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The Royal Hawaiian

Area: Waikiki

5 Star: 5 Star

The Pink Palace of the Pacific that made Waikiki famous

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Hotel Rating:
5 Star
  • Beachfront resort
    This iconic resort, reopened in 2009 after an extensive renovation, is located on the sands of central Waikiki, within the Royal Hawaiian Center on Kalakaua Avenue.
  • Luxurious oasis
    Guests of The Royal Hawaiian enjoy the weekly "Aha Aina, A Royal Celebration", two outdoor pools, a private beach, tropical garden, and health spa with outdoor cabanas. The oceanfront Azure restaurant serves fresh seafood.
  • Modern retreats
    Located in the original Historic Building or modern Royal Beach Tower, all 529 guestrooms offer iPod-compatible clocks, LCD TVs with premium channels, high-speed Internet access, and compact refrigerators.
What to Expect:
  • Emerging from a multimillion-dollar re-imagination The Pink Palace of the Pacific boasts new beachfront and poolside cabanas, adult only and family pools, exclusive beach experiences and authentic cultural programming. Hugging a 12-acre tropical garden with tranquil health spa, the Royal Hawaiian opens to a stately lobby reminiscent of the 1920s, when the hotel was originally built. Set on a private stretch of Waikiki Beach, the pink-themed hotel is popular with couples, families, and business travelers.
Amenity Highlights:
  • On Monday evenings, the oceanfront lawn becomes the stage for Aha Aina, a Royal Celebration Hawaiian show (surcharge). Other dining options include an oceanfront restaurant serving contemporary island cuisine, a poolside bar, and a lounge offering appetizers and live Hawaiian music nightly.
Insider Tip:
  • Within five miles of the hotel at Honolulu Harbor's Pier 7, the Hawaii Maritime Center (surcharge) explores the history of the islands with museum exhibits, a Polynesian sailing canoe, and a four-masted, full-rigged ship.

Location:

2259 KALAKAUA AVENUE
HONOLULU, HI 96815
United States

Region: 
  • Waikiki
  • Airport:

    Honolulu International HNL
  • The Royal Hawaiian's 529 guestrooms are located in the six-story Historic Building and the 17-story Royal Beach Tower. Rooms feature luxury bedding, iPod-compatible clock radios, and LCD TVs with premium channels. Other amenities include high-speed Internet access (surcharge), compact refrigerators, and in-room safes. Royal Beach Tower rooms also have coffee/tea makers, ocean-view lanais, and contemporary decor, and include access to a guest lounge. Rooms in the Historic Building have modern furnishings and marble bathrooms. All guestrooms offer bathrobes.
  • Garden View E -

    Overlooking the hotel's lush gardens and grand entryway, this exquisite guest room features a bold and indulgent design with a plush Luxury Collection bed as a centerpiece, a sitting area with armchairs, flat screen cable television with movie channels, an expansive work desk, high-speed Internet access, an iPod dock alarm clock, and luxurious full bath amenities.

  • Royal Grove D -

    Offering a private sanctuary and quiet escape, this exquisitely appointed guest room overlooks Helumoa, the former playground of Hawaiian royalty, now the hotel's tranquil Coconut Grove gardens. This guest room features a plush Luxury Collection king bed, sitting area with armchairs, flat screen cable television with movie channels, a work desk, high-speed Internet access, and full bath amenities.

  • Royal Garden Junior Suite X -

    Enchanting and evocative of timeless glamour, this junior suite in the resort's Historic Building offers an inviting expanse to relax. Beautiful views of the resort's tranquil Coconut Grove and lush gardens are just outside your window. The junior suite features a bold and indulgent design with our plush luxury bedding as the centerpiece, a sitting area with armchairs, 37" flat panel LCD television with movie channels, a large work desk, high-speed Internet access, an iPod compatible alarm clock, and luxurious full bath amenities.

  • Royal Partial Ocean-View -

    Enjoy partial ocean and Waikiki Beach views to awaken your spirits and engage your curiosity. This guest room features a plush Luxury Collection king bed, sitting area with armchairs, flat screen cable television with movie channels, a work desk, high-speed Internet access, and full bath amenities.

  • Garden Suite -

    Overlooking the serenity of the resort's lush tropical gardens, this exquisite suite features a bold and indulgent design centered around our plush luxury bedding. The suite has armchairs for relaxed conversation, 37" flat panel LCD television with movie channels, a work desk equipped with a printer with faxing and scanning capabilities, an iPod dock alarm clock, high-speed Internet access, and a luxurious full line of bath amenities.

  • Royal Ocean Front C -

    This alluring and palatial oceanfront room in the Historic Building offers stunning views of world-famous Waikiki Beach and the azure Pacific Ocean. Bold and indulgent design is accompanied by exquisitely appointed details - our signature Luxury Collection bed, sitting area with armchairs, flat screen cable television with movie channels, a large work desk, high-speed Internet access, an iPod dock alarm clock, and luxurious full bath amenities.

