Maui Kai Condos - No Resort Fees

This was our first trip to Maui and we hope it’s not our last! The location, staff, unit and view were all amazing! And free parking is an added bonus! We enjoyed breakfast on our lanai while watching sea turtles in the water below or whales in the distance. It was perfect for my husband and me! 🌺

First time in Hawaii and the views are stunning. I wanted a place with ocean views. Maui Kai hs the most beautiful sunsets, They are breathtaking. The staff is amazing and very friendly. We stayed in room 705 and loved this room. The room was very clean and it was very quiet. I almost felt like we were the only people there. Pointers if you plan on going to Duke’s make sure you have dinner reservations ahead of time because they fill up quickly. There’s food trucks near by and that helped us a lot. I will be staying at Maui Kai again

Maui Kai is a quaint, homey beautiful ocean front resort. All rooms are directly ocean front. You are just feet from the water. There is nothing more relaxing that watching sea turtles drift by, rainbows and amazing whales during whale season. Mau Kai is our home away from home. We have stayed there several times over the years. They have a grill to BBQ, a wonderful small pool, a hot tub, a ping pong table, books to read, a soda machine and is walking distance to the grocery store. It is everything we hope for in a family vacation. There are a couple of units that have extra beds which is wonderful !! Aloha !!

This year we booked through the club Maui Kai as opposed to a third party like VRBO. We got the room we wanted at the going rate. To clarify, we have stayed here and loved Maui Kai for many, many years. It makes a difference who you rent through as these are individually owned combos. The 3rd party condo we had last year was not as wonderful as the one this year that we rented through the office. Last year was much more expensive so we won’t do that again. I must mention that Lala in the office is a delight! What a wonderful woman. We love her. She has been sweet, professional and very helpful. Our corner unit has been renovated. The kitchen is terrific. We do miss the ocean blue tile on the lanai. No rug, although better in a sandy environment, creates hard surface noise. The unit seems loud now. However, we love the ocean and wind sounds. It’s February and we don’t use the AC. It came on when we arrived and works well. We just prefer trade winds and are quite comfortable with windows open and strategic shades down at certain times. Here is what makes Maui Kai special: It’s right on the ocean. Every single unit is ocean front. Whales ( in season) turtles, other occasional sea creatures. They are right there. We spend a lot of time from coffee in the morning to cocktails at sunset watching the ocean. It’s mellow here. There is a small pool & hot tub. People are quiet and polite. It’s on the North end of Kaanapali. The paved board walk begins just to the south out of the Maui Kai driveway. You are close to the Times grocery and a commercial area- walking distance. There are food trucks. If you didn’t need to go to attractions every day you could stay here without a car. That is a rarity on Maui. We walk to Dukes too. Step out to the right or left for sand beach. Airport beach is in walking distance. Even though there is little to no sand in front of the building it’s on either side. This trip we have seen snorkels, surfers and stand up paddle boards out in front. Our plan is to continue our yearly vacation with some time at Maui Kai.

We absolutely love Maui Kai. It has the best view possible for a reasonable price( on Maui). There is only a sidewalk/sea wall separating the building from the ocean. This year we noticed both sides of the sea wall now have access to the beach beyond. So there is little beach directly in front, but just to the sides. We rented through vrbo that was represented by another service. My perfect stays. Using these services was $900 more in fees and cleaning than if we had rented direct from Maui Kai. The room we wanted was already booked so in desperation we went to vrbo. The view was stunning, but our unit had no closet space, but 4 hangers in a hall closet. No safe. No luggage rack. Lots of utensils including several weird ones that made us quite curious. One of our party has cooked in restaurants so we aren’t naive. It looked as if an estate sale drawer had been left there. The stays service did respond immediately and brought us hangers which we appreciated. The furnishings were lovely. But being a condo rental there is NO service. Not even towels. They did have 2 beach towels. Lots of notes up about taking care of things and being sure to report breakage. Perhaps they have been burned. But I’m sitting in a Napili condo right now and see none of that- just wash your sand off. Oh and exchange your beach towels daily if you want. We tried to speak to the M K front desk about renting next year and a woman rudely cut me off and told me to go to the web site. When I did call the woman i spoke to was in the office. Apparently not the rude one as she was sweet and even called the owners of the unit we were hoping for to secure it for us! Rating 4 because the value wasn’t there. We have stayed here before And will again, but not through vrbo. The highlight- a monk seal on the beach right next to us!

Giving this place zero stars. We have been staying at maui kai every year since 2011. We are currently staying in this unit 608 and there are live cockroaches. We are here for 8 more nights and have to deal with this. Maintenance came up and sprayed and set traps and told us "you'll have bugs on the island" we've been here a dozen times and have never had to deal with this! Waking up to 6 roaches crawling all over the sink is not a fun vacation! And noone has reached out to offer a new unit or anything!!!!!!DO NOT STAY IN THIS UNIT!!!!!