Hub Coworking Hawaii

Making ideas come alive and get things happen is so inspiring!A life long crafter everything sparks my brains and gets sparks my creativity, Hub Coworking Hawaii is just a lovely place to keep that passion flowing.What got me super excited for this event they have called "Clothing Swap Party" how cool is that! Just bring your unneeded clothing, shoes and purses and who doesn't have that what they do is have these tables and racks to hang and layout your clothing where we are allowed to browse and see the potential item you like to add to your wardrobe.Also there is The Skin Institute with students ready to provide a consultation on your skin condition and products they'd recommend to treat it. I had a delightful student Esthetician named Sstarr and went over my skin which I assumed and the course of products she recommend, along with a coupon for 10% off facial is a great start to a glowing complexion.I did find a shirt but wasn't really looking for a swap like so many here were delightfully enthusiastic just to see it going somewhere that will be loved and appreciated than the trash or lost in the donation bin, which isn't where what's left is going to a non-profit...fabulous!Once the swap was basically done I did get to browse around the area which looked like a fun lofty vibe with different pods and seating area and kitchen is super cute!Follow them on Instagram @hubcoworkinghi as the members aren't the only one with plans as they have calendar filled with events supporting local is just beautiful. Sometimes it takes a village and collaboration makes working together a great community support.Thank you!

A free pop-up movie in Honolulu...at Impact Hub!Amy found a free movie through Eventbrite and I was so excited to go! I've always wanted to see "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" and this was it! Yay! Thanks, Amy!I actually parked for free right across the street at Whole Foods. Impact Hub does have it's own parking lot, and you can get validation. Inside, the workspace (available for rent) is clean, colorful, and spacious. There are restrooms, showers, telephone booths, desks, chairs, tables, a kitchen with microwave, and a plain white wall for projections... This is where we gathered and watched the story of Fred Rogers of the television show, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood".This venue was perfect for a casual get together. Tonight's event was sponsored by PBS. There was a good variety of snacks - and water was available in reusable cups.Afterwards, I realized that I had been here before. My friend's wife graduated from esthetician school at this place! Wow...it's a versatile space!

I have been to Impact Hub a handful of times since last year for events and meetings sponsored by local non-profit organizations. I like the look and feel of this co-working space. It's very spacious with modern facilities including a nice kitchen, bathrooms, showers, and sleeping spaces for the entrepreneurs who have offices here. I read an article recently that said Hawaii is the worst state in the nation to start a business. It shouldn't surprise anyone who lives or has attempted to do business here. The high cost of living, isolation in the middle of the Pacific, and dependence on imports makes starting a successful business here a challenge, especially for entrepreneurs not from Hawaii. I have not attempted to rent office space at Impact Hub, so I can't speak as a customer who has paid for use of its office space, but I think just the existence of Impact Hub is a positive step in the right direction for Honolulu's entrepreneurial scene. It provides a space for networking and collaboration amongst like-minded people to generate ideas and provide the support needed for new entrepreneurs to thrive. It also allows non-entrepreneurs like myself opportunities to attend events that educate and bring the community together. I would recommend Impact Hub to organizations and clubs that need a venue to hold a conference, event, or gathering.

Easy to book and use spaces. Fun offsite venue for our team

I gave this place 2 stars because while the facility was very nice, I felt like the owners didn't want me there, despite paying the same as everyone else. I was there from late August to November. I had an unlimited membership and a parking stall (over $500 a month). I needed a private space to write and transcribe music on my laptop (which makes no noise) . While the manager who gave my my initial tour had no issue with that, the two owners seemed to think I had ulterior motives.Initially, they would give me dagger eyes, even after it was obvious I had a membership. One of the owners once came up to me and made small talk and said I should 'introduce my self.' Why should I introduce my self to anyone? I'm a paying customer, not an employee. I was there to escape distraction, not to socialize. After that, both owners would completely ignore me. I figured things were cool when they started to acknowledge me, but I was wrong. I was heating up food at the microwave and one of the owners came up to me and started asking about what I did over the holidays. We spoke for a bit, and he suddenly just flaked on our conversation and started talking to someone else. While there is no law against flaking on conversations, it's rude to treat a full paying customer like that. I felt insulted and I was embarrassed that I had been patronizing a business that obviously thought little of me.Based on my experience with Hub coworking, I'd only recommend this place to real estate agents, entrepreneurs, or remote workers, otherwise you may be treated with little regard by the owners, despite paying the same as everyone else.

