Kalani Hawaii Private Lodging

The grounds are like a botanical garden. Bernie and Maria were wonderful. Location was incredible!!!

Room was a bit small

The house, property, staff, and location are amazing. I will be back.

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The property is in a fantastic location. You can walk to Sunset Beach and Pipeline easily. It also has really close bus stops. It’s clean and the cleaning people are great. The lanai is also really nice, but there are mosquitoes. The king bed in the loft was fairly comfortable.

We had a private room that wasn’t so private. There were two pocket doors that lead to the steps to our loft. Those pocket doors were to be left unlocked and people passed through to get to the different bunk rooms. There was no door past the pocket doors. Just the steps and our bed, and people walking through at the foot of the steps. For some reason, they don’t want to be called a hostel? They had 3 bedrooms down one hall with 2 bunk beds in each, and shared bathrooms and kitchen. They called it dorms. They were adamant it was not a hostel. The single dorm beds were $93 a night, which was the only thing not hostel-like about the place. Oh, and we like hostels that are billed as hostels. There was also no where indoors to sit. No couches or chairs, period inside. They had a beautiful Lanai, but you had to battle mosquitoes. So to eat meals there, you either ate at a table with mosquitoes or you sat in the floor at a table that was about 12” off the ground indoors. No food could be eaten in the bedrooms at all. We were shown one indoor bath with a shower and one outdoor bath with a shower. There was another full bath we were supposed to be using as “private” loft renters through a door that said Private do not enter. We were not shown that bathroom at check-in. The cleaning lady told us when I asked if I could go to the bathroom with less than 1 day left in our stay. She was stunned that we were using the bathrooms for the dorms. The property manager started calling us at 1:00 when we were lazy traveling around for our 4:30 checkin. That seemed odd. They called us 3 times while we were on our way there between 1-4. There were some details that seasoned shared living travelers like ourselves could have done without, like clean up after yourself. Some of the rules seemed odd too. One was you can’t use the kitchen at all after 9:45. So if you get home after a show you can’t make a snack? Odd. And they “forbade” clients from taking photos for reviews. Also odd.

The host, Bernie, was great. He made everyone feel right at home.

The mattress could have been better.

Mr. Bernie, great chill vibe, it is a shared house and everyone is very respectful & all the facility was really clean- great location

All good

Location on the North Shore was perfect for Banzai Pipeline Competition. Bernie and family were so helpful in getting us settled. The kitchen is well set up and we liked the alfresco common area. The room was comfortable, clean and quiet. The whole place is very clean and nicely set up.

Todo muy limpio y genial situación

The hosts were so friendly and welcoming, and were always there to answer any questions. Bernie even drove us around town and showed us where everything was at. It felt like visiting family. I loved all the people we met, and the sense of community. We shared stories, played games and watched Super Bowl together. The Tahitian outdoor showers were adventurous but fun!

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