We stayed at an ocean front cottage in the Royal Lahaina Resort just steps to Kaanapali Beach one of the most beautiful beaches in Maui. The staff and manager (Kory) were wonderful and accommodating would definitely recommend this hotel to everyone. The resort is set away from other hotels and is very private but still within walking distance of main shopping centers (Whaler Village) and great restaurants (Basil Tomatoe). We rented a car but there is a shuttle bus from the resort to Front Street down town Lahanina and also to Whalers Village. We arranged to go to Pearl Harbor through Pleasant Holidays located in the front Lobby of the hotel and would recommend this tour the kids loved it and was well worth going to. This was one of the best holidays and if you are lucky enough to be able to go to Maui try out this resort.

My girlfriend & I stayed for 6 days at 1 of the newly renovated tower rooms. We originally booked a terrace room not realizing we would be right above the ac fans, lady at the desk kindly upgraded our room to a top floor ocean view for a discounted fee...nice way to start your stay :-) ... As soon as we arrived to our room, we were inlove w/the view, a nice ocean view to the right of our balcony, the garden straight ahead, & the mountain view to the left ... it was more than i imagined. Our whole stay was great. Staff was great, from the bell to the dining, service was wonderful. The hotel restaurant had a nice patio dining, where we had buffet breakfast 3 days out of the week, w/a nice view of the ocean & were even lucky enough to see whales right from our seats. Royal Lahaina was close to the Whaler's Village & other hotels. What I loved most about the Royal Lahaina, was it's own beach. Although it is close to the Whaler's Village, RL beach has it's own private & quiet beach separate from the busy Whaler's Village. Only those that truly stayed at RL was at the beach, so not much of a crowd but enough to socialize with. One con about the Royal Lahaina, was it's elevators, although they had 4 elevators, there were usually only 1 or 2 that worked. I understood, they're in process of renovations, so maybe those will be next. But I must say, there wasn't anything that could've ruined my stay at the Royal Lahaina. We are looking forward to returning to Maui, & I would not hesitate to return to Royal Lahaina.

My husband and I stayed 3 nights. Our room was recently renovated. Had a wonderful patio with garden, mountain, and ocean views. #4029. Loved it. Close to all other resorts - could walk miles touring other resorts. Fabulous beaches. Snorkleing couldn't be easier - just find a spot on the beach and walk into the ocean to snorkle. 2 pools. Hotel restaurant was ok. However, there were restaurants a plenty within walking distance - Basil Tomatoes Italian was good.

My husband and I spent 5 nights here for our 5th anniversary. We stayed in one of the tower rooms. We originally booked an ocean view room and was told we'd get a room upgrade to deluxe ocean view and a bottle of champagne since it was our anniversary. When we arrived at the hotel they didn't have any deluxe ocean view rooms available. That was okay though, because the room we had was fine and the view was still beautiful! We did find a bottle of champagne in our room that night too. The hotel has a perfect location right on Kaanapali beach and close to Lahaina and Whaler's Village. There's also a great indoor/outdoor bar area where it's great to grab a drink. Bartenders very friendly. Also, eat breakfast outside at one of the tables looking towards the beach. Talk about a perfect view! The hotel grounds were very well kept and all the staff was friendly. The only complaint we had was that housekeeping was hit and miss. We didn't have any washcloths the first day. Then they would take away our water glasses and not leave clean ones, or they'd just leave the dirty ones. They never did take the dirty champagne glasses from the first night. Still, this wasn't really a big deal. Overall we're very happy we chose this place and we'll stay here again when we come back someday. Excellent price/value when compared to others in the area too.