We will be staying in Honolulu for 2 nights mid-July. I was wondering if anyone has stayed at the Resort Quest Waikki Beach Hotel? And what you thought of it. I have read very mixed reviews. Or if anyone has suggestions for a nice hotel on the beach, that includes breakfast for a price under $240 per night? Any help would be greatly appreciated, this is our first trip!

You could get a non-ocean view at the Otani Kaimana for around $200. To me, it's the nicest hotel in its price range that is directly on the beach.

Sorry, forgot to mention - I don't think Kaimana include breakfast, but if you get a $200 room, you can just buy the breakfast.

That hotel is not on the beach, it is *across the street* from the beach.

If you would drop the idea of breakfast being included, that will give you many more choices. There's loads of inexpensive places to have breakfast around Waikiki. I would definitely not base my hotel choice on that requirement.

Yes, what suze said - the Waikiki Beach Hotel is on the mauka side of Kalakaua Ave., so you have to cross the street to get to the beach. In fairness to the hotel, that part of the beach does not have any hotels on it, so there is nothing (no buildings) between the Waikiki Beach hotel and the beach, other than Kalakaua Ave.

...which is a wide and very busy street!

I'm not saying anything against this hotel because I've not stayed there. But if you choose it thinking you'll be right on the beach, you'd be dissappointed.

Have not stayed at the Waikiki Beach Hotel so can't comment on it. As far as other choices, we stayed at the Waikiki Circle, also managed by Resort Quest, and were very happy with it. It is a few blocks from Waikiki Beach Hotel. The beach park runs along those blocks so from either of these 2 hotels you can have an unobstructed view of the beach. We found the Waikiki Circle to be very clean and comfortable, small rooms, but wonderful view. Pics here http://worldisround.com/articles/334335/index.html My trip report here http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...me=aloha&fid=1 I checked July 15-17 and an ocean-front room is $207. We did not find that crossing the street to get to the beach was any problem.

Thank you for the information. Yes, staying right on the beach is the major objective-not so much breakfast. I can see what I think it would be like to cross the street by the pictures that Aloha's link shows me. If anyone has any other suggestions for hotels on the beach, it would be greatly appreciated. I did look at the Otani Kaimana-looks great-but has only twin and queen beds. No doubles. And there will be 5-6 of us. Am going to call them regarding that-as I am sure you can tell we are not seasoned travelers.

I absolutely agree, it's no problem to cross the street to go to the beach. I always stay at hotels that are a few blocks or more inland.

Only mentioned it because the photos on the website of Resort Quest Waikiki Beach Hotel make it *appear* to be right on the beach.

Resortquest Waikiki Beach Hotel is a good hotel. It is located right across Kalakaua Ave from the beach. But it is in a location where there are no hotels on the beach side of Kalakaua Ave.

Lots of info including maps of hotels & condos in Waikiki:

http://fodors.com/forums/threadselec...1&tid=34812564

My wife and I stayed at the Hotel for our honeymoon for a week. It is not on the beach, but its walking distance for everything. We had the full ocean view, so every morning, we were able to enjoy the view, and people watch from atop. The elevators are a pain sometimes, but its not that much of a problem. I tipped 1$ every day to the Cleaning ladies, and had a full set of new products every day, and new towels, without having to ask for any. The breakfast is uninspiring, but its free, and i did enjoy it a few mornings.

The street may be busy at day, but at night time its really really slow and quiet, and the street has a light for a crosswalk. Having to wait 2 minutes to cross should not kill your patient meter.

You will be paying a dollar per phone call. even 911(i should have got it credited, but i didn't care).

The zoo is a 5 minute walk away, and Teddy's Burgers is 5 minutes away too( Best burgers I've ever eaten.)

We are staying at the Outrigger Waikiki beach hotel in August for $185/night using the Entertainment card. You can get an oceanview room for $230. Stayed there last year and were very happy with it.
Summer

My wife and i stayed there in October. We had a ocean view suite on the 17th floor. Unfortunately, it was a bit more than $240 per night but the view was well worth it. You should be able to get a room for that price but dont be surpriced if you arent looking at the ocean. The hotel is nice, I also must add that they do nickel and dime you for everything, and i do mean everything. parking was $20 a day (plus tip) and and internet price was ridiculous. We were fortunate to have came accross a great website that helped us prepared and saved on some of the additional cost of our trip (www.sharinghawaii.com). The only regret was not finding it before we went on the trip. Check for parking tips, attraction tips etc. There ia also plenty of other valuable info. Good luck on your trip and enjoy!! Wish i was going back there.
p.s. we booked our trip through www.hawaiiconnection.com and we did get a bargain.