Waikiki Beach Hotel (formerly

Orbitz: Hotel Details Your pop-up blocker is preventing you from viewing this content. Override the program by holding the Control key while clicking the link. Welcome to Orbitz. Sign in Register now Site feedback Printer-friendly version Hotel details Return to hotels From: $149* *rate found for check-in Feb 24, check-out Feb 26 Check prices and availability ResortQuest Waikiki Beach Hotel (formerly Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel) Honolulu (Oahu), HI View all promotions Overview Map & area info Features Photos Rooms Reviews 2-for-1 Luau when you stay 5 nights or more!ResortQuest Kids, Stay, Play & Eat Free! Complimentary signature "Breakfast on the Beach" dailyOffer is subject to change without notice and is based on availability. see below for more details "Hip Hawaiiana" or "Aloha With Attitude" are just a few ways Waikiki Beach Hotel is being described. The hotel is setting Waikiki on fire with its recently completed $30 million renovation. The hotel is located on the most scenic end of Waikiki Beach. The new ResortQuest Waikiki Beach Hotel features two towers consisting of 716 rooms with eighty-five percent of the guest rooms flaunting beautiful partial or full ocean views. Oversized tiki torches, a three-story volcano with a 15-story light, and gentle trade winds blowing in the night create the perfect island setting for hot Hawaiian nights. All guest rooms have received makeovers featuring striking tropical colors and cool decor that deliver hints of Hawaiian nostalgia in an urban, energetic style. The Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel's signature amenity, "Breakfast on the Beach", is a breakfast like none before. "Breakfast on the Beach" is a full breakfast with American and Asian fare that is served on a portable "to go" fashion on the pool deck each morning from 6:30-9:30am (coffee service begins at 6am). Complimentary beach chairs are provided for our guests so that they may enjoy this "to go" breakfast on beautiful Waikiki Beach. "Breakfast on the Beach" is provided as a complimentary service (excluding stays in the Mauka Tower and Standard Room).The new ResortQuest Waikiki Beach Hotel - Where Aloha Burns Bright! 2-for-1 Luau ,certificate for all guests staying five (5) nights or more thru 01/01/06. One per room, guests will make their own reservations using show times and locations printed on the certificates)"Aloha Book" with hundreds of dollars in savings, presented to guests upon check-in.ResortQuest Kids, Stay, Play & Eat Free! Children ages 12 and under receive free activities, meals and merchandise.Offer is subject to change without notice and is based on availability. One FREE kids admission, meal or retail deal per PAID adult admission.Complimentary signature "Breakfast on the Beach" daily, excludes stays in the Mauka Tower and Standard Room.Parking available for $13 per day. Plot this hotel on a map | See more photos | View hotel features and amenities Reviews from our users Overall score 4.2 out of 5 (63 reviews) About the scores 1 2 3 4 5 Amenities Maintenance Hotel Staff Room Comfort Location Value See scores and reviews by these travelers: All travelers (4.2 of5) Leisure (4.2 of5) Business (4.4 of5) Family (4.1 of5) Couples (3.9 of5) Hotel address: 2570 Kalakaua Avenue,Honolulu (Oahu), HI 96815 Area served Honolulu-Oahu, Waikiki, HI Area airports HNL - Honolulu International Amenities Pool Restaurant Concierge Room Service High Speed Internet Complimentary Breakfast (All Rooms and Rates) Conference Facilities Dining Coldstone Creamery Nextdoor to Wolfgang Puck Express. If you haven't had one yet, you just gotta come and get it - you haven't tasted ice-cream until you try one of these treats. Wolfgang Puck Express World renowned chef with lots of restaurants and express outlets. It's hip, upscale and he uses the freshest ingrediants to create excellent, casual Eurasian cuisine. Serving everything from soups, salads, pizzas, sandwiches, desserts & specialty items. Hours are from 11am-10pm. Tiki's Bar & Grill Tiki's is a blend of the old and the new, the nostalgia of Trader Vic's and the excitement and "attitude" of Hard Rock Cafe. The outdoor bar will sit under shadow of a 30' volcano and will offer breathtaking vistas of the ocean and Waikiki. The restaurant will have both indoor and outdoor seating, serving Hawaiian Regional and American cuisine. Tiki's open 10:30-1:00am. Nightly entertainment during Happy Hour from 4-6pm and from 10pm-12am. 1 of 21 Ocean View Room Room features an ocean view with either one king bed, two twins or two double beds. Includes full bathroom, alarm clock, radio, refrigerator, in-room safe, dataport, cable TV with music and in-room movies, hair dryer and iron/board. Complimentary "Breakfast on the Beach" available daily for guests staying in this room. Junior Suite Junior suite features one king bed or two double beds and sofabed. Includes full bathroom, alarm clock, radio, refrigerator, in-room safe, dataport, cable TV with music and in-room movies, hair dryer and iron/board. Complimentary"Breakfast on the Beach" available daily for guests staying in this room. Standard Room Room features two twin or double beds or one king bed. Includes alarm clock, radio, refrigerator, in-room