Where we are staying

January 26th, 2008

Blue = ocean

Tags: Embassy Suites, Hawaii, Honolulu, Oahu, Waikiki

3 comments ↓

#1 Notorious CLO on 01.29.08 at 12:41 pm

How is the Embassy Suites there?
I generally enjoy them, although the ‘manager reception’ happy hours serve the quality of alcohol that most of us were accustomed to as teenagers. Also, the breakfasts can get a bit boring unless you love eggs. That said, you are in Hawaii, near the beach, and I am in NYC living in an apartment the size of an Embassy Suites living room and paying a monthly rent that could feed the nation of Ghana for 3 months.

Note also that Embassy Suites is a Hilton brand.

#2 Zach on 01.30.08 at 4:04 pm

My review of it on Yelp:

Free Internet (DSL in the room, Wi-Fi in the lobby and by the pool), included breakfast and happy hour (don’t call them “complimentary”–you taxpayers are paying for them), a friendly staff, and nice, if not fantastic rooms, make the Embassy Suites a good place to stay on Waikiki.

The negatives are the parking ($25 a day, the valets are a bit rude, and there’s no place to leave your car if you just need to run up to your room quickly) and the other guest: kind of a soulless, golf shirts and pleated khakis crowd.

The pool is nice, if a bit overrun with loud kids. The beach view is just about nonexistent though. The construction site next door is a little loud though. And the Waikiki neighborhood is just one big tourist trap.

The booze at the reception is fine; the bartenders know us by now and are generous with their pours, keeping us from having to refill every five minutes.

And you’re right, the breakfasts do get boring after two weeks.

#3 Notorious CLO on 01.31.08 at 9:19 am

Interesting take on the alcohol. Perhaps they have different hooch at different locations.

As a test, could you see what brand(s) bourbon they have? I don’t require the (so-called) premium stuff, but I feel that JD, Jim Beam, or Wild Turkey are staples.