Waikiki Banyan

Front desk very pleasant and helpful. Rooms are big and clean. Full size kitchen and large island. Room 1706 has both ocean and Mountain views. Nice size clean pool with two hot tubs with safety fence. Renovated restrooms on pool deck. Lots of bbq area available but no shade covered area from sun or rain. Nice playground for children. Snack bar not available closed for good. Security on duty on pool deck. Room furniture is a little dated. Drapes are stained and could be replaced. Parking not included and is $43 per day. Good location beach access is a very short walk. Lots of options to dine all walking distance from famous restaurants to food trucks.

I believe parking used to be around 25 per night but everything will come to an end. Or maybe I am at the wrong location.

Waikiki Banyan Condos 1502-2https://abnb.me/3LIIrnN2EqbJust finished a 2 week stay in Tower 2, Unit 1502 and the unit was newly remodeled with everything one can imagine you would need. On this trip, everything was brand new, appliances, furniture, linens, and some beach accessories were still wrapped in plastic. From all the comments in the Facebook groups and discussion forums about accommodations in Hawaii, if you book your room at the Waikiki Banyan through Aston Hotel Management, expect to pay $30 daily for parking and $25 daily resort fees. So, $55 plus taxes daily will be added to your hotel bill at checkout. Also, you get whatever room is available in their hotel pool so not necessarily the unit in their photos. Booking through AirBnB, FREE parking is included, no resort fees and you get the unit exactly what you see in their listing photos. You get to read feedback about that unit and owner as well. I suggest booking through AirBnB directly with the owner or their property manager and get a better value (like this unit).

I've had the unfortunate experience of staying in this hulking old dungeon of a hotel for a month (Feb. 2021) via the the vacation company "Darmic."I guess I should have seen the writing on the walls (before the demolished them) when the manager warned me that she herself had not been paid in quite some time. To be fair, the ad I responded to offered the place at a discount due to possible "dust, noise, water shut offs and other reduced amenities possible at various times."This light description did not begin to describe the chaos and persecution that was about unleashed upon me, a young professional trying to lead a quiet life of work and surf. The place is quite literally falling apart and the staff who haunt the ancient hallways have adopted a cool attitude of aloofness and disregard. The elevators often take nearly 10 minutes to deliver you to your destination. One of the hot tubs featured in their marketing was closed, while the other one was full of a tepid liquid resembling urine. The tennis courts are in a state of disrepair and unusable, men's sauna padlocked shut, with nothing but shrugs from the onsite management. The front desk staff and security are rude and annoyed at any interaction that distract them from.... The security team seem barely conscious. My entreaties about getting things fixed were met with a shrug at best, or a spiteful smirk at worst. At one point, when my toilet stopped working altogether and the aging plunger crumbled under the yolk of age and stress, security, which I was told is in charge of such matters" informed me "that's your problem, not mine."The elevators were supposedly being repaired at night, but during the day the constantly freeze resulting in long waits to navigate the rambling old 1970s hulk. Longtime residents told me of the glory days, and sadly recounted the degradation and destruction of what was once a destination in Waikiki. There is a very loud speaker system in the room that cannot be turned off. This seemed to be platform of self expression for the hotels beleaguered employees, giving voice to their own frustration and world weariness. Often (more than 5 times) an announcement would blast into the room instructing me to evacuate immediately or risk annihilation. Only much later, or not at all there would be a follow up announcement that it had been just a drill. In each case that announcement came AFTER I had sprinted down 31 levels to the ground floor. I asked "why" when this kept happening. Nobody cared. On my last day, I was in a rush to leave for all of the above and below reasons and made the mistake of leaving an expensive medicine in a drawer. The cleaning staff did me the favor of taking a picture of it ... they sent me the picture of it, but reproved me for leaving calling it a "syringe" when it was just a dropper or medicine. No one care. I saved the construction for the end, since hopefully you are are reading this years later and it will not apply. For 7-8 hours a day there was hard drilling going on seemingly in both apartments adjacent to mine as well as the hallway which was being demolished and covered in plastic. Workers, who were actually some of the buildings more cheerful denizens, entered my apartment at will, with no warning, to do things like demolish walls, remove toilets, or mysteriously make measurements. Imagine have your teeth drilled for 8 hours a day. The hallways are also being demolished outside my door. Again, I was warned of "dust, noise, water shut offs and other reduced amenities possible at various times," however this apartment should never have been rented out. It was inhabitable. Beware! If you want to see entropy in action (things fall apart, the center does not hold, mere anarchy is loosed upon the world etc.,) stay at the Banyan. Otherwise, BEWARE.

