Aston Mahana at Kaanapali

Love the fact that all rooms are oceanfront. We had a recently updated studio and it was great. The only real issue (minor) was the housekeeper didn't seem to understand she should leave a spare roll of toilet paper in the room. Plenty of parking, nice pool area, beach is OK but a very nice section of beach is just 100 yards north. The balcony renovation project didn't bother us because the work is only Monday-Friday 9 am to 3 pm --- when we are out of the room anyway. The new all-glass balcony rails are a nice improvement. Definitely will stay here again.

This property appears to be a property in transition. There seems to be a lot of work going on-there was scaffolding in front of the building(in front of one of our rooms for two days, actually)the entire time we were there. They appeared to be painting/repairing the outside of the building. I rented six units and some of them were beautiful-recently updated and redecorated and some of them were dated and in need of redecorating. It would be interesting to return in a year or so for a second look at this property. It has recently changed hands-from ResortQuest to Aston and the new owners seem to be working toward many improvements. The hotel staff was very friendly but they only have one person at the front desk so even if you have a simple question or request, if you get behind someone checking in, you will wait a very long time to be helped. Maid service is okay, but they only make the beds and give you clean towels. They don't sweep the floors or wipe anything down. The furniture on the lanai was covered with sandy dust so we spent a bit of time cleaning that up so we could sit at the table out there.