The spot itself is great. The room was clean and expected from the listing.
HOST: The real problem was the guy Mark who runs the spot. It is essentially impossible to get ahold of him. When you call, you get an answering service who takes a message and you wait to hear from Mark. He didn’t even call me back but did message me once a day later to my question about parking. Super slow to reply. He also was really aggressive towards a friend that was dropping us off. It was about 11 pm on a Friday night and our friend's radio was loud. Instead of just asking him to turn it down he just yelled at him repeatedly “Don't you have any respect?” My friend is Black and it felt pretty racially motivated because of the lack of respect he showed him by not simply asking him to turn down the radio. In response to someone else’s car not even on the property, he told us we had to leave and couldn’t stay anymore. Mind you it is 11 pm on a Friday, where are we supposed to go? I’ve never had a bad review on Airbnb and try my best to follow any rules but ultimately some things are just not in my control. It ended up working out okay, my boyfriend called him and they were able to smooth it out and we didn't have any further interactions with him but it was a really extreme response to a loud car radio, that I am not even in charge of or responsible for. He is the reason for my poor review. This place needs more attentive and thoughtful management. We are all full of anxiety and trauma from the pandemic. The last thing I need is a maskless man shouting at me. We're all adults and we should speak to each other with respect, even if you don't like what someone is doing. My buddy wasn't meaning to disrespect anyone and really had no awareness his radio was so loud it could bother others. I wish that interaction went a different way.
LOCATION: I liked the location in Honolulu. It is in a hostel district so it's pretty loud overnight with people talking and partying but that doesn't bother me, just good to know. The walls are really thin so you do hear everyone in the building, again not something that bothers me but good to know. We on a few occasions bothered our neighbors by singing and playing our guitars when we weren’t being especially loud, it is just that thin of walls. Sorry neighbors! We could also hear kids running around above us starting at about 5 am until well after midnight.
Overall, if you are looking for peace and tranquility I wouldn’t recommend this place. If you just want the cheapest price and you’re okay with noise and potential for a weird interaction with the host or a nonresponsive host then this place is it. Overall if they got a new manager I would stay here again.