The Royal Hawaiian Hotel Oahu, Hawaii

2259 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815, Hawaii (show on map)

Expert reviews

Lonely Planet review:

“Waikiki’s original luxury hotel, this pink Spanish-Moorish-style landmark is loaded with vintage opulence, which is kept relevant by continuous subtle upgrades.”

New York Times review:

“Shirley Temple, Amelia Earhart, the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Rockefellers, Fords and du Ponts — all stayed here. Legend has it that the Shirley Temple cocktail (ginger ale and grenadine) was invented there in honor of the child star.”

Featured in New York Times’ 36 Hours in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Fodors review:

“There’s nothing like the legendary Pink Palace of the Pacific, and the reopening of the renovated Mailani Tower has injected new life into the iconic hotel set on 14 acres of prime Waikiki Beach.”

Featured as Fodor’s Choice in Oahu, Hawaii.

Frommers review:

“Every time I step into the Royal Hawaiian, it still takes my breath away. I love its vibrant exoticism—the Spanish-Moorish architecture manifested in graceful stucco arches, the patterned floor tiles, the ornate lamps.”

Featured as Frommer’s Exceptional Choice in Hawaii.

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of The Royal Hawaiian Hotel Oahu, Hawaii. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.2 out of 5.0

Ranked 12th in Hawaii

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What guests liked

All you need to know

This five-star hotel is located on 2259 Kalakaua Avenue in the Waikiki area of Hawaii where it offers the latest and best of hospitality services and amenities. The hotel is highly rated for its excellent location; it is right next to a beach and also highly rated for its friendly staff; they offer a friendly reception to every guest entering the hotel premises. The hotel is the ideal place for guests looking to experience the adventure and excitement of Hawaii.

The hotel is located right in the heart of Waikiki which makes it close to a number of exciting and interesting places. The Royal Hawaiian Waikiki Hotel offers luxury and chic room options such as Historic Room, Historic Garden Junior Suite, Mailani Tower Premier Ocean, Mailani Tower Loft Suite, Mailani Tower Ocean Corner and Historic Grove. Other room options are Historic Ocean Junior Suite and Mailani Tower Oceanfront.

This luxury resort is situated just 1 km away from the famous Honolulu Zoo while the International Market Place is just a 5-minute walk away from the hotel.

Rooms in the hotel are fitted with luxury and standard amenities such as free Wi-Fi for high-speed internet access, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, air conditioning, a coffee-making machine and a comfy sofa.

The rooms also come with a private bathroom with thoughtful touches such as free toiletries, bathrobes and bathroom slippers.

The lounge/bar area is the ideal place for guests to relax and enjoy a drink after a long strenuous day.

 

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Location

Recent guest reviews

4.0

Marc

12 September 2023

Very good

Location is the best in waikiki

Pool is small.

5.0

Robert

11 September 2023

Just Wonderful all the staff awesome

Everything ,grounds ,building , atmosphere,

I can’t think of anything

4.5

Mark

10 September 2023

Memorable stay, and hope to be back soon

The location and the historical aspect of the hotel.

We had three false alarms. When we asked the front desk they wouldn’t explain why the false alarms kept happening and where evasive and borderline rude.

4.5

Dunn

10 September 2023

Fabulous

Good

4.0

Terry

3 September 2023

Although this was our first stay at the Royal Hawaiian, too expensive for our taste.

Excellent breakfast and facilities...

The overall cost, including parking, was beyond reasonable for a family.

4.0

William

17 August 2023

Very good

Rather noisy late into the evening, which made sleep difficult for jet lagged visitors

4.0

David

15 August 2023

Disappointed in compassion of hotel.

Location was wonderful.

the fact that when I requested to extend my stay, the price went up over $300 per night. I needed to extend because I could not get to Maui which was my next destination. Felt like I was being gouged on price due to catastrophe in Maui.

4.0

Neil

13 August 2023

A Hawaiian classic. Where every prospect pleases, and only Marriott payment policies are vile.

Everything in the hotel was fantastic. I enjoyed the smell and the beauty of trees around the hotel. The hotel provides amazing services such as yoga, meditation, paddling... My partner and I took meditation outside of the hotel, which was fantastic. The most enjoyable part for me was its pink pancake. We had it every morning and bought ready-made pancake flours for ourselves and our friend who gave us a Hawaii trip for our honeymoon with a beautiful heart. The hotel is located in the center of the Waikiki area. I had great access to anywhere for food, shopping, and medical care.

When our friend tried to pay for our stay online, the Marriott policies made it impossible and the hotel booking staff was cold and unfriendly petty bureaucrats. The other places we stayed, like the Grand Hyatt in Kauai had no such problem.

5.0

Tuosto

8 August 2023

Peaceful, fun and exceptional

Right on beautiful beach, very botanical setting. Close to major amenities

N/A

5.0

David

26 July 2023

Amazing and wonderful part of our vacation!

Was a beautiful building. Amazing location and wonderful staff!

Room could have been cleaned a little better upon our arrival, but other than that it was perfect.

5.0

Yen

14 July 2023

Wonderful, we will be back

Beautiful property! Fantastic staff!! 10 stars!!!

Food was ok

4.5

Chahrazad

14 July 2023

Nice wouls try again

The beach was very nice for surfing and amazing waves. Such a nice experience. Connected to the Royal hawaian center with lots of shopping, dining and coffee shops! Bar and cafe on the beach is nice also to try.

We have to rent and pay for the chairs on the beach. We already a paid a lot for our stay to at least we should be provided with the bath chairs.

