My Hawaii Hostel

I stayed 6 nights, staying in their private room. It was well run, reasonable, and central to everywhere I wanted to go. The room was clean, the bed comfortable, and quiet hours enforced reasonably well. Definitely will stay again next time I visit Kailua-Kona. A+++

💯. Super close to the beach + mini mart. The bus was easy to catch, bus stop right out front. A nice welcome, tho arrived I late. The kitchen area was clean, the staff was nice and the patio so clutch.

Pros: The hostel has a great location in Kona. The free trolley stops right outside and it’s close to many restaurants and shops. It’s clean, well maintained, and safe. Cons: I’ve stayed at hostels all over the world and the staff here is the worst I’ve ever seen. Since it’s a small place there is only 1 staff member on at a time but it’s often hard to tell who that staff member is because they mostly spend their time socializing with guests. They act like it’s a frat house and not a job. At 11 pm our last night, one of the staff members came into our room (where 5 people were sleeping) to show a late check in her bunk. She yelled “Why is the door locked? Who keeps locking this door?” before coming in. She then continued to loudly talk to the new guest like the rest of us weren’t trying to sleep. We also had issues trying to charge our EV rental car. Before getting the car, we asked a staff member if it would be ok to plug it in at the hostel and they said yes. (It was the low level charger with a standard plug) The next staff member to come on shift unplugged our vehicle so it didn’t charge. She wouldn’t let us plug it back in because “electricity is too expensive.” We ended up returning the car and losing money because of this. Bottom line: stay here if want somewhere clean and safe to stay but don’t care about customer service.