Way closer to the beach than we imagined! While the apartment was a little tired it was comfortable and great to be able to do your own thing, whenever! We had a partial ocean view - which also looked over the golf course and up into the mountains - very peaceful! Keiko on reception was just lovely and very helpful. The guy who did the car rentals was also very helpful and found us a great deal for 3 days!

My husband and I stayed in Waikiki for our honeymoon. After researching the area and other hotels we went with the Aston Pacific Monarch. The one bedroom suite was spacious and had everything we needed to cook meals. The lanai was a nice touch as well. No need for a car here, you are a 3 minute walk to the beach and restaurants. Rent a scooter, motorcycle or car for the day to explore other parts of the island.

Some complaints that I have is that they put us in an old room with two double beds the first night we arrived. The front desk was very helpful and set us up in an updated room the next day when it was available. The cleaning service is lacking; they come daily to make your bed and replace towels, other than that, you are on your own. Make sure you can find some cleaner for the kitchen table etc.

Overall, I would recommend this hotel, and would absolutely stay here again. Make sure to go to Germaine's Luau. Make a reservation at Dukes restaurant at 6:00 to watch the sunset as well; they have a great salad bar and menu with reasonably priced items.

w.e just stayed in room 802 very nice room and views.Close to garbage chute only drawback.New caprets in hallways that are covered in plastic ugly look but why ruin new carpets as renos are going on .Hotel does need some work but is very clean and staff very helpfull.Just make sure you get a renovated room other rooms that arnt are not nice everything worn out and smelly.But i would recommend to stay here it is noisy close to street but its a city what do you excpect .We stayed from jan 6 to 22 2012.

We stayed at the Pacific Monarch for 3 days just after Christmas. We had five 1 bedroom suites for our group and were on floors 26, 31, etc. I couldn't believe the views. We paid for only 1 ocean view, and 4 city views, but received all great ocean views. I was really impressed with this. The downside: except for the higher priced "Ocean View" with a King Bed, the other 4 rooms had 2 twins in the bedroom. This was a bit of a surprise and not everyone was pleased. We did exchange one suite for a queen bed and they were accommodating with what was available. They gave us 1 room for late check out which was really helpful on our departure day. The location was very nice. The "renovated" rooms were extremely nice. I viewed an unrenovated room,,, not so nice. If you book direcly with Aston, they generally can guarantee a renovated. At least this is what they told me. And I got what I asked for. Renovations are ongoing, leaving hallways yukky. Garbage shute was broken while we were there and the odor was a little unpleasant in the hallways. No problem with elevators (knock on wood). But they are a little slow. Roof top pool was very plain but the view was outstanding. We really enjoyed our stay. I would have no problem recommending this property.