Splishsplash
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Sep 15, 2012
I'm at Aulani and I will address the issues raised in this post. 1. Food prices at Aulani are high. We don't eat here except for the odd poolside purchase. For a nice splurge dinner, Mina's Fish house next door is good. Monkey Pod across the street is good and the prices aren't too bad. We always buy food at Safeway and Costco when we arrive. There are many good places to eat. You have to scope them out. As for run down, we're not seeing it and we usually come here once per year. The only homeless people I saw are maybe one at the North Shore. He may or may not have been homeless. We were also in Waikiki and I didn't notice the homeless. There are homeless in every urban center in the world. I don't see Hawaii as any different. Hawaii is a beautiful and safe place to visit. Aloha!Our daughter travels all over the world on business. She just got back from Hawaii and talked about how insane the food prices were, especially at Aulani. She was able to visit 3 islands during her stay, though was only able to stay one night at Aulani. She said the resort was very nice. She said all of the resorts where she stayed were nice, but thought everything else outside of the resorts seemed very run down. She was also shocked by the homeless problem that they're having. It was her first trip to Hawaii and unless its back for business, she said it will no doubt be her last.