Pros: location, clean, easy to rent
The apartment is located in the middle of downtown Honolulu. You can walk to a million stores, restaurants, the zoo, and the beach. The place is clean. Getting the key and returning the key was super easy. The key is kept in a lockbox outside of the apartment building, I never physically met the host. There are about 100 lockboxes outside of the building, so I imagine a lot of people staying at the building are airbnb's or short term renters of some sort
Cons: location, bare bones, amenities
The location is also a "con" because you are surrounded by tourists. Expect to see a lot of chain restaurants and touristy stores. If you want to go to the beach, rent a car and go to a beach a little ways a way. The beach near the apartment is PACKED with people from the hotels. The apartment was as it appears in the pictures. There are no extra frills.. There was no dishwasher detergent or extra trashbags which I thought was strange. The amenities, especially the fitness center, were a bit of a let down. The fitness center had 3 old cardio machines and a few weight machines.. If you want to use the weight machines, you have to give the front desk a $20 deposit.