We’ve been to Hawaii 20+ times and have family here. We were passing through on an overnight layover. Almost booked a great deal at a corporate high-rise waterfront hotel, but decided to save $60 and try this little throwback old-school spot. We’ve stayed at plenty of adventurous, quirky, vintage spots before—this was not that. Everything in the room (except sheets) was stained, filthy, or needed repair. The bathroom reeked like a dive-bar men’s urinal. There were small cockroaches in the kitchen area (fortunately didn’t see any huge ones). The pool area was piled with storage items. The maintenance guy was sleeping in the lobby. Even for one night, as a parent traveling with small children it was immediate hygiene triage: Don’t touch anything you don’t have to. Don’t take your shoes off unless you’re getting directly into bed. Don’t sit on the couch. And don’t worry, it’s only one night. We went out to dinner and brought a backpack with all our valuables—this did not seem like a safe place to leave a wallet or iPad in the room. Overall, the only nice things I could say about it that the person working reception was great, the location is terrific for walking a couple blocks to have coffee on Waikīkī, and it was nostalgic to look around the courtyard and imagine a time—many, MANY decades ago—when Oahu was a different world and this was a cute place to stay. But we would not stay here again, not even for one night, not for any amount of savings.
