Cons: Cockroaches was a no go for me. They came in from the balcony and one fell on me when i walked through the sliding door. Air conditioning is pretty much useless in this old outdated building. The windows are slotted and open and close at a 90 degree angle similar to how blinds open and close. The windows are not fully enclosed allowing hot air to seep into the room and the cool air to escape. Ambulance sirens and cars driving by on the street 24/7. It was funny because the sirens sound like a funny UFO sound at night. The shower went cold on one of the nights during our stay. There is a horrible smell walking from the parking garage to the elevator. You pass by the trash room and a laundry room so the smell is either hot garbage or damp dirty laundry. Elevator runs rough, scary, and small. It’s hard to insert elevator key and press a floor button with the same hand. The gate opener button has to be pressed a few times and very close to the gate for it to work.
Pros: Located in the middle of everything. Near the beach, near the mall, near the freeway. 7/11 is right outside of the garage for quick food and drinks. The neighboring hotel: Hawaiian Monarch Hotel offered moped, motorcycle, and Polaris Slingshot 3 wheel rentals around the corner! $30 for 24 hours parking in and out privileges or $10 no in or out. We rented one of each and left our jeep rental in the Monarch garage and parked our bikes in our airbnb garage. Highly recommended! We took them up to the north shore and we got a lot of attention as a big group. Kitchen is nice with a roomy refrigerator but is not sub zero even when turned up to the max. Good view of the city from the balcony, but was not able to see the Friday 8pm Hilton fireworks show from the 9th Floor. Gated underground parking garage with security cameras. Laundry and Trash bin chute on same floor.
The host Joy/Yiqi was very quick to respond via airbnb message app and accommodate our needs.
Verdict: You really get what you pay for here. It is a cheap stay, but at a very inconvenient cost of hygiene and hot room temperature. I have been in worse conditions, but the host accommodated us really well. So I hope future guests read this before their stay and not rely on the amount of stars in the reviews, like I did haha.