I am obliged to add a few comments to counter some of the over-the-top glowing reviews of this place. A friend and I stayed here for eight nights in late January 2012. We each took one of their two rooms. After getting up very early to catch the flight from Seattle to Lihue, after delaying mixups at both the baggage carousel and the rental car agency, and after following their instruction sheet and getting lost, we finally found their unmarked and almost invisible driveway. Harry and Fred met us at the front porch, welcomed us into their foyer, and proceeded to lay out the 'house rules' ... with no offer of any refreshment, liquid or snack to offset the travails of our long and stressful day. So we had to drive back down to Kapa'a, find a place to eat (we settled for Burger King), and then drive back uphill along those twisting-turning unlighted rural roads in the dark. We went to bed exhausted.
House Rule No.1 -- "We don't serve breakfast until 8:30. Reason -- to save electricity we don't turn on any lights, we wait until sunrise to begin." A request for a pot of coffee at 7:00 was denied, same reason. "Besides, the coffee would be stale by 8:30." God forbid they make a second pot of coffee. Problem is, there is no restaurant, coffee shop or convenience store anywhere nearby --- or for several miles. Thus the trip back down to Kapa'a.
House Rule No.2 -- "We are vegetarians. We don't eat meat, and we don't serve meat to our guests." So, if you prefer ham and eggs for breakfast, or a Denver omelet, forget it. They make little pretense of catering to their 'guests' --- you eat what they choose to serve, when they choose to serve it.
That being said, they do prepare occasionally delicious fare ... e.g., a small plate of local fruit slices (papaya, banana, pineapple), good coffee, and (cold) toast with butter. One morning we got banana pancakes with coconut syrup. Another day it was a cheese omelet and kiwi slices. Nothing really hearty however, nothing to give you a great start to an active day. We were always quite hungry by 11:00.
There are no tv's in the rooms. No books, no magazines, no radio or other music source. This is okay if you plan to be out and about from breakfast to bed time. But if you return from your day's travels before bed time, you have only the crowing of the neighborhood's many feral roosters to entertain you. Our hosts did offer to let us watch PBS news with them once --- otherwise, their widescreen tv is off limits, covered with a drop cloth.
These 'regulations' and practices should be laid out clearly on their website and in their email correspondence with prospective 'guests', so that interested parties can make more informed choices. As it is now, their website is rather deceptive.
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