My family of four traveled to the Pono Kai in June of 2012 and loved our accommodations! We stayed in a spacious 2 bedroom and the staff is very encouraging of giving suggestions for meals, trips and beaches to visit. We're already planning our 2014 trip to celebrate our sons graduation....can't wait to get back!

We are owners at Pono Kai. Love it. We have been owners for 8 years. Not a new resort with Spa's and restaurants and bars but it is ours. Complete condo unit with fully stocked kitchen. Grills located throughout the property and a great pool and patio area. The rooms are slowly being updated and a new management company has... More

We have been going to Kauai since the early 80s and have stayed on most parts of the island. Kapaa is our favorite place to stay because of its location; close to the airport and shopping, lots of restaurants, easy to get to the north or south shore beaches. We have stayed in various condos and hotels in Kapaa and... More

We swapped into a timeshare at the Pono Kai for a week in May, 2013. The place was clean, the staff was friendly, everything was very average. Except for the bathroom. It was clean, but small and not well suited to more than one couple. To me, the Pono Kai fits somewhere a resort and a condo. There is no... More

RESERVATIONS: My wife and I stayed as guests of a timeshare owner at Pono Kai for one week, paying only maintenance fees for "bonus time" of $511 total for 7 days. The rack rate listed in the lobby entrance was $240 a day! We had made airline reservations from the west coast on fairly short notice of about 3 weeks,... More

I previously gave this resort 4 stars, based upon my 3-month stay a few years ago. I've downgraded it to 3 stars based upon a one-week stay last month, because I now realize that you simply don't know what you're getting when you stay here. If you stay at a timeshare resort managed by, say, Hilton or Marriott, you're pretty... More

We love it so much here that we bought a timeshare. We have stayed all over the resort and found that we love the 1br end units because there is an extra window in the dining room. The only thing I might change is putting washs and dryers in the units.And more comfortable seating. Otherwise, we always feel like we... More

Read every review and you will see the same things...squeaky floors, dated rooms, small tv's, and be prepared to move rooms without warning! We were moved twice...told to bring everything down to the hospitality suite, this the day after we arrived! After we complied, we were told, " oh, no you did not have to do that, you could have... More

Our ocean front suite was pleasant, clean and well equipped. Pono Kai is central - convenient to Kapa'a restaurants and equi-distant to the north and south shores. We enjoyed mornings and late evenings on the lanai. Our suite - and bedroom - were right by the stair well so there was no hope of sleeping in. We heard every bit... More