This is a great rental unit!! It is only a block and half from Waikiki Beach and the famous Royal Hawaiian Hotel. All around is great dining and shopping and the building has great security. The unit was clean and the “kitchen” was nicely stocked with pots, pans, dishes and even some spices! Seaside Avenue is a one-way street which we found really nice for accessing the garage once we figured out that one has to access it only via Kalakahua Avenue (that only took two trips to figure out!)
There are only two minor issues we had with the rental. Most annoying was that there was only one entry fob available. The door to the actual unit has a combination lock but to enter the building, activate the elevator, or enter the parking garage one uses a fob. Since there were two of us, it was awkward when we wanted to come and go at different times. Both would have to go to the elevator so the person staying could activate the floor-button on the panel and keep the fob. The person staying put the fob in the mailbox off the lobby on the bottom floor upon leaving and whoever returned first hoped they could get access to the lobby easily to retrieve the fob to get upstairs (or call security to gain entry to the lobby if later at night). When the second person returned, they would have to contact the other in the room to come down and let them in. At a minimum, people should be provided at least two fobs if there is more than one renter.
The parking space for the unit is also “interesting”. It is on the third floor so one has to drive up two very steep inclines (we lightly scraped our bumper going down from the third floor to the second floor every time we left). The designated space is next to the wall adjacent to the ramp and it takes a minimum three point turn to access it (it’s almost a 360 degree turn). Fortunately, likely due to Covid, the building/garage didn’t seem super busy and there almost always was at least one vacant parking spot across from or next to our space making it relatively easy to maneuver the turns. However, a few times it took a five-point or more turn to get the car into or out of the parking spot. One day was especially bad when we found two cars, one a large SUV-type vehicle, occupying the spaces across from ours with the one next to ours also occupied, that necessitated a nine point turn to maneuver around. Not a deal breaker by any means but is something one should be aware of if they find small parking garages difficult to negotiate; thankfully we had a nearly compact-sized car.