Royal Kona Resort reviews

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating

4.0 Very Good

  • Cleanliness 3.8
  • Location 4.7
  • Rooms 3.5
  • Service 4.0
  • Value 3.9

5800 TripAdvisor reviews

TripAdvisor users rated this property 5 out of 5

Treated well at Royal Kona

theroryhorsburgh (Westminster, California) on Aug 29, 2026

We enjoyed our stay at Royal Kona. Front Desk personell very personable, respectful,polite, and professional. We enjoyed bottom floor with Ocean view. Beautiful Kona Sunsets and Ocean.

TripAdvisor users rated this property 5 out of 5

Excellent value, great hotel!

DayTrip42724539088 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) on Aug 19, 2026

We had a fantastic stay at Royal Kona. The rooms are very clean and comfortable, the restaurant food is great, and the staff is super friendly. We loved being able to watch the ocean from our balcony and walk to town in just a few minutes. We also attended the luau, which had fantastic food and spectacular entertainment. We will most definitely be back!

TripAdvisor users rated this property 5 out of 5

An absolute pleasure to be here

Robyn H (Auckland, New Zealand) on Aug 19, 2026

Amazing location and well set up to Provide for sport fishers. Great Front Desk and Bar staff - friendly and helpful. A real pleasure to stay here again after many amazing years of HIBT and now Pacific Cup

TripAdvisor users rated this property 5 out of 5

Beautiful experience

rajan p (Ocean View, Hawaii) on Aug 18, 2026

Always a pleasure beautiful resort

TripAdvisor users rated this property 4 out of 5

Enjoyable Stay at the Royal Kona

AZHeel (Phoenix, Arizona) on Aug 14, 2026

We stayed at the Royal Kona during our recent vacation. We had a very enjoyable stay and found the employees to be very helpful. Due to issues at a previous accommodation we were able to secure rooms at the Royal Kona a day early. The hotel looks old on the outside and some parts of the room were in need of updates (a stained tub and rusty sliding glass door on the balcony). However, everything was very clean and comfortable. The property is on one end of Ali'i Dr. and walking distance to many restaurants and shops. The hotel has a restaurant, small pool (a sport side and kiddie pool side) and a small lagoon on site. The hotel is in the process of being in updated. We would stay there again.

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