  • Tower Ocean Front B -

    Quiet, warm and spacious. Carved teak furnishings, woven wicker, bamboo and rattan accent the fresh garden color palette of the room. The second floor of the suite features a palatial bathroom with a soaking tub, steam shower with a rain shower head, opulent vanity and luxurious spa amenities to accommodate in-room spa treatments. The bathroom is covered in rich travertine stone floors complementing the mosaic glass accent wall in the shower. A spacious living room and lanai on the main floor opens to a view of the pool and sparkling Pacific Ocean.

  • Royal Ocean Junior Suite A -

    This palatial and exquisitely-appointed guest room in the Historic Building features a bold and indulgent design and added expanse of a stylish sitting area with sofa chairs. Our signature luxury bedding evokes refined relaxation with added accoutrements including a flatscreen cable television with movie channels, a large work desk, high-speed Internet access, an iPod compatible alarm clock, and luxurious bath amenities.

  • Island Spa Suite -

    The Royal Hawaiian's spa suites provide a singular purpose - essential pampering. Serenity surrounds you as you enter the suite. The ambiance is modern Zen mingled with the mood of the islands - quiet, warm and spacious. A spacious living room and lanai on the main floor opens to a view of the pool and sparkling Pacific Ocean. Close your eyes and nap in a cabana day bed while enjoying a spa treatment on the lanai. The everyday mundane melts into a most memorable experience - luxury like this is essential to living an extraordinary life.

  • Royal Ocean Suite -

    ffering views of the majestic Pacific Ocean, our Royal Ocean suites offer updated, plush designs in a room built with the sophisticated glamour of the 1920’s. Your discovery of Waikiki begins with opulence including our signature Luxury Collection bedding, sitting area with armchairs, flat screen cable television with movie channels, a work desk equipped with a printer with faxing and scanning capabilities, an iPod dock alarm clock, high-speed Internet access, and indulgent full line of bath amenities to relax after a day of island discovery.

  • Tower Ocean Suite -

    Draw inspiration from your view of the Pacific's cool, clear waters from the Tower Ocean Suite. Calm your spirit and reflect on the day's adventures in our luxury bedding. Discuss your daily plans for our island paradise in your own sitting area with armchairs. Reconnect to the world with a flat-screen cable television, a work desk, an iPod compatible alarm clock, and high-speed Internet access or escape into relaxation with our bath amenities.

  • Queen Ka'ahumanu Suite -

    The classic and modern converge with Hawaiian and Asian influences in The Royal Hawaiian's Queen Ka'ahumanu Suite.

  • Royal Hawaiian Suite -

    Open the door to The Royal Hawaiian's Presidential Suite and step into another world - a world aromatic and evocative of Moroccan romance and glamour.

Room Amenities: 
  • Air conditioning
  • Bathrobes
  • Cable/satellite TV
  • Climate control
  • Clock radio
  • Complimentary toiletries
  • Cribs (infant beds) available
  • Electronic/magnetic keys
  • Extra towels/bedding in room
  • Hair dryer
  • Housekeeping
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding available
  • In-room safe
  • Internet access - dial-up
  • Internet access - high speed
  • Internet access - surcharge
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Multi-line phone
  • Non-smoking rooms
  • Pay movies
  • Premium bedding
  • Refrigerator
  • Rollaway beds
  • Turndown service
  • Video-game console
  • Voice mail
  • Wake-up calls
  • Window opens

Property Amenities

  • Adjacent to the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center, the oceanfront Royal Hawaiian celebrates a bygone era with modern service and amenities.

    The Monday-night Aha Aina, a Royal Celebration, on the oceanfront lawn includes a Hawaiian show (surcharge), and three restaurants and bars provide ocean views. Nightly Hawaiian music is offered on a poolside terrace.

    In addition to an outdoor splash pool, guests enjoy a health spa (surcharge) with garden cabanas and a beauty salon. A section of the adjacent beach is roped off for private guest use.

    Self-guided walking tours are available of the hotel's tropical garden.

    Wireless Internet access is available in the hotel's public areas (surcharge).

    Guests have access to the fitness center, supervised children's program, and business center at the adjacent Sheraton Waikiki; fees apply.

    The Royal Hawaiian participates in the Sheraton Stay at One, Dine at All program, in which guests have signing privileges at three companion hotels in Waikiki.

    Valet parking:
    $33 per 24-hour period. Covered parking garage with in/out privileges.
    Fee does not include tax and is subject to change without prior notification.

