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• Eating out and discovering great spots is one of the special pleasures of being on vacation. I don’t know about you, but Bonnie and I savor our restaurant experiences and hate to be disappointed. When at our condo we do often eat out and have many favorite places and opinions on food, service and the overall dining experience. A hidden gem is the Holualoa Café (76-5901 Mamalahoa Hwy, Holualoa (808) 322-2233). The drive along Mamaloha Hwy to Holualoa is itself like going back in time to older Hawaii. We go for either breakfast or dinner but mainly breakfast (see below for other breakfast recommendations). Good food and a lovely tropical patio. Traffic noise from the nearby Mamalohoa Hwy detracts a bit. We have also experienced very slow service on occasion. So take it easy, relax, and enjoy the location and moderate prices.
• A favorite place of ours, for at least one dinner visit while at the condo, is Jackie Rey’s Ohana Grill (75-5995 Kuakini Hwy,. Kailua-Kona, 808.327.0209). I would characterize it as a small family style place in a tiny strip mall. No tropical setting, no ocean view. It is best seen at night when it’s open wooden window shutters gives a kind of Hawaii Back Country feel. The food is good and the prices are reasonable..I like their attitude. They are plugged into the local community and care about it. Sign up for their news letter and when you are back home you will be an occasional memory aid of your visit when the newsletters arrive in the mail.
• For a really fine dining experience, Bonnie and I always pick the Pahu i’a. This restaurant is located in the Four Seasons Resort (72-100 Ka`upulehu Drive Kailua-Kona (808) 325-8000). The restaurant is very upscale and with prices to match as you would expect from Four Seasons. We have had breakfast and dinners there and have always felt that the whole experience was worth the price. Actually the experience begins at the entrance to the Four Seasons Resort property. The drive to the front lobby through the idyllic golf course (greens set in lava fields) sets you up for a walk through the lobby building. Splurge and leave your car with the valet. The lobby building, for me, epitomizes the tropical architecture style (perhaps Polynesian more than Hawaiian with it grand open-to-nature feel. Then walk to the Pahu i’a where you can take a table at the ‘rail’ and be nearly at the water’s edge. This is luxury setting with creative fusion cuisine. Impeccable service too. No question that the Four Seasons beats the Kona Coast for style and nearly everything else (as it should for the price). But when I look at those room units (at about $400/night), I think, you know they don’t even compare to the quality and value and livability of our condo. After a lovely special meal it is great to get back to our condo and the comforts of home.

I don’t know about you, but Bonnie and I enjoy eating out. And by that I mean ‘Al Fresco’.
Outside in the lovely Hawaii air. The condo kitchen is great for sure but we also eat out
every chance we have. Breakfast is just one such opportunity for pleasure during a day but I will focus on breakfast in this message. There are at least three places we always make an effort to enyoy during our ever so brief time at the condo. Each as a different character to savor and they have different distances from the condo.

BOOK NOW FOR THE NEW YEAR! Offering this high-end condo at 50% off the $229 holiday season rates. Now just $114.5 per night from December 29 to Jan 6, 2010. Beautiful ocean front ground floor 2-bedroom 2 bathroom 1200 square foot condo, sleeps 7. The ocean is on one side and a 36-hole golf course on the other. This condo is located about 5 miles south of the town of Kailua-Kona on the Kona coast of the big island of Hawaii in the lush tropical gardens of the gated Keauhou Kona Surf and Racquet Club. More than just a vacation rental, you can also enjoy access to all the amenities and tropical gardens in the secure and quiet Surf and Racquet Club. Walking distance to shopping, restaurants and the best snorkeling beach in the Kailua-Kona area. Please visit our site for rates, availability, descriptions, pictures & video presentations and to book your vacation rental: Keauhou Kona Surf And Racquet Club Condo number  5-103
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Book now for the new-year holidays! Currently the price of $114.50 per night is 50% off the normal holiday rate! Available from December 29, 2009 through January 6, 2010. Located in the gated Keauhou Kona Surf and Racquet Club near the town of Kailua-Kona on the big island’s Kona coast. This 1200 square foot well-reviewed fully equipped condo has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and is located between the ocean and the 36-hole Kona golf course. Go to condo 5-103 at the surf & racquet club for more information & to book now at this reduced price! Click here:

Currently the price of $148.85 per night is 40% off the normal holiday rate! Still available from December 20, 2009 through January 6, 2010. Located in the gated Keauhou Kona Surf and Racquet Club near the town of Kailua-Kona on the big island’s Kona coast. This 1200 square foot well-reviewed fully equipped condo has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and is located between the ocean and the 36-hole Kona golf course.  Go to condo 5-103 at the surf & racquet club for more information & to book now at this reduced price!