This is a package lover's paradise connected to the Ala Moana Shopping Center, across the Ala Wai Canal from the harbor, convention center, Hilton Hawaiian Village and Waikiki proper. Granted ...

So do the rooms make it worth staying at the hotel? Or, would you be better off staying at another hotel on an Oahu vacation and simply popping over to the Moana Surfrider for a meal or drink?

Hilton said the tower will “improve connectivity & revitalize Ala Moana Blvd ... tower will be 36 stories tall and add 459 standard hotel rooms and 56 suites to the resort’s accommodations.

This polished gem is located in a pair of 28-story towers of limestone and pink glass, just off Ala Moana Boulevard, facing the Waikiki Yacht Club—rooms here have harbor and stunning ocean views ...