(Long Review) This is the first Airbnb where I haven't given a straight 5 star review and here's why.
Pros:
- Decent communication with the host.
- Location is great. There are restaurants around and a superette ABC across the street.
- Walking to the Ala Moana Shopping Center is ~10 min & ~23 min to the International Mall which are nice to shop/eat/take pictures at.
- Mostly clean room/kitchen/bathroom.
- Most of the typical bath/shower/kitchen amenities are provided.
- The AC is fast and strong which is great during the heat.
- The view is pretty good from the window and the light that filters through is great.
- The parking garage is attached directly to the hotel so you don't have to cross the street to another building.
- Really nice hospitality from the workers in the building.
- Big mirror next to the closet.
- Full sized stove and fridge/freezer.
- Bathroom ventilation is good and there's instant hot water.
Cons:
- The room was ready around 3:30 PM instead of 3 PM.
- If the weather is windy then the big sliding glass door will continue to shake and thump.
- One of the chairs for the table has a loose leg that might break so avoid sitting on it.
- The faucet for the cold water in the sink has a low pressure flow. It's about x2 as slow compared to the hot water faucet.
- The bath tub stopper does NOT work so if you planned on doing any bath bombs or bubble baths then you'll have to buy a bath tub plug.
- The fridge temperature wasn't set to the optimal temperature.
- Fire alarm easily goes off since its next to the stove instead of on the ceiling.
- Lots of street and car noises with police sirens going off. I would recommend keeping the glass door closed.
--> **There are roaches in this room**
Other notes:
- The pictures listed definitely give this room a more cozy and warm look compared to in person.
- There is a trash chute at the end of the hallway to throw away the trash that the host requests of you. I didn't see this in the manual and kept throwing my trash down in the lobby until a worker pointed it out to me.
- I put some napkins in the door seams to make it snug so the door wouldn't rattle and wake me up during the night.
- I found about 6-9 roaches during the course of my stay. There were in the bathroom, kitchen table and even climbing the wall behind my pillow.
- Seeing them in a nice Airbnb on vacation is unhygienic.
- I spoke to the host about this and they said they haven't had any problems but they will tell the cleaners and do Terminix which is good.
- There has been another guest who complained about roaches/bugs though so I'm not sure about them saying they haven't had any problems?
Overall, there are some things that the host could fix & change in the room which would better the experience for new guests. I would stay here again but mostly because of the very convenient location.