Stayed at the Kauia Palms for about 3 days. We had a studio type room with a kitchenette for $95 bucks a day. The rooms are very nicely decorated/renovated and very clean, had a decent view of the mountains from the back. The staff was very courtious and knowledgable about good places to go on the island. The only downside is the traffic noise during the day and evenings, for light sleepers you may need earplugs. The new owners did a great job. Overall it is a very nice clean and friendly place to stay.

We stayed at the Kauai Palms Hotel for about a week. We just loved it there. The staff were just wonderful friendly people. If you have a question about almost anything on the island they usually have the answer for it, and if they don't they're very resoucrceful in getting the answer. The Housekeepers were friendly and very polite and wouldn't knock on your door till about 10:30 am. The Hotel is a very tropical place, from the outside, to the lobby to your room. If your looking for a place to rest your head at night after a long day of sightseeing around the island this is the place. The rooms are kinda small but for the price you can't go wrong, specially if your only going to sleep and shower and then out the door again to explore the BEAUTIFUL island. And the best part about the Hotel is that it's about 5 min away from everything in every direction. Like the Airport, the Mall, K-Mart, Wal-mart, Costco, the Famous Hamura's Saimin, and about 15 other places to eat at. It's cheap, nice and, centrally located.

Needed a place near airport and hospital for a week. Easy to get to, centrally located, safe for my 4 year old and her big bro. Nice folks at desk(for once on Kauai) and good pricing. No smoking rooms are a bonus big time. They actually smell clean.

This is a very nice, clean hotel with very nice staff but it is NOISY.

I was awakened at 2:15 am by the tv in the room next to mine on at full volume on the weather report. The guest on the other side of this room had gone to get a manager and I had called the manager. Later I learned that there is no manager after 9 pm.
I called 911 because pounding on the door did not get a response. Finally, the noise subsided after I pounded really hard. Unfortunately, my loud pounding woke a guest upstairs. I spoke to the gentleman with the loud tv the next morning. He said he'd forgotten to take his insulin and it was very lucky I'd kept pounding. I woke him up and he took his insulin. I felt closure with the incident.

It was later that morning when the long-term guests got up early and started slamming doors, smoking cigarettes in the hall, and having loud conversations with the maid--on Sunday--that I lost patience.

I called the front desk and suggested that a lounge area be created away from the windows of this unairconditioned 'no smoking in the rooms' hotel.

I do plan to stay here a second night and perhaps again in the future. I hope management will consider making changes to cut down on unnecessary noise.