Royal Grove Waikiki

Well-located in the center of Waikiki, next to the beach

My daughter wanted a native hotel to support the local community. Our bedroom was on the corner off an EXTREMELY busy road. Cars and trucks were noisy late into the night and started up again around 5:00 am. The windows were not true windows but lattice windows with cracks to hear all noises. There is no parking available but you needed to go several blocks away to valet but take your car out as often as needed. On a positive note the location is two blocks away from the beach and many restaurants. Checkouts at noon.

Parking was the only challenge. Would be nice if it wasn't expensive or hard to find parking. The distance to the beach was awesome! Good food around and friendly people. The Hula night performance on Wednesday nights was awesome! They were so welcoming and friendly.

The Royal Grove is a great hotel. it's close to everything and it's always clean. It's a hotel with history. The staff are really nice and go out of their way to help you. I recommend this hotel all day long. And I've stayed at most of the brand hotels. but i have stayed here the last 5 times and will go back. The room i get is with the kitchenette.

You can not beat price, location and service here. I would compare this to a backpackers hotel, so set expectations. Does it need renovations? Yes, but hopefully they do it and keep all the charm it had when it open long ago. Wednesday night Hula night was wonderful.

Been going to this hotel for nearly thirty years now and have seen some changes.
Risa, (Operations Manager) got me a nice room in the part of the hotel I normally stay in. Even though it is close to the pool, it is fairly quiet and has the amenities I need. The kitchen area was clean and tidy with everything in working condition. Bed was comfy and the split system air conditioning is a god send - rather than those noisy 'box/window type' air conditioners.
I stayed for ten nights and noticed that housekeeping did now attend my room once. I am tidy and make my own bed each day, so it wasn't really a bother.
My room had access to a small courtyard (being on the ground floor). This was better than having a balcony and it was nice and private. I don't think the hotel encourages you to use the courtyard, as mine was fairly dirty with empty drink bottles and lots of leaves etc, but it didn't take me long to clear all that up. It was nice to sit out there in the mornings with a coffee.
Overall, my stay was pleasant and I intend booking again for May next year, as this hotel is good value for the money, a short walk to the beach and the staff are all very friendly.

Good vibe and location friendly people.

The property was well located and very clean. It was an older property but was value for money given it's location.

I had read these reviews before we got there so I knew it would be a challenge but it was worse than that. We were there for 10 nights so we had a good chance to look around the place and it was apparent we had the worse room in the place. Small, very noisy and run down. We were above a fast food restaurant that played music continually. The road noise was continuous as well. We had no balcony or view so had to hang out by the pool. We managed to get a electric jug and toaster by asking as they're not in the room. We worked out by watching others that there was a towel service and beach gear available but none of that was explained to us at check in. Some staff tried others were fairly neutral. Other guests were complaining about their room to us but I kept telling them that there were worse rooms.

The convenience and location

Close to the beach. Pool area was ok

The location was great

That it was close to the beach that’s all but it’s not safe for single women there

The location of Royal grove Waikiki was central among other hotels very close to the beach and shops. The staff were friendly.

Hotel is older and shows its age, although reasonably well maintained. Very conveniently located 2 blocks from beach and lots of restaurants / food stalls nearby. Only complaint is the very loud AC compressor on our balcony, luckily it wasn't that hot when we were there and we just turned it off.