OUTRIGGER Waikiki Beach Resort

Great view and perfect location. Hotel is right on the beach and also across the street from Fendi, Saint Laurent, Rolex, Louis Vuitton, Target, food court and too many food/coffee/restaurant/shopping places to list. 15 min walk from several food truck parks. Whatever you’re in the mood for, it’s there. 8 min walk to get surf lessons. 5 min walk to mani/pedi or massage. 10 min walk to the pickup point for Mauka Warriors Luau bus transport. 3 min walk to the bus for places further away. Hotels and Food are VERY expensive. For example: a premade Tunafish sandwich on white bread is $10 in a convenience store. Burgers are $25. There are many Musubi Cafes only minutes away and there’s an ABC Liquor store in the hotel. Overall great vacation but just beware that the hotel is under construction for renovations (which we were notified 2 days before Checkin and told only 9 am-4pm Monday thru Friday) but we were woken up at 7 am and it went on til 5:45pm. Front desk will tell you that they don’t give them the keys until 9am but they managed to get in earlier anyway. Call Charley’s Taxi from the airport for the best flat rate. Parking at the hotels is not cheap $30 a night minimum IF you can get a spot. We did not rent a car because there’s no need.

The staff was very nice, and the waterfront view was amazing after our upgrade. The hotel was under maintenance for the Voyager room, but they more than made up for that by giving us an upgrade and some complementary credit.

Clean room, friendly staff, beach access and great restaurants.

All the staff was extremely friendly and helpful but did forget to notify the bellman that we had checked in, even though we had discussed sending our bags up. This caused a bit of delay in our ability to change in time for our dinner reservations. Also while the room was very clean, there were a few maintenance items. Little things like bubbled or pealing wallpaper and a tub drain that can’t be opened without a tool. I usually expect a beachfront hotel to have a few things worn from salt air and sand, just not at a price point or hotel with an iconic reputation like the Outrigger.