Ocean Villas at Turtle Bay

Hidden gem of Oahu. If you want to get away from Waikiki and have more of a local experience this is a great spot to base yourself. Simply brilliant.

Very nice condo on a calm, swimmable beach. Lots of families with kids sharing our general area, but that was okay with us. The pool and hot tub were closed on our final day so they could repair a small tile, which was frustrating. Easy walk nextdoor to the Ritz Carlton bar and restaurants. The kitchen and laundry were well appointed, although there was weirdly no body wash in the showers.

We loved our stay at Turtle Bay! We rented a spacious 3 bedroom villa on the third floor (307). Parents had a separate wing, teenagers had their own bedrooms and bathroom. We had a large kitchen, lounge and dining room and a beautiful lanai with breathtaking views. I loved walking the beach every morning to coffee at the Ritz Carlton and back to the Ritz for sunset cocktails. We dined at Roys on the Beach and the Ritz and nearby food trucks for some cheaper eats. Once or twice, we cooked in the apartment or barbecued in the communal gardens. We booked activities at the Ritz for a fee - $40 tennis and pickleball sessions, a week long gym pass for $100, we played golf, went horse riding on the beach and ziplining nearby. We got to enjoy most of the amenities at the Ritz and yes we had to pay, but it was still half the price of staying there! We thought it was a great deal. You can buy day passes to use the Ritz pools, but to be honest, it gets awfully busy and we preferred lying around our villa pool which was quieter, or hanging out on the beach in front. Our villa had beach chairs and umbrellas but you can also rent fancier ones if you prefer. Loved this whole experience. The North Shore is really beautiful and we would definitely recommend. Reading some of these other reviews, it might be worth taking a larger villa as we couldn't fault villa 307. The management company Gather Vacations, was responsive and great to deal with.

This was a perfect place to stay. You walk out the sliding glass doors and are in paradise. It is a short walk to the beach where you have umbrellas and chairs to use. The snorkeling at the bay was unbeatable. We took a trip to Hanauma Bay to snorkel and saw less than we did snorkeling at the villa’s bay. I will never stay anywhere else. Totally worth the money to stay here.

We just left Villa 106 after a week and feel compelled to write a review, so that others will know what they are getting into. Hopefully the owners start taking the property seriously. First: you are staying on the Ritz Carlton property, which normally would be great: a villa at the Turtle Bay resort. Here's the catch. Because Villa 106 is privately held, and isn't rented out like other villas are by the Ritz Carlton, you can't use a lot of the amenities at the resort. For example, if you try to use the main pools, you'll be told: Oh, you privately reserved the villa, you can't use our pools. (There's a small one you are allowed to use.) We tried to make reservations at the restaurants, but were told: unlike everyone else at the resort, we unfortunately can't let you eat here, because...you reserved Villa 106, so you'll have to drive somewhere else to eat. It isn't just that they wouldn't let us make reservations—they literally wouldn't let us eat in the restaurant (waiting and eating at the bar was permitted). There's more. You know this kind of place: it's the place where the coffee machine hasn't been cleaned or replaced in years, and makes stale-tasting coffee. The faucets leak because the owner hasn't cared enough to fix them. The sprayer in the kitchen sink hangs down and is broken because they didn't care enough to fix them. They leave you tiny shampoos and a few rolls of toilet paper, but...you need to go to the store and get your own (fine for some places, but not for what they are charging).The list goes on: you can stay there and things sort of work, but it's clear that there's been neglect—which there wouldn't be, probably, if the Ritz Carlton had been taking care of the property instead of private owners. To be sure, not everything is bad. The location is great if you like Turtle Bay. But basically, Villa 106 shouldn't be called a resort-quality villa. I would say the quality is not even that of a hotel, but rather a cheap motel that the owners simply bought and forgot as long as it's bringing in money. We wouldn't stay there again. My strong recommendation to the owners: 1) first, work something out with the resort so that if you stay in Villa 106, you can be treated like others at the resort, and 2) take a few thousand dollars and fix the place up. It won't take much. Some paint touch-up, some new faucets, some new kitchen stuff, etc. could make it a great place instead of what feels like a seaside motel.

Thermostat could not be set lower than 72 degrees which was sometimes too hot in the Villa. Security around the pool was rude with telling us that pool hours ended. Otherwise, great location

As usual one of the best places to stay at on the Northshore. The quiet, pool and experience is the best. My ohana enjoyed our stay. Mahalos.

Turttle Bay villa was amazing. The villa was clean, had instructions about using the appliances, and information about the hotel next door. All staff was very nice and helpful. Hawaii was overall a vibe. This was my honeymoon and it was perfect.