I highly recommend the Koa Lagoon - it was by far the best place we stayed during our Hawaii holiday. The apartment was beautiful - it was just a real pleasure to stay there and we didn't want to leave. You can hear the waves lapping the shore as you drift off to sleep - the property is literally right on the ocean. Great views, great sunsets, lovely big balcony.

Kihei itself isn't hugely exciting - Lahaina on the west coast is definitely the best place on the island to stay. Kihei is condos and malls basically but if you just want a relaxing beach holiday and you have a car, it's perfect.

The Koa Lagoon is paradise! The condos are beautiful and the location is totally peaceful. The views are amazing and the grounds are impeccable. It is also very close to everything you could need for your stay. We hope to stay here again and again!

The Koa Lagoon was everything Trip Advisor recommendations promised: a top notch property on every level. My wife and I spent our 25th anniversary in room #503 (seems to be a popular one!) and were pleasantly surprised from the moment we walked into the unit. The view from the fifth floor was spectacular, with a partial view of Lanai to the west, Kahoolawe and Molokini to the south. We enjoyed mornings on the lanai drinking coffee, eating breakfast and taking in the view. Management/owners have taken obvious care to decorate the unit with a balance of practicality, taste and common sense. The kitchen was easy to use, outfitted with quality appliances (coffee maker, coffee grinder, toaster, blender), utensils, cooking pans and pots. The living and dining room were simple and comfortable, the king bed incredibly comfortable, and the bathroom nicely appointed. In unit washer and dryer were small, but adequate. The laminate flooring made for clean and easy living. Air conditioning was slightly substandard...the living room/dining room unit never cooled adequately, which wasn't a huge issue because we were gone during the afternoon hours most days, but the sun was often brutal coming through the huge bay windows in the afternoon and the window shades didn't really compete. We had better luck in the bedroom with the A/C. For those who complained about the road noise out on So. Kihei, we had no problem at all since we ran the A/C at night which effectively blocked out the sound of the traffic. The one cautionary note is that is that the air conditioning unit blew directly on me while lying in bed. I improvised an airshield by using one of the pictures from the living room to deflect the gale force wind away from face. After solving that problem we slept like the dead. Like others, we didn't swim at the beach directly in front of the unit because of rocks. We headed south to Charlie Young and Kaamaloe I instead. A friend warned us that Kihei can be windy and it was, particularly in the afternoons when the trades started kicking in. We escaped to the pool where the cement walls and lanai blocked most of the wind, making it possible to swim and enjoy the afternoon sun. Since I'm a noise-a-phobe I'll include two additional points. When my wife and I were in the living room, we kept hearing a persistent low rumbling noise like thunder in the distance. We thought that's what it was at first. Then we realized it was the sound of our upstairs neighbors opening and shutting their patio sliding glass doors. It got really annoying at times with the traffic going in and out to their lanai. The other complaint was voices (and cigarette smoke) filtering in from the surrounding lanais. Other than that, the Koa Lagoon is built like a fortress so there is practically zero noise from footsteps above, below and to the side. Like I said, apart from a few nits, the Koa Lagoon is a great place and a terrific value. We'll be back!

I didn't actually stay in this condo.....I had booked a ground floor ocean front condo for 9 days on May. For my sisters wedding. (I'm the Maid of Honor). I booked about 2 months in advance. About 3 weeks before going, I called to inquire about their cancellation policy. My fiance's step-father has cancer and we were worried about him taking a turn for the worse. Their cancellation policy says that after making full payment, if you cancel, you forfeit all money unless there is a verifiable medical emergency. I called to ask if things got worse with his step-father, if that would be considered verifiable medical emergency. I wrote an e-mail to the manager, which was never responded to. I called a few days after that and spoke to an assistant. She said she didn't know and she would have the manager call me back. No one called the next day, so I called and got an answering machine. I left a message and got called back when I was in the shower the next morning. The manager left a message saying she cancelled my reservation and I would get my deposit back minus a $75 cancel fee.
I called back right away and told her that I never said to cancel it. She already had a new renter!!! She wouldn't give me my condo back. She said the assistant put me in the cancel pile!
I NEVER SAID I WANTED TO CANCEL. I was just inquiring about the policy and I got screwed. I now have 2 weeks before we go and no place to stay! Scrambling to get a nice place. She added more stress to an already stressful situation. She gave me the $75 cancel fee back, but not my condo. The right thing to do would've been to give it back to me it was their mistake not mine.