Aston at the Waikiki Banyan

I would NOT recommend this hotel. The fee they make you play for the wifi, movies, & coffee is ridiculous & none of it is beneficial at ALL. They offer all blue ray discs however, the play station that you’re given to put them in doesn’t even work & don’t read blue ray discs. So basically you can’t use it. It also has so many bathroom problems. The toilets take forever to flush or have a hard time to flush. The showers clog. The light fixtures go in & out. & the pull out couches are so uncomfortable. There is only one mirror in the bathroom. Hardly any outlets that are convenient for your use. The pool area is not clean & looks gross. This hotel is DEFINITELY overpriced.

I rarely leave reviews, but I was VERY disappointed with our accommodations and felt compelled to warn my fellow Unilocalers.
The property and rooms are very dated and in need of a significant renovation. Hallways smell like stale cigarette smoke and fish (from neighbors that are cooking). Carpet is worn and beds and furniture are old, cheap and uncomfortable.
The location is convenient, but be forewarned, the rooms look nothing like the pictures on the website.
Place is overpriced for what you get. After taxes, I paid $ 300+ a night. You can stay at the Moana Surfrider, a much nicer beach front hotel for close to the same price. No benefit to having a kitchen if the room is so dank you don’t want to spend any time in it.

Parking is no longer the cheapest in town. As of February 2015 they jacked it up to $ 20. Hit or miss with the rooms, which are spacious, since they are privately owned. They don’t offer free wifi so you gotta fork out another $ 18 per day if you want it. They try to reduce the pain by adding other perks to the cost like free newspaper and videos. The machines in the laundry room are super old and need to be upgraded!

Let’s start with the positives. This place is in a great location. Right off Kuhio Blvd and two blocks away from Waikiki beach. You’re close to a lot of good restaurants and local dives. This hotel is also on the south end of Waikiki which means it’s an easy in and out of the area to Kapahulu blvd and the freeway without having to meander through Waikiki traffic. They have two towers here. Tower 1 will give you much better water views. Tower 2 may, unfortunately, give you a view of Tower 1. If all you need is place to lay your head at night and you’re not looking for a lot of great amenities, this place is for you. Because it is a timeshare, not all units are the same. Some are better than others. We booked 3 rooms during our stay and while they weren’t all uniform, they were all decent and adequate. They have a nice common area with a pool, sauna, and BBQs (coin operated!) but it gets pretty busy with kids. Also know that if you book with Aston, you will need to pay $ 18/​day in amenity fees if you want to get high speed internet. The coffee shop offers in-​room access for less but we didn’t get to try it. The parking rate they charge here is also one of the best in the area. I believe we paid $ 17/​day. For the value, and because we’re interval members, I would stay here again.

The company that runs the parking garage at the hotel use Mafia tactics to totally rip you off. I paid $ 20 to park my car there for 24 hours but I was 30 minutes late getting back to it the next day. So the attendant charges me a $ 20 late fee. I offered to just keep my car there another 24 hours and he said that it would cost me $ 40! When I told him that he was being unfair he threatened to call the police. Never expected this type of treatment in Hawaii.

The beds are new, but the kind of stiff had a hard time sleeping and just uncomfortable. the pool is closed this weekend and they didn’t let us know over the phone when reservation was made. other than that the room is pretty clean and the balcony has a good view. I would recommend this to local families who want to spend the night in Waikiki.

I loved staying at the banyan last year. This year, not so much. We made reservations and no one told us that not only would the pool be close May 11– June 5 but that they would be jackhammering outside. We can hear it with all windows closed an AC on. Even on the weekend! I would not have stayed here at all if I knew the pool was going to be closed. Obviously they knew about this in advance and should have made us aware. I’m so bummed.

