My apologies for a very short review -- this was already a short stay (in at 7pm and out at 11am) but due to my AC flight going mechanical in YVR I arrived 4 hours late and checked in at 11pm.

Vitals
I was booked into an Ocean View room on a room only basis and was allocated one on the 5th floor. The hotel is located on the edge of Waikiki fronting the Ala Wai Harbor and situated between the Prince Hotel and the monolithic Ilikai. Ala Moana shopping centre is a short walk away from the hotel but a taxi is way more comfortable!

Arrival
I arrived at 11pm by taxi. No one was available to help me with my luggage though it was a short walk into the Lobby. There was a large line up outside the hotel as the hotel has quite the happening night club. Being a Friday night the hotel was filled with young and beautiful people; however, there were people of all ages checking into the hotel after me.

The check-in was quick and I was given my keys quickly and was told where the elevators were. No offer of help with luggage though I was offered a line pass to the nightclub. After a long travel day, I passed.

The Room
There are City View Doubles and Kings; Partial Ocean View Kings; and Ocean View Doubles and Kings. Doubles come with large picture windows while Kings come with a balcony or terrace. City and Ocean View rooms are about 400 sq ft while Partial Ocean Views are slightly smaller at 340 sq ft.

My Ocean view King faced the Ilikai and had an angled view of the water from inside the room. From the lanai, there was direct water views with the lagoon of the Hilton Hawaiian Village and harbour in the foreground and the Pacific beyond. Looking the other way was rooftops and city views (which presumably must be the view from the City view rooms.)

Rather than talk about the room, here are a couple photos of the room and the view. A picture is a 1000 words, they say.











Additional photos can be found at: http://gallery.flyertalk.com/gallery...olulu-Dec-2013

Some additional notes about the room. Not shown in the photo is that adjacent to the deal there is a long mirror, some coat pegs and a shelf with sea/ small conch shells and some colourful scarves (all which appear to be available for sale at the gift shop) to add a little bit of colour to the room. The louvred shutters is a theme at almost all hotels I stayed at on this trip. One thing, the AC vent faces the bed directly so it can get cold. Opening the balcony door and closing the screen door and louvres is an alternative but it is quite noisy especially on a low floor.