safe, dataport, cable TV with music and in-room movies, hair dryer and iron/board. Ocean Front Room Room features an ocean front view with one king bed or two double beds. Includes full bathroom, alarm clock, radio, refrigerator, in-room safe, dataport, cable TV with music and in-room movies, hair dryer and iron/board. Complimentary"Breakfast on the Beach" available daily for guests staying in this room. Partial Ocean View Room Room features a partial ocean view with either one king bed, two twins or two double beds. Includes full bathroom, alarm clock, radio, refrigerator, in-room safe, dataport, cable TV with music and in-room movies, hair dryer and iron/board. Complimentary "Breakfast on the Beach" available daily for guests staying in this room. Reviews from our users Overall score 4.2 out of 5 (63 reviews) About the scores 1 2 3 4 5 Amenities Maintenance Hotel Staff Room Comfort Location Value See scores and reviews by these travelers: All travelers (4.2 of5) Leisure (4.2 of5) Business (4.4 of5) Family (4.1 of5) Couples (3.9 of5) Most recent user reviews Score 4 out of 5 Pracltical Points Anonymous Dec 23, 2005 Would recommend to a friend! Location is very conveiennt to the Beach. The operation of the elevator is ludicous, and quite combersome. No direct ... View full review Score 4 out of 5 Quick tip Fairly nice place Jonathan, Kansas City, MO Dec 17, 2005 Would recommend to a friend! This hotell has,,,,, unique rooms I upgraded to a corner front room. The check in person showed me a floor plan of the hotel ... View full review Score 5 out of 5 The best people in the business. michael, Dallas, TX Dec 16, 2005 Would recommend to a friend! My family and I had the best time,everything was perfect.The room was large,clean and refreshing.The location as we found out ... View full review See all 63 user reviews Reviews represent the opinions of Orbitz customers, not of Orbitz or its staff. Introducing hotel reviews! Don't just take our word for it. Now you can see what fellow travelers have to say about this hotel and thousands of others, including: Opinions, insight and first-hand observations, sorted by traveler type. Customer ratings for service, comfort, location, amenities and value. Practical, money-saving tips on what to do, where to eat and how to get around. Expert reviews from Recommended After a $30 million renovation on a very old and tired hotel, Aston opened this kitschy 717-room (85% with ocean views) property in late 2002. The location could not be better -- directly across the street from the beach. The rooms couldn't be ... Read full Frommer's review ©2005 Wiley Publishing, Inc. Quick tips from our users Shopping tip, Short Drive Go to the flea market at the stadium near the airport. It is held on weekends and wednesday. Everything you would want to shop for in the expensive shops near the hotell is 75% less at the flea market. Great fun to walk around. --Jonathan, Kansas City, MO Dec 17, 2005 See all quick tips from our users For prices and availability, please enter dates below. 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Eye of Hawaii - Hawaiian Music M usic is just about as important as food in Hawaii. You will never go to any gathering where music is not heard. It is part of island life. And this is an aspect of Hawaii you do not want to miss out on. Don't let the fact that some of it is in a language you don't understand scare you away or make you feel like an outsider. It's beauty and joy and humor will transcend this if you let it. For many people Hawaiian music is Don Ho, ukulele and steel guitar. They have only heard the hotel music of Hawaii. But there is much more. The traditional ki ho'alu (slack key) and falsetto style is still alive, actually enjoying a renaissance, but then so is all music of the islands. There is Hawaiian reggae, called Jawaiian, as well as pop and rock performers. Some of these artists, like Keali'i Reichel and Hapa, and recently Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, have made some inroads on the mainland. Below I've listed some of my favorites to get you started on your way to appreciating the new and traditional sounds of Hawaii. The Ka'au Crater Boys Basically the guitar and ukulele duo of Ernie Cruz and Troy Fernande z, aided by various sidemen, doing upbeat and catchy pop/country/jawaiian, in other words, good-time music. Tight harmonies and arrangements but the outstanding feature is Fernandez' incredible, hot-licks ukulele. My favorite album, On Fire , featuring North Shore, Opihi Man, House at Pooh Corner and the incredible title song. Hapa Anothe r incredible duo, Keli'i Kaneali'i and Barry Flanagan, joined by superior studio musicians and several well-known friends. The word "hapa" in Hawaiian means half, but is used to describe a person of half Hawaiian, half haole heritage. This music is just that. If you are an acoustic guitar fan you're in for a real treat. Beautiful, haunting melodies and harmony as well as thoughtful lyrics, some in Hawaiian, some in English. I highly recommend both of these albums. Also, Hapa always provides excellent liner note and lyrics with translations so you can listen to a song sung in Hawaiian and get the full impact of what these talented musicians are saying. This music is a rare expression of the real