Our stay was really pleasant overall and the staff were just great - notably Michael, Kisha, James and the concierge. They could not have been more polite, friendly or helpful. The hotel is very centrally located near shops, eating places and the beach with plenty of convenience stores, fast food, ATMs and souvenir shops etc nearby. The lifts were pretty slow and bad but are being refurbished. Being so centrally located there is quite a lot of street noise, Air Con fan unit noise from other nearby establishments, sirens and cooking smells that drift up to the rooms. We were there in peak time and the wait for our room was going to be extensive so Micheal on reception offered a very reasonable upgrade of room to help get us sorted - which was appreciated. The concierge lady was very helpful and a mine of information and happily made shuttle and cab bookings to help us get around easily and quickly. We'd happily go back.

Our family just got back from an 8-day trip to Hawaii where we stayed at the Waikiki Aqua Wave hotel. My favorite thing about the hotel was the staff; William, James, Keisha and Issac were super friendly, especially considering that our 12 year old refused to use the elevator and the staff had to constantly open the door to the stairwell so that she could make it up the (14 flights) of stairs. But the staff was super cool about it and it really seemed like they enjoyed helping us out.

The hotel is within 2 blocks of the beach in a prime part of Waikiki, which also means it is a pretty busy (but also a very convenient) area. Some previous posts for this hotel complained about the noise, however, this did not bother us. The hotel is immediately next door to the International Market Place, which did have Hawaiian music playing every night. But then again, you don’t stay in the Waikiki area for the serenity. The rooms were very clean and reasonably priced. I would definitely visit this hotel again, especially because the staff were so nice

We stayed in a suite which are on the corners of the hotel, so you get two balconies. One looked towards the water while the other was towards Ala Moana direction.
The suite had a queen bed in a separate room while the main room had 2queen beds. Spacious room with lots of space for suitcases after shopping till you drop.
At the moment they are completly replacing one lift at a time which takes a few months for each, so it takes a little longer to get up and down as you are using a service lift as the second lift and the lifts work independently.
Staff very friendly, the managers reception afternoon was very nice with a wave cocktail.
Beach towels supplied.
Buses to get anywhere are in the same street so this is really handy as we didn't hire a car but bought monthly bus passes so could jump on off whenever we wanted.
Less than 10 minutes to beach.
Excellent value, why pay more when you only need it to sleep and shower in.
Have stayed twice now and would return there as first choice.

We initially booked a superior waikiki wave room. Due to the rooms being booked out while I was waiting ( a long time!) for the receptionist to understand my emails we were upgraded to a Deluxe Guest room which had two double beds and a balcony with a great view.

We were very happy with the reservation overall, despite the prolonged communications as the hotel agreed to beat an online quote from an external site. Check in was efficient and we were allowed an early check in as we arrived at about 9.30am.

I don't think the location and price of this hotel can be beat. It's right next to International Marketplace, one block inland from the main street and two blocks away from the beach. It's near lots of eating options and opposite a ramen restaurant with huge queues. The majority of stores and restaurants are within 10-15 minutes walk from the hotel (we loved the cheesecake factory). It's even near the Ala Wai canal.

We even managed to walk to diamond head crater (about 1 hour to get there) and the bus stop to Ala Moana, Pearl harbour and Hanauma bay etc is right across the road. The reception has a list of which buses to catch to get to various locations. We rented a car for a day to get around the island and the rental place was only a few blocks away.

The room was very clean and spacious. No problems with the bathroom at all. We had a beautiful view from our balcony and could see out to the water. Bed was comfortable and we slept very well.

The room was about 10 floors above some sort of parking garage meaning that there were loud clanks and whirrs for hours at night and there is a pub/bar downstairs meaning lots of loud "whoo"s were to be heard for hours. The first night I slept with earplugs and the rest of the week I got used to it and slept right through without any ear plugs. No complaints here but if you're a light sleeper it might bother you. Earplugs are provided by the hotel.

Overall we were very happy with this hotel, especially at the price we got. We would definitely come back to stay here.