Hawaii Island Resort

The room was clean. The staff were amazing. Kelly and Alex are so friendly and accommodating. Picking fruit and collecting macadamia nuts was a fun adventure. The pool was awesome. The dogs were super friendly and my kids loved them. There was no AC, but the room stayed a decent temperature as long as we kept the windows open and the fan going. We were in the Volcano room, so it probably helped that we were downstairs and the sun wasn't ever shining directly in our room.

This place is unique, and the huge trees on the property are amazing. You can pick your own fruit and macadamia nuts even, and keep or eat them. The set up of the "common area" is a bit odd, with the main room being part of the hostesses house. The pictures of the beautiful kitchen that I saw in the listing was very misleading, as the kitchen is 100% hands off, guests are not allowed to touch it. Which was really weird and not welcoming, and odd that you can be right next to the hosts personal kitchen that is part of the great room. We also wanted some coffee or tea early in the morning and there was no way to get that, everything was pitch black and the area the guests can use was completely dark and there were no to go cups. But being from the mainland we were up very early and wanted to get over to Volcanoes NP, we weren't going to sit around for hours waiting until the host was up. There are dogs here to chase off the wild boars. They ran up at us at 5 in the morning and absolutely reeked of dead things, so they get into some trouble in the middle of the night I guess. But they are very friendly and sweet. The room was fine for the price, and it was definitely a unique and neat way to spend a night by the south point. The hostess also told us about a great local restaurant which was appreciated.

We enjoyed our stay here at Hawaii Island Resort, it was pretty remote but between volcanos park and the airport so we picked this location. The hosts showed us how to look for and crack macadamia nuts but we only each found one edible one but it was fun trying! Beautiful property. There are a lot of amenities in the main house that we didn’t use but I’d imagine would be amazing to have a few friends staying at the property too it would be a very fun chill space to hang out in. The bed was comfortable and the room was minimal, we slept with the windows letting in all the night sounds (no A/C but breeze was cool enough at night and there was a fan that was good enough). The experience gave us a more true Hawaii experience than a hotel would have. This place is more like an Airbnb than a hotel. It’s cool that it is listed on Expedia. Not sure if there are restaurants nearby but we did catch a farmers market on our way in in the closest town which had a lot of good prepared foods.

Alex and his mother have a beautiful property with macadamia nuts and fruit trees that you can eat from. Our room was clean, the beds were comfortable. I wish we could have spent a little more time, as we were only there for 1 night. Would reccomend.

front desk lady was rude