@ Marbella Lane Studio, 15 steps from the Beach, 11 mins from the Airport

The best thing about this studio apt is the location. It’s only a block from the beach, and has a lovely view of Diamondhead and the coast to the east. The views are great, especially from the tenth floor deck. There are lots of stores and restaurants nearby. There’s parking at the zoo across the street. This is a tiny apartment, best for one person. The bed is comfortable, there have been some recent fix-ups, and pretty much everything works. The hotel staff is helpful. While other hotel guests get their room cleaned every day, you have to pay 100 for one cleaning. The downsides: it’s incredibly noisy. This a very densely touristy area so you can hear drunks shouting all night long, motorcycles revving, and loud music (sometimes two different venues at once). The bus line runs right under your window, there are early trash pickups, and the birds nesting outside on the ledge will wake you up at 5:45. The other downside: the management is poor. They never answer their phone, even when VRBO tried to talk to them. There were two problems while I was there, and my complaints were met with “I’ll have my team look into it” and then nothing happened. I really had to pester them to get the WiFi fixed. I was there for work and really needed the WiFi! Then there were those birds. They screech all the time and peck loudly on the wood or AC. Nesting materials, feathers and bird poo fell in under the AC unit. But “I’ll have my team look into it.”

Nice, clean room, great communication with the host. Great view of Diamond Head. Close to everything but on a quiet side of town.

I can get past the Home Depot bucket in the corner by the AC unit. What I can’t get past is you stocked a room for my 30 day stay as if I were staying for 5. The countless emails to get an extra set of sheets and a few more towels spanning 5 days and 2 different deliveries could have been avoided if you put a little thought into your rentals. Once that was straightened out, how can you go wrong visiting such a beautiful place and best location! In the end, it’s all good. Mahalo.

air conditioner not working well, and then it finally spilled over water onto the floor, which we had to clean up, and we were given a lovely large Home Depot bucket for the water to drain in for the remainder of our stay. we noticed all the chords under the bed. This place has not been maintained poorly..to a set of false eyelashes and tangled in my supposedly clean comforter, to the visit of little cockroaches, to the TV not working until the last 3 days of our 10 day stay. They had to bring in a whole new TV. This room looked super cute in the picture, but there has been a failure to maintain anything in the room. The refrigerator was nice and cold, however. Also forgot to mention that there was a bar three stories below that had the most god-awful thumping house music you’ve ever heard. There were two nights, however, that they were closed and we were grateful for this. We would have left had the location not been good and we had already planned out our activities..

The host and hotel communicated extremely well—from the time I booked, to arrival, and even when we had a few questions after check-in. Both were great to work with.The unit was in a fantastic location just a few steps from the beach. The room layout worked well, and we were able to prep most of our meals in the room before heading out for the day. The large refrigerator, stovetop, and microwave were perfect for that.My only complaint—also noted in other reviews—is the air conditioner. It cooled the room effectively, but it leaked constantly. One day it soaked our bags and clothes that were near the window, which was very disappointing. Water ran across the floor and pooled near the sitting ledge. This really needs to be addressed.I would recommend this unit if the air-conditioning issue is fixed.