Hokondo Waikiki Beachside Hostel, Honolulu

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2556 Lemon Road Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, 96815, 808-923-9566

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at the Hokondo Waikiki Beachside Hostel, Honolulu
Hawaii, Briefly

So, it begins again. The long-ass flights, the not knowing what time it is. . . or caring. Boston to O'Hare--I got there at 7:50 in the morning. Luckily, in Chicago, they serve booze that early, so I got a Bloody Mary and some eggs and sausage at a Wolfgang Puck operation--cost me 25 dollars. Actually, now that the airlines are charging for. . . everything, I just figured out that I spent over 100 dollars just in the process of getting from my house to Honolulu, not including, of course, the ...

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States 12thousand500
Is there a cockroach in my bag??? eek!

Aloha from Hawaii. After a delay at Nadi airport i finally arrived in Honolulu at the same time as Nat (who flew in from Seattle) and we caught the shuttle to Waikiki Beachside Hostel in Waikiki! Where we waited for Holly (flying from England) to join us. (These are my 2 best friends from Uni Ski Team). Wailuku - MAUI Day 2 we flew to the island of Maui where we checked into the hippy hostel, Banana Bungalows, a quaint little place in the middle of nowhere really but home to us for the next 5...

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States atollafield
Aloha!

Surfing, hula dancing, garlands, 'alohas' and 'mahalos'. The Hawaii of legends, of dreams - my dreams specifically. I've wanted to go to Hawaii for as long as I can remember and now I've been there, I'm left with an insatiable desire to go back. Words, and even pictures cannot begin to describe the beauty of Oahu - the towering mountains covered in lush green carpets of trees, the crystal-clear sea water, the stunningly beautiful women walking around the CBD in their bikinis, the most lucky s...

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States bobsonthegreat
Hawaii

So I left Sydney on Monday afternoon to fly to Hawaii Honolulu in the USA I was 11 hours in front of the UK when I was in Australia and when I landed in Hawaii I was now 10 hours behind the UK so I arrived in Hawaii on Monday morning which felt very weird as I left Australia Monday afternoon so I ended up having 2 Monday's.

When I arrived at the airport I was greeted by everyone saying "ALOHA" everyone was friendly and I was very excited after so many year of dreaming about going to Am...

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States chazzer100
Hawaii Islands

Arrived in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. Our hostel the Hokondo Waikiki Beachside was a bit of a baptism of fire - a very crowded 8 bed dorm - and we both had top bunks! It was right in the heart of Waikiki and had free breakfast of toast and coffee. We spent our 2 days walking everywhere in light but persistent rain enjoying the sites and climbed to the highest part of the diamond head volcanic crater. It was a very strenuous climb and a beautiful view but very sad because I dropped my dig...

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States heatheravan
Waikiki Wishful Thinking

So its a beautiful day in Waikiki. I am staying at a hostel that is 200 meters from the beach. The water is clear, the waves are the right size, and the water is warm. The women are incredibly beautiful (much more so than the Big Island), and by beautiful I mean distractingly, Can't help but notice, drop dead gorgeous. Most importantly, the blood marys down at the Cheeseburger in Paridise are to die for. There is just one problem: I cant do anything fun at the beach like sunbathe or swim. Now...

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States justinoxxii
Hawaii :)

Longest day in the history of the world. Flew from Charlottetown to Montreal to Denver to Honolulu. About 12-14 hours of flying. I'm unable to do math at this point. Flight from Mon- Den was 50 minutes late leaving. That made my hour and 4 minutes between flights in Denver more like 16 minutes. Not cool. The stewardess gave me the closest seat to the front possibly right before we landed and then 3 of us took off on an adventure of escalators, escalators, a train ride and more escalators. So ...

Waikiki, Hawaii, United States kc11
Oahu

Tuesday 4th March 2008 The flight from Fiji to Hawaii crossed the timeline so I gained a day... very strange! The flight was good. We stopped at Christmas Island. I managed to get 3 seats to myself so managed to sleep most of the 4 hr flight and I had a dream about what Christmas Island would be like. I had no idea and dreamt it to almost be like Disneyland!! I woke up to pretty flat, boring land... never mind! More people got on the plane here so I had to go back to my seat but it was ok. La...

Hawaii, United States nicola.carsons
Arrivée à Honolulu

Après environ 13 heures de vol, l'arrivée a Honolulu s'est bien déroulée. J'ai rencontré Cath à l'aéroport puisqu'elle arrivait une heure après moi. Fin d'après-midi à la Waikiki Beach question de profiter de notre arrivée à Hawaii et souper au food international market où l'on pouvait admirer un spectacle de danseuses hawaiienne hypey quétaine!!!

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States peltier
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States stuart007
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Historical Traveler Reviews of Hokondo Waikiki Beachside Hostel, Honolulu

Great Fun

from A TripAdvisor Member
Great place to stay. Staff is very outgoing and friendly. They took us out to show us around. Had lots of fun. A staff member even gave us free surfing lessons! Way to go guys! Wouldn't stay anyplace else.

Definitely not on my top 100 hostel list!

from A TripAdvisor Member
Over the years I have stayed in a lot of hostels in many countries. I found this place to be completely substandard. Places in impoverished countries beat the cleanliness of this place. The hostel has a lot of people living there and they don't seem to take a lot of pride in where they live. The management staff didn't really have much to offer in terms of what they are supposed to do. People seemed more interested in partying - which is okay to some degree. The problem is that there is not really a common area in which to hang out, so the residents hang out in the outdoor hallways. I stayed in a 4-person room (the "Hilton" side of the hostel). I found it to be very messy and feel that this was due to the fact that I was placed in a room with people who were residents and very settled in. Their stuff was everywhere! In proper hostels, people generally are respectful of their own personal space and stick to using it for storage of goods. I did not feel secure in leaving my belongings in the room as the residents in my room kept leaving the bloomin' door open so that they could socialize with friends on the "shanty town" side of the hostel. There were no lockers in which to store my belongings (e.g. passport, flight ticket). I think that I have made my point. Little to offer and I won't do it again despite the 25$ price. People would be better off to stay in an Internationally approved youth hostel.

