Chinatown Municipal Parking

Parking in downtown Chinatown in Honolulu is always a challenge. The city created this parking lot abotu 10 – 15 years ago. It’s about 3 stories deep, and there is adequate parking. Entrance is on the right hand side of the street, so be careful when finding this place.
The great news is that it is located in the central downtown area. The bad news is that the parking lot is dimly lit, a bit smelly, and gaining entrance back into the structure is hard becasue they only have one entrance (due to security reasons).
This parking is handy. It is reasonably priced. It is an inconvenience, and crowded but worth it!

I lost my ticket at Casa $ 20 don’t lose your ticket. Also much better to park at the parking lot underneath the park up there off of Beretania and Nuuanu

Here we go! Convenient parking. Cheap. You still need to get here before it fills up.

I like the chinatown municipal lots because they remind me of weekend trips to chinatown with my late grandparents and because rates are relatively low. There are quite a few locations around chinatown too, and I’ve never experienced any being completely full or where I got frustrated trying to find parking.
As another reviewer pointed out, the stairwells always aren’t the nicest smelling places in the world. I try to hold my breath when I’m going up or down the stairs. I also try not to park too far down haha, I might run out of breath and die in the stairwell if I did.
Many of the municipal lots are equipped with electric car chargers, those spaces are usually right next to the stairwell doors too.
This is chinatown and there is a higher concentration of asian drivers. After witnessing more than a few silly incidents and getting frustrated waiting awhile for people to figure out how to park, I believe the stereotype. I therefore try to park away from where people might hit my car while parking, which is sometimes hard because the stalls are small.

parking was cheap and to be expected. drove the wrong way coming out and the guard was not a complete BLEEP to me i apologized and was about my way.
can only give you singles upon exit.

This is definitely one of the more cheaper and affordable parking areas in the heart of Chinatown. I think there are two parking structures within the Chinatown Municipal Parking area, one from South Beretania and the other from Maunakea St. The rates for the parking are very decent and reasonable about 75 cents for half and hour for a couple of hours and a buck to for the rest afterwards during the day. They have different rates for other occasions, during nights, and special events. It is close and right next to the whole Chinatown area itself. It is easily accessible via stairs and other walkways. One of the negatives are the tight and challenging parking spaces around the parking structure coming in and out of it. I think parking here is worth it if you want to go anywhere within Chinatown and if you can’t find any other parking around the area. Usually the metered street parking is the most convenient but if all else falls this should definitely be your default option for parking. If you are parking here at night make sure you are aware of the hours of operation.

RIP OFF! We were there for about 45 minutes. As we left, the parking attendand left the gate open as if there was no charge. Just as I was driving off she said, «Three dollars please!». Since there were about 20 cars behind me, I gave her a $ 5 and got $ 2 in change. The $ 3 obviously went in the attendant’s pocket. Beware of Rip Offs in Chinatown.

Good: This is one of the cheapest parking in Chinatown. $ 0.75/hr that is great compared to other places that cost $ 2-​$ 3 per half hour. You can take many different ways out of the parking lot to go towards the street that you want to go to IE. (Nuuanu, Hotel etc.). I paid only $ 3 for being in Chinatown for about 4 hours.
Bad: parking stalls are so small and crowded. The other thing you can’t help are the crazy drivers that drive through there. Lot closes at 12a. So you will have to park elsewhere if you plan on staying out past 12a.

Hey, it’s cheap! And it’s convenient. What more could you want? If you are going to Chinatown, park here.

It was super cheap compared to our China town Parking in NYC. It’s about $ 30.00 per day here in China town which is one of the cheapest places to park in NYC.
It is super cheap as the previous reviewer posted prices.
The parking lot here in China town Honolulu smelled similar to the NYC China town parking lots. To me it smelled like hot stank but to my husband it smelled like vacation! 3 stars for being so cheap and being centrally located!

Ahh CMP. One of the good things to come out of the City & County of Honolulu. I guess.
Rates:
$ 0.75 per ½ hour for the first two hours
$ 1.50 per ½ hour thereafter
I like their rates, especially because they are extremely competitive with the rest of the lots in Downtown/​Chinatown area which typically start at $ 2.5 million every ½ hour. Glad we’re not as parking hungry as New York or San Fran which charge 10 times that.
This location is great because its a brisk 3 minute walk to and from class at HPU. I like that they have multiple locations for me to choose from so I can just move-​along «MA» to a different structure.
The ladies that work here are also the best. Very friendly, often smiling, and hard working.
Unfortunately, being located on the edge of Chinatown, the stairwells and doors smell like hobo and piss. I’m constantly pumping hand sanitizer after opening them.
Glad I can trust CMP keep my pretty baby under CCTV watch and protected in an underground secure lot for quarters on the dollar.