Jon's condo is actually located in a hotel, the Old Monarch! Everything at this condo was so great. It was comfortable. A little smaller than we expected but perfect. Bed was comfortable. It was clean. Only recommendation we would say is if there was at least a handheld vacuum handy as its hard to get all the sand off at the beach, no matter how hard you try you end up bringing a little sand home. Other than that our time at Jon's place was great.
Lots of great food nearby too on Kuhio Ave (10-15 minute walk)! Lamill's was our favorite breakfast spot. Great energy smoothies and excellent coffee, and unreal breakfast, the Loco Moco was our favorite!
Our favorite beach was the one infront of the Sheraton/Royal Hawaiian. The sand was perfect, we found the Hilton Village beach very rocky whereas the Sheraton beach was super soft and comfortable to walk on. Sheraton beach also had wifi that extended into the ocean so that was great! Bought one of those waterproof phone cases at the ABC store for $20 and was able to facetime the family from the actual ocean, in our floaties.
For dinner, and Football Sunday's we spent most of the days at the Yard House. It was an awesome spot/bar to hangout at. They had great servers, and excellent mojitos and hundreds of beers on tap.
Needless to say, we LOVED Waikiki area. Can't wait to be back.
You were an excellent and very accommodating host Jon, thank you so much for your hospitality.