Residence Inn by Marriott Maui Wailea
An all-suite Wailea hotel featuring kitchenettes, ocean-view balconies, and a complimentary area shuttle.
The verdict
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The Residence Inn by Marriott Maui Wailea is an all-suite property offering multi-bedroom units with kitchenettes and ocean-view balconies. It serves as a practical, lower-priced base in upscale Wailea, featuring a free breakfast buffet and a shuttle to nearby shops and beaches. However, guests consistently complain that housekeeping is not provided automatically, requiring them to specifically request fresh towels, linens, and cleaning supplies. 72101
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What travelers noticed
- The multi-room suites are spacious and come with handy kitchenettes, providing ample space for families with configurations including king beds, two queens, and sleeper sofas. 10
- Even rooms looking toward the parking lot feature balconies with views across the water to Molokai. 2
- The complimentary shuttle offers easy rides to the Shops at Wailea and Ulua Beach. 271
- Its location sits about 30 minutes from the Maui airport, cutting down on drive times compared to heading up to Lahaina. drawn from the full read
The catch
- While many praise the complimentary breakfast buffet with its scrambled eggs, meats, and fresh fruit, others find the daily selection repetitive and limited. 72
- Some travelers appreciate the lower rates and rely easily on the free shuttle, but others find taking a shuttle to the beach every day inconvenient compared to a beachfront property. 102
Who it's for
- — Families needing multi-bedroom suites with kitchenettes
- — Travelers seeking Wailea value and Marriott points redemptions
- — Guests with rental cars exploring Maui
Skip it if
- — Travelers who want a direct beachfront resort experience
- — Guests expecting daily housekeeping without having to ask
- — Vacationers looking for luxury touches like in-room bathrobes
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Score breakdown
How the 88/100 is built, category by category — each one with the strongest thing travelers actually said, and the source it came from.
Bathroom
94Nothing quotable yet on this one — the score leans on the rest of the coverage.
Food
91Location
88Noise
91- “Accessibility: There are a ton of great accessibility features for wheelchair users/limited mobility as well as deaf/hard of hearing guests.” 7
Room
94Service
91- “Housekeeping not provided during stay: Guests have noted the lack of cleaning supplies, specifically brooms and dustpans. So keep in mind you'll have to request cleaning supplies, linen, and towels.” 7
Bed & Sleep
91Nothing quotable yet on this one — the score leans on the rest of the coverage.
Value
87- “The room rate for standard room is at $700 level. For the room, this is good rate compared with other more pricy properties. It is a steal to redeem Marriott points at 40,000, or 50,000 points or with 50k Marriott credit card free night awards.” 10
- “Pricing at Residence Inn Maui Wailea is significantly lower than what you'll find at beachfront resorts on the island.” 2
Where it is, how to reach it
Stay value
How this property reads against the hotels we cover alongside it. Measured on review evidence, not on a nightly rate.
Falls short of what $$$ usually buys
Scores 4 points below the upscale median of 92, across 365 hotels in the same bracket. In Maui it sits level with the local median of 88.
- This hotel
- 88
- Bracket median
- 92
- Index median
- 90
Based on 365 comparable hotels.
Which room to ask for
What reviewers say about where to sleep inside this building — by room number where one is named, and otherwise by floor, wing, aspect and position. Every line opens onto the quotes behind it.
- 2 mentions
- 1 mention
No location within the hotel draws repeated complaints yet.
Where travelers agree — and don’t
The topics reviewers split on most. A wide bar means your experience depends on which room you get — or whose opinion you trust.
