For our first time on Oahu I think this was a good find for the value. Here are our takeaways:
The location is great if you want to be near the strip but further to the East side. It’s about a 5 minute straight walk to Kūhiō Beach and 10-15 minutes to shopping & dining on the strip. Keep in mind that when the AC isn’t running you definitely hear road noise & people using the amenities on the 6th floor.
We loved the view of Diamond Head and a bit of the beach!
It was great to have a full kitchen.
Security guards were present in the garage every night & we saw one walking the property in the evening so it felt very safe.
Cons:
The condo in reality looks and feels more lived in/dated than the photos appear. Some examples are the popcorn ceiling, wonky blinds & privacy partitions, scuff marks on walls, etc.
The bed definitely felt like a full (maybe I misread the listing but we were expecting a queen) and was very noisy. The bedding was a bit stained (yellowish white pillow case and a stained accent pillow).
The AC feels great in the living area but we couldn’t really feel it laying in bed and woke up feeling stuffy every morning.
There was also a very annoying wake up call to an emergency evacuation alarm causing us to walk down 26 flights of stairs all to find out that it was a drill and they’d be doing all day and the next.
Maybe some of these items would have been addressed if we reached out to the property manager but it must not have bothered us *that* bad because we didn’t reach out to them.