Papakea - Rez-de-chaussée 2BR / 2BA - Rent Owner Direct

The unit had everything needed and was comfortable. Some of the fixtures are showing their age. But for the price, it was a great place to stay

J104 at papakea was perfect for our family of 5. The ground floor location was ideal with kids so they had easy access to the green space and mini golf while we could relax and keep in eye on them from our Lana’i. This unit never gets direct sun so the unit stays fairly cool and the patio is always a comfortable temperature to relax and eat outside and the view is great. The rooms were comfortable and the kitchen was well equipped for cooking and storing leftovers. It is also walking distance to everything we needed (times groceries, a few great restaurants, the boardwalk to whalers village, farmers markets, parks and sandy beaches). Overall great vacation, we plan to rent this unit for our next stay at papakea for sure! The only reason we rated 4/5 rather than 5/5 is that it was advertised as recently remodeled and I would say it is one of the more dated units we have stayed in, but that had no impact on our enjoyment of our holiday.

We stayed here in 2010 and for our second visit to Maui saw no reason to look elsewhere. Papakea is a relaxed, low-key resort with lovely grounds, well cared for. Unit J104 is comfortable, great beds, a well-stocked kitchen, and right outside the door there is a pond with the most gorgeous assortment of water lilies on one side of the bridge and koi on the other. Listening to the frogs at night is a particular pleasure. From the front porch we can see the ocean. A little distant, but not too much. Jan, the owner, is instantly accessible if needed and bends over backwards. Easy walking access to a full grocery store, Subway, shave ice, other restaurants and shops, other resorts, a beach, etc. If we visit Maui again, we will stay here. Recommend visiting the Maui Ocean Center. The Road to Hana is not scary like people say - it's beautiful. Mama's Fish House is as good as people say. Jan has an extensive packet of recommendations and the ones we tried were perfect. Thank you Jan for helping us have such a wonderful experience.

We recently had a very enjoyable stay here while in Maui. We found the location and the Papakea property to be great. There's tons of amenities, and we frequetly utilized the BBQ grills on site. You have the benefit of being closely located to many beaches and the main strip, but also far enough removed to avoid some of the congestion. There are tons of options near Papakea to get anything you need (grocery store, fish market, farmers market, etc).

The unit itself met our needs, but I would say it was a bit dated, with not everything remodeled. But, the unit was very well stocked - kitchen had everything you could need, and they provided a lot of equipment for enjoying the area (putters for the putting green, snorkel gear, chairs and cooler, etc).

We had a great stay. Loved the location. The condo had a great cross breeze that we didn't need to use the air conditioning. Loved being on the bottom floor that we could just walk out our patio to the pool. The one downfall about our condo was the two times we did use our air conditioning our patio got all wet and would have standing water on it. It would be wet all that day and into the next. Seeing that the air conditioning was in the window that was almost touching the floor, so it would drain all over the patio. I wish they had a drain under it.