In the last issue, I said that when Romer Waikīkī at The Ambassador rebranded as The Ambassador Hotel of Waikīkī, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, it left just one Romer-branded hotel in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. What I missed was that there were actually two Romers in Waikīkī to begin with. Who knew? Well, clearly not me.
Along with The Ambassador, there’s also Romer House Waikīkī, Oʻahu’s first and only adults-only hotel, tucked away on Nahua Street. It underwent an extensive renovation and rebranded from its former life as The Pearl. So while The Ambassador has gone full Hilton, Romer House is still flying the lifestyle flag in Waikīkī.
That means we’re still at one Romer in Hawaiʻi and two globally, with more reportedly in the pipeline.
Thanks to our friends at Highgate Hawaiʻi for the catch. I’ll be swinging by Romer House to check it out and maybe grab a drink at their cocktail bar, The Lei Stand Waikīkī, which relocated from its original Chinatown spot (purely in the name of accuracy, of course).
