6/10 Okay
Gregg
Aug 27, 2025
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Average Tired Hotel with Great Beach Access
We have a very sentimental attachment to Hawaii and hoped this booking could be a close second. Turns out it's just another tired hotel on the beach.
It has the Hawaiian look approaching it but walking up to the front door the front glass was dirty by a lot. The lobby was very tired and the restaurant was boarded up. Check-in was fine and the clerk even had a kind of Hawaiian look. The elevators are very old from the 60's or 70's. It even made strange noises going up and down.
The room was decorated in a "funky beach" theme which did have it's charm and unusual decorative items but there were six (6!) different notices throughout the room basically saying if you take anything you will be charged...isn't that already assumed? It felt insulting and indicated to us the troubles they may be having.
In addition you could tell,except for the bedding change there wasn't more of cleaning from the prior guest (such as a near empty roll of toilet paper, etc.). The bed was great however!
Cost was on the pricy side because we were there for the Coke 400 race. You could tell they were operating with minimum help. They played country music in the lobby when they could have played Hawaiian music because they're the Hawaiian Inn. Would be no harm to wear Hawaiian shirts, etc.
You could tell the glory days of past are way gone. It was probably great back then but now it's just another average hotel on the beach and the pool and beach access is great. Maybe what it's all about anyways.
Gregg
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
