Derek R.
Yelp
We had a fantastic stay at Lahaina Shores. We booked through Costco travel and stayed here for a week in November. Like any place you have your pros and cons, and for this hotel, my cons are merely for the sake of argument, and I'll be the first to admit I'm really nitpicking here. But for what it's worth (which isn't much) here goes:
Cons:
- The hotel had an isolated feel to it at times. The pool and beach were often fairly empty (not always though, I guess it all depends on what time of year you go and who's staying at the hotel that week). I'm sure for lots of people this is ideal. However for someone like me, and this is purely a personal preference, I prefer a little more action, I love to people watch, so if you fall in that category, then this hotel isn't the best place for that.
- The hotel beach was on the narrow side and the ocean was shallow and rocky (don't even think of going too far out without water shoes), but if you're willing to walk far enough out in the water you can do some beginner snorkeling (I was even able to swim along a sea turtle one day WOO HOO!). Anyway, if you're looking to do a LOT of swimming/snorkeling/ride waves, you won't be able to do much of that that here.
- Hotel in general is dated. I personally didn't even notice (apparently my wife did right away, but she watches HGTV all the time ha-ha) until we visited a couple of other hotels over on Ka'anapali. When we got back to Lahaina Shores I definitely realized at that point, oh yes, this place could definitely use a facelift.
Pros:
- Location, location, location! Besides the obvious of being right on the ocean, right next store is a little shopping center including a general store that had the basic food essentials and a couple of little restaurants, and then if you walked a few minutes on Front Street you had an endless choice of restaurants and shops to choose from. Definitely loved walking up and down Front Street every evening.
- Having a kitchen in the unit was fantastic! Eating out in Maui can get extremely expensive, so being able to make breakfast in the room every morning, and an occasional lunch, was a great way to save a penny here and there.
- That view...OH THAT VIEW!!!!!! We had an ocean view room and it was absolutely STUNNING!! If you can afford it, *definitely* spring for it. Every morning we woke up and looked out that window it truly felt like we were in paradise. Worth every single penny for that alone.
All in all we would without question stay here again in a heartbeat! The pros significantly outweighed the cons in our book. The staff we dealt with were all delightful and courteous, the grounds were well kept, and the views obviously speak for themselves. Cheers/Prost/Salud!