Gyeong
We stayed in Gyeyong’s Air BnB from Monday to Sunday in May 2019.
Note:
Checkout is at 10am and our flight out of Honolulu was not until 9pm. Gyeong was kind enough to allow us to stay (keep our bags in the room because of our late departure time and the fact that no one was renting the room until the next morning) as long as we kept it clean after the housekeeper did her job. We ended up using the hotel luggage storage option instead, but it was very nice and generous of Gyeong to allow us the option if needed.
Apartment Pros:
Check in was very easy.
The room has a window unit air conditioner (at floor level).
The beds were comfortable.
There is a small balcony with chairs and a lounge/cot.
The shower is roomy, high enough to comfortably accommodate tall individuals and has a removable shower head.
The stove/oven is very old but works fine.
All kitchen appliances are dated but work fine, except for the microwave, (the turntable does not work and therefore the food is not cooked evenly).
The Ilikai is also a working hotel and has all the amenities one would need, such as a small store, ice cream, restaurant, gift shop, etc.
There is a place to lock up your bags if you have a late departure and want to store your luggage securely.
Apartment Cons:
The appliances are very dated (harvest gold stove with old push button temperature selection on the front of the stove reachable by toddlers, circa 1960). I would not recommend this place for children that like to push buttons.
There is only one two prong outlet inside the “over the sink/under the mirror” unit compartment, so no grounded outlet or GFCI in the bathroom or the kitchen for that matter.
There is only one wall in the living room/bedroom area that has usable 110 outlets.
There is a multi outlet plugged into a multi outlet to accommodate plugin for the TV, lamp, etc., and the extension cord that will be necessary for the back bedroom wall.
The wall with the beds and in between table has some weird European outlet and only one of them, so the lamp does not work.
There were only two rolls of toilet paper for a weeks stay for 4 women-(not enough).
There were zero condiments.
There was only one empty trash bag in the trash can and one extra underneath for the four of us (and we did a lot of shopping, so we had a lot of trash).
There are two washers and two dryers on the floor just down the hall. $2.50 (in quarters) to wash and $2.50 to dry.
Checkout is early, at 10am.
Area Pros:
The Ilikai is located in a great location, close to the ocean, shopping and restaurants.
The lagoon is close by.
Cons:
The beach area at the Ilikai is not great.
My daughter said the lagoon water was smelly.
The pool is not very big.
The street noise is loud.
Recommendations:
Bring a long extension cord to power the bedroom wall area for a fan, phone chargers and the lamp. There is a short brown extension cord there, (but it wasn’t enough for our group of four) or long enough to reach over to the bedroom table lamp).
Bring a multi plug outlet.