Jul 25, 2010

Where to stay in Waikiki ~ Pacific Monarch Hotel

Where to stay in Waikiki ~ Pacific Monarch Hotel   

Pacific Monarch Hotel General description:

• The Pacific Monarch Hotel is located at the corner of Kuhio and Uluniu avenues. It is a high rise building built in 1980 with a total of 216 units in 33 floors. It was designed not as a hotel but as a condominium, that is why it only has a small lobby area with a front desk.
• There is a pool and sun-deck area on the top of the building.
  Most of the units are studios and 1 bedrooms with kitchens, part of the units are operated as a hotel under the name of Aston Pacific Monarch (for a while was also known as Resort Quest Pacific Monarch).
• The other part of the Pacific Monarch Hotel is owned by private individuals that either live in the building or rent out the units as vacation rentals or for long term.
• The Pacific Monarch Hotel has had the proper regular maintenance but no major renovation was performed recently
• Parking is available but expensive.
   

What we like about the Pacific Monarch Hotel:

• Location is very good and central at the Pacific Monarch Hotel, only a short stroll from the main part of Waikiki beach.
• Most units at the Pacific Monarch Hotel have cooking facilities that make them good choices for visitors staying more than a few days.
• All units at the Pacific Monarch Hotel have balconies.

What you may not like about the Pacific Monarch Hotel:

• The floor plan is not the best for a hotel environment even though the units at the Pacific Monarch Hotel are comfortable and of fairly good size considering that this is Hawaii (units in Hawaii tend to be smaller than on the mainland USA).
• The Pacific Monarch Hotel sits on a “T” shape intersection with a traffic light on one of the busiest avenues in Waikiki if you need to stay in this hotel, you may want to request a unit away from Kuhio ave. to try to minimize traffic noise.