Hi everyone! My fiancé and I are wanting to visit Hawaii for our honeymoon in early August ‘26. She has never been, and I visited family on Maui when I was young, so I’m coming in a bit blind.

Based on our goals and research, we are thinking Kauai or Maui. We are mainly looking for a relaxing vacation with a couple of priorities:

1. Would prefer a smaller hotel/resort/rental that isn’t a huge tower
2. Would love a room with a walkout to a grassy area then the beach
3. Definitely a pool and beach access — having food/drink service at pool and beach would be AWESOME! I can’t find much info online if specific resorts have beach service, but assume all have pool service.
4. Not to sound snobby/rude, but to keep it relaxing, a place without a ton of kids running around would be preferred — not to say no kids at all, but a somewhat quiet week would be great!
5. Restaurant and bar at the hotel would be a huge positive

I’ve gotten recommendations online for places such as Waipouli Beach Resort, Koa’Kea Resort, Kauai Shores, Sheraton Kauai, and Grant Hyatt Kauai, but it’s tough to tell online if any of these satisfy the above preferences.

Sorry for the long-ish post (and hopefully it’s not flagged as a low-effort one) but hoping to get some ideas as my research on Google starting from nowhere has been a bit overwhelming!

Thanks in advance for any help!