Hotels near Lihue Airport - LIH, Lihue

Be prepared for higher prices than you may be used to. For example, a pineapple at a road-side stand was $12. I purchased one back home a week after returning from Kauai for $2.18. Fortunately, there is a Costco located in Lihue not far from this unit. Having a kitchen in your lodging during your stay in Hawaii is key to saving money. You can still have poke every day if you want, but by buying it at a store rather than a restaurant you'll save big time. Also, having a car is imperative because the key sights are so spread out. Lihue has breweries, distilleries, fish markets, and grocery stores (Costco, Times, Safeway, Target). All sights on the island are less than a day's drive from Lihue.

Lihue is a good location. It is a central location that you can go discover the island from. There are also a lot of places to eat and shop. It is an island so everything is a little more expensive so plan ahead. If you love coffee you have to try HaCoffee it was my favorite place. Daddy-O's is right around the corner from there and has great breakfast. We even caught a tailgate BBQ across the street for lunch in a parking lot that was amazing.

Honestly guys honolulu has much more diversity in everything even nature, dont get fooled by the commercials as we did. For someone who had visited honolulu 2 times and looking for a new hawaiian island to explore, l was totally disappointed. Nothing as spactacular as honolulu scenic locations. I am not saying it is bad , but from what u expect to see via the suggestion from other people or websites, i would say they either have not visited honolulu or are supporting the locals of kauai , besides food quality is not even close compare to honolulu and ubcould easily get board or wondered about ur plan

Stayed at Royal Sonesta which was a great base for airport, Wailua river and Waimea canyon. As well as facilities at hotel also had a good choice of restaurants and shops five minutes walk away which is not always the case with hotel resorts. A great choice for a holiday base.

I live here and just needed to be near the hospital for a procedure, so the location was perfect. I was unable to eat (except for coffee) or go swimming so did not do any of those things but there are beautiful beaches nearby. There are so many things I could point out for travelers, but it would take pages! For me, Lihue is a place to mostly do anything legal, doctors and shopping.

The view from the property was OK. There was a cruise ship docked across the way and several garage type businesses across the street. No real ocean view. The plants are beautiful and it's fun to see the chickens and roosters running around every where you go.