The 2.5-star Castle Maile Sky Court is located near the entrance to Waikiki and is a good choice for the budget traveler. The hotel is a short walk from the exciting new Waikiki Beach Walk area with its great restaurants, shops and entertainment, as well as Waikiki Beach Park. The building is an older high rise with great city or ocean views from the upper floors.

There is a swimming pool, whirlpool, spa, spacious sun deck and a poolside bar with sports on TV, darts, music and nightly drink specials with great Happy Hour prices from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Vit's Hawaiian Steakhouse recently opened on the property, well worth a visit with a complimentary continental breakfast offered each morning from 8 to 9 a.m.

Other property amenities include 24-hour front desk, security, sundry store, gift shop, beauty salon and barber shop, business services (fee), laundry facility, parking (fee), hospitality room, luggage storage, complimentary WiFi in the lobby, activities desk and more.

The air conditioned rooms at the Castle Maile Sky Court feature a tropical décor with smaller bathrooms than newer hotels, but they and are very clean and well maintained. Room amenities include cable TV with pay-per-view movies, game system, direct dial phone with voice mail, data ports with dial up service (fee), in-room safe, wakeup service, mini refrigerator, coffee/tea maker, hair dryer, iron/board and much more.