Nice place I would recommend it
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 12/13/10
We got this hotel through a travel agency for the USC vs. Hawaii football game as a package deal. When we arrived to the hotel the hospitality was nice, they had signs every where welcoming the trojans fans to the hotel which I thought was nice. everywhere we walked there was fans sporting the cardinal and gold so we felt at home. They give you the choice to take your own bags or they have a door man take your bags up. When you ask to take your own bags they set them aside somewhere while you check in. Well there was a discrepancy because we asked for them to take it up, but somehow they thought we would so we waited for awhile for our bags to come up but all along the were downstairs waiting for us. After we called the bell desk they brought them up 15 minutes later. The hotel itself was nice though, not too fancy but not low class either, its just right. Its about 5 minutes from the beach and is within walking distance to shopping area's and restaurants. The buffet is a little pricey but it was ok if you dont want to go far to eat, they also have entertainment every night which is pretty good and relaxing. The bar by the pool was nice as well, bartenders were friendly. The room was facing the pool and strip and was a pretty decent room with a nice little balcony were we ordered room service and sat on the balcony watching the nightly entertainment. The bed was nice with downs blankets and pillows, the best. The house keeping was ok, she cleaned everyday, however one time we left in the morning to go see pearl harbor at 6am and when we came back the room still wasnt cleaned it was 10am at that time and we were so tired we just told her it was ok, but she signed in our room anyways as if she cleaned it. The service there was good, the staff really try to help you with your needs. The pool is a little small but its nice. The hotel has the polynesian creation journey dinner, which if you stay there you get a discount to see the show, instead of paying an adult price you pay the childs price. the only time we needed transportation was when we went on our tours to dolphin snorkel excursion, pearl harbor but those tours came with transportation to and from our hotel, but everything else is within walking distance. The hotel is about 35 minutes from the airport. Theres a desk with the island activities such has hiking, pearl harbor tours, snorkeling tours, rentals etc the guy there was friendly and very helpful if your not too sure what you want to do he has great ideas and can help you find stuff.. The only real complaint I have about this hotel is the fact that we went when the Hyatt hotel next to our hotel was on strike and they were up at 5am in the morning loudly protesting and went on all day and when we tried walking around there were so many protesters that the sidewalks were packed and we had to squish our way through crowds. The hotel is very nice looking, i would recommend this hotel if your looking to find an inexpensive but nice hotel close to the beach with good service. I would go back to this hotel if I ever take another visit to Waikiki.