Hotel Wailea - Relais & Chateaux
The HawaiiGuide Read: The highest guest rating we track on Maui: around 4.8 across more than 800 reviews. Hotel Wailea is adults-only and all suites, set on a hillside above the coast rather than on it — and the score says the trade works.
Best for: couples, honeymoons, and anyone optimizing for quiet over beachfront. Skip it if: you want sand at the door or have kids in tow — neither is what this place is for.
Our read: the Four Seasons is Wailea's beachfront benchmark; this is what outranking it from the hillside looks like. Context: our South Maui guide.
How we write these: we look at the performance data across the whole spectrum of Hawaii properties — guest ratings, review patterns, location, value — and tell you our honest findings. Some booking links earn us a commission at no cost to you; the read itself isn't for sale.
