The place is exactly as described in the ad and the reviews are accurate! Some things I took away from the reviews were there was mildew on the shower liner, it’s noisy & occasionally odorous from the restaurants below, nothing fancy but does the job! So as soon as I got there and put my stuff down, I went to Ross and bought a few things to make my stay a bit more pleasant. I bought a shower new liner, new pillows because the ones there were not the best & left them, the toaster was old & cheap & hard to push the bread down, I thought I was going to break it the first time I used it, so I bought a toaster & left it. I cooked breakfast there every morning, there were pots, pans, dishes, dish detergent & sponge but no dish pan or dish drainer. I bought a dish drainer & left it, there were no placemats for the table on the lanai to eat on, so I bought placemats, there were no dish towels, so I bought them, there was a coffee maker, I bought coffee from a local coffee maker & filters to have good coffee in the morning! There was no area rugs, floor seemed gritty, so I bought a few area rugs that I returned! The hideous black chairs looked gross to sit on, I used the bath towels they supplied to cover them up and bought new towels to use. Lol
Then there’s the brown hideous eyesore ottoman you see in the pictures that folds out to be a twin bed with fake peeling leather, I bought a cheap blue sarong type thing at ABC store and covered it and used it like a coffee table! Lol
You may ask why I would spend $40-50 on a place I am paying to stay at? You are not going to get a hotel or airbnb like this for the price (mid June 2022 $135/ngt plus tax & cleaning fees) with a view of the ocean and the awesome location anywhere else in Waikiki. I don’t mind spending a tad bit more money on things like that to save hundreds to thousands of dollars! You can tell the owners don’t want to put any money into the place, though all they would have to do is spend two months worth of income they get from it into updating it & they could double their profit! The beach is right there, the bus stop is so close & there is a biki bike station a few steps away that I would use every morning & go for a bike ride!
I loved the place & recommend it for 1-2 guests!!