We booked the Mana Kai for 2 weeks in early January 2008. We were a little leary, since we had been in the Restaurant several years previously, and thought the place looked a little run down. We were assured that the entire complex had been renovated. When re arrived, the remodeling was still going on. Old furniture was piled up along every walkway, and the elevators were in construction mode. Our room which supposedly was upgraded, may have been so 20 years ago. It even had shag carpeting. A previous reviewer talked about the small size of the main area, which was little more than a large living room with a divider in place to separate the "bedroom". The large separate bedroom was occupied by our daughter. She could not sleep from the noise in the parking area below. Cars and motercycles were leaving the restaurant late. The parking attendents used the alarms on the cars to find them, which contributed to the noise.
We left after 4 days, to a much nicer property. Of course, since we rented the Mana Kai far in advance, we were locked into the rate for the entire 2 weeks.
We were very disappointed, and don't understand how this place gets such high ratings from both TripAdvisor review, or some of the National travel publications.

We have stayed at the Mana Kai for 5 years now.
Been there at Christmas and Spring Break. What a perfect place.
The staff is wonderful. The location the best.
This is the place to stay on Maui. Mana Kai Maui is PERFECT!

Oh my gosh! We stayed at this place when we were in Hawaii for a wedding. We were at the Fairmont Kea Lani for the first part of our trip (the bride and groom footed the bill for the first 4 days) and moved to the Mana Kai for the portion of the trip that we were paying for. When I first stepped foot into our room at the Mana Kai, I actually cried. It was such a dump! The room looked exacty like the picture from the website-just from about 20 years ago. We had a 2 bedroom "condo"....don't be fooled, this isn't a condo, it's 2 seperate rooms that are joined by another door that was a total afterthought. So while we had enough room for everyone, the AC was in the other "room" and did not offer my husband and I any releif from the 100 degree heat. Not that I would have been able to sleep anyway, as the bed dipped so badly in the middle it was like sleeping in a taco. The sheets were scratchy, the bathroom was disgusting and the furniture was older than me. The "master" bedroom was actually an efficiency that had a sliding room divider for privacy, but it was not a seperate room. The kitchen had bugs, there was bird poop all over the patio and the walls are paper thin. This was a devistating experience, especially after staying at the Fairmont. I wasn't expecting the Mana Kai to be 5 stars, but the pictures that were on the website (from which we based our decision to stay there) were truely false advertising. What a dissapointment.

Stayed in Unit 803 and my friends and I couldn't have been happier. Tish, the condo owner was super sweet. I had found her rental online through VRBO and highly recommend booking through here as you know exactly what kind of unit you are getting. The condo was immaculate - 1 bdrm, 2 baths. Very nice and clean with everything you needed. Condo was also on top floor so it was much quieter without anyone above and we were far up enough that you didnt hear the people down by the pool. The location was awesome too. Right off the beach and the views were heavenly. It was my first visit to Maui and we cannot WAIT to go back! Thanks Tish - we had a great stay at your place!