Hilton Waikiki Beach

Thank you to restaurant manager, Dalton Souza for the excellent customer service during my stay this past week. His cheerful, welcoming, and genuine personality really took my stay above and beyond! I will most definitely be coming back to Honolulu, and will most definitely be staying at the Hilton hotel!

Update, after waiting said hour am now at 1 ½ hours and told it will be another 30 min. I will NEVER stay here again.
Well, I’m sitting in the lobby after already waiting an hour since my room was not ready. First time I have ever checked in early to ANY Hilton and my room isn’t ready. I’m an HHonors member, just silver, but non-​honors folks were already getting their rooms. Hmm, so far, not so good.

Unexpectedly nice! Most if the Hotels here in Waikiki have been around awhile, including most likely this one, and so are older and tend to show it.
This one is not! From the moment you walk into the spacious lobby, you feel like your in a modern, first class hotel. The rooms are not the largest, about what you’d expect of a normal hotel room, but they are beautiful! The rooms are very modern and well laid out, the bathrooms even having ‘cracked’ glass walls. (No worries, your privacy is intact).
The hotel is about two city blocks from the beach, and on the Diamond head end of Waikiki, but despite its location, is very much worth staying here. I like the Hilton Village, it’s on the beach, but I prefer this one!

There are many reasons why the Hilton Waikiki Beach is a great choice for a Hawaii vacation stay. I was there recently and really enjoyed my stay.
1) The ²⁴⁄₇ Mac restaurant has a wide and great selection of food that is available 24 hours a day, which is the same as hotel room service. The Lava Lava rocks drink is amazing. I started each day with this tropical cocktail. The restaurant has a very new Vegas feel about it with a lot of flat screens everywhere to watch sports.
2) The fitness room is brand new: 3 treadmills, 2 elliptical machines, 3 benches with free weight dumbbells, and a nice cable machine.
3) There is free water dispensing machines on the 1^st floor water and in the gym, so no need to spend money on water. They also provide free apples at the first floor lounge.
4) The hotel lobby has free live music every night. Thursday and Saturday nights are the best.
5) The location of the hotel is 2 blocks from the beach and close to a lot of cool restaurant and bars nearby on Kuhio street. There are a lot of ABC stores where you can get alcohol and snacks too.
6) The rooms have been be renovated in 2010 so they are very contemporary. There are large 50 inch new flat screens with free HBO and cable. The beds are very new and comfortable. The bathrooms have been modernized; although the water sink faucet pressure is very strong and perhaps the shower water pressure is not strong enough. The air conditioning was adequate and worked fined. The fact the rooms were renovated is a big plus considering A LOT of the hotel rooms in Hawaii are very dated.
7) The staff at every occasion were very friendly from the valets, the front desk and restaurant servers.
8) The oceanfront view especially on the higher floor were amazing. DEFINTELY ask for a higher floor oceanfront view.
The downside:
1) The pool and hot tub area on the 10 floor was a bit underwhelming. The pool was a bit small and the area didn’t have many people staffing the bar so if you are thinking of sitting on a lounge chair having food and drinks brought to you, that is not going to happen there. But I hear that they are renovating the pool area this year.
Overall:
I found the Hilton Waikiki Beach to be an excellent value compared to other hotels in the same area that had much older rooms and were very touristy and campy. A taxi ride from the airport will cost you about $ 40 but you can set up shuttles online to take you there for about $ 12/​person.

We loved this hotel but I only gave it 3 stars because the ice machines aren’t close by and the gift shop was non existent. The view was wonderful ! We stayed on the 36^th floor with ocean view. The staff was friendly and Myles the pool side bartender was very nice.

This hotel is easily one of my favorite hotels in Honolulu! It isn’t ocean front but the views from the rooms are amazing and its only a short walk to the sand! The staff was very helpful in every way possible from getting us the room we wanted to giving advice on how to get around the island and where to eat.
We had an ocean view room on a high floor, if you can, ask and take the highest floor offered! The room was small but very nice. The balcony was wonderful and while it wasn’t private it definitely was a winning feature of the room! The bathroom was also a nice surprise, it was much larger than we thought it would be.
The only downside to this property is the complimentary breakfast for hilton honor guests. Being a gold hilton honor member or higher you are offered this perk, and compared to other hiltons worldwide this one disappointed us. It wasn’t worth making the trip downstairs to get what was simple breakfast fare that wasn’t very good. You’re better off going somewhere nearby or to the restaurant near the lobby (if you don’t mind spending a fortune for breakfast, even though it is delicious!)
Overall, you usually can’t go wrong with a hilton property and this one certainly vouches for that statement!