We stayed here when our only daughter was asked the week of, to attend a prom right across the street from this hotel. We would’ve stayed in the hotel that the prom was at, but it was all booked.
Let’s begin with the parking… they charged us twice for parking ($ 40 total) and then tried to tell us that because our SUV was oversized, they had to charge us more. The parking attendant, who is not an Aston Waikiki Banyan employee, told us that we were not supposed to be charged extra because he parked us in the oversized vehicle stalls at the end of the first floor. He said that they’re not supposed to charge us that much and to get our money back. Although the front desk people (yep, there were so many different people with terrible attitudes) told us we couldn’t get our money back, we did when we left the next day.
The room would have been totally fine, the layout was cool, there was a full kitchen and all, and since I had my 3 boys and was expecting my daughter and her date to be returning after prom to stay with us, I thought it was great. Very spacious and roomy. The bathroom was small. There are sliding doors to separate the bedroom area from the tiny, little living room space and kitchen. It was cute.
However, it was hot! The AC was not working properly and because there were plenty of us in the room, it began to get stuffy. I was not having it and asked to be moved to another room, but the hotel said they couldn’t at 9pm! I was SO UNHAPPY! And I made sure everyone I spoke to knew about how UNHAPPY I was. I grumbled and when we checked out in the morning my husband told the front desk how very disappointed he was and how we would be sure never to stay there again.
It was only for one night and it was a last minute, day of, booking, but still! It was horrible and I do not recommend it at all. The employees were unhelpful and impolite.
My son just reminded me to state that THERE IS NO ICE AVAILABLE and he said, «What kind of hotel has an ice bucket, but no ice!» We drove to Foodland all the way back on Harding Avenue to get ice and other goodies for my kids.
Hope this helps…

We made reservation thru their website using Kamaaina discount. Had stayed there several times before and we loved it till now.
Even though our unit seemed clean and well equipped, wood flooring had no wax and bare which means it catches all the dust and sand… we had to use wet towels to wipe the entire unit every morning and night. Yet our feet turned black…
Beds were comfortable except for the safa bed which you could feel every springs…
Bathroom had major water leak. Every time someone would showere we had to lay at least two towels by the tub.
Water pressure and temperature was awesome!
Really enjoyed the pool/​jacuzzi and kids play area until one of the families we shared the hot tub with had spotted the brown thing in the pool. He immediatrly reported to maintenaice people who were filling the tub with hose.
They laughed at him and said «its just a toy. It happens all the time» without even looking at it.
Other lady took the net to scoop the brown thing… YES IT WAS A REAL POOP.
Not sure how they handled this but its very sickening.
I’m not sure if we will be back…

I’m the owner of this cond. This cond’s room was supplied various situation. Some was supplied from Aston group, some was supplied directly from their owner. Room condition was so quite different that I don’t mention about this hotel itself. I should write down about this hotel’s effort in this year to the illegal use of pool and BBQ booth. Over many years Banyan was bothered about that many people (of course not payed guest not owner) gathered in the weekend’s noon and occupied BBQ booth through the night. We were gave up to use the BBQ booth in the weekend. In this year Banyan have solved this problem. they prohibited to use the BBQ booth in the noon. By all means this end of year stay was very comfortable. Bad customer-​mannered has decreased. Has decreased customers who has the tattoo. Currently Bunyan has changed from the previous. That’s quite nice!

This hotel sucks! Especially my room!!! As soon as we walked in, the first thing I saw was the old, nasty carpet! The beds are so hard and it not give! I could feel the springs! I heard some rooms were renovated, but ours weren’t. Very old place! I definitely won’t be back here! No way!

The units here are really a hit or miss depending on the owner and property manager. We rented units through Hawaii Koloa Kai, which is managed by KoKo Resorts, and CIMY Hawaii. Both units we rented were nice but the service through Koloa Kai was more consistent and I liked that they offer a free towel exchange during your stay. On the other hand, the booking process through CIMY was easier and more convenient.
In general, the condos here are fairly spacious (roughly 600 sq ft) with a full kitchen and balcony. There is a laundry room on each floor and pool, bbq grills, and other recreational activities in the common area. It is located on the East end of Waikiki and parking rates are usually included or fairly reasonable rates. Also, you are about 2 blocks from the beach and this section of Waikiki is less hectic that the main area. The cons, on the other hand, is that the Aston itself is pretty old. The parking garage is really tight and none of the common areas or elevators have air conditioning. The common areas and halls looks pretty dated and not that clean and I’ve seen pictures of a number of units that also look very dated. We were fortunate that both units we rented were well maintained and renovated.
We’ve been spoiled by housekeeping and the modern amenities of hotels so I’m not sure we would go through the route of renting condos again. The extra space is definitely nice but it is also nice to just relax and not have to do everything when you’re on vacation. If you’re looking for a reasonably priced condo, however, this is a decent option if you’re willing to overlook the cons I listed above.

