Ko'a Kea Resort on Po'ipu Beach

Service excellent!

Rooms were clean but nothing special about this place. Extremely expensive for what you are getting. Worst thing about this resort, is there is barely anything to eat on the resort! Just one restaurant on the in room dining closes at 9pm with a very limited menu! Wnt be back again for sure!

We ate at both the pool bar and the sushi bar and were so impressed with the food and drinks. The staff was also wonderful and helped us with every request (and I feel like I asked a lot of questions!). Everyone was incredibly kind and accommodating. We absolutely loved our stay and wouldn’t hesitate to come back!

All was good. We had a good time

The small size of the resort and the quality of the buildings and the rooms. The staff is very efficient and friendly. The restaurant is very good ! That next door there are massive timeshare complexes run by Marriott and Hyatt.

The staff were exceptionally helpful with our travel plans .

What a nice surprise with this hotel, as it is right on the beach, where you can lie down to lounge to your left on the beach or go right to snorkel. The best part of this hotel is that it is quiet and relaxing and not heaving with people. The rooms are huge, and the walk-in shower is huge. I loved the peaceful garden room on the first floor. As I walked around other hotels, they were heaving with yelling kids and so many people; this was just such a genuinely relaxing hotel, and everything was easy to get to. At this hotel, you can walk to other restaurants, beaches, and coffee shops. I do recommend Red Salt as it is a great choice for dinner. However, nothing can walk over and get yourself a Puka Dog and watch the sea turtles on the beach. This is also a great launching point for summer boat trips along the Napali Coast and for hiking Waima Canyon.

We had a couples massage and a chef-curated dinner experience hosted by Red Salt’s executive chef, and both were outstanding. We highly recommend both! Our ocean view room was beautiful, clean, modern, and spacious. Housekeeping did a wonderful job each day, and the nightly turndown service was a great touch. We loved the intimate, boutique feel of the resort. It is quiet and peaceful, even around the pool, and the smaller size makes it easy to get around while still feeling like every guest is a priority. The beach is beautiful, clean, and incredibly convenient to access, with amazing water for swimming. The onsite rental shack also makes it easy and affordable to rent snorkel gear, take surf lessons, or get chairs and umbrellas. The location is fantastic, with shopping centers and restaurants just minutes away. If you’re looking for the ultimate relaxing getaway with exceptional service, you should absolutely stay at Ko’a Kea. We cannot wait to come back!

Good

Best stay to date - everything was incredible. The prettiest view of the beach, perfect layout, sincerely genuine and nice staff, coziest bed, great drinks and food. The perfect spot in Kauai. Bringing our kids back next time.

Nearby turtles and seals

Superb

We loved our oceanfront room and balcony. The staff were extremely friendly and helpful. The resort was quiet and relaxing.

Excellent stay - friendly staff, beautiful property.

This hotel was excellent. From the location with beach views, poolside bar, excellent restaurant (Sea Salt) and of course the staff. The complete experience was incredible. We will definitely be staying here again on our next visit to Kauai. Highly recommend!

Absolutely amazing stay. Beautiful view, awesome staff, very clean.

Such a memorable trip

The staff was exceptional in every area!

The food is excellent. The location is excellent. However the room category of ocean view is really pool view with partial ocean view. However after complaining to the manager we were given a better view room. If the room categories were more specific we would have been spared the uncomfortable interaction. The pool is very small and room category of ocean view was misleading. In most of those rooms it’s partially ocean view.

We had the absolute best stay at the Koa Kea. We loved how the resort is on the smaller side, and you can easily walk out of your room and to the pool, beach, or to some nearby businesses (little fish, puka dog, surf shop..). The staff was super friendly and accommodating as well. I also loved being greeted with real leis, chocolate for our honeymoon, and wine in the room when we arrived! The pool bar had some yummy food, and good drinks. The sunrise yoga was fantastic as well. We stayed here for our honeymoon and actually preferred it to the first half of our trip, when we stayed at Hotel 1 Hanalei. Again, we loved how small and intimate Koa Kea felt, and it had a calm, relaxing vibe with mostly adults staying at the property. We already can't wait to come back again for an anniversary in the future.