Halepuna Waikiki By Halekulani

“Happy at the Halepuna”

A well appointed hotel. Well educated staff. Excellent service at the pool. Push button blackout and shear blinds were a plus. Excellent bathroom amenities. Enjoyed our stay and would come back

“Excellent”

Halepuna is an excellent hotel. Staff are very kind and go above and beyond for guests. Pool has great ocean and sunset views.

“Affordable Luxury Hotel at the Best Location in Waikiki”

This is the luxury hotel at the best location in Waikiki yet with affordable room rates. The higher floor of Ocean View room provides gorgeous view of Waikiki beach beyond Halekulani. I think it can be called as the room category of Ocean Front. Service was excellent from bellmen to front desk agen… more

This is the luxury hotel at the best location in Waikiki yet with affordable room rates. The higher floor of Ocean View room provides gorgeous view of Waikiki beach beyond Halekulani. I think it can be called as the room category of Ocean Front. Service was excellent from bellmen to front desk agents as well as the engineer who fixed the shower temperature problem quickly. The overall atmosphere of the hotel from the lobby to Jim, pool and the hospitality room on the 8th floor made me feel special and very comfortable. The room and the lanai is a bit tiny but good enough to enjoy watching sea and sky specially sunset and its afterglow. It would be perfect if I could have a side table to a sofa set near the window. The things I like about this hotel are no resort fee and no parking fee which have a value of about $100 in total. Yet, you can have a free beach bag with beach towels and there is a shower to wash your feet near the parking entrance before returning into the hotel. Having Halukulani bakery on the 1st floor of the hotel is the bonus! Overall the most affordable luxury hotel for a solo or a couple travel.

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“Looks good on the map and in pictures”

Halepuna is supposed to be a brand new hotel (3 years old) but when you look around you see things not working quite right. We'll start with the good. The location right near the main strip is excellent. Everything in Waikiki and even ala Moana is walkable. The hotel is nice and clean. The… more

Halepuna is supposed to be a brand new hotel (3 years old) but when you look around you see things not working quite right. We'll start with the good. The location right near the main strip is excellent. Everything in Waikiki and even ala Moana is walkable. The hotel is nice and clean. They give you nice reusable water bottles at check in. But let's delve into the weirdness and negatives; * They are super cheap with the soap and shampoo. Like you get one tiny tube for each day per room. You can ask for more but really this is annoying. * The coin operated (yes you read that right) washing machine didn't work. I wasted $4.50 and an hour of time waiting for a machine that didn't actually get my clothes wet. I asked for a refund from the front desk but the lady asked me if I put detergent in the machine. Yes I did but why does it matter? They finally coughed up 18 quarters but what am I supposed to do with them ? * The gym is a joke. Tiny and chopped up with minimal equipment. You want water or need to go use the bathroom? You need to go outside. They have Christmas carols playing nonstop 4 days after the actual holiday. The metal fence outside the gym is literally rusted. * The front desk staff is generally rude. They do the absolute minimum with a lousy attitude. Seriously I'm in paradise on vacation and I've had better hotel staff interactions in the Central Valley California. * one day they forgot to clean the room. I called the front desk at 9pm and they only offered to send new towels. Not awesome. * the pool looks ok in pictures, but it's actually small and shaded by surrounding buildings. You have to squint to see the sliver of visible ocean from this poolside. * the phone charger on the clock phone thing will take a week to charge your iPhone. * you need a phd to figure out the light switches in the room. * the thermostat display is almost unreadable. So set your own preferred temperature by pure guesswork. * the bathtub walls are just tall enough to bump into or trip over every time you enter or exit the shower zone. Seriously it's an accident waiting to happen.

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