This place does have a great view if you are ocean facing on a high floor and is a great location to the beach and Waikiki area. Pool is nice with a bar that serves good cocktails at normal Waikiki pricing. Very friendly staff working valet, front desk, pool bar etc.
However I stay at many Hiltons and this one doesn’t live up to the brand at all.
Issues I have with this place :
1. Breakfast (Included if you are Diamond status) is sub par to all other Hilton Properties. Its simply a carb breakfast with no protein except mass produced scrambled eggs. If you like Bagels and Danish and Potatoes your good to go but there is no protein like sausage, ham, bacon on the buffet line. Further the breakfast is housed in their «Executive Lounge» which doesn’t resemble any Executive Lounge I’ve experienced in the past and is more like a school cafeteria. Buffet line seems put to together last minute as in there is no protection of the food its just laid out on tables so anyone can sneeze or cough over it.
2. No coffee maker in room — almost all Hilton properties I stay at have this. You must leave your room to get coffee in the «Executive Lounge»
3. No calling down ahead of time to the Valet to have car brought up. You must present ticket in person.
4. Terrible WiFi service goes in and out and slow.
5. No lock on bathroom door. Just Strange.
6. AC is rigged. It says it goes down to 65 but I believe their version of 65 is really 70. I had to have the engineer in my room that adjusted it to the «Executive Level» and it took it down to 60.
Again, great location but they fall short experience wise of other Hiltons I have stayed at.
If they fixed the above I would probably give it a 4 star. I had direct communication with the General Manager of the Hotel who seems to believe there are no issues with the Breakfast and was not interested in fixing it…

This was our second stay at the Hilton Waikiki Beach over the past six years or so. The room refresh was just completed prior to our first visit in 2010, and we loved our ocean view with modern amenities without the large-​scale resort vibe.
The front desk and bell staff were all attentive, friendly, and hospitable during our recent visit. We requested adjoining rooms, but they don’t have any with connecting doors on the executive/​HHonors levels. Free bottled water is also provided on the executive levels along with access to the executive lounge downstairs. The food was nothing special, but it was nice to have a quiet area with A/​C and TVs.
The rooms were clean and just as modern as before. The ample balcony space is a huge plus! Beds were comfortable and the housekeeping staff was excellent! They let guests sleep in without making tons of noise in the hallway (I always seem to have back luck with loud noises right outside my door even with the do not disturb sign up at other hotels). Our rooms were cleaned promptly and throughly each day!
I did find the large step up in my shower to be a little odd, so I would definitely be careful getting in and out. The gym is also pretty small for a large hotel, so be prepared to wait for equipment or go during off hours.
The onsite restaurant Mac ²⁴⁄₇ was definitely not as good this time around as our 2010 visit, and aside from breakfast, I would probably head elsewhere for lunch and dinner.

Pros:
— comfortable bed and pillows
— nice big shower
— large TV and easy to connect devices
— local, organic tea
— local, really nice shampoo (mango!) and soap
— great happy hours — Myles makes the best Mai Tai in Hawaii (and their other bartenders all learned from him!)
— great, friendly service
— daily water for Diamond members
— access to Executive Lounge for Diamond members
— free drinking water throughout the hotel
— nice gym — everything I needed, and the equipment had nice features
— location — just one block from the beach and one block to the zoo area
Cons:
— The food in the Executive Lounge was not healthy or Vegan-​friendly. Most of the hot items (like the breakfast potatoes) were very oily and had meat and/​or cheese mixed in with it.
— The Executive Lounge was not relaxing nor clean. Most of the time, trash cans were overflowing. There were 5 TVs playing, each on a different station, AND there was music playing. Very annoying.
— I saw 2 small bugs/​roaches in my room

Nice, clean rooms. Very good shower. I had a great view of the ocean and the little balcony with a table and 2 chairs was wonderful to hang out. Coffee maker in the room and fridge that is NOT packed with mini-​bottles of alcohol. Pool and hottub on the 10^th floor is nice but if it is a windy day it can get really windy up there. All the staff were great!
We had no problem walking the half mile or so downtown. Note that there is only valet parking at $ 28/​day and traffic was quite bad. If I was to do it again I’d look into using Über to/​from the airport and walking.

This is my second time staying here and let me say that Jen at the front desk made our stay here AMAZING! As soon as we checked in she was friendly, gave advice on where to go, upgraded our room when she realized we needed a rollaway cot and instead placed us in a room with two beds so we could be comfortable. Not only that, but she also changed us from a city facing room to an ocean view! She heard us making jokes about how we couldn’t wait to shower and relax after a day of long flights and she gave us our own little toiletries bag so we wouldn’t have to go out to grab necessities.
Whenever I come back next, I will book here again without hesitation.
Also, the room service is fast, the food is incredible from Mac24 and as a Warriors fan I was pretty excited to see they had the game on at night. Leaving. The restaurant you can see the live music playing in the lobby every night as well.

