If you want to experience Hawaii in it's natural beauty this is the place to be. The grounds are absolutely beautiful and tropical, the location is quiet and there are no extra fees-like parking costs. I am an airline employee and I refer ALL my airline friends to the Maui Lu. We stay at higher end hotels on our overnights and travel more than most people, so we appreciate a Clean, Quiet, and relaxing spot to vacation in. If you enjoy paying for parking, outrageous prices for meals, and being around crowds, then being at a resort is for you.
To the manager of the Maui Lu, don't change a thing. Your place is beautiful, clean, affordable and exactly what a relaxing vacation should be. We would hang out at the private cove every night to enjoy the sunset while our boys hunted for crabs. Most of the pictures we took, for us to share with our friends, were right on the property. I believe the negative remarks are from people who want more than their willing to pay for.
I hope this review is helpful for the budgeted family because it is a great property, older but clean, with a tropical feel from the grounds.Keep up the good work, keep it affordable and we look forward to staying here again this summer.

My husband, 2 small children and I stayed at Maui Lu for Thanksgiving. We weren't expecting much based on the price. The hotel staff were always very friendly and helpful and the location is decent. We drove up and down the road for meals and appreciated the refrigerator in the room and use of the microwave in the lobby. Our room was the garden view. The worst part of the room was the carpet. It was old, dingy and dirty. I did not want my family to walk in the room without shoes on. The room had air conditioning, a nice sliding door in the back to open to a lanai and quiet, peaceful view. The pool was okay (too cold for us to enjoy at the time). Parking was good. If staying on Maui again I would choose a nicer hotel, but the accommodations are decent for the price. I did leave behind my prescription eyeglasses after we checked out and after calling housekeeping, they were mailed to my home in good condition.

The hotel has 2 locations. One is on the beach side the other is across the street. Make sure if you stay here you ask for the ocean front location. The rooms are run down and dirty. They need to be updated. You only get coffee in your room once, then you need to go across the street to get more. You do not want to swim at this beach. (dirty and not much beach access) You will need to go to Kamaole beach. Small refrigerator in the rooms and you only get 2 towels a day. Don't think your going to get additional towels for when you shower off the salt water and sand later in the day.

The pictures of this "resort" are very misleading. First of all, most of the units are not beach front and have no view of the beach. I travel about once a month or so and this is the first negative review I have felt the need to write. We were treated extremely rudely by the staff upon check in at 11:00 PM. Be careful about booking on a travel service because there were many charges we weren't told about until check in and more at check out. When we tried to talk to the manager about the charges we were told the manager would not talk to us and is too busy to be at the lobby. The outside grounds are wearing down and old. The rooms were very much sub-par. Two of the people staying in the room were bitten numerous times by bed bugs! The room had poor ventilation and the bathroom had none. There were bugs in the bathroom that was in dire need of being remodeled. When booking we were told it would be central to everything. That is only if you have a car- I would recommend looking at hotels further down kihei road for a much better location. We did not use the beach on the property one time, but rather had to rent a car to drive anytime we wanted to do something. I stayed at a resort quest property last month in waikiki and had nothing but good things to say. I was very unpleased.