Great place in a prime location of Waikiki. Great for couples! The view from the balcony is incredible. It was such a pleasure to watch the ocean eating your breakfast, lunch and dinner. If you plan to cook at the apartment, there is everything you need to cook with. I recommend to plan cooking some meals because Waikiki was very busy and we could nearly get any reservation from restaurant. So we were happy to have a kitchen.
You are in the center of town, so you have everything accessible. There are useful stores in the lobby such as surf boards, SUP, snorkeling rentals. There is a great coffee place to get Acai bowls and coffee and a general store where you can buy last minute supplies. There is a nice restaurant called Cinnamon but we did not go because there was always a line to get in.
If you plan to shop for groceries, go to the Food pantry. It is 10 min walk and you can buy everything you need, fresh produce, fresh fish etc...
You can catch a catamaran tour at the Hilton pier , which is 10 min away as well.
In the morning, the lagoon in front of the Ilikai is very calm so it is perfect to snorkel. I saw many turtles and colorful fishes there. The ocean stayed pretty calm the whole week. No crazy waves, which we enjoyed.
Waikiki is filled with shops, restaurants, beautiful beaches, shopping of all kind. You won't get bored!
We tried to rent a car, but it was super expensive, like $300/day! They have crazy shortage of rental cars there. So we were happy to be stranded in Waikiki. Plenty of things to do.
It was very busy the week before Memorial Day at the Ilikai. So we had to wait sometimes in line to get up and down the elevator. That was the only inconvenience that I can think of.
The big pool downstairs has warm water and is salted. It's amazing as an alternative if you don't want to get all sandy.
It's a great apartment and we will love to stay there again.