*my rating is purely for the parking garage
just went to Oahu for the first time and stayed at the Pacific Beach Hotel. the parking/​valet at our hotel cost between $ 25 – 35 a day for our rental. great for a couple nights, but when you’re there for 6 days, it’ll add up to more than the rental itself. the surrounding lots are all about the same story.
doing quick searches i read on more than one site that the garage at Aston was public, and was $ 15 a day. sweet!
only caveats:
you can pay for 1 day, or 7 days; you cannot prepay 2, 3, 4, etc., days in advance.
because of this, i had to walk a couple blocks every morning and re-​up my sticker. just tell the guy you’re paying for 1 more day, get the sticker, and go swap it with the old one.
you’ll save at least $ 10 a day in parking.

The worst hotel ever! I would rather stay at a motel six. The room was old and gross with used furniture. Carpet was dirty and construction going in outside my window my entire stay. There is a small terrible pool and no food or restaurant. I would give this place a negative number or stars if I could. Please save your money and don’t stay here.

Great place to stay while in Hawaii! But check out is a biatch! In order to not be charge, the housekeeper had to inspect the room before being able to leave the lobby. Holding up my shuttle to the airport! Ridiculously unacceptable!
Now, the f_​cken housekeeper is saying that I burnt the carpet! For crying out loud, we are rarely in the room! Out all day at the beach or out eating, only there to shower & sleep! You people need to open your eyes WIDE & inspect the room carefully upon your previous guest’s departure, instead of trying to frame it on the next guest!!! Each time when gong to Hawaii, I had so many opportunities to stay at the higher end hotel but instead, I INSISTED in staying here with you & be a loyal customer. Been to Hawaii 5 times, stayed with you 4 out of the 5 visits. You are sure off my list after this!!!

Our stay here was 7 nights.
The size of the room was so comfortable and I was very nervous about the room because of reviews I’ve read. The kitchen is so cute and has utensils (INCLUDING WINE GLASSES! Cheers!) they even had a water pitcher in the fridge, yay!
Beds are pretty hotel standard as far as comfort goes. Mind you, we made sure to ask for and GOT a new renovated room. We got the city view room incase you’re wondering.

This is not the worst hotel I’ve ever stayed at, but, it’s very close. The staff is very nice. The pictures you see on their website are from the renovated rooms. I, however, stayed in an older room. The cheap tile is damaged with a lot of dents and scratches. The counter top is equally damaged. The bathtub is only a little better than that. The silverware in the room was showing signs of rusting. On the first night of our stay, the toilet was leaking water. On the 2^nd night, I found a huge cockroach in the tub. The light switch in the bedroom controls the light in the bathroom. The switch in the bathroom doesn’t work (I’m not kidding). They’re painting the hallways a lime green. Still can’t figure that one out.
Hopefully, when the renovations are complete, this will be a «great» hotel. But, I’ll never know because I have no intention of every coming back. If you want to stay at a Aston, I recommend the Aston Waikiki Beach.

We stayed here for a week and it was pretty good. The rooms are large and you get a full kitchen. Utensils, plates, cups, full fridge, stove and small appliances are included! It is only a couple blocks down from the beach. Lots of places to walk to nearby as well. Each hotel room may be a little different because from what I understand, some rooms may be owned by people who just rent the rooms through the hotel.
One problem we had was with the construction noise. However, they moved our room to a quieter tower and we had an awesome view of the ocean. They might charge for extra amenities such as internet and PS2. If you don’t want that, make sure to have them cancel it. Also, parking does not come with the room. It is a separate fee you have to pay to the parking attendant.
The lobby has a beautiful waterfall and koi pond. Hotel staff were very accommodating and helpful as well. Overall, we had a great stay here.

Stayed here for a few nights and this place is pretty solid. We stayed at the 11^th floor and the front-​desk upgraded us to an ocean view family-​room; the view from our balcony was nice. Walking distance to everything in the downtown area less than 2 – 3 miles away, so great location overall.
The rates are a little on the higher end but I can’t complain. I’d come back.
Tips:
–You can park here for $ 12 a night (they charge you parking even if you are a guest here).
–Wifi sucks here

This building is a mix of actual residences and condos you can rent like a hotel room. It’s convenient to Waikiki shops and beaches, but also has great internal relaxing space (pool, tennis, etc.)
It’s not glamorous, but it’s convenient and away from the noise of the places directly on the beach. The hotel staff are very nice, and the parking is a steal! In facet, I would highly recommend parking here if you’re just in Waikiki for a visit. It’s cheap, monitored, and easy to find.