Puakea Ranch Reviews

This place was incredible and I would recommend everyone to have their wedding here! We rented out four of the bungalows on the property. There was one that was not rented out but we pretty much had the whole property to ourselves. I was a bit sad because we stayed in the one bedroom one which was the one without a full kitchen...but I couldn't justify staying in the other ones as they had more than one bedroom.

They had an adorable farm stand where they would put some fresh veggies and the fresh eggs! That was the best...nothing beats a fresh egg. There is absolutely no phone service, but they do have wifi. The wifi doesn't blanket the whole property, but it works well in the bungalows.

My biggest concern was that I never visited the place prior to booking it....but it turned out it was unnecessary to be concerned because it was as beautiful if not more than the pictures on the website. All my pictures came out AMAZING and we even had a rainbow during the ceremony!!! I highly recommend having your wedding here. It's a bit expensive....but it's a once and a life time event.

Christie is a dream to work with. She provided lots of information on vendors, styles of weddings, weather issues for that time of year...with her input, we were able to plan the perfect event! The ranch is absolutely gorgeous! Josh helped us set up and take down everything. He checked on us several times to make sure we didn't need anything. Cannot wait to come back for vacation time!

Absolutely perfect venue. Christie, Josh and everyone at Puakea ranch was so helpful and flexible making our stay and wedding party extraordinary. We stayed on the ranch with both our immediate families for the week before the wedding, which was a perfect way to feel right at home by the time the wedding came around. The only problem was that we didn't want to leave! We'll surely be back to enjoy the ranch again.

This place was amazing!! Such a beautiful setting and so peaceful. The ranch owner, Christie, was very helpful with placing the reservation and suggesting ideas for the wedding. The ranch manager, Josh, was super helpful but also hung back and let us do our thing. It was such a great place for our entire family to all be together, we made some great memories here. I am so happy that we found Puakea Ranch. It was hard to leave, and we will definitely be back!

My husband and I were recently married at Puakea Ranch and, oh my goodness was it amazing! We stayed at Yoshi's house (which I highly recommend for weddings/elopements) Our wedding was an elopement so it was just the two of us, but Yoshi's house was definitely big enough for more guests! Josh, the ranch manager was available for anything we needed, even to tie my husbands tie the morning of our wedding! Christie replied very quickly to every single email, every question or change in plans. With the elopement package we had everything set up! I did end up finding my own photographer (Rebecca Arthurs) and privately booking hair and makeup (Mara McMichael) but the officiant, flowers, dinner, cake and ceremony were all taken care of! The house was absolutely gorgeous and very clean, the detached bathhouse was the most amazing little space! The scenery was perfect, the weather was perfect, our wedding was perfect...it felt like a dream! I would highly recommend this venue to anyone!

I was really luck to have wedding at Puakea Ranch which our time, environment, memories will stay with us for ever.
If you want to make your wedding special, I suggest Puakea Ranch as best option for this. Once you enter the Ranch, this place is all for you, your family, relatives and who ever is attending your wedding surrounded by only nature and nothing else to disturb you from this special time and day. Spiritually and physically everyone is detached from daily life and attached only to wedding ceremony. Yet basic need are all available at just 3 min by drive.
I happened to see wedding ceremony in Waikiki where at least 3 couples a day in each hotels which was produced by mass wedding industries which made me feel more precious and lucky that our wedding was at Puakea Ranch.

We had a wonderful wedding and stay at Puakea Ranch. Myself and my husband stayed at the Miles Away cottage, which was very peaceful and had distant views of the ocean. The garden was beautiful and the house was filled with all the amenities we needed, including a BBQ and a wonderful wooden bath. People were very helpful and friendly (especially Josh). We opted for their 'Elopement Package', which included a Wedding Officiant, Photographer and Chef for the wedding day. I would fully recommend Calley O'Neil who was out Wedding Officiant. Calley was so open and approachable and helped to make our day special.

My partner and I recently got married at the beautiful Puakea Ranch, surrounded by our friends and family who had all travelled enormous lengths to be with us. It was made even more special by the fact that we were all able to stay at the Ranch together for the week!

We had only seen pictures of the Ranch on the internet, but photos do not do it justice. We were mesmerised by the incredible sea views, lush gardens and amazing cottages. We were met with friendly faces and fantastic hospitality.

The Ranch was the perfect venue for our family reunion/wedding!! We are looking forward to our next visit because we know that Puakea Ranch will always be a special place for us!!

Use a check or credit card. There could be unexpected fines that are not in any contract. We rented the entire ranch for a wedding in September. The cottages were not clean upon our arrival. We were told there would be lights put up in the pavilion (they were not and guests dined in the dark for part of the time) and that music could be played until 11:00. At 10:10, we were told the wedding had to be shut down because of noise violations. We immediately complied. We paid for golf carts to assist elderly from the remote parking lot to the wedding. The batteries were not charged and our guests were stumbling in the dark. The morning after the wedding our daughter received a very threatening email from the owner, Christie, stating that we were being fined 1,000. for noise violation. This was no way to end a wedding weekend and no memory we want. Christie suggested we write five stellar reviews in order to get half the fine returned. This is illegal. Be warned that reviews of this location may not be truthful.