Oahu Revealed – Resort Reviews

This pink building feels like condos because all the rooms have full kitchens, but it's run like a hotel, so we're calling it a hotel. The decor is pink (surprise!) and green, mostly clean, but very dated. With all the older hotels in the area getting upgraded, we...

This condo is kind of an odd place. This 40-story building has only four rooms per floor. The building is skinny, and rooms are small and oddly shaped. Not bad, just strange. Most of the rooms have ocean views (some quite expansive if you are on 15th floor or...

This hotel—formerly the Waikiki Gateway—completed renovations in 2017, resulting in clean, modern rooms and lobby. It seems to be positioning itself as a boutique-type property, and in many ways it works well—for example, new room designs and the great breakfast...

This two-tower hotel has a surprisingly airy atmosphere. The lobby is a pleasant place to relax with hanging chairs and comfy sofas. The rooms have a contemporary, fresh feel and make good use of the space. One tip—in the standard category, if you opt for a king...

This is small boutique family-run hotel is very “green” (not the color, the consciousness—cleaning agents, recycling, efficient toilets, etc.). Rooms are well-furnished but not overly large; some have had the lanais removed to expand interior (and those rooms tend...

Update: This hotel opened November 2022. We will be back to review it shortly. Below is previous review. Overall, this place feels busy and loud most of the time. The rooms are decorated with deep reds and dark chocolates—sort of a lava color scheme. Tiny lanais on...

This is a bright pink, low-rise building, and not much seems to have changed since it was built back in the 1960s. Housekeeping is daily if you pay the daily rate, every three days for weekly stay, and once a week for monthly stays. Local calls are $0.50. It’s...

This hotel sits on the site of the summer home of Princess Ka‘iulani, crown princess of Hawai'i, who died in 1899. Pictures of her and historic information is scattered around the hotel. The resort consists of three very different buildings, and the tallest...

This is probably the only "new" resort in Waikiki that, unlike others, wasn't a resort before it opened in late 2016. It had a previous life as an office building, which gives it some added benefits, such as 12-foot ceilings, unique room layouts and a lobby on the...

The Hyatt Regency Waikiki is one of the bigger resorts. It consists of two towers surrounding a huge, open atrium with gobs of shops and a three-story man-made waterfall that makes for an impressive lobby. Hyatt Regency Waikiki's 10,000-sq.-ft. Na Ho‘ola Spa has...