We stayed for 6 nights, and because we always read reviews to help us make our decisions, wanted to leave a pros & cons review to help other visitors when deciding what’s important for your own stay.
PROS
1) Parking spot in a gated garage is the best thing
2) Air conditioning wall unit kept us cool, although pretty noisy with a gurgling sound
3) Gated building with FOB for entry and for elevators provided a sense of security (see CON below for why we felt we needed the security)
4) Washer & Dryer with coin operation available, and it was clean
5) Bed was comfortable but had some light blue stains on the top layer. Futon available but once opened very tight on space.
6) Photos are accurate, space is super small but worked for three people (except the balcony isn’t a balcony, it’s a 8-10 inch ledge that the slider opens to)
CONS
1) Located smack between two hostels on a one-way alley type street. It was noisy, a little sketchy with homeless people sleeping on the street, and you can smell pot nearby. One night a car was broken in to that was parked on the street and the alarm rang for quite some time
2) Bathroom needs so help…no hand soap when we arrive and no extra provides so we went and bought some soap, the sink was clogged and drained supper slow so you needed to wait for it to drain then rinse down otherwise you’d have a pretty nasty sink, and there was mold on the shower curtain liner edges.
3) Only one FOB was provided so we could not do our own thing bc you needed the FOB to use the elevator, or enter the property, so even though we were able to walk to things we had to coordinate to re-enter the property. A second set of keys/FOB would be helpful.
4) The bare minimum is provided as far as towels and supplies, but still sufficient. We are used to staying at fully stocked AirBnbs, so that is just our expectation but just so you know. 3 people = 3 towels and 3 beach towels. That’s okay but for a 6 night stay we ended up washing our towels to use half way thru the week, especially the beach towels.
5) Check-in felt like I was an “inconvenience and rushed”. Avery was responsive during our stay but asked if I could get to the property asap bc he had dinner plans. I offered to check in after his dinner but he said he would wait. But given it was a move-in week for students the car rental took 2.5 hours. It was bad although we had pre-booked and pre-paid, just a really long line and out of our control. But I had to keep giving him updates and just felt really pressured to arrive so that wasn’t a great feeling.
All in all an okay experience. Next time we stay in Waikiki, we will plan to book a hotel and pay for parking, it’s just the cost you pay for convenience. The cost for the room came out pretty close to the hotel after the AirBnB and cleaning fees, PLUS the extra Occupancy fee that wasn’t listed until you went to pay for it.