Needed to find a venue to throw a party for myself and of course I turned to Yelp for help!!!Found this place and read nothing but good things about this place. Kept in contact with Anne who supposedly in charge and Joshua for the final payments. They both answered all my questions and the process went smoothly. My husband and I decided to schedule a day to see the place and we both fell in love with how the place was so unique and full of great art everywhere. We were guaranteed that it was perfect for my painting party and we knew our guest would love it as well. Payments:We decided to go ahead and rent "Meeting Room Only" for 4 hours which the total came out to be $630.And on top of that an additional security deposit is needed and it's due immediately in order to secure the booking ($250) and its refundable if you clean up after yourself. And the event invoice will be due 7 days prior to the event.Paying online was quite confusing so good luck on that. I would prefer filling out a form and paying with my credit card but no you'll need to create a log in and password online just to reserve and make a payment which is such a hassle.We had a staff available on the day of the event, just in case we had questions or needed some what of assistance and his name was Kevin. (WE'RE BEING CHARGE EVERY HOUR FOR A STAFF TO BE PRESENT)Keep in mind Kevin was added to the email thread along with Anne and Joshua. He knew exactly what we agreed upon arrival and yet he continued to have an attitude.List below are some things we agree to have and be ready at the event. - recycling bins are to be located near the room***zero recycling bins to be found... - we request (2) water jugs to be placed in room***it was exactly 5pm when we started to set up and there were no water jugs to be found.so I had to remind Kevin (staff) about it, didn't recieved till and hour later around (730pm)...-we requested mic and boze stereo to be available ***it was not ready or available till later (730pm), again I had to request and let Kevin know.***Kevin was not a help at all. He was very upset and shocked by all the requests that we were making. We also asked him if he could help us arrange some of the tables and he made a sarcastic comment that "we are hosting and not him" and would walk away...very professional!!!Everytime we would go outside to ook for him, he would be in the front sitting down and on his phone..He already had an attitude to be begin with and made it clear to us that he didn't want to be there!!!Last but not least, the AC!!!! It was NOT working throughout the night!!! (500pm-900pm)(KEEP IN MIND WE'RE BEING CHARGE FOR EVERY HOUR FOR AC)It was so damn hot when we arrive to set up for the party!!! I was told from Kevin that the room will get colder and to just give it some time...We mentioned the AC issue to Kevin numerous times and he replied with an attitude that he'll turn it up and AGAIN mentioned to me it just takes time to have the room cold. Mind you, it was an ugly sweater party with 25 people in the room, we were all uncomfortable!!! The whole 4 hours the room was hot!! 75 degrees was the lowest we saw all night. When you step out of the room to use the restroom the rest of the place was COLD!!! I want a refund!!I would NOT recommend my family and friends to have this place rented out for an event or party. Don't bother booking it here it's not worth your time and money!!!

I have really been fortunate to have found a Coworking space like the HUB. It is reasonably priced, and provides for all of my office needs. There is meeting space, private conversation spaces and also quiet places to work. The staff are top notch, the billing each month is easy to understand and pay, and it's right across the street from Whole Foods which is awesome. I have held events in the kitchen also, which is a great gathering space. I can highly recommend a membership to the hub

Super cool space. I go here for Kuleana Academy. HAPA the non-profit that Kuleana Academy is under is renting out this space for four months for us.Parking is hard, but I normally just park in the Whole Foods parking lot which I hope one day my car doesn't get towed.I heard membership here for a co-working space is expensive af, but they have cool amenities like tap booch, big open space, cell phone booths to talk in, big bathrooms, lockers, bulletin boards, a lot of small meeting areas, and seating. Nanea approved!

