Experts' Choice Award

Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa

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Top 3% of hotels in Hawaii

8/10

What the experts agree on

This 602-room Poipu mega-resort impresses with its saltwater lagoon, sprawling spa, and multiple pools set amid lush gardens overlooking Keoneloa Bay—grand and activity-packed, though not intimate.

14 expert reviews

“The Grand Hyatt has four pools, the island’s largest waterslide, half-a-dozen domesticated macaws, a sprawling spa set amid jungle waterfalls and seven restaurants.”

– The Telegraph

Forbes Travel Guide

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"Sprawling across 50 acres of a former sugar plantation, Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa is a luxurious escape in sunny Poipu on Kauai's south shore, just half an hour from Lihue Airport." Full review

Frommer's

"Its 602 luxurious rooms boast not only a fresh gold-and-green palette and pillow-top beds, but also eco-friendly elements such as low-flow toilets." Full review

Gayot

"Overlooking Keoneloa Bay and the Mahaulepu Heritage Trail, this mega-resort is quite possibly one of the best on the island."

Jetsetter

"Family-friendly yet luxe getaway set in landscaped grounds close to Poipu Bay Golf Club and Brennecke Beach." Full review

DK Eyewitness

"Grand is the key word at this elegant and luxurious large oceanfront resort."

Zagat

4.5

"Interconnecting blue pools wind through tropical gardens on the "beautifully landscaped" grounds of this 602-room beachside "mega-resort.""

Fodor's

"Dramatically handsome, this classic Hawaiian low-rise is built into the cliffs overlooking an unspoiled coastline." Full review

Condé Nast Traveler

"Situated in a "beautiful location" fronting the beach and surrounded by gardens and lagoons, this low-rise Keoneloa Bay resort has an open-air design reminiscent of Hawaii in the 1920s and ’30s." Full review

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