Not Recommended

from A TripAdvisor Member
my boyfriend and i had never stayed in a hostel before and thought it would be really cool to share rooms with other travelers in Hawaii. When we arrrived we were very disgusted with what we saw. Our roomates were actually living in the hostel and were very messy. My boyfriend and I shared a semiprivate room and we couldn't even get the double bed we had booked so we had to push two twin beds together and sleep (how romantic). Our sliding glass door didn't even lock b/c it was broken. The bathrooms were horrible. I couldn't even bare to touch the walls when showering. The air conditioning in our room barely worked, our blankets were old and torn, the curtains were falling apart , and the room was not stocked with the proper dishes and silverware like we were expecting. Also we were not informed that we had to bring our own bath towels. The pictures of the hostel on the internet certainly did not reflect the actual rooms. It needs to be updated!!! On the bright side certain staff members were very friendly and helpful but i definantly would not recommend this place to anybody. The only good things i can say is the internet room was very useful and the hostel was very close to the beach. Nevertheless our room did not hold us back from having a great time in Hawaii!! We just stayed out as much as possible!

Gross

from A TripAdvisor Member
My sister booked this hostel so we had somewhere to stay while in Honolulu on the day of our arrival. Once we got upstairs to our room it smelt, there were cockroachs and the bathroom was disgusting. There was actually someone in the room, whom obviously hadnt payed their money because there were notes stuck to the front of our door saying that the water to our room will be turned off at 2pm that day and that locks will be changed ... (not a pleasant welcoming to Honolulu) I stayed out untill 9:30 that night finding a decent place to stay, and left this hostel at 9:35.. they could keep their $25 and the cockroaches. On our way out, the man that was actually staying in our room was asking everyone for money...when approached i couldnt help but laugh then walk away...as im sure if he hadnt spent all his money on beer he would be unable to pay is rent ... how do i know this .. the floor of this particular room in the hostel where we were allocated was overflowing with empty beer bottles ... classy!

Maybe a room check before booking people in... Im sure the other people in the hostel we great and nice people but i didnt stick around long enough to find out! The people at the front desk actually admitted to us that the hostel was NOTHING like the internet site on our departure ... bad move guys!

Sociable, friendly and flirty

from A TripAdvisor Member
Nice prices, excellent location, really friendly and warm people staying here, not to clean and did have some problem with bedbugs, the semi-private room much better, I'll go back!

So much fun

from A TripAdvisor Member
i had never stayed at a hostel before, so this was my first time.

i found it to be so much fun, i stayed in a 4 bedroom room, the rooms have hot showers, your own TV, stove and kitchen.I got there at midnight and because there is no curfew which is great i went out, you can come and go as you please.

There is a huge big screen TV in the common area down stairs, with lounges, tables and chairs.

the hostels in 1 minute walk from the beach, which is great and like 3 minutes walk from the clubs.

Just around the corner there is a convenient store which sells everything.The hostel has an internet cafe, and storage lockers.

when i was there, there was a lot of young people but me also being young i had a great time.

do it stay at the waikiki beachside hostel, it's an unbelievable goodtime.

Nice place

from A TripAdvisor Member
really nice place! the staff were the coolest and the facilities were great. huge TV, free breakfast,surf board rentals, good looking staff, and an overall positive place to hang around in. the people are brilliant met people from all over the world and would love to go back if i had the chance. the beach is only 5 minutes from your doorstep and the car rental place in next door. i do recommend goin in the rooms with single beds aposed to bunks though.

All right

from A TripAdvisor Member
I stayed there with my family in the last of the private rooms. Although now there is only facilities for semi private and dorm accommodation. Overall it wasn't too bad, it got a bit noisy, but after speaking to management they tried to quiet down (partly successful). The cleanliness of the rooms could be of a higher standard (basically - empty your bin - and give the floor a quick wipe with a wet mop), but quite ok it your not too fussy. The staff were OK, polite but needed a bit of prompting if you were after something. Of course, they have free local phonecalls and cheap parking for your vehicle - so that's a bonus. It located close to the beach so if you are not too concerned about the issues I've raised, its a suitable budget place.

It is alright

from chong
I stayed in the hostel on 16th - 19th May 2004.

4 person dorm was okay. (USD25 per day)

the floor was clean.

bathroom was alright if your are easy to satisfied.

the bed got no bugs. bedsheets were clean.

kitchen was a bit dirty as my roommates cooked frequently but did not wash the dishes immediately.

one of my roommates often did not close the door tightly (card lock type door) - that made me feeling a bit insecured, when i was sleeping.

reception was friendly.

i did not need airport pick-up shuttle, so i don't know if it is good or not.

But the reception staff helped me book shuttle bus to the airport one day in advance, when i check-out, that's nice! (fee:USD1)

shuttle to the airport costs USD6, only one bus per hour (e.g. 8:40am, 9:40am, 10:40am...)

there was a phone in a 4 ppl dorm.

Hokondo Waikiki Beachside Hostel kicks ass

from A TripAdvisor Member
Having traveled many places around the world, you will never find a place like Beachside. This hostel offers everything a full service hotel does at a fraction of the price. This place is the cleanest, nicest, and most enjoyable place to stay -especially if your a backpacker like me that is into meeting all sorts of folks. THis place rocks!!!

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