This was my very first experience working out of a coworking environment. The space itself is decent and has nice private offices and amenities... However, as with any community, one's experience is fully dependent on how the facility is operated, how the people participating in that community behave, and how it is managed. The owners here are frankly unreasonable, and have a very clear bias as to who they want in their space versus not. Long story long, I registered through a 3rd party contract -- which confusingly has a different set of terms and conditions -- and on my second or third night took a rest in what appears to be a designated nap area (think Google offices with bed-couch hybrids), and was awoken by one of the owners in an ominous way, as if I'd committed some kind of major criminal act. He alluded to previous members having their membership revoked for misusing the space (i.e. they didn't work on any projects and simply slept overnight). No problem, after that I didn't use the beds. Done. Fast forward 3 weeks later, after using the space normally, I incidentally dozed off in the morning around 10AM or so at my 24/7 dedicated desk after working overnight. I figured I'd strained myself for the week and took 2 nights off (apparently a bad idea as you will later read)... They outright assumed I was "taking advantage of them" because I fell asleep at my dedicated desk after VERIFIABLY working overnight. They also said they "didn't know who I was" which is a lame excuse to say they didn't want to know who I was -- if I ended up getting hired by another member for a project, how was it harder for management to figure out who I was? This is where it began to feel less like policy and more like bias... I showed them the work I'd completed that morning, as well as the caffeinated meds I'd purchased for the explicit purpose of combating drowsiness -- They didn't care. I asked them to review the security cameras from when I was making prints and at my laptop, but they refused to check them when I brought it to their attention -- Didn't care, and just stuck to the presumptive and absurd, obviously wrong idea that I wasn't there to work on my project while using the space to work remotely overnight.In the end, they tried to put me on a "probationary period to redeem myself" for incidentally falling asleep after working hard, but the damage was done... I told them I felt treated unfairly and voluntarily moved to a different space. That said, I am still working with other members at the hub so I occasionally have to deal with them anyway, but at least it's on a more limited basis.They seem to be very hostile to anyone they personally feel is undeserving of the space, and it isn't just me that feels this way as I've spoken to at least 4 other members who've expressed similar grievances. In fact 2 other members have told me they are strongly considering leaving. We suspect it has something to do with them seeking funds from a certain class of investors, and they may be willing to be excessively hard on the little guy to meet this end. Their way of dealing with policy is inhuman, cold, and detached. I cannot in good faith recommend working beneath them if you have any other viable options, as you will quickly find out they don't care about their paying clients working on legitimate small-scale projects, but instead seem to care more about their image to potential major investors. The best way I can describe their overall attitude is that you are paying them to be your new boss.I was actually scolded for not sending a reply email quickly enough when I took a break from the space for 2 days (days off from my work due to tiredness) -- this was described as being "difficult to contact" which was an absurd claim since I'd been easily collaborating with other members for the entire duration of my membership. They locked me out of the space, despite the fact that I went directly to them to address any issues before I even knew I was locked out. That's how quick they are to jump the gun and assume malicious intent. Nuts. All it took was one of the staff coming upstairs to say "Hi, what are you working on today?" and they'd have opened a line of communication without the excessive drama of sitting me in a board room and talking down to me as if I'd committed some kind of crime. One of them also mentioned "in Hawaii it's who you know, not what you know" (paraphrasing here) giving the impression that I needed to suck up to their condescending attitudes to be successful in the space. Which begs the question -- Who do they think they are? I found this to be very unprofessional. These are some of the least understanding and least accommodating people on the island. If they don't like you from day one, you will eventually run into "problems" with little to no recourse.I am now happily situated at another coworking space that is cheaper, has 24/7 access, and has owners with actual, human personalities.

I have been coming to The Hub for 6 months now and I couldn't be happier with the establishment. The friendly and helpful staff and the great space attract cool members, perpetuating a very positive culture and environment. The work areas are spacious and are decorated with fun art and great amenities: adjustable height desks so you can stand and work or sit on a comfy swivel chair, treadmill at a standing desk, all desks have multiple USB, USB-C, and 115 v charging ports, sound-proof phone booths to make your calls in, extra monitors you can use, tables at couches to work at, showers and lockers, nice kitchen/socializing area (although I've been so busy these past few months that I've mostly kept to myself, working and eating at my desk). I appreciate the amenities that are included with membership like printing, coffee, a variety of cereals and milks, locally made kombucha and cold-brewed coffee on tap, etc.I've also been to a couple of the free workshops they occasionally host there and I enjoyed both.I've only chatted a little with the owner, but he's a very nice guy, is always there, and seems to truly care about the business and its community of members.If you're looking for a space to get work done, The Hub is an excellent choice.