Koʻa Kea Resort on Poipu Beach

Resort hotel · Poipu

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"You might assume that the first luxury small property to open on Kauai in 30 years would have made a splashy debut, but the beachfront Ko‘a Kea Hotel & Resort (built on the site of the old Poipu Beach Hotel) slipped onto the scene with barely a ripple. Maybe it’s the size: With just 121 rooms—all with balconies or lanais and within earshot of the waves—the resort is considerably smaller than its brand-name neighbors on the sunny south coast. Eschewing waterslides and swim-up bars, Ko‘a Kea has more sedate pleasures: an unadorned swimming pool tiled in deep blue, a sophisticated restaurant/lounge with a sashimi tasting menu, and an expansive lawn overlooking a cove where guests (mostly honeymooners) sit at sunset. Rooms might be dismissed as humdrum nouveau-Hawaiian (there’s lots of coral) if they weren’t so comfortable and thoughtful—each has a cushy chaise lounge, a ceiling fan and AC, and an in-room espresso machine that provides a pre–surf lesson pick-me-up." - Caitlin Morton

The Best Resorts in Hawaii: 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards
Courtesy Ko'a Kea Hotel & Resort at Po'ipu Beach

2251 Poipu Rd, Koloa, HI 96756, USA Get directions

koakea.com
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