Well firstly I booked another hotel the Resort Quest for our trip to the pro bowl, however 5 days before we departed I had a letter stating they were overbooked and we had been upgraded to a 4 star hotel..
We arrived ar our Hotel really pleased as the outrigger is in the centre of the main street.. right in the thick of it..
Sadly I don't know if this was cos its pro bowl week but we had paid for a ocean view and only got partly one.. we mentioned to the staff but of course they were booked out.. We were also next to the ice machine!! Very loud!
Those however are the only 2 negatives regarding the whole trip.
We got free breakfast every morning at the self service DUKES.. Being english and very fussy I was worried but I didn't have to be the choice was fantastic and everthing seemed really fresh, As a massive bonus the restuarant is on the beach front so you could watch the early morning surfers as you eat..
Me and my husband are saving to go again however if you are flying from England I recommend a short stop , we didn't and after a trip which took 23 hrs including stops the jet lag was so so bad..
I also suggest to all doing some trips we managed 2 one whale watching which was fab and also a trip in the rainforest..

I cannot wait to go back!!!

We loved this hotel. It is located right in the middle of everything you would want to do when visiting Waikiki. We were on the 14th floor with a partical ocean front room. The room was large enough and we were very satisfied with all the amenities offered. The free long distance calls and interenet service were a plus. We didn't find it excessively noisy-the walls are a bit thin and you do hear the AC-but we are light sleepers and this didn't bother us a bit. In fact, the beds are so comfortable that we slept like babies each night. They were out of king beds so they put the 2 doubles together to make a HUGE bed-we loved it! We ate at Dukes and the Hula grill-both very good. There are a lot of stores in the hotel-we loved that too. It is hustle and bustle here-but we loved it! If you want a quiet hotel with not a lot going on then don't choose this Outrigger but if you want a hotel with a great beach, plenty to do and very accomodating staff then this is the place for you. We would choose this hotel hands down for our next visit to Oahu.

My husband, son (19) and I just returned from Honolulu at the end of last week and had gone to Turtle Bay Resort for the first part of the trip and then decided to spend 3 nights in Waikiki at the Outrigger. We really enjoyed ourselves. The service was excellent in the resort as well as in Duke's, the restaurant, on the premises. We ate breakfast there one day, dinner their one night and lunches every day. You couldn't beat the ocean view from Duke's. Our room was a partial ocean view. It was fine except there wasn't a full bathtub--only a half-bath with shower. Everything was very well maintained but could do with a facelift. The lounges around the pool were a little tired and unfortunately there were no umbrellas around the pool if you wanted shade. You would have to rent them on the beach for $50U.S. The location on Waikiki Beach was perfect. Lots to look at in the evenings after dinner--shopping etc. One of the things we appreciated most about the Outrigger was that they gave us a room to shower and get ready for our late flight on our last day. We weren't flying out until 1:30 a.m. and had to check out in the morning so they stored our luggage and when we were ready to shower and leave they gave us a room for 30 minutes to get ready. This was wonderful. Would recommend this resort for those wanting to take in Waikiki Beach!

Yes, location is good if you want central Waikiki, but the following pitfalls would make us stay somewhere else next time:

* Walls are paper thin (this is quite true). Could hear conversations next door).
* Initial room with adjoining door let in a ridiculous amount of noise.
* Rooms on Cheesecake Factory side do get a lot of noise from the outside aircon vents.
* Door to room did not have adequate seals (letting in light and noise from outside hallway).
* First room had wet patch on carpet in inside hallway.

Overall, it is an overpriced hotel that tries to pass itself off as 5 star, which it is not. One should not have to request another room because of all of the above problems when such rooms cost US$250 a night. Location alone is not enough.