View the 25 things travelers said behind this verdict▾
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- “The suite is in excellent condition. Well maintained.” 10
- “-Unobstructed ocean view with spacious balcony.” 1
- “-Spacious 1 room suite with living room, small dinning room table, full kitchenette. I really liked the option of having kids in living room watching TV and I could close door and sleep in or take an afternoon nap.” 1
- “Studio rooms (which is the norm for point bookings) you'll be pretty miserable with a toddler. Not only will you have lack of space but you'll be tip toeing when you are trying to get them to sleep.” 4
- “Hubbie and I just experienced our very first ever Residence Inn stay in Breckenridge Colorado. What an awesome stay we had! Our one bedroom suite was absolutely perfect and supplied everything needed for our stay.” 2
- “The two bedroom suite is very spacious. The main bedroom has a king size bed. The second bedroom has two queen size beds. There is also a sleeper sofa in the living room. It can comfortably accomodate up to 7 people.” 10
- “For extra privacy, spring for a one-bedroom or two-bedroom suite, with a door separating the parents from the kids. There's no mistaking where you are during a stay at Residence Inn Maui. It feels Hawaiian indeed with its beachy decor and tropical colors.” 2
- “The rooms are large and have kitchenettes. We were upgraded to a 1 bedroom suite with an ocean view. For us, since we were traveling with kids, having space was important to us to enjoy the room itself and not feeling cramped in a standard room at other properties.” 1
- “Pool view rooms are the best, but even from my room that overlooked the parking lot, I could see the ocean and Molokai from the balcony.” 2
- “-Full breakfast which was decent (spinach, greek yogurt, brie, edible eggs, etc)” 1
- “The complimentary breakfast is repetitive and limited.” 7
- “Breakfast was better than any other Residence Inn we've stayed in.” 1
- “Included breakfast makes starting your day easy on your schedule and your bank account. The Residence Inn Maui breakfast buffet offers scrambled eggs, two breakfast meat choices, yogurt, fresh fruit, cereals, and baked goodies.” 2
- “For additional restaurant choices (like Ruth Chris Steakhouse and Nick's Fishmarket Maui) plus shopping, reach the Shops at Wailea near Ulua Beach via the handy complimentary Residence Inn shuttle.” 2
- “Breakfast had great options, hot tub was hot and bubbly Stayed in May, 2026” 5
- “The pool is nice and the free breakfast is outstanding.” 4
- “If it were just you two I'd probably lean towards residence inn because the hotel is great and the shuttle isn't too inconvenient, but with a 16 month old it may be worth it to do the Sheraton to not have to deal with the shuttle.” 4
- “Pricing at Residence Inn Maui Wailea is significantly lower than what you'll find at beachfront resorts on the island.” 2
- “Skip it if: you came for a beachfront resort experience - this is a smart base, not a destination, and the sand is a drive or a long downhill walk. Our read: the best value math in Wailea for self-sufficient travelers; the score says nobody leaves feeling shortchanged.” 9
- “The room rate for standard room is at $700 level. For the room, this is good rate compared with other more pricy properties. It is a steal to redeem Marriott points at 40,000, or 50,000 points or with 50k Marriott credit card free night awards.” 10
- “The nightly rate is expensive, but compared to other hotels in Wailea, it can be a slightly less expensive option.” 7
- “Accessibility: There are a ton of great accessibility features for wheelchair users/limited mobility as well as deaf/hard of hearing guests.” 7
- “Housekeeping not provided during stay: Guests have noted the lack of cleaning supplies, specifically brooms and dustpans. So keep in mind you'll have to request cleaning supplies, linen, and towels.” 7
What we still don't know
What we can’t tell you yet, said plainly. These close as we read more coverage of this hotel.
- No reviewer has named an individual room number here yet.
- Nothing reliable said about room types.
- Nothing reliable said about floor level.
- Nothing reliable said about building or wing.
- Nothing reliable said about which side it faces.
- Nothing reliable said about position on the floor.
- Noise rests on 1 source — too thin to rely on.
- 10 sources carry no publication date, so we cannot tell how current they are.
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How much we read
Deep coverage · 47/100We read 10 sources for this property, and pulled 30 traveler insights worth knowing. Last checked 2026-08-26.
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Sources
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Everything quoted on this page.
- 1Wailea Marriott or Residence Inn in Mauiflyertalk.comForum threadDate not stated7 quotes used
“-Unobstructed ocean view with spacious balcony.”
Read originalflyertalk.com - 2Residence Inn Maui for Families (Review)travelsbetween.comReview siteDate not stated6 quotes used
“Pricing at Residence Inn Maui Wailea is significantly lower than what you'll find at beachfront resorts on the island.”
Read originaltravelsbetween.com - 3Residence Inn by Marriott Maui Wailea, Hawaiiworldtennistravel.comReview siteDate not statedRead originalworldtennistravel.com
- 4Residence Inn or Sheraton : r/MauiVisitorsreddit.comForum threadDate not stated6 quotes used
“If it were just you two I'd probably lean towards residence inn because the hotel is great and the shuttle isn't too inconvenient, but with a 16 month old it may be worth it to do the Sheraton to not have to deal with th…”
Read originalreddit.com - 5Hotel Residence Inn by Marriott Maui Waileawheeltheworld.comReview siteDate not stated1 quote used
“Breakfast had great options, hot tub was hot and bubbly Stayed in May, 2026”
Read originalwheeltheworld.com - 6
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