Princeville Botanical Gardens

The front desk was great and check in was smooth, very warm and welcoming. I ended up just going out all night to a night market and getting in late. Unfortunately I had an issue with the room I got and did not realize until late at night in which there was nothing the property can do at that point, but the next morning I let the front desk know and they were able to quickly get another room cleaned in a different building. That room worked out fine, but it did rain and I ended up with a few extremely tiny geckos that were able to crawl in through the cracks. I did do an entire condo vacuuming when I arrived because I was a bit paranoid of bugs and luckily I did. There must have been some guests who ate in bed because there was a lot of things getting vacuumed up around the bed, especially where both side tables were. Im glad there was a vacuum in the closet and I didn't mind vacuuming. One other small thing was that there was a cat paw print on one of the pillows. That was a bit weird, but there were plenty of pillows and a washer/dryer in the bathroom. I also always bring a pillowcase with me. It wasn't exactly the cleanest place, but visually it looked clean overall. Not a very modern condo, but I didn't mind that. It was a pretty large 1 bedroom w/kitchen, dining table and TV/living room. Walking up was a little bit of a challenge with my big suitcase, the walkway was a bit uneven in some areas and it was just stairs to get to the different floors.

This property has an amazing location! If you want Oceanfront, you get oceanfront! The beach access to Brennecke’s and Poipu beach was a short walk. They had an access gate that allowed quicker access to it. It was about 30 minutes from tubing and kayak excursions and the same to the Waimea port. We had great communication and easy check-in and check-out. We did arrive after 4pm but had no issues with after hours check-in. The main reason I had to give it 4 stars was because there was construction going on in the unit above us the last 2 days we were there. It was extremely loud banging that went on for over 2 hours after we return from our excursion. We were able to leave the first day but the second day was frustrating because my husband got seasick on the Nepali coast snorkeling cruise and needed to sleep. That didn’t happen. We would definitely return to this property but the construction definitely was disappointing considering the amount of money we paid for this week stay.

No one was in the check in office. We called the phone number posted. No one ever answered. We spent the first night sleeping in the parking lot. The on-site manager the next morning said he never got my call, but he checked his phone and there was. Oops.