Surfjack Hotel & Swim Club, Honolulu
Expert reviews
“In a quieter zone between the Ala Wai Canal and busy Waikiki, the midcentury design Surfjack Hotel & Swim Club charges $29 a day to each room for access to treats like hotel-branded bicycles, free morning coffee in the lobby and use of a beach tote and towels.”
Featured in New York Times’ 36 Hours in Honolulu.
What guests liked
- Excellent location
- Comfortable beds
- Friendly staff
- Great food
All you need to know
Located around the best tourist spots of Honolulu, the Surfjack is within 15-minute walks to Royal Hawaiian Center, Waikiki Aquarium, and other tourist attractions. Free bicycles are provided for easier travel accommodations. With raging reviews and guaranteed satisfaction, this hotel promises gratification
The incentive of having Downtown Honolulu is very near to the hotel is a mere invitation to experience vibrant art and culture. A similar place that exhibits the heritage of the city is Kaka’ako, Chinatown. Arguably Waikiki’s most famous tourist point is The International Market. The nightlife and feasting close to the lodging are likewise worth encountering, and a walk around the Waikiki seashore will leave you yearning a greater amount of the excellent city.
Each enchanting guestroom is intended to completely suit visitors with luxuries, for example, cooling appliances, Wi-Fi, a private gallery, and hand cleanser from The Indigenous Soap Company. Visitors can likewise move up to lodge style rooms updated to provide the true Waikiki experience with contemporary touches and beach culture vibes.
The Swim Club has a sun deck and an open-air pool to house all sorts of social engagements. A well-known Café Mahina and Suns, run by the prestigious chef Ed Kenney offers a more outdoor feel and additionally has a bar.
Location
Recent guest reviews
27 March 2024
Very good
Amenities
25 March 2024
Nice and chill hotel in Honolulu. Excellent service.
Location is good, room is cozy and the vibe is chill. Free parking is a credit. Excellent and pleasant customer service. ARVO coffee is great too.
No gym room and buffet breakfast
21 March 2024
good
location/staff
We can hear other guest from another room.
16 March 2024
We enjoyed our stay.
Staff is great, live mellow music in the evening, enjoyed dinner and drinks in hotel, bus stop nearby, complimentary coffee in in the morning!
room could be larger... no desk or chair except on balcony
15 March 2024
Very comfy. Great vibe at the whole hotel. Staff where lovely. A nice retreat from chaos of Waikiki
Room was great: a bedroom and living area. The bathroom was roomy and shower was excellent. Spacious closet space.
The couch wasn't very comfy which was only an issue when sitting trying to work. No desk or small table inside to work from. There was a small one on the balcony but would be nice to have one inside. Also would have loved bathrobes.
13 March 2024
Fabulous
The room was clean with a comfortable bed and a large lanai. The location of the hotel is accessible and centrally located, walking distance to several attractions. Great restaurant and bar at the hotel.
No parking on site
11 March 2024
Your Shaka Swim Club in Honolulu !
Am so impressed by this truly a chilled vibes club with swimming pool and it caters people of all ages. Staff are so friendly, often greet you as you go out and come back. Every evening there is live music you can sit and relax by the pool or in your balcony! Again that very special and relaxed swimming pool can be used throughout the day and night. I grow to love this place. I will not change to any other big hotels even for the same price. Thanks to Surf Jack Hotel Swim Club and staff !
The only pool view room they can give me is a custom made for disable guests. I have a massive folding chair in my shower area, which does not feel easy when taking a shower.
10 March 2024
Exceptional
Everything
Nothing
4 March 2024
I always have a pleasant stay at the Surfjack, which is why it’s my hotel of choice whenever I visit Oahu.
The Surfjack is my favorite hotel in Waikīkī, having a great location, free parking, comfortable rooms, live music in the evenings, and best of all a wonderful and friendly staff.
28 February 2024
Pretty damn cool.
The vibe of the Hotel is cool. The coffee at the coffee shop was bloody AWESOME.
22 February 2024
Overall very nice.
location and most of the facility was great. Never seen Jack the dog as advertised.