4.5

Joanne

12 July 2023

It was a wonderful stay and I definitely would stay here again!

I enjoyed its resort feel and being off the busy Waikiki street. I heard the birds, was able to walk the grounds, and enjoyed the smell of the hotel. It was relaxing but I could get to the shopping easily.

5.0

Nicholas

12 July 2023

Exceptional

Location, friendly staff. No room service, I believe it’s the same across all hotels.

4.5

Yu

11 July 2023

nice hotel with great location and services

service and location

price

4.0

Nader

5 July 2023

Mixed feelings. Liked it but having a garden view, we felt trapped in the room coz of the tall trees

The royal Hawaiian is beautiful. It's the 2nd oldest hotel and have a luxurious and classy feel, but when we visited the Moana Surfrider I liked it more. It has a lively vibe and facilities seem better. The pool is bigger than the Royal which has a very tiny pool. But the advantage is that you can use the Sheraton's 2 big pools instead. Big shout out for the staff though. They are very courteous and friendly and accommodated our request for early check out without a fee.

The pool is very tiny and the value for money I don't know. I didn't feel that it deserved what we paid. Saying that, we did book late and Waikiki is expensive in general. Plus having a direct access to the beach makes it more valuable I guess. Just beware that chairs and umbrellas on the beach are not complimentary and you have to hire through a third party for 100 USD a day for 2 chairs and 1 umbrella or per hour. There's a shop few steps away, next to Denny's cafe, you can hire them for a whole week per 100 USD. Also hire other beach equipment.

5.0

Sheryl

26 June 2023

Excellent location and superb staff!

It was centrally located and close to everything. Staff were extremely helpful and kind.

5.0

Robyn

24 June 2023

Sublime - travel back in time and frock up

Loved the amazing historic architecture

All was good

5.0

Juan

22 June 2023

perfect

the service it is Great and the people that work there is very friendly and accommodating to your needs,I will for sure will recommend to my friends to stay at this place...

everything was great thank you.

4.5

Kristian

20 June 2023

Fabulous

right in the heart of Waikiki! super central location, short walk to everything nearby! gorgeous hotel and amenities! super friendly and accommodating staff!

$20 per drink at the bar, and +$70 a day to use the beach chairs for a beach that’s not even private—if anything it’s overcrowded. but it’s to be expected in the most touristy area of Hawaii.

5.0

Kevin

17 June 2023

great stay

luxury accommodations

no room service. I am a client that recently had an illness ( stroke) and walking was a mild problem

4.5

Shamila

15 June 2023

excellent services and location .beautiful building

ambiance and location

expensive

5.0

Esther

12 June 2023

Amazing experience and wonderfully memorable hotel.

The rooms were fantastic and so was the hotel. Such a beautiful hotel, and close to everything including it's very own shopping mall with food court. The pool is small but that was okay since we had the beautiful beach just steps away from the hotel. This was such a memorable experience for my family, no regrets!

4.0

Charles

17 May 2023

Very good

Great

5.0

Nancy

17 May 2023

the most amazing few days with our adult daughter

Location and views were spectacular. staff couldn’t have been lovelier and always wanted to make our visit extraordinary

lanai dividers in the tower rooms.

Hotel facilities

Food & Drink

  • - Restaurant
  • - Bar
  • - Breakfast in the room
  • - Coffee house on site

General

  • - Room service
  • - Non-smoking rooms
  • - Facilities for disabled guests
  • - Barber/beauty shop
  • - Family rooms
  • - Lift
  • - Safety deposit box
  • - Car hire
  • - Heating
  • - Non-smoking throughout
  • - Air conditioning
  • - Designated smoking area
  • - Paid WiFi

Business facilities

  • - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
  • - Business centre (additional charge)

Reception services

  • - 24-hour front desk
  • - Express check-in/check-out (additional charge)
  • - Tour desk
  • - Luggage storage (additional charge)
  • - Concierge service

Activities

  • - Fitness centre
  • - Spa and wellness centre (additional charge)
  • - Massage (additional charge)
  • - Hot tub/Jacuzzi (additional charge)
  • - Hiking
  • - Private beach area
  • - Beachfront
  • - Beauty Services
  • - Facial treatments
  • - Waxing services
  • - Hair cut
  • - Hair colouring
  • - Hair styling
  • - Body treatments
  • - Body scrub
  • - Body wrap
  • - Spa facilities
  • - Steam room
  • - Spa lounge/relaxation area
  • - Back massage
  • - Neck massage
  • - Foot massage
  • - Couples massage
  • - Head massage
  • - Hand massage
  • - Full body massage
  • - Fitness
  • - Beach

Outdoors

  • - Garden
  • - Terrace
  • - Outdoor pool
  • - Sun terrace
  • - Outdoor pool (all year)
  • - Outdoor furniture

Entertainment and family services

  • - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)

Cleaning services

  • - Daily housekeeping

Parking

  • - Parking garage
  • - Electric vehicle charging station
  • - Accessible parking

Accessibility

  • - Wheelchair accessible
  • - Toilet with grab rails
  • - Higher level toilet
  • - Lower bathroom sink

Pool and wellness

  • - Pool with view
  • - Shallow end
  • - Sun loungers or beach chairs
  • - Sun umbrellas
  • - Swimming pool
  • - Swimming Pool

Miscellaneous

  • - 24-hour security
  • - Smoke alarms
  • - CCTV in common areas
  • - CCTV outside property
  • - Fire extinguishers
  • - Access to health care professionals
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