Mauna Kea not available - what is the next best option?

For great beach and proximity to restaurants, etc. Thanks!

Mauna Kea not available - what is the next best option?

What time of year?

Personally i like the Waikoloa Marriott, has a great beach but in the winter they pile most of the sand up into a berm so they won%26#39;t lose it.

Mauna Kea not available - what is the next best option?

None..............

Mauni lani and Fairmont.... so-so beach not great lots of restraunts

Marriott/Hilton fair beach not great lots of restauraunts.

Royal Kona... no beach lots of restauraunts and options

Outrigger....great snorkel lagoon tiny beach 5 miles south of restauraunts....

Have stayed at the Royal Kona and the Hilton and liked both. They are very different since one has a beach but not much in food options and the other has no beach but lots of food options.

There is nothing comparable to the MK in hotel class with this quality of beach. That%26#39;s why Rockefeller chose this site in the 60%26#39;s, second to none.

The restaurants are a non-issue though. I think either the Fairmont or the Mauna Lani exceeds the restaurant quality at Mauna Kea (which is overpriced, IMHO, and the restaurants there never appeared on people%26#39;s top lists, either).

You really have a choice of very different but still good beach experience at the Orchid or Mauna Lani, with the higher class of hotel, or step down to the Hapuna Prince, which gives you guest access to Mauna Kea%26#39;s beach and to Hapuna. After that the Marriott, which arguably is closer to a variety of good restaurants than the others, even though it%26#39;s own dining is mediocre.

There%26#39;s no comparison in ';class'; between Mauna Kea and Marriott. The former is elegant, refined, and suits aristocratic tastes, whereas the Marriott is firmly middle class. I%26#39;m not a class snob, but the distinction between the two places is obvious when you visit them.

I actually prefer the Mauna Lani beach (boathouse beach) to the Mauna Kea beach. Yes, it%26#39;s smaller, but it is always way less crowded, the bathrooms and showers are nicer and easier to access (especially now that the public access to the Mauna Kea beach puts you more than half a beach away from a bathroom), there%26#39;s decent snorkeling, great swimming, and good food at the beach cafe there. And the Mauna Lani hotel is way better than the Mauna Kea in terms of rooms, service, grounds, etc.

Mauna Lani beach has some great features, especially for snorkelers, but as a visual treat, for that perfect crescent beach, and for the most fine sand texture, I have to pick Kauna`oa. It%26#39;s what people imagine in a gorgeous beach, all around. I like Mauna Lani very much, but I think its oceanfront grows on a person, whereas at Mauna Kea the view is mesmerizing on day one.

Of course the beauty of a beach is subjective, and to each his own.

Yeah, personally I never understood why Kauna%26#39;oa got so much hype. I think the old hotel and grungy restaurant on the beach, along with the dark, unpleasant bathrooms spoils the atmosphere. Add to that the fact that unless you arrive hella early you often don%26#39;t get a beach pass, whereas there is no pass sytem at the Mauna Lani, and the superior water clarity at the Mauna Lani and several other spots, I just don%26#39;t get it. But it%26#39;s all good. Sometimes I complain about the long public access to the ML beach, but in many ways it%26#39;s good as it keeps it quiet and uncrowded.

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