Hale Akua Garden Farm & Eco-Retreat

I was not expecting what we encountered based on the photos and reviews. This place is not nearly as nice as advertised. I know they're trying, but I was terribly disappointed and couldn't even stay for the second night. The room had ants crawling over furniture and on the walls. There was no air conditioning, but we thought for sure it was advertised having it. The "office" closes at night so there's no one to go to if you need things besides an "emergency number" you can call in the evenings. It was very dark and hard to see around the property after sunset. The pool was dirty, and the hot tub was a small "family style" hot tub you would find in someone's backyard. It was hard to know if it was kept clean or treated regularly. Folks seemed friendly and maybe the farm would have been cool, but it was really hard to relax in the room that wasn't well kept so I couldn't stay. I was really looking forward to staying here, but the retreat is not as advertised and was definitely a disappointment. Perhaps it was due to being low season. I'm not sure. But I couldn't even ask, because there was no staff around past 5pm.

Our room was very cold. It could have used a space heater and better pillows. A chair in the room would have been nice.. The shared shower wasn’t very clean. There was a beautiful sunrise view to see right from bed. We enjoyed using the kitchen.