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM/banking
  • Audio-visual equipment
  • Babysitting/Childcare
  • Ballroom(s)
  • Banquet facilities
  • Bar/lounge
  • Beauty services
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Business services
  • Complimentary newspapers in lobby
  • Concierge desk
  • Concierge services
  • Conference room(s)
  • Currency exchange
  • Doorman/doorwoman
  • Dry cleaning service
  • Elevator/lift
  • Event catering
  • Express check-in/check-out
  • Full-service health spa
  • Gift shop or newsstand
  • Hair salon
  • Internet access in public areas - surcharge
  • Internet access in public areas - wireless
  • Laundry facilities
  • Laundry service
  • Meeting room(s) (small groups)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Parking (surcharge)
  • Parking (valet)
  • Parking garage
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Private beach
  • Restaurant(s) in hotel
  • Room service (24 hours)
  • Safe-deposit box - front desk
  • Security guard
  • Shopping on site
  • Spa services on site
  • Supervised child care/activities
  • Swimming pool - outdoor
  • Tour assistance
  • Use of nearby fitness center (complimentary)
  • Wedding services
  • Wheelchair accessible

Policies

  • Starwood Preferred Guest points or related frequent traveler miles are not honored on guestrooms sold via this Web site.
    This hotel participates in the Sheraton Stay at One, Dine at All program, in which guests have signing privileges at three companion hotels in Waikiki.

    Extra person charges may apply depending on hotel policy.
    There are no room charges for children under 18 when occupying same room as adults and using existing beds in room. If additional bed (rollaway) is required, the additional person charge applies. There is no charge for a crib.
    Rollaway beds and cribs are available at no additional charge. Both are subject to availability and should be requested at the time of booking.
    Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required upon check-in for incidental charges.
    All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in.

    Cancellations and No-Shows:
    For cancellations received within 72 hours of arrival or for no-shows, a one-night cancellation fee, including room and tax, will be assessed.

  • Pets not allowed
Check-in time: 
  • 3 PM
Check-out time: 
  • 11 AM
  • Surf Lanai
    An upscale beachside restaurant, echoing the ambiance of the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, offering outdoor dining and contemporary island cuisine with a focus on local ingredients. Daily breakfast and à la carte lunch.
  • Royal Hawaiian Beach Club
    Poolside bar serving cocktails and light American fare such as salads, sandwiches, burgers, and snacks. Open from mid-morning until late afternoon.
  • Mai Tai Bar
    The Mai Tai Bar features handcrafted tropical cocktails in the afternoon and evenings along with cocktail-style finger food classics with a Hawaiian twist, from grilled coriander shrimp pizza to mai tai nachos, which include kalua pig, guacamole, sharp cheddar, kahuku corn, and black bean salsa. The Mai Tai bar also offer nightly Hawaiian entertainment.
  • Azure
    Azure is a specialty island seafood restaurant helmed by award-winning Chef Jon Matsubara. The Menu features locally caught fish selected each morning at daybreak from the Hawaii Fish Auction, the only one of its kind between Tokyo and Maine. Guests are invited to choose between high heat aromatic herb roasting or preparation with local flavors for this freshest of fish. The kona shellfish bowl, which includes lobster, prawns, clams, scallops, abalone mushrooms, konyaku noodle, kaffir lime & chile broth, is a menu highlight and a true indulgence for seafood lovers. Expert servers and sommeliers provide intuitive recommendations for the perfect wine pairing to accent the delicate flavors of the ocean.
  • In addition to an outdoor splash pool, the Royal Hawaiian provides a private, roped-off beach area. Rentals are available for water activities such as snorkeling, boogie boarding, catamaran sailing, and outrigger canoeing. A surfing school is also nearby.

    Guests have access to the fitness center and supervised children's programs at the adjacent Sheraton Waikiki; fees apply.

    A half-mile away, Kapiolani Park is home to tennis courts, sports fields, an archery range, and the Honolulu Zoo.

    Ala Wai Golf Course, a mile from the hotel, has an 18-hole course, driving range, and pro shop.

    The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.

  • Aerobics
  • Basketball
  • Bicycle rentals
  • Boat launch
  • Boating
  • Fishing
  • Golf - driving range
  • Golfing
  • Hiking/biking trails
  • Horse riding/rental
  • Jet skiing
  • Kayaking
  • Motor boating
  • Parasailing
  • Pilates classes/instruction
  • Racquetball/squash
  • Rowing or canoeing
  • Running track/path
  • Scooter/Moped Rentals
  • Scuba diving
  • Snorkeling
  • Surfing/boogie boarding
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Water skiing
  • Whale-watching
  • Yoga classes/instruction

$500 Air Credit with Sunsational Savings 3rd night free
Air Credit
Every 3rd Night FREE,
Daily a'la carte breakfast for two
Guaranteed upgrade at time of check-in
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$500 air credit
Every 3rd night free
Daily a’la carte breakfast for two
Guaranteed upgrade to a Royal Ocean-Front Room at time of check-in
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Other Names for the Royal Hawaiian in Waikiki
  • Royal Hawaiian |
  • Royal Hawaiian Honolulu |
  • Royal Hawaiian Hotel


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