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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Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
(866) 977-4589 or (808) 882-7222
62-100 Mauna Kea Beach Dr, Kohala
This was the first resort to grace the Kohala lava desert area, and a large part of their business is repeat customers. Built by Laurance S. Rockefeller in 1965, […]
Kamuela Inn
(800) 555-8968 or (808) 885-4243
65-1300 Kawaihae Rd, Waimea
This is a quaint 30-room inn. The rooms are nicely updated, feel modern and fresh. No phones (office phone available). Nice continental breakfast included. The setting is well-groomed and the staff is […]
Kona Tiki Hotel
(808) 329-1425
75-5968 Alii Dr, Kailua-Kona
This is a small, old-style Kona hotel. All rooms have incredible oceanfront views right next to the water. How close? The swimming pool is permanently salty from waves washing over the rock wall and is available […]
Kona Pacific
(877) 322-2407 or (808) 329-2140
75-5865 Walua Rd, Kailua-Kona
This condo is located just up the hill from the main part of Kona town. There are not many views from these five buildings that vary up to seven stories high. Buildings A […]
Kumulani at Mauna Kea
(800) 822-4252 or (808) 883-8500
Lolii Pl, Kohala
These low-rise condo buildings in a gated complex house four units each. This was one of the earlier condos finished in the area, and it is very similar to Wai‘ula‘ula at Mauna Kea from the […]
Fairmont Orchid, Hawai‘i
(800) 845-9905 or (808) 885-2000
1 N Kaniku Dr, Mauna Lani
We try not to blather on about a resort—it hurts our credibility. But when it’s right, it’s right. The Fairmont Orchid has an intoxicating richness that permeates everything. The […]
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 […]
Holiday Inn Express Resort
(888) 465-4329 or (808) 329-2599
75-146 Sarona Rd, Kailua-Kona
A three-story resort completed in late 2014 sitting right in Kona town. This is a familiar brand, and the one here is no different except they used a slightly more Hawaiian color palette in […]
Banyan Tree
(888) 780-4809 or (808) 329-6438
76-6268 Alii Dr, Kailua-Kona
All units are ocean front with the sound of the surf below you. Rooms are pleasantly furnished and well-maintained. End units have the bedrooms toward the back; others have the master bedroom […]
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 […]