Hotel Details

This was my first time back to The Ilikai in many years. It's been nicely renovated recently. We spent 3 nites at The I as a 'get adjusted' period to Hawaiian standard time, before hopping over the Kauai. The hotel location is, as I remembered, very nice, at the threshold of Waikiki Beach and within walking distance of the Ala Moana Center and a few other attractions. We enjoyed features such as an Ocean Sunset Room (away from boulevard traffic), the walking and sitting terrace -- ground level -- near the yacht club, condo style room with a kitchen and big fridge and microwave, the modest but fine (free) daily continental breakfast, a helpful and friendly staff, and a very good $$$-rate on Travel online. We are already planning our return before a jaunt to Maui during 2010.

This was one of the lower priced hotels for the period we were there--end of August and Labor Day weekend, and we found it to be very nice. The room was very spacious with a lanai, microwave and refrig, and convenient to the beach and amenities of Waikiki. Booking was easy both times, and the free breakfast was adequate but not sumptuous. Friday night included a cheap barbeque dinner with very good musical and dancing entertainment. We only stayed two separate nights at the beginning and end of our cruise, and it was perfect for that. They allowed us late checkout the first day and early check in the following Saturday, which worked well with our plans. Staff were pleasant and helpful but not overly outgoing. Definitely stay here again.

What ever you do PLEASE look at the front, back, sides, under and top of your car..... I stayed at this property and they parked the car. The car was returned with frontend damage ( the hood was buckeled, the left blincker was missing and left head light was pushed back into it's housing). The people that park the cars are an outside service and are not held accountable by the Hotel or the Security personnel that work for the property. If you have any damage done to your car they will clean up the mess and tell the police that the car was delivered that way. Even though a few piceses (plastic the same color as the car, mounting screws with same color plastic around the screws) were found in the parking structure it was my word aganist theirs....Well I still have the cost of repairing my car and they still have video cameras that convently are out of service. So BEWARE of the parking Attendance or at least one that knows how to cover his tracks...

The overall trip was nice,however the hotel was not! The room was dirty at least 2 inches of dusty oon everything, floors dirty and what really made me mad was to turn down the bed and find dirty sheets. I called the front dest to be told that if they cleaned the room or changed the sheets there would be a $35.00 charge to me. Needles to say I will not stay there again.

Very clean. Staff very friendly and helpful. Area much more quieter than where we stayed last year (couple blocks from Waikiki Beach). Bus and trolly stop conveniently located at corner near hotel. Highly recommend this hotel. Room very comfortable. View from balcony on lagoon side great!