This is probably our 25^th trip to Honolulu, but our first stay at this hotel. We’ve been coming to Mac ²⁴⁄₇ for a couple of years and decided to try the Hotel. Check in and front desk is all 5 star stuff, very attentive staff. The room itself is tiny, even for Waikiki standards it’s small. Very nice furniture and a great bathroom. Well worth the stay if being in the thick of Waikiki is your thing.
Only complaint we have here is room service. During our 7 day stay, ordered room service 4 times. Not one single order was correct. Every single time required call backs to get missing items. Good food but never delivered correctly.

I continue to return to this hotel time and time again, and the place just gets better and better. (I wish all Hilton hotels stayed up on renovations, service and had a location like The Hilton Waikiki Beach does).
The staff… from the front desk, to the pool/​main bar, the valet and bags bellman/​women to the management, the room service/​maid service all over deliver each time I step on the property. Of course I’m a little partial to this hotel, but for all the reasons I listed above.
The higher floors with a ocean view are incredible. There might be one or two hotels right on the beach with better view, but not much better. And the mountain view rooms are just as breathtaking.
It costs a little more than other hotels in the area, but you get what you pay for… And I for one will continue to pay for this spot until my last dying breath. I consider this hotel my home away from home and hopefully I will be fortunate enough to to continue calling it that for many many years to come.
Mahalo and Aloha!!!

A full service Hilton about 2 blocks off of Waikiki Beach. Note even though it says this hotel is on the beach, it is not on the beach – it is two blocks off of the beach.
This is a clean, modern, upscale hotel. The rooms are modern and decorated in bright colors with nice flat panel tvs. They have a pool deck, however it does not get sun until after around noon each day.
The restaurant, mac ²⁴⁄₇ is a great place to eat and the full bar is open for most of the day and night.
They offer valet parking if you have a car. The staff are friendly and accommodating.
Overall, a great hotel in a good location.

Let me just say wow! Definitely one of the better hotels I’ve stayed at on my various trips to Waikiki. We selected this hotel since it was the hotel where my sorority sister was staying the night before her wedding — and a shuttle was being provided to and from the venue. Really, I wanted to make things for our trip simpler for us.
We arrived around 6pm at the hotel and were promptly checked in. Additionally, the hotel staff were very accommodating with receiving a package that I’d had delivered to them (my outfit for the wedding!) and with shipping it back a couple of days later. The room that we had was on the 30^th floor with a great view of the city/​mountains. Our room was clean and clearly well kept — and stayed that way throughout our stay. Sure there were days where we didn’t need housekeeping — but when we did, they definitely made every effort to ensure our room was clean and comfortable.
Lastly, I enjoyed the fact that we were a couple of blocks away from the beach and the main tourist stretch. This allowed us to enjoy the touristy spots without having to battle the crowds;; which was a benefit when we wanted to get back quickly in the evenings.
Great place to stay with some pretty awesome service!

Easy/​fast check-​in and check-​out. The valet staff was friendly, quick, and had a good sense of humor. Lani at the front desk made our whole stay enjoyable. The room was clean and the interior design was fresh and contemporary. Room service was fast and also had a diverse selection of food from the MAC ²⁴⁄₇ restaurant on the first floor.
The hotel is not right on the beach, which we preferred. It was a quick walk to the main strip of Waikiki Beach and close by many landmarks and restaurants.
Overall, we had a great stay and we’re treated like 5 Star guests despite being Kama’aina from the Big Island.

My first time in Hawaii! I was just at the Hilton Waikiki last week for a 4 nights 5 days stay. This hotel was great it was so close to the beach and the staff are all very nice and helpful.
It is a bit smaller but it comes with everything you need. There’s a 24 hr restaurant/​bar downstairs as well as a 24 hr gym. There is also a rooftop pool on the 10^th floor I believe.
The hotel is very clean and the beds are comfortable with great pillows. The hotel requests you to put all your dirty towels on the floor so they know what to replace when you’re out and about. The room comes a large flat screen with many channels so we didn’t really feel the need to purchase any movies when we were staying in some nights.
Though I am giving this place a 4 star review, I do feel a little bit more towards the 3.5 side. Everything in this hotel (and I’m sure mostly everywhere else) costs you an arm and a leg. One morning after a mini workout sesh, my boyfriend and I got breakfast at the Mac (24 hour restaurant) and it came out to be $ 40 – 50 !!! For an egg white omelette and a pulled pork benedict. T_​_​_​_​T. There is also NO INTERNET in your room. You have to purchase it. It’s annoying but if you have ATT you can sign on the ATT hot spot thing, only on your phone though. The room ALSO doesn’t come with a microwave. I had to request
for one, and guest services said that they usually reserve the microwaves for rooms with children. PARKING is also $ 28/​day. We parked across the street for $ 20 a day with in n outs. Nothing is for free here.
OVERALL this was an EXPENSIVE ASS STAY!!! I booked a package on Priceline so it came out to be $ 1000 for our stay but if we booked it without a package it woulda been $ 1400-​$ 1600. Though the prices were pretty outrageous I’m thankful the hotel décor wasn’t too cheesy and too Hawaiian-​y and it was very clean, so that made our stay very comfortable. I visited another hotel in the area and it was def not as clean, modern, and didn’t give us luxurious vibes.
CANT WAIT TO BE BACK

