Coconut Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu

Very nice, smaller hotel in the Waikiki area for a quick stop over before our journey home. Short walking distance to the beach and all that is Waikiki. Offers a nice continental breakfast, towels and chairs for the beach and a heated pool too. Wi Fi is free and works well.

Decent place in a convenient location. The breakfast was quite good and the staff was very nice. As others have mentioned, be aware of the $25/night additional fee. My only major complaint was how humid our room was. I stayed in another hotel in the area and the room was very dry, but this one felt muggy no matter how much we ran the A/C.

The hotel was good. They let us do early check in which was nice! The employees were all great and amazing people! The annoying hidden fees were not. I don’t understand why they had to tack on 30 dollars at the end of our stay for fees when that could have been established at the beginning. I can say no if the price is too high when I’m ordering the room. But to be tricked and told the total for the room is $170 and then after pay an extra $30 is dishonest. I’ll be using a hotel that doesn’t deal in tricks next time.

So I was only in Hawaii for 11 hours on a pass through, but I have honestly stayed in Waikiki 6 times a year for the last 20 years. So I am very familiar with the good, the bad, and the ugly. This hotel was something else before and not as nice. New owners have spruced this place up to very good modern standards. The only downsides are small rooms with no view and a crazy driveway. There are lanais and a peak at the Ala Wai. The rooms are small by any standard except Tokyo. Maybe on par with a standard San Francisco room. But they are comfortable and well appointed, free k cup coffee maker, big tv with good cable, clean bathroom with good soaps etc, a comfortable bed, free ear plugs (Waikiki has that in common with NYC). Don't try to put 3 people in the regular room. Close couples and even with a small child can get by barely. The pros are location for the younger single set, good prices, and clean and safe. I would stay again when alone but if with family I would find a bigger room, which truthfully I do not know if offered here. They have a free coffee snack bar from 6.30-8.30am everyday. I was out at 5am so used the k cup in the room. But again if budget minded this is a $10 value in Waikiki and maybe more food available, not sure. So if budget and close to bars restaurants are more important than room size and view, then this place will fit the bill nicely.

The hotel was old and our room was not very clean, location was good and the staff was really nice.