Pros:
-if you want to be in Waikiki, this is a great location in the center of everything there (turns out we would have preferred to stay outside of this super touristy, built-up area)
-Nice to see the beach from the balcony
-Sizeable fridge
-Host was great about responding quickly and kindly extended our check out time
-Clean
-When we asked about covid precautions, Maurie said surfaces are wiped down and there would be a few hours in between housekeeping and our arrival. (See additional details about this under Cons)
Cons:
-Looks better in pictures (not Maurie's fault - even our own pictures looked better than the actual condo). In real life, there is a somewhat dingy look and feel, a beachy smell since it's right near the beach, and it is also very small.
-Weak shower and only two tiny bars of soap and two tiny travel shampoo containers provided for a five night stay
-"plenty of pots and pans for cooking" turned out to be a few scratched teflon pots and pans that we did not feel comfortable using. We ended up exclusively using the oven for cooking and wrapping things in foil. The people who stayed before us also did not do a good job cleaning the dishes so the kitchen was kind of offputting to cook in. For example, the top to the blender was covered with a brown, sticky substance.
-Host kind of shamed us when we asked how long the condo is typically empty in between the housekeeping service and our arrival, saying, "if you guys are too scared about everything covid then perhaps traveling is not the thing to do right now?" which we thought was weird, seeing as we only asked one question about covid precautions!