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Rooftop Diamond Head view Long happy hour Queen Kapiolani Hotel
diamond head rooftop · mai tai monday

The Deck.

3rd-floor rooftop pool deck with the best Diamond Head view of any Waikiki rooftop. 4-hour daily happy hour (2-6 PM), $8.50 Mai Tai Mondays, and weekend Bubbles & Beats brunch DJs.

Address
150 Kapahulu Avenue, 3rd Floor, Honolulu, HI 96815 (Queen Kapiolani Hotel)
Inside hotel
Queen Kapiolani Hotel
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Hours
Breakfast 6:30-10:00 AM · Brunch/Lunch 10:00 AM-3:00 PM · Dinner Sun-Thu 4:00-10:00 PM, Fri-Sat 4:00-11:00 PM
Happy hour
Daily — drinks 2:00-6:00 PM, food 3:00-6:00 PM. Themed nights: Mai Tai Mondays ($8.50 mai tais), Whisky Wednesdays (American whiskey flights $30), Sparkling Saturdays (half-price mimosas)
Price range
$$$

The pitch.

Skip the Kalakaua sand-bar circus and go up. DECK. sits three floors above Kapahulu with a head-on Diamond Head view, a pool you can dangle your feet in, and a 4-hour daily happy hour that starts at 2 PM. Sunday brunch turns into a DJ-driven day party. Mondays the mai tais are $8.50. It's the rooftop play if you're tired of the cliche Waikiki sunset bar.

What it actually is.

DECK. occupies the 3rd-floor rooftop pool deck of the Queen Kapiolani Hotel, on the Kapahulu side of Waikiki where the strip starts to quiet down and Diamond Head begins to dominate the skyline. The view is the point: a wraparound rooftop that puts Diamond Head dead-center and Kapiolani Park sprawling below. Daytime is bottomless mimosa brunch crowd; evening softens into cocktail-and-dinner couples; weekends bring the "Bubbles & Beats" DJ day-party. The menu emphasizes locally-sourced ingredients with American-Pacific framing.

🍹 ORDER THIS

The drinks worth ordering.

🍴 THE FOOD

And if you're eating.

Happy hour: what to get.

Monday's $8.50 Mai Tai at the rooftop railing facing Diamond Head. Best discounