This is a family-operated O’ahu hotel, and it’s pretty no-frills. No room safes, for example, but you can use the one at the front desk. Holiday Surf is a pretty basic place to stay. The room decor has withstood the Hawaii Modern theme so many other hotels have...
This is an eight-story building that spent much of its life as a dormitory for University of Hawai‘i students. In 2011 it became a budget-type hotel (it no longer is). There are no safes in the rooms, but there is one at the front desk. The lobby has some sofas and...
This place is big with over 700 condos and 44 stories that are either owner occupied or rented out as vacation rentals. Around 80 of the rooms are managed by Skyline. The rest are O’ahu condos that we did not review. The Island Colony rooms are modern and fresh but...
Wow, where do we start? This is an awesome and relaxing resort. It started as a private home back the in late 1800s and has been a hotel since 1907 when rooms went for about $6, but it opened in its current form in 1984. Services are unmatched here. For instance,...
These O’ahu condos are individually owned, but most rooms in the rental pool have a consistent look that is light and appealing. Studios at Pacific Monarch have a kitchenette and a standing-room-only lanai. Lanais on 1/1s are large, and some of the views...
A skinny condo building with one end touching Waikiki Beach. Nearly all units face Fort DeRussy Park, which is good because the back of the building is crammed up against the Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort. The higher up the better. (Fifth floor and above...
This hotel has a modern design theme, but the rooms seem to try to blend old and new furnishings with mixed results. The color scheme now matches Halekulani, their sister property across the street, with pale blues and neutrals. There are no grounds, but the place...
This timeshare property has some vacation rentals available throughout the year. The rooms could use updating since they have not changed furnishings much in all the years we have visited. But prices are very decent (in fact, they seem to have gone down...
This resort sits on top of the Waikiki Beach Walk shopping center. The Hula Tower is closest to the water, and the Aloha Tower has most of its ocean views blocked by the resort in front of them. The resort doesn’t feel like a contemporary Hawaiian resort. The lobby...
Although it's shed its name as the Trump International Hotel Waikiki and joined the Hilton family, many elements keep the Ka La'i Waikiki Beach feeling familiar (for the time being—renovations are ongoing). For example, pale whites and earth tones (still) abound...