Big Island Resorts
Here are some of the Big Island Resorts that we have reviewed. Each review is unbiased and based on our personal visits. Our team regularly visits these resorts and reviews them for your benefit. You can also find Big Island resorts in our app for free! There you can filter them the way you want to find your perfect place to stay.
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The Palms Cliff House Inn
(866) 963-6076 or (808) 963-6076
28-3514 Mamalahoa Hwy, Honomu
What a great spot for this small inn! A serene, white, Victorian-style, lovingly-maintained home sits on over 3 acres overlooking Pohaku Manu Bay about 13 miles north of Hilo with its great ocean […]
Kona by the Sea
(855) 747-0763 or (808) 327-2300
75-6106 Alii Dr, Kailua-Kona
Adequately furnished condos (though some could use updating), quiet, with pleasant grounds. The pool has an adjacent sandy area that’s kind of nice. The oceanfront saltwater pool mentioned in Sights section is next […]
Hali‘i Kai
(800) 367-5004 or (808) 886-4307
69-1029 Nawahine Pl, Waikoloa
Hali‘i Kai is a long, narrow, gated condo property. Some units are two-story townhouses. Buildings 13–15 directly face the ocean. (A narrow lava field separates you and the ocean, but you can’t […]
Four Seasons Resort Hualalai
(888) 340-5662 or (808) 325-8000
72-100 Ka’upulehu Dr, Kailua-Kona
This resort shines, even among its superb competitors: 37 one- and two-story bungalows in several crescents with six to eight rooms per building, including a few golf course buildings. They used a […]
Fairway Villas
(800) 688-7444 or (808) 886-0036
69-200 Pohakulana Pl, Waikoloa
This gated condo property is located close to the Kings’ Shops with decent golf course views and some pleasant lake views from buildings I–O. This resort is a combination of condos with two-story […]
Courtyard King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel
(800) 367-2111 or (808) 329-2911
75-5660 Palani Rd, Kailua-Kona
The King Kam (as it’s known locally) is a Kona fixture. Located next to the Kailua Pier, the hotel is fronted by the tiny but calm Kamakahonu Beach. The Ahu‘ena Heiau is […]
The Fairways at Mauna Lani
(877) 322-2407 or (808) 329-2140
68-1125 N Kaniku Dr, Mauna Lani
This gated condo complex is made up of 21 six-unit buildings. The exteriors are sort of English manor meets Frank Lloyd Wright-goes-to-Hawai‘i. The garages are really too narrow to use—must have […]
Kilauea Lodge
(808) 967-7366
19-3948 Old Volcano Rd, Volcano Village
Opened in 1937 as a YMCA youth camp, this quaint lodge was converted in 1986 by Albert and Lorna Jeyte. (He was a make-up artist on Magnum P.I.) The whole thing was very well done […]
SCP Hotel Hilo
(808) 935-0821
126 Banyan Way, Hilo
Update: The Hilo Seaside Hotel was sold and reopened as SCP Hotel Hilo. We will be back to re-review it as soon as can.
Very clean, simple hotel (but very dated except the bedding) rooms across from […]
Kona Hawaii Guest House
(808) 557-1420
77-362 Paulina Pl, Kailua-Kona
The Big Island attracts different categories of people. On one side of the spectrum, you have your Four Season vacationers, and on the very opposite side, you have your Kona Hawaii Guest House crew. This place is for the […]