The location is great. Right next to the beach (literally a 2 min walk from the lobby to the ocean) and you can walk to lots of restaurants and shopping near by. Keep in mind though that this is very close to the main road that has a lot of traffic and people going by. If you are traveling with a baby that will be sensitive to the occasional VERY loud noises at night, it may wake them.
Valet staff and lobby reception folks were awesome. It was also nice to have beach towels that you can check out and drop back off after hitting waikiki.
These are minor gripes, but I think still should be called out:
We arrived at the unit in the evening, took a shower, and unfortunately found that there wasn't a hair dryer supplied in the unit. My wife and daughters weren't thrilled about having wet hair and no blow dryer available to use. I reached out to the host via airbnb message, phone, and text, and didn't get a response that night (granted, it was already around 9pm when we reached out). The following morning, an automated airbnb message from the host came through checking up on how our check-in was arrived, but the host still hadn't responded to the inquiry about the hair dryer. It wasn't until I replied to the automated message that it seemed like they checked the messages and got us a hair dryer to use. I'm not sure if Lauren and her other partner are just busy with a lot of airbnb listings, but I was a bit disappointed that 1) no one checked to ensure that there was a blow dryer in the unit and 2) that they only became responsive after i replied to their automated message (and didn't respond to my initial airbnb message, phone call, or text).
The unit was in decent condition in terms of cleanliness, but we noticed a TON of dust around windows/blinds.
Wifi in the unit is ok in the living room, but the connection is terrible if you're in the bedrooms. They might need to put in a stronger router. I could only work from the living room.
After spending $700+/night there (including taxes/cleaning/etc.) and $5k in total for our week's stay, I feel like the items discussed above shouldn't have been issues to begin with. Perhaps the host is just busy with a lot of rentals so the attention to detail and responsiveness is not what I expected given the primo location.