Unfortunately, I can't recommend this place. We stayed here this past year between Christmas and New Years. We got off on the wrong foot during the check-in procedure. The directions we got had the incorrect lock-box label so we had to go by trial and error on all of them before we got in.
Positives:
location (kind of --- see below). Just a few blocks from Waikiki and the shopping district
parking: covered, private spot in the garage
internet: > 200MB/s. we had multiple devices streaming with no issues.
In the closet they have: fins, rain umbrella, car seat, beach chairs, beach towels etc. However, the beach umbrella was broken and unusable.
Negatives:
2nd bedroom (the one with 2 beds) only has a sliding louvered door. This doesn't keep out sound or light. This basically meant that whoever slept in that room needs to be the last one to bed. but noise in the kitchen will definitely wake them up in the morning.
Jack and Jill bathroom. sliding doors on both sides. (photos 6, 7, 8, 9) Definitely think twice about how many people are staying and how long with only a single bathroom. We were there for 10 days with 4 people and the bathroom was getting pretty dirty. I can't imagine a stay with 6 people. Also they sliding doors don't do a good job blocking the light so if one person uses the bathroom at night, the light can wake up the other bedroom.
Also, it took me a few days to figure out why the bathroom wasn't venting. Turns out the exhaust vent was completely blocked with dust (gross!) I ended up unblocking it myself.
Shower (photo 7): very small stall with no shower caddy or place to put shampoo or soap. Not sure why no one had mentioned this before or why this has never been addressed. You can get one from Walmart for $30. We ended up having to leave the soap on the shower floor.
Bathroom sinks: (photo 6 & 8) we had the same issue with the bar soap. No dish to put them in so we left them on the counter and after several days, the are started to get messy. Again, a simple soap dish would greatly enhance the experience
Only one small window AC unit for the whole apt and it's located inside the queen bedroom (photo 3). We found that the only way to cool off the apt was to put the AC on full and have a fan blow cool air out of the bedroom. Also, all doors need to be opened and ceiling fans running. At night, this can't work.
Overall the unit is pretty aged. Appliances were old and quite noisy. Note the clothes washer/dryer is the real mini size so we ended up doing laundry every day or at most every other day. Also, the dryer vented back into the closet with the appliances, which also made it hard to cool down the unit.
No cooking vent over the range (photo 5). We fried bacon for breakfast a few days and as you can imagine, the smoke and smell went everywhere.
Ala Wai Blvd (which the unit overlooks) is very noisy overall, so you'll hear cars and sirens at night.
Several items need some care: one of the closet doors kept coming off the track,
We had three "ewwws" during our week:
1) on arrival, we were going to eat some takeout and my daughter went to get the silverware: "ewww" it's dirty. Yup, crusted food and fingerprints on the silverware. Had to hand wash them for the meal and then we proceeded to wash all the dishes in the unit.
2) my wife in drying the first load of laundry. "ewww" when was the last time the lint trap was cleaned
3) my son after a few days. "The floor is so dirty, i have to leave my crocs on."
Location: the negative is to walk to/from Waikiki, you end up walking past an empty abandoned lot, a homeless lady on the corner, and a bunch of trash. I never felt unsafe walking but my daughter and wife didn't feel safe walking at night.