The Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows

Our first stay at Mauna Lani was just wonderful. The guest rooms far exceeded our expectations in their generous size and luxury touches. Housekeeping is flawless. The common areas of the resort are truly spectacular. We had visited before their Auberge renovations and the hotel felt cold and unappealing but I could not stop oohing and aahing at the warm wood and botanical finishes that transformed the resort. Amy our pool server made sure we had everything we needed. Our favorite part was probably our two visits to Canoe House - one to the bar our first night and one for the dinner experience our last night. It's magical and the best restaurant, unbelievable location and dining experience on the whole coast. Stephanie is pretty amazing - she was so welcoming and managed to remember our drink order from the first night!! And our server (I'm sad I don't remember his name but starts with Ju...) and assistant servers, as well as sommelier were wonderful and true professionals. That dinner was one we will not forget! Thank you Mauna Lani for a great stay!

Great choice for providing many options in a beautiful and unique hotel resort environment. Be prepared as the $$$$ are resort level. However, there are options.

Our 40th anniversary celebration trip to Auberge Mana Lani in Kona HI could not have been any better. The property, staff, food and on site excursions were awesome. We were treated like VIP’s the entire stay.

Beautiful hotel on lovely beach in Kona. In addition to gorgeous beach, many other amenities to keep you busy. We made use of the two lovely pools—both long enough to swim laps (with poolside service and enough chairs with shade). A great gym (and apparently, another one!). We didn’t use the golf course or tennis or pickle ball courts. Food on site in three restaurants and a market. Like many at fancy resorts, the food was pricey but good and well served. Canoe House is the fancier—at the beach where you can watch the sunset. The vegetarian menus could be better, but there was enough to eat and it was good. We had trouble finding walking trails other than the beach—they must be there for runners but were poorly marked (the maps weren’t right) and no one could give us directions but that was a small thing in an otherwise fabulous (if very expensive) experience. Will dream of returning!

The hotel design was incredible. Everything from the furniture to the plants was spectacular. The beach here is amazing and the pool as well. Breakfast in this hotel was extremely enjoyable. My only comments is that service was a little inconsistent during our stay. Nothing bad happened but some days had phenomenal service and others didn’t.