We stayed at the Aston Maui Lu for the first two days of our Maui vacation. We had one of the beach front rooms in the 400 building.

I was not expecting much from the hotel, but it was truly one of the worst hotels I have ever stayed at. Think beat-up version of a Motel 6. Not that motel 6 is horrible, just low end - the Maui Lu was low-end and in major need of renovation.

We had two rooms, both had clogged toilets, dilapidated furniture, and just an over-all run down feel.

The pool was also strange in that the sides were not straight up and down, they had a weird slope which made it almost impossible to climb out of the pool without finding the steps - frankly unsafe for young children.

When we arrived we immediately found we did not have enough towels in either room. When we called the front desk guessed why we were calling...duhhh fix the problem then!

The location was fine - the beach and the hotel property has great potential, it is just that the facility itself is just completely run down.

Anyway I would not ever recommend this hotel - ok maybe for $50, but surely not for $100 or more.

Aston Maui Lu Resort
17 February 2008
My wife and I stayed in this "Hotel" for one night February 2nd as I was attending a Rotary function at the Marriott Waialea. This was the most disgusting hotel room I have ever stayed in. The carpets were dirty, the bathroom fixtures, although clean were showing rust, and the furniture appeared to be from the 60's. The bed was sagging. We requested a King bed but instead received two single beds. I will not stay at this hotel again and being a Kamaaina I do travel to Maui from my home on Oahu frequently. This hotel should be razed and a new resort built to todays standards. Hopefully all Aston Hotels are better maintained, but I would be skeptical to try one after this event. I just thought the tourist should know before they ruin their vacation by staying at the Maui Lu "Resort" NOT!
I will say that the staff was very courteous and responsive but that does not make up for the devastating condition of the facility.

Sincerely,

Oran Spotts

When I told my wife that we were closing our holiday by relaxing at a Maui hotel that costs over $250 a day (AUD) she was so excited. The photos show a high aerial shot with blue water in front of a long building. I thought the one and a half star rating was because the standards are different compared to Australia.

The entrance is impressive with a huge green lawn but when we got to our 'Ocean Front Room' my wife cried for hours (really). The furniture looked a hundred years old, the carpet was stained, worn and dirty. The sliding glass door had to be dragged open and the flyscreen door was worse. We had holes in our curtains, the split airconditioner was cooling only and very old. The bath tub had five lengths of old adhesive from previous antislip stickers. Do you want me to go on???

We had two dead cockroaches on the floor and the room needed airing out as it stunk. The TV was a small CRT model with the only upside that we had a good choice of pay TV channels to choose. We were on the ground floor of the two storey building and we could hear people stomping around for hours at night.

There are many hotels and motor inns in Kihei so keep looking. Our room was on the water but we had a small window facing the water which was above shoulder height. When you sat outside the room, the hedge along the boundary made it impossible to see the water. There is nothing in walking distance so we hired a car.

There are plenty of good shops and tourist beaches about a mile or more away. This is one old hotel. The only internet was at the registration lobby which was across the road from our complex. You had to take your laptop over there to access the free internet. There was no internet access from the rooms.

There are two buildings facing the ocean front. The one in the photo looked better. Our building was 90 degrees to the water so only our room could really see the ocean. There was no food or restuarant facilities at the hotel.

In the attached photos I took the room looks respectable but in real life it is old and you would need to shop around. Enjoy the photos of the best parts of what was on offer. Ray

I had a fairly short notice business trip out to Maui and the Maui Lu was the only place available in Kihei. Upon arrival, I knew why. The entrance is deceiving. When I pulled into the registration desk I thought "this isn't so bad. It's quaint and rustic" The staff was friendly. It went down hill from there.

The room I stayed in was across the street. The parking lot hosts the smallest car spaces I have ever been in and it was full. I had to park across the street and cross Kihei Blvd at night, alone. It's not very well lit.

When I reached my room, I cried just a bit. The room is in DESPARATE need of new carpet and new paint. The bathroom gave me the willies, I dared not step barefoot on the floor. There was a small A/C unit that I promptly set to cool, but the room never quite got comfortably cool... Probably because my front door did not adequately shut. The Maui Lu still uses the old fashioned KEYS for your room and the deadbolt barely fit into the door jam. There were traces of an old bar slide lock but the area where the lock would fit into has been long wittled away leaving about a 1" gap between the door and the door jam. I am guessing this contributed to the mass of tiny mosquito like bugs flying around.

The beds were not comfortable at all. There was a wall print that was dated "1989"...I'm guessing nothing has been done to the property since then. The upstairs balcony had bubbled paint that exposed rotting wood and it was starting to fall. Read: the balcony was not 90 degrees straight, it tilted slightly to the outside. There was a small mini fridge - next to the old broken mini fridge in the room. The outdated rattan furniture had stains and grossness on the sides.

For a single woman traveling alone, I did not feel safe at all. I checked out of the hotel and found a place a few miles down the road for just a few dollars more. The location has potential, but for $200/night, I would expect a lot more.