Hawaii, updated and modernized, but faithful to the roots of Hawaiian music. These two albums shown here, the self-titled Hapa , and In the Name of Love are must-haves. I like too many songs to pick favorites, but one standout for pure imagination is In the Name of Love (yes, the U2 song) wherein they combine Martin Luther King's famous speech with an oli, a Hawaiian chant. Gives me chicken skin every time. Keali'i Reichel Where does one start with this phenom? Reichel has almost single-handedly brought Ha waiian music, real Hawaiian music, into the mainstream. A tremendous showman, gifted singer and player, he is backed by lush arrangements and flawless production. His style is quite varied, b ut he always includes and oli and sings some songs in Hawaiian and some in English. He even covers some show tunes periodically, but his tender, sincere ballads will always be my favorites. I also appreciate this man as a human being, especially for his selfless devotion to promoting the Hawaiian language and the constant support he provides Na Punana Leo, our Hawaiian language immersi on program. He probably plays more free concerts to benefit our children than anyone else. And this concern for olelo Hawaii is evident in his music, which is consistantly praised for its faithful use of Hawaiian. Like Hapa, he always includes very detailed liner notes and lyrics, even explaining the kauna , the hidden meaning, of some of his songs. These are three of my favorite albums, Lei Hali'a, Kawaipunahele and E O Mai . The title song E O Mai will always be one of my favorites. I can now almost listen to it without tearing up. Don Tiki Here's so mething completely different. This band has faithfully, though with tongue firmly planted in cheek, recreated the lounge music of Hawaii that was so popular in the 50s, right down to the birdcalls. The musicianship is absolutely first-rate, and there are several guest artists like Martin Denny, king of schmaltzy piano, as well as Teresa Bright and Jimmy Borges. I can imagine being in a backyard luau in Cincinatti, circa 1953, with tiki torches blazing listening to this great stuff. By the way, the band leader goes by Perry Coma. With songs like Occasional Man, Barbi in Bali, Maidenhair Fern, Clutch Cargo Cult and Bam-Boozled you can understand why this CD is titled The Forbidden Sounds of Don Tiki . It was recorded in "pulsating polynesian polyphonics" by the way. Gary Haleamau Local Kona boy and very good musician, as well as a wonderful person. Known primarily for his almost inhuman falsetto ability, Gary is also an excellent slack key player. His music is much more in the traditional style and is almost all in Hawaiian. This is my favorite album of his, Ho'opomaika'i . Oh yeah, he also yodels like a madman. Favorite song: E Ku'u Lei, E Ku'u Ipo . The Pahinui Brothers All the brothers are great on their own, but this particular album is one of my favorites. Bla, Cyril and Martin just sound so good. This is a combination of slack key, blues and Hawaiian traditional and somehow it works great. My favorite song is Jealous Guy . Wonderful vocals. If you like this be sure and check out their huge selection of solo albums, too. And don't forget Gabby. Peter Moon Peter Mo on has been around a long time and has more albums out than I can remember. He tends to rock a bit more than a lot of his contemporaries and has a rougher, more gravelly singing voice. a good introduction to Peter Moon is his Greatest Hits Collection #1 , featuring Slack Key Samba, Slack Key Minor Blues , Unchained Melody and my personal fave, Chinatown . Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Brother Iz left us in 1997 after succombing to morbid obesity. He will always be re membered here for his warmth, his self-deprecating humor and his talent as a singer and gifted ukulele player. I remember seeing Brother Iz at the Keahole airport shortly before his death, and though he could only walk with extreme effort and even performed with oxygen, he never stopped. Recently his music has gotten some mainland attention with the release of the movie, Hannibal , in which his version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow is heard. It's unfortunate that people are only now discovering this literally huge talent. He was a gentle soul and Hawaiian through and through. I love all his albums, but have picked this live one, Iz, the Man and His Music , released posthumously, because it has so many of my favorites, like N Dis Life, E Ala E and Maui, Hawaiian Suppa Man . By the way, his name, Kamakawiwo'ole means fearless eyes . We will miss him. There are dozens of other artists and groups worth noting, and new ones appearing all the time. Some others to check out are Sista Robi Kahakalau, Bruddah Walter, Willie K., Harold Kama, Jr., Walter Boy Tavares, Cecilio & Kapono, The Cazimero Brothers, Keola Beamer, Teresa Bright, Brother Noland, Ken Emerson, Fiji, Makaha Sons, Na Leo Pilimehana, Sean Na'auao, B.B. Shawn, Sunday Manoa just to name a few more. For the best on-line selection of Hawaiian music I have ever seen, plus music books and even hula info, check out this site: Mele.com Hawaiian Music Island . They should have every CD I've described and a few thousand more.

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