Overall, the stay at this apartment was OK.
The good: apartment is located in a great location (whether you’re the type of person to want to walk along the Ala Wei Canal as the sun rises or meet the sun on the beach, which is about a 10-15 minute walk depending on your pace), with shops located about a 10 minute walk towards the beach on Kuhio Ave or Kalakaua Ave. There’s also the 7/11 that’s less than a block away, for emergencies as it was expensive.
The less good: We walked into the apartment at 11ish PM, finding the sheets, towels, counters dirty… And had to spend the next 2+ hours doing laundry and cleaning before finally crashing. Our host was very apologetic and send the housekeeper by the next day (who, again, only proceeded to wipe down the already clean counters without actually changing sheets or washing towels… Who also threw away our sunscreen and post-sun Aloe for some reason..?). We were, however, grateful for the laundry card to have adequate funds!
The less pretty: Lots of roaches (big and small) and lots and lots of ants. We think this isn’t unique to this apartment building, but just be aware if planning to stay here.
Bonus points: our host was very responsive and was willing to let us spend the night in another unit (although we chose not to since we already started laundry by the time we received a response). She was also willing to refund us $100 for the inconvenience, which was, again, nice of her. We ended up losing the parking fob (which didn’t have a ring that we could use to attached to a set of keys), which cost us $100 – so I guess no loss or gain there.