My search for a Waikiki beach hotel with more pros than cons may finally be over! Over the years I have stayed at several hotels around Waikiki but there was always *something* that made me not want to stay there again… We recently stayed for four nights at the Hilton (not to be confused with the much larger Hilton Hawaiian Village resort) and loved it!
The Hilton Waikiki Beach is about two blocks back from the actual beach, but the views are still outstanding. We were upgraded to a full ocean view and it was perfection. The room was a little on the small side but was completely upgraded in a fairly modern style and is very functional. The lanais are just big enough for two chairs and a small table. Great for ordering morning room service.
The service was great at the front desk, room service, and pool. One of the things I particularly liked about this hotel was the modest size. There’s no maze to navigate through in order to get outside and NO time share salespeople. Yay!
The lobby bar had some pretty amazing talent. We aren’t lounge type people but found ourselves there every night enjoying the music.
The only con was that the lobby ATM ripped me off $ 200. It tried to dispense the money, did not, gave me an error message and then took $ 202.25 out of my bank account anyway. The Hilton rep tried to remedy the situation but I have still not heard anything back and my account is still short the money. I have since filed a fraud report with my bank.
So yes, I would definitely give the Hilton Waikiki Beach a consideration for your next trip to Waikiki. It had everything we needed, nothing we didn’t and we were extremely happy with our visit.

We had an awesome stay here!
Employees were all super friendly and attentive. Service at the valet was excellent. Their positive attitude was greatly appreciated. Everyone always asked how we were doing and what we did during the day. So sweet! I love that they offer complimentary water bottles and sliced pineapples in the morning. They also have ice cold lemon water near the check-​in desk.
Our room was always clean. The bathroom had more than enough towels. There is a blowdryer, iron, mini fridge, and coffee maker in each room. You will have to call the front desk and ask for an ironing board. Their pool opens at 7 am, which was really nice because I’d often get the whole pool to myself at that time. There is also a hot tub, which felt so good. They have lots of towels avaibale at the pool area. Waikiki Beach is about a 5 min walk away. The hotel is also close to a bunch of restaurants and shops. There is also a MAC ²⁴⁄₇ Restaurant and Bar, which is convenient. If you are going to rent a car, parking at the hotel is $ 28/​day.
I definitely recommend this hotel.

This was my first my first time staying here. I was trying to surprise my husband with a small stay cation. Since I have the Hawaii state ID, I decided to see if I could get a good local rate. I searched the Internet and found one for $ 125. I decided to try it and put the dates in. I guess the original hotel for that rate didn’t have rooms and this hotel popped up. I went ahead and reserved it.
Upon arrival on Sunday, we gave the car to valet to park for us. It is $ 25 a day. Then we went to the front desk to check in. Since we arrived a little early it wasn’t available. We left our bags with the bellhop and decided to walk around and find food.
The hotel is doing renovations on the pool, so they had a list of pools at other hotels we could use. The hotel is a few blocks from the beach which isn’t bad. The hotel staff is friendly and gave extra shampoo and conditioner when I asked. They have room service 24 hours a day, a few different bars, and a few times for happy hour. The room was clean and very nice. We were on the 3 2^nd floor with an ocean view.
We checked out a few minutes before noon and I was asked if I wanted the charges on the card used to hold the reservation. I said yes and paid over $ 300. I guess the local rate here is $ 263. So I’ll be looking to go somewhere a little cheaper for a night.

es gibt viele schöné Orte auf der Welt, auf Hawaii glaubt man sich im Paradies zu bewegen. Das Hotel Hilton ist sicherlich nicht das beste was Honolulu zu bieten hat, ist aber ein Hotel in dem man sich wohlfühlt. Von den Balkonen ein herrlicher Blick über den Ozean, sehr romantisch den Sonneuntergang von dort aus zu beobachten. Das ideale ist schon der Duft den die Insel verbreitet. Immer wenn ich an die herrliche Zeit denke, liegt mir der Duft der Ananasfelder in der Nase, ein muss diese mit einem offenem Jeep zu durchfahren, entlang der unendlich schönen weißen Stränden von Hawaii. Türkises Wasser warm und glasklar.