North Shore Kauai, Hawaii hotel rooms at the Independent

"The pool and beach area were incredible. They don’t allow you to check in not even a half hour earlier. I didn’t love the shop either not a lot of variety. "

"This property perhaps is best appreciated by thinking of it as a 'condo ' rather than a posh resort. Very well run, clean, close attention to detail, free parking, loaner beach gear etc. If you are expecting water slides and a lazy river...no. Medium sized pool w/ hot tub that we rarely shared w/ anyone. Do note that the upstairs neighbors were loud -- early (4 and 5 am) in spite of 'quiet time'. We complained once and then let it go... Great home base to Hanalei and local beaches. "

"This property is BEAUTIFUL. We stayed in the Bougainvillea building on the 1st floor corner room, where our ground floor patios faced the side edge of the pool, but also faced the gorgeous abundant mountain range. This was technically a “garden view room,” but it’s almost impossible to have a bad view anywhere at this resort, I imagine. Our unit was a timeshare unit (not privately owned) that we booked via Expedia. For just 2 of us we had 2 patios (one from master, one from living room), 2 full...

"It was wonderful to be able to park right next to our unit. It was also nice having two bathrooms. The space was clean and nicely decorated and comfortable. We greatly appreciated the later checkout granted to us."

"Great spot to get away from everything. It’s amazing how the rest of Kauai has got so busy over the years but this area remains quiet. The people staying here are all fairly chilled out too."

"Employees was really friendly and the concierge to we only booked for 2 nights but ended up staying a whole week they accommodated me and my family the room was really clean and up to par we had washer dryer so we didn’t need any housekeeping services "