Best Western The Plaza Hotel

We had an overnight transit stop at Honolulu airport before flying to Kona the next morning and opted for the Best Western. The location is great, about a half-mile from the terminal. It is easy enough to walk if you know where you’re going, but there is also a free shuttle that runs approximately every 30min. The room was fairly spacious, clean and comfortable, with cable TV and good free Wifi internet. The main criticism was that there was a lot of road noise, as it is situated very close to the elevated Nimitz Highway and there is no double glazing to block the sound. We kept checking the windows to make sure they weren’t open as there was so much noise entering the room. We woke up to road noise quite a few times during the night. The hotel has a small and poorly equipped fitness room which we didn’t even bother trying to use, instead opting for an in-room cardio circuit session before our flight. There are a number of decent restaurants about a block away, including an IHOP, Dunkin Donuts, Big Kahuna’s Pizza, and Ninja Sushi. In the morning, the hotel served a reasonable, free breakfast buffet. For an overnight transit stop, I thought this was a pretty reasonable hotel. less

Mercy was my cleaning lady and what a pleasure she is. She keeps my room clean and stocked. She was very nice and sweet. Any time I needed something she never got upset or frustrated with us a family of 4 two big teenagers and 2 adults. I would return and recommend this hotel because the breakfast was great, they have parking , clean rooms with no odor and my girl Pretty Mercy. Thanx less

This 12-story hotel is very close to the airport and has a great free airport shuttle that runs every 30 minutes. The staff was very nice, our room was spacious, and there was a very good free breakfast! In addition, you can walk to several fast food restaurants or an I-HOP nearby. HOWEVER, the very noisy Nimitz Freeway is on two sides of the hotel and literally right above some of the rooms located around the pool. Be sure to ask for a quiet room in the back of the hotel! Our room, #1120, was very quiet. It was located in the back corner of the hotel on the 11th floor with big windows (you could even see the ocean in the distance), but the freeway was front and center when you looked toward the mountains! The hotel was a good spot for an overnight stay before a flight, but I would be very careful about the room location! See the attached pictures rather than the professional ones. less

Yes it's close to the airport but take the extra time and stay somewhere else. The hotel is literally underneath the freeway. We chose this because we had an early morning departure but none of us slept so we'd have been better off to stay further from the airport. The only way to block out the traffic noise was to keep the loud window A/C running and the room smelled a gym locker. The front desk staff and shuttle drivers were all pleasant but the less

The hotel has been given a superficial refresh without actually updating anything. Stains everywhere in common areas, bad smells, very noisy. The airport shuttle was nice, but we paid SO MUCH less to stay at 4-star hotels the remainder of our trip. This was not a food value. less