"The history, in and of itself, makes it unique,"
"The entrance of the Moana Surfrider speaks volumes right as you walk through the pillars and up the stairs and into the lobby at the hotel. You recognize you're walking in the footsteps of history."
"We've actually created a little bit of a speakeasy concept that we can pop up in different areas of the hotel, and we call that the Peacock room in honor of W.C. Peacock and also in honor of his love of whiskey."
The Moana Surfrider opened March 11, 1901 on largely wetland Waikiki and initially offered 75 rooms at $1.50 per night with private bathrooms and Hawaii's first electric elevators. The property featured colonial-style architecture, grand columns, balconies, multiple lanai and a rooftop garden. English businessman Walter Chamberlain Peacock built the hotel for $150,000 to attract tourists to Waikiki and later earned a reputation as the whiskey man of Hawaii. The hotel earned the nickname First Lady of Waikiki and has preserved its historic character through renovations while contributing to Waikiki's rise as a globally recognized beach destination.
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