Waimanalo Beach Cottages

The breach was very nice and close

Temperature of the room

On beach

Resident next door had floodlights that kept turning on all night and flooded bedroom with light

The cottage was lovely - comfy bed, good shower and kitchen. But the best thing was the location - just a minute’s walk from a long, clean beach. We could hear the ocean at night and swam first thing every morning.

The parking situation! We paid for a parking space, rather than stress about the availability and insecurity of street parking. There was no added security in using the parking area and, the worst thing, the owner fed the local pigeons, who therefore roosted on the overhead lines and we had to wash our rental car, twice!

Location great, short walk to beach. Great cats. Cabin 6 (ours) was not smashed in, like the others (except #1). Had one side facing park, with partial views of ocean and mountain views. Like the security of locked fence gate.

Several electrical outlets did not work, fire alarms removed, which gave us pause, as I think there are electrical issues. No hand towel, skimpy kitchen items, nothing food related, like salt and pepper, A/C undersized for space. No one cleaned the on the window side of the bed, partly understandable since the bed was so tight along that edge and the foot that it was hard to get into. There was lots of sand on the floor and the floor got my feet dirty. A load of laundry was $8 in quarters. On the last day we texted to get quarters, arranging a meeting. An hour after the appointment, we texted them, which was received but no reply. They got back to us 4 hours later. Hanging around waiting on them was not how I wanted to spend my vacation. I can understand them running late, but annoying and rude that they did not text us to re-arrange. The owner was around a bit, but in general there was no one on site to assist and if our experience is normal, they are not responsive. Too many pigeons (was sure I was going to get bird poop in my hair). All of the cabins are very close together. I would not have liked most of them as 3 sides would be super close to fence or next cabin. The remaining side faces into the center area, which was nice, but not that spacious and faces the home. Not sure about "cabins" 7 and up, as they appear to be sliced out of the house in the center. For an 8 day stay: 4 rolls of TP and about 1oz each of shampoo, conditioner, lotion, shower gel (for 2 people).