White Sands Hotel

White Sands Hotel

This property has three low-rise, walk-up buildings built in 1957 surrounding a courtyard and pool. It’s similar in style to its next door neighbor, the Hawaiian King, which is all condos. Even before the renovations, the courtyard pool area was their star...
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Andrew Doughty
Ilima Hotel

Ilima Hotel

This pink and white building feels like O’ahu condos because all the rooms have full kitchens, but it’s run like a O’ahu hotel, so we’re calling it a hotel. The Ilima Hotel décor is pink (surprise!) and blue and modern. It has some endearing qualities,...
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Holiday Surf

Holiday Surf

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...
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Stay Hotel Waikiki

Stay Hotel Waikiki

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 a...
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Halekulani

Halekulani

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, the...
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