We were here, April 2024. It was a sudden decision to fly in so we had to stay in a place we don't usually stay in. It was a little further from the middle of Waikiki (closer to Diamond Head, Kapiolani Park) but overall was okay. We had a car and I don't remember what we paid but less than a lot of places. Place was undergoing some rehab so we had that to contend with down in the garage area. No problem finding a parking space, although area a little tight. Room was clean, (tower1) and had partial ocean view, waikiki beach. The Sunday we were there, we awoke to a man hanging from the building, a potential suicide. It ended okay but we were limited as to which way we could go when we left the building. All in all an okay stay. Staff very friendly. Check in was done via Key Code without problems.

Haven't been here for a long time. I looked forward to our stay, but was disappointed. We weren't informed of upfront payment at reservation. The front desk lead was rude and argumentative. Our room was outdated and worn, missing a stove leg. We had a small 30-inch tv and a smelly bed. No barbecue was allowed for safety reasons, though it was sunny. Not sure if we'd stay here again.

To describe this property as dated would be high praise for this creepy dungeon. Walking into this property feels like stepping back in time. The hallways are long creepy caverns with severely worn carpet, doors and paint that must be many decades old. The entire building smells weird. The units don't have central HVAC, they have very noisy window units. The unit I rented for a 4 night stay was dirty and extremely worn. The elevators take FOREVER. The neighborhood was very sketchy; I did not feel safe walking out of the building. Another reviewer described the area as a "San Francisco vibe" and that's spot on. I have over two million air miles so I'm pretty well travelled and have been all over the world. I've spent countless nights in rented accommodations and until checking into the Banyan could honestly say I'd only refused to stay in a hotel twice. Now I can say that I have left a property immediately after checking in three times, because I walked right back out of the Waikiki Banyan. The only good thing I can say about the place is that it has fantastic views, but there is no view that could get me to stay in a place like this. It was so tired and dirty that I couldn't stand to be there. It grossed me out to walk down the hall of the building or sit on the furniture. This place was so bad that I never even unpacked. I put everything right back in the car after I walked into the unit and found someplace else to stay. I had a non refundable reservation for four nights at Waikiki Banyan and I walked away from all the money I spent. It was that bad. I'm not someone that expects a five star resort, in fact I deliberately steered away from the big Waikiki Beach resorts on Oahu, but this is a compromise that I think a lot of people will not be able to make.Do NOT stay at the Waikiki Banyan. You get what you pay for and it's not worth the any amount of savings to stay here.

This was our first time in Honolulu. We stayed on the 18th floor of Tower 1. The inside of the building was soooo outdated and dirty. Inside our room looked better; had a couple of things that didn't work properly, but was ok for the most part. The doors and hallway were dirty and very old looking like something out of a ghetto horror movie. One washer one dryer on the floor so had to wait & take turns. Parking was free, but the spacing and clearance of the parking garage was horrific. I would never book here again. It's like the San Francisco of Hawaii. Only pro is it was a short walk to the beach. The whole dirty SF city vibe was not for me. Even the little convenience store was outdated. This whole area gave off third world country vibes. If that's your thing then go for it. Go to Ko Olina for a more upscale and gorgeous experience.

Nice place to stay when in Waikiki. Close to everything, short walk to the beach and beautiful condo where we stayed.

Close to beach, full kitchen, plenty of parking and nice pool area. Has everything we needed!