Shaka Shak Guest House

Not as advertised.Pictures on May 14,2017 showed charming rooms, dining/living room. Breakfast included. Room TV. We were sent to downtown location to a windowless cell that stepped down from ground level. No solid door to outside. Just a locked screen door. No common dining/living room. No breakfast mentioned. No room TV. The building outside had 'KEEP OUT and NO TRESPASSING all over it. Only 2 places for parking. We stayed 20 minutes in our room and left. Total cost:$118 Deceptive. There are a lot nicer places on Big Island.

You will get a decent 1 star or hostel type of room with shared bathroom between other 2 rooms. Most likely you will have street parking, block away. Maybe you will find used band-aid next to your bed. Maybe the window will smash your fingers if you try to close it because of continuous noise of someone abusing their dog downstairs. Maybe they also want to fix their beds head board. Not at all what they described, very disappointed!

Illegal and unsafe short term rental. This place is a joke. They’ve got a good scam going. Hoping my review will save another person a bizarre evening and some money.

Unfortunately, this place is not as described or shown. The pictures make it seem clean and private but it’s simply a home turned not so great hostel. We booked through booking.com (see pictures, as we noticed they respond to any negative review that it’s fake).

We were looking forward to a relaxing stay for one evening after arriving late from the airport. However, upon arrival the driveway was completely full, there were crying dogs outside with owners yelling at them, and when we entered the house the entrance smelled musty and quite gross. But, it gets better. As soon as we opened the door to the ‘Master Bedroom’ there was a used bandaid laying on the floor. (See picture).

We had to double check the booking just to be sure we were in the right place.
The ‘Private Bathroom’ was not private at all and was consistently used the entire morning amongst multiple people. They did put a sign on the bathroom that said ‘Private Bathroom.' And she did follow up that we could use a key to lock the door, haha.

Only positive, shelter. Oh, and Wi-Fi! They do have that.
Save yourself and your money and just book anywhere else.

I've included (11)other reviews similar to mine from other booking sites and based Cynthia's response and dangerous property I've reported it to the County of Hawaii Planning Department for Short Terms Rentals.