The Ala Wai House is exactly as advertised. The location is better than we thought. We stayed here for almost two months. The walkability and rideability score are very high. We easily enjoyed walking to Ala Moana Mall, riding our bikes to Iolani Palace, Diamond Head Tennis Courts, and many other places. This location is central to all your needs for a short or long term stay in Waikiki. You can easily enjoy the Waikiki streets of shopping and dining. You can easily get to Safeway or Foodland for groceries, or use grocery delivery services from Walmart or Amazon Prime. The Ala Wai House provides all your paper products (toilet paper and paper towels) and laundry soap. Their laundry (washer and dryer) is very reasonable. The use of the washer is $1.50 and the dryer is a $1.00. This price in Waikiki for laundry is super reasonable. We saw many places for $1.00 more for just the washer. Rhen, the onsite maintenance man, is very personable. He is there 24/7 residing in one of the units at the Ala Wai House. He really made our stay feel very safe. We had 2 bikes, and we felt Rhen was a natural built in onsite security guard. He, Denise and the entire staff have a lot of aloha. This place is a gem in Waikiki. The value is excellent. Warning if you're a resort traveler and enjoy solitude look elsewhere. If you're a traveler looking to be in a location that's alive, and brings that out of you, then the Ala Wai House is for you. We chose not to have a car. There are plenty of places nearby to rent one if you feel the need to drive. On a side note, because of the high walkability and rideability scores, we did both and in 2 months of that lifestyle I lost 10 pounds. We highly recommend staying at the Ala Wai House.