Marriott's Waiohai Beach Club

We have loved Marriott’s Waiohai Beach Club since we purchased our two bedroom in 2003! Right on the beach, with lovely pools, landscaping, Honu Beach Bar/restaurant, and awesome staff, within walking distance to many other restaurants and next to Poipu Beach & park. What more could you ask? Lots more actually! Honu (green sea turtles) on our beach seeking a rest after many hours in the water, as well as endangered Monk Seals sharing the sand for a much deserved break, and many complementary activities from water aerobics to koi feeding offered for adults and children. The spirit of Aloha is alive and well at Waiohai!

Fun place in Poipu to stay. I have been to the Sheraton several times as Starwood Lifetime Titanium - but my sister is an owner at the Marriott, so we got to go there with her. I enjoyed the property a lot. It was a more peaceful experience. The landscaping was beautiful - there was a hammock I enjoyed just going and laying in to watch the clouds go by. The beach is great, and it's near the Poipu outer reef, so we also got a little swell. I brought my board with me from Florida and got a few good waves.

Not like other Marriott’s I have stayed in. Usually Marriott’s staff are trained and are following the same protocol. The staff in this hotel act the same as a 2 star hotel! They are untrained, irresponsible and pretty much blind to their customers or their inquiries. Also the hotel had rooms facing parking lot, called island view! To be in one of the most beautiful islands and have a view over the parking lot at price of Marriott’s is incredibly expensive.

My crew & I recently spent a week at this vacation club. We really enjoyed the time and found everyone at the hotel team to be helpful and quick. As 4 adults, we found the place spacious , well equipped kitchen and loved the balcony. The grounds, garden and pools were really nice and well kept. A couple of times we texted for trash pick up and towel refreshes and the team was there in 10 minutes or less. Jose was super helpful. The hotel beach was nice, we rented an umbrella one day to get some shade. Poipu beach is just a short walk away and there were sea turtles! Lei making class was a fun activity to kick off the vacation. I would say good choices were pretty limited at the hotel and we went out or cooked in the room for most meals. I would recommend this location to others seeking a great place to stay in Kauai.

This is our 9th time at the Waiohai, it is our favorite Marriott timeshare. The villas are comfortable and typical of Marriott's style - your view usually depends on if you're a Marriott owner but we found the staff very accommodating - they offered us a good view in a building with a longer walk which was well worth it as our view was lovely! The landscaping is beautiful and well maintained. The Honu bar offers a small menu but good food (I enjoyed my specialty drink but my husband and friend thought theirs were very light on the alcohol and not very good) - the servers are friendly and it's fun to eat there while you look at the ocean and maybe spot whales passing by. There are ample bbq grills if you want to grill, which a lot of people do. There are 3 pools -- a relaxation pool (not for kids) which is good for swimming laps (as you dodge the adults who stand there and talk for hours), the large pool which is busy but enough room to swim, and a very shallow pool by the beach (which is pretty much only usable to put your feet in). That said, the grounds provide ample room for your lounge chair, shade, sun, fantastic ocean view. The beach is a little small but you can walk onto the county beach where you will find sea turtles and monk seals and lots of people enjoying the good snorkeling. In the other direction you can walk towards the Sheraton and another long beach. We really enjoyed Courtney who taught the water aerobics class and also a specialty yoga/Tai Chi/Hula class -- Courtney teaches the Hawaiian culture and we really appreciated the opportunity to learn from her. We feel the Waiohai offers the best Marriott experience of the true Kauai and we look forward to returning next year!

Wow! Simply a beautiful property! The grounds are exquisitely maintained and abundant in beauty! The staff is very gracious, helpful, friendly and eager to serve! The two bedroom accommodations were fabulous! VERY spacious and extremely nice with excellent housekeeping! The resort sits on the stunning Poipu Beach which is excellent for swimming, snorkeling and wildlife viewing (sea turtles and Hawaiian monk seals). The pool area is just lovely and the pool is so much fun! It was really nice that the resort has multiple hot tubs since the spas are rather small having more than one helped accommodate more people who wished to sit in the spa. Parking was nice and close to the units. Our particular untol was a ground floor that opened to the pool area and we loved walking from our lanai to the pool. We cannot wait to return to this resort and highly recommend it! We did not eat at the resort because we just cooked in our well appointed kitchen or ate at local restaurants but the resort did seem to offer some casual dining options and take out options that seemed quite popular.