Oahu | Across From Beach | First Class
Oahu | Across From Beach | First Class
Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel
The hotel's transformation into a bright, invigorating vacation destination was intended to attract young adults, but older folks enjoy the ambience as well. The hotel caters to both, blending regard for Hawaii's past with energy and eager hospitality. A three-panel photograph of hula dancers' flying skirts and feet that decorates elevators contrasts with hotel cultural displays such as antique pig and poi serving bowls and tikis. Neon-green surfboards and traditional tapa prints recall different periods of Hawaii's history.
Activity centers on the open-air terrace from sunrise to nearly midnight. Mornings, food carts roll out a complimentary "breakfast on the beach" (valid with all room categories except Mauka Tower and Standard room). While a ukulele player or Hawaiian story teller entertains, guests select from an array of packaged foods, pack their choices in complimentary cooler bags, and eat breakfast/brunch in their rooms, by the pool, on excursions around Oahu, or at the beach. Later, sunbathers gather around the pool and take advantage of high-tech shades that permit tanning without the heat.
Tikis Grill & Bar at the end of the terrace fills when the first band of the evening begins playing just before sunset. Giant tiki torches around the terrace are lighted. Bands play on until nearly midnight in the moonlight and glow of a 30-foot stylized volcano.
This hotel creates a bright, colorful beacon near the eastern edge of Waikiki's beach district. To soothe jet-lagged arrivals, hallways display muted tones and feature circles of light filled with palm-frond shadows. Earth-tone colors dominate on the hotel's exterior. The open-air lobby adjoins the pool deck and provides large tapa-print sofas for weary travelers.
This hotel has 717 guestrooms done in a retro-hip Hawaiian style. Dark Indonesian teak furniture is accented by natural-color wicker and vibrant bedspreads and headboards in most rooms. Bamboo-bead closet curtains depict hula dancers. Bathrooms feature curved shower rods for a roomy feeling behind tapa-print shower curtains. Rooms, except larger suites, are 250 to 275 square feet.
The hotel's signature amenity is a breakfast like none before. Breakfast on the Beach is a full breakfast with American and Asian fare that is served in a portable "to go" carrier on the pool deck every morning from 6:30 - 9:30 AM (coffee service begins at 6). Complimentary beach chairs are provided for guests so they may enjoy breakfast on beautiful Waikiki Beach. Breakfast is provided as a complimentary service.
| Description: | Configuration: | Occupancy: |
| Hotel Partial Ocean View | 2T or 2D or 1K | 1-2 (4 max) |
| Hotel Ocean View | 2T or 2D or 1K | 1-2 (4 max) |
| Hotel Ocean Front | 2D or 1K | 1-2 (4 max) |
| Junior Suite | 2D or 1K & 1HD | 1-2 (4 max) |
| * K = King, Q = Queen, D = Double, T = Twin, H = Hideway | ||