Beautiful retreat! Amazing location

Annette W., Herriman, UT, 3.15.12

The Bamboo Hale II is superb. The property manager was super friendly and helpful! This was our second trip, and it was better than the first. Highly recommended.

Stephen S., Lakewood, OH, 1.2.12

Location was great, shower handle was broken, from blinds were broken, no barbeque that was suppose to be there and not one comfortable place to sit in the entire house.

Kimberly J., Corona, CA, 11.3.11

Comment by Owner/Manager:

Thanks for your review, it is very much appreciated. Of the 3 shower heads the one handle was broken but fixed the hour you called my repairman listed on our contacts for assistance. The BBQ is on grounds and my ground keeper was available assist in moving it to your back door (large 5 burner propane stainless) from the community area. One of your family called me and I mentioned this, but the rain and deterred his interest in cooking outdoors. As for seating: not for everyone our 2 Asain punees (pronounced Pu- nah) are a bit for lounging, 2 Chinese 100 year old bar chairs are extremely large and comfortable with back rests but are wooden so I can understand. The 6 six teak dining chairs are wood dining chairs as well. We will look into changing out one punee for a large Western style sofa and adding some desirable single chairs in the sitting areas. Thanks again for the frank review.

We recently stayed at the Bamboo Hale II for two nights. Even in this short stay, we were very happy with the arrangements. The unit and the surroundings were quite beautiful. The landscaping is very pretty, and the beach is really close and nice. When we first got there, we were concerned that the beach would be too rough for us to swim in because it seemed pretty choppy, but we happened across one of the neighbors, and she informed us that it was just high tide. We waited a few hours, and sure enough, the swimming was great. However, the bottom is very rocky, and pretty much requires you to wear shoes. The rockiness inspired us to try snorkeling there, and we got to see lots of little fish and pretty coral. Not the prettiest snorkeling ever, but perfectly good for those of the group that were first timers. The biggest disappointment we had, though, was with the wireless internet. I'm not sure if something was wrong with the router, or what, but while we were able to log in to the network, we got very poor signal strength, and in some parts of the unit (like in the bedrooms) couldn't reliably connect at all. As our stay was only for two nights, we didn't worry about it too much, but if we had stayed longer we would have contacted someone to see if it could be fixed. The biggest benefit, on the other hand, was the closeness to the Polynesian Cultural Center. We spent one day there, and the unit was close enough that we just walked over. It saved us parking costs and made it a lot easier to get home at the end of the day. Overall, it was a great experience, and we will definitely consider a similar rental if we return to Hawaii again.

Sarah H., Carthage, MO, 4.22.11

Comment by Owner/Manager:

My apologies for the break in internet coverage: Since your stay we have improved the wireless system and making it very robust with access across all room, private lanais and community areas.

I thought that the owner was great. The property was great I had only one concern and that was the parking so close to the road, however that was not a problem as we later found out. It was great to be so close to the Polynesian Cultural Center. There was no problem staying in Lai'e because there were all sorts of services available in town. The only problem that our family had was all of the places we wanted to visit were about an hour away in travel time so we did a lot of driving. Most of the tourist attractions closed at 5:00 pm so it was important to get up early in the morning.

Mark B., North Ogden, Utah, 7.13.09

Comment by Owner/Manager:

Yes some attractions are an hour away, and here is a list of local attractions: The Polynesian Cultural center is across the street, great hikes are in the neighborhood, Waimaea Bay, botanical gardens and waterfall are 20 minutes away, Turtle beach is 25 minutes away. Koolau Valley and Ranch is 20 minutes away. Shark's Cove is 20 minutes away, Sunset beach is 20 minutes away, Hale'iwa Beach is 30 minutes away...if you stayed in this area for 2 weeks, you would exhaust yourself trying to cover what is up to 30 minutes away. Don't forget the beach from your back yard for snorkeling, watching whales in winter, sea turtles swimming by, lounging...

Bamboo Hale II was beautiful - we loved that the beach was right there outside the door. Raymond was awesome and was there for everything we needed.

Allyn P. G., Waukegan, IL, 7.6.09

Comment by Owner/Manager:

Thanks, I am available most days for assistance with local info and attractions, things to do, where to eat...