The apartment is a great location and walking distance from the beach, main shops of Waikiki, Honolulu Zoo and close to Diamond Head. The room comes with two beds, a beautiful view of the mountains, a working and equipped kitchen and a nice kitchen island and sitting area. The key code system for getting into the apartment is really lovely to be able to not loose or lock your keys away in the room. It is also wonderful to have 1 parking included in the apartment rental. Their are 2 towers in the Waikiki Banyan so make sure to park closer to the tower 2 side to be close to the elevator entrance. Also if you are renting a car- it was advised by the host to make sure your car is under 6ft for clearance into the parking garage.
Kenny was very communicative and quick to respond. His instructions were very clear and extensive to really understand everything and all of the rules to follow. The space in general was really nice to come home to and to spend time in.
As for improvements I hope will be made/fixed after telling Kenny about these issues while staying in the rental: There is a window AC unit that didn’t work well and the shower never got hot water. Also the building itself had a few power outages while staying there which ended up having no electricity for a few hours on and off a few times each night and then ended up having the elevators unavailable for some time during and afterwords- for safety- so had to walk 18 flights to get up and down from the apartment. This was specifically for tower 2 as my family was staying in a few other apartment rentals-some in tower 2 some in tower 1 and tower 1 didn’t have any power outages only had what ended up being a false alarm emergency evacuation that turned off all elevator access in both buildings and made everyone in both buildings evacuate using the stairs only. As we were checking out, the building was continuing to run tests and evacuation alarms with the fire department to I guess test the generators and proper function of the alarm system.
Kenny, after a few back and forth exchanges of explaining what really was happening on site as to what he was receiving information via the building rental property owner association, was understanding and accommodating to everything that had happened.
Again, I hope the Waikiki Banyan got everything sorted as entrance/lobby is really beautiful and lovely staff and has a nice convenience store and cafe by tower 1 elevators. And all in all the rental is a wonderful one.