Holiday Inn Express Waikiki
The HawaiiGuide Read: The breakfast-included utility play on Kūhiō Avenue's western blocks: breakfast and WiFi in the rate, a pool on the deck, and the beach a few blocks off. Around 3.9 across more than 3,200 reviews lands in the island's bottom fifth — not a knock on the formula, just what the score says about the rooms themselves.
Best for: budget-minded travelers who'll eat the included breakfast and be gone all day. Skip it if: the room matters to your trip; the gap to the strip's mid-tier hotels is real, and you'll feel it in person, not just on paper.
Our read: you're buying logistics and a free meal, not a hotel you'll remember — which for plenty of trips is exactly the right purchase. Context: our Waikīkī area guide.
How we write these: we look at the performance data across the whole spectrum of Hawaii properties — guest ratings, review patterns, location, value — and tell you our honest findings. Some booking links earn us a commission at no cost to you; the read itself isn't for sale.
