beach resort had a soft, breezy, Hawaii of yesterday feel.
The location is perfect for exploring the islands. You are right in between the North Shore (which is gorgous and calm in the summer months) and the Southern side which hosts Poipu beach and Waimea canyon. You are near Coconut Shopping plaza which has lots of shopping and restaurants.
We paid $120.00 for an amazing oceanfront view and breakfast in the morning. So the price is unbeatable!!!!
We loved waking up before the sun came up and walking the grounds. The Grounds are beautiful with warm breezes and crowing roosters. Rain and rainbows in the morning and sunshine and snorkeling at Lydegate beach in the afternoons.
Our room was clean, large and we even had a small bath which was perfect for bathing our 2 1/2 year old and 6 month old.
The room was big enough for a pack in play and we still had a couch area with 2 double beds.
MAKE SURE YOU GET A DOWNSTAIRS UNIT IF YOU WANT A BALCONY. There are no balconies (Lanais) in this hotel. I suggest the downstairs rooms that start with 21## or 11##. I read about those rooms on one of these reviews and requested it and got a beautiful room with view. (Thanks trip advisor)
The breakfast was good. Great assortment for kids and adults that aren't really picky. It's not gourmet, but it's really good if it's included in the price of your room. The view in the morning from the dining room is fantastic.
The two pools are basic, but who needs a pool when you have the calmest protected ocean right there.
We went all over the island and the best assortment we found of fish was at the beach right there in the morning.
YOu have to go to the North shore and check out Tunnels beach. The setting is like a movie set. The snorkeling is supposed to be amazing, but we didn't really see much that day.
We are glad we went to Waimea canyon, but if you can only go in one direction...go NORTH. We rented a house there for a week with family and it was incredible, but that is for a different review.
This hotel is not 5 star, there are no pool waitress and waterslides. But it is the perfect 3 star resort with the location and grounds of a 4 star. You can order your drink at the bar right next to the pool and enjoy unspolied, natural views of Hawaii, the way that it was.
Don't get me wrong, I love to stay at the Four Seasons any chance I can, but this Hotel is great too in a totally different way. With the money we saved we ran up a $200.00 tab at the Princeville Pool bar and hung out at their pool one day when we wanted the fancy resort scene.
I loved coming back to our little Aloha Beach resort every day and sitting out on the grass with our Mai Tais and listening to the waves crash while our girls slept soundly in their beds.
Wish I could be there now....
The GOOD: Location, price, grounds, beach, the park, rainbows and our view. Perfect for kids-Pools, best kiddie beach, huge park adjacent to the hotel, roosters running all around. Kid friendly staff. Big rooms. Grass in front of ground floor rooms for running around. Teach kids to snorkle on the protected beach.
The Bad: Elevators were broken-but we were on the ground floor. If you want to sleep in close your windows or the roosters will wake you up. Couldn't hear a thing with our door closed though.