Bartenders could have been more friendly and took a long time to get drinks. There was only 1 guy that was friendly. Felt like being older, so I was the last to talk to and be served.
19 February 2024
clean tidy convienient
Quick easy access to busses, shops and beach. Great location!
18 February 2024
Lovely hotel, super location but not great for a family stay. Wouldn’t book again as a family but great for singles or c
Lovely helpful staff, nice pool, great shower and spacious room.
Hard floors in the room were really dirty. Asked for them to be mopped but still weren’t properly cleaned - walking barefoot in our room made our feet dirty. For kids the pool area was a bit dangerous. Even walking our child slipped multiple times as the polished concrete was extremely slippy when wet. I saw adults slip too.
17 February 2024
Surf Jack is a great place to stay. Not the fanciest of hotels but great place to lay down and relax
Great location, central to everything, within easy walking distance to beach etc..
Sand was at end of bed on first day and was still there when we left 7 days later. Bed was made up kind of funny. The sheets really didn't fit.
16 February 2024
Fabulous
Friendly and helpful staff. Excellent location.
12 February 2024
Fabulous
The staff is extremely nice and proactively offered us early check-in given our unexpected change of plan ( with room upgraded to 2 bed suites). The room is spacious and comfortable, and I highly recommend it to those who seeks a good value for money- good location, good design and sizable room.
9 February 2024
Great quiet hidden spot just off a Main Street!
Facility was charming with terrific onsite coffee cafe & pool & bar. Staff was super friendly & really helpful. Location was super central and yet also quiet at night - we had a great sleep on great beds & linens. The shower was really fabulous - great pressure, toiletries, very relaxing after such a long flight. The evening live music was terrific! Thanks everyone!
Sad we only booked one night here!
23 January 2024
Very good
Great vibe at pool. Friendly staff.
Noisy
23 January 2024
Relaxing, warm, inviting, fully satisfying, worthy of returning to someday.
We loved the staff and their friendliness and helpfulness. The live entertainment at night was wonderful. The food and drinks were delicious. Accessibility to the beach and other areas were just what we had hoped for.
Nothing noted.
21 January 2024
Great location and cozy
Pool and shower
Actually no
11 January 2024
Love love love ❤️ 1000% my go-to choice of accommodation in Honolulu, will recommend to anyone
- Location: great location. We've stayed at another hotel across from Waikiki beach, but that location wasn't as good as Surfer's for us because all the restaurants, cafes and shops are actually closer to Surfer's. - View: nothing beats the view of that pool... - Service: we got a room upgrade and ended up staying in a 2-bedroom suite, super spacious! Make all other rooms we've stayed at in Hawaii seemed small 😂
That we couldn't stay longer cause it was booked out.
10 January 2024
A pleasant winter vacation over the New Year. Everything was fine. Hotel was funky in a nice way.
Even though on vacation had to keep up with a little work. Would have liked to have a chair and small desk in the room.
7 January 2024
Classic case of you get what you pay for.
Location was good.
The room was tiny, very difficult to move around the room with 4 people and suitcases. The hotel offered complimentary coffee and tea, however you had to go downstairs to get it. No facilities to make a cup of tea of coffee in your room.
25 December 2023
Perfect option for a vibrant stay
Customer service was spot on, really friendly, and made our stay really unique. Location is unbeatable, in the middle of Waikiki
Parking was outside the building, like a 10 min walk, which was not really convenient. Also, the internet was pretty spotty
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
Services
- - Room service
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Luggage storage
- - ATM/cash machine on site
- - Daily housekeeping
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Paid WiFi
Outdoors
- - Outdoor pool
- - Outdoor pool (all year)
- - Outdoor furniture
Activities
- - Nightclub/DJ
- - Evening entertainment
- - Happy hour (additional charge)
- - Live music/performance
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Accessible parking
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
- - Lower bathroom sink
Pool and wellness
- - Pool bar
- - Shallow end
- - Sun loungers or beach chairs
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming Pool
Miscellaneous
- - Key card access
- - Smoke alarms
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Access to health care professionals
2 April 2024
Very good
The hotel is very cosy, surfer vibe, chilled out, center Pool, its a little oasis within the other big complexes around.