Honolulu Hostels

A friend found this hidden gem for us. At 1st glance you'd think oh no lol. We stayed in a 8 bed all female dorm with air conditioning that worked and fans. There were 5 of us for 5 nights and cost us $190usd each. We were all 50+ yrs old. We were lucky enough not to have anyone else join us. Brooke was great at check in, very patient as we were checked in 1 at a time. You're given clean sheets/pillowcase and towel. We got to our room and unfortunately discovered there was rubbish underneath the beds, weren't very impressed with that and one of our friends mentioned this and whilst we were out having lunch Dan was in cleaning the whole room, very impressed. We also got an apology from the manager explaining there was a miscommunication of cleaning the room. The room had 8 individual lockers for valuables only but you have to buy a padlock for them. Our dorm had mini fridge, microwave, elements plus ensuite with shower in a bath and toilet. Unfortunately the toilet didn't always flush straight away but we sussed it out. The security was great, opened the door with GOKI app on phone. Parking is terrible though we had to park sometimes up to 1km for free parking or you can park in the Honolulu Zoo across the road for $1.50 per hour for maximum 4hrs. One of the best parts about the location is a 5min walk to the BEACH. Hostel provides tubes, chairs to take down which we used a few times, we saw sunrises and sunsets just beautiful. 2nd best thing is the amazing young staff, nothing a bother whatsoever so great to see. So overall would us over 50/60yr olds stay here again? 💯 You have to think smarter, and from NZ our dollar was 56c in USD. We made it work, would highly recommend 👌 and spent our accommodation savings at ROSS stores 😁

This place is amazing. Being the islands largest hostel there are so many new friends to meet and free tours and events to make new memories with those new friends! They have beach gear, snorkeling gear, surf gear and also a paddleboard, all for free in the big lounge that also has laundry and a gym! The location is literally a 45 second walk to the beach, a block from the bus (that goes everywhere on the island and you can even book on their site and get 1 day of free unlimited rides!), they also have a scooter shop with discounts (ask reception). The cherry on top is all the staff. Knowledgeable, personable and so very kind. Just a heads up, there are no elevators, only stairs. And with first come, first served bed selection, the only option may be a top bunk. Regardless, when you check-in, you're instantly brought into the hostels ”ohana” and all of these things come together to truly make this an absolutely awesome place!

TOP Lage - man ist in weniger als fünf Minuten am Waikiki Beach. Boards kann man sich am Empfang kostenlos ausleihen - für manche Sachen ist lediglich ein Pfand (Ausweis, etc.) fällig. Es werden Tagestouren über die Insel zum kleinen Preis angeboten - super !!! Und das Preis-Leistungsverhältnis ist für Honolulu ohnehin unschlagbar. Ich fühlte mich hier auch in Zeiten der Pandemie so sicher es auch nur irgendwie geht. Ohne Impfnachweis gibt es keinen Einlass. Es herrschte vergangenen Januar Maskenpflicht außerhalb der Zimmer - das Personal hat darauf auch aufgepasst und blieb dabei immer freundlich. Das Personal war ohnehin superfreundlich und verstand es scheinbar, jeden Wunsch von den Augen abzulesen - und es war über 24 Stunden jemand am Empfang vor Ort. Ein besonderes Lob geht dabei an die Kollegin Zarah (did I write it right? ;-) ), die mich in der ersten Nacht empfangen und den Checkin gemacht hat. Sie ist wohl in der Lage Wünsche von den Augen abzulesen bevor man sie ausspricht und einer der besten und liebsten Hosts, die ich jemals erlebt habe - und man merkt total, dass sie ihren Job mag - richtig, richtig stark !!! Wegen der hohen Preise in Honolulu war es das erste Mal seit über 10 Jahren, dass ich mich wieder für die Buchung in einem Hostel entschieden hab (ich hatte vorher schlechte Erfahrungen gemacht). Alle so wie dieses und die Frage ob ich wieder in Hostels gehen würde, würde sich nicht stellen. Der Aufenthalt war wirklich richtig, richtig gut !!!