This hotel's location on the beach is fantastic, though the building design means that only a small percentage of rooms are right over the beach. They’re near the center of action in Waikiki, and their restaurants—especially Duke’s Canoe Club—are winners. The last...
Despite the name, it’s a long walk to the beach from this hotel. The common areas are chic and modern, and the room decor is in line with the current modern Waikiki style you'll see at many other hotels. This hotel started its life as an Ohana hotel, and they kept...
This hotel has a long history from bad to better to finally arrived. The latest owners have worked with designers to make good use of the original bones of the hotel. The result is a fun atmosphere. The rooms are situated around a small oval pool whose message...
The lobby and motto is warm, comfy and fun. It sports long tables for guests to enjoy games like Sorry, Kerplunk, Jenga and Candyland that bring back memories before cell phones and iPads. They also offer free coffee and tea 24/7 in the lobby. You won’t get much of...
This 840-acre resort is on 5 miles of beaches. On our visit for this edition it was looking the best we’ve seen it. The place seems to have a very low-key, relaxed vibe overall, and the staff is nice. New owners have slowly but steadily been putting money—well over...
Although each room is individually owned, all are decorated similarly in a vintage Hawaiian theme and are nicely appointed. Rooms facing the ocean in this "condotel" have unusually good views given the distance, thanks to the tranquil park between you and the water...
This hotel has 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 that we're very fond of. But in other ways it just doesn't work that well. The building is...
This formerly very dated property has been nicely turned around. Certain things couldn't be changed because they're part of the original building—for example, no room has a lanai. Rooms are basic, clean and modern without being overly furnished for their small...
This hotel is on a pretty busy corner. Not much in the views department—this is a utilitarian place to stay. You sleep here; you don’t hang around. And without a pretty good discount, it’s hard to justify staying here since you’ve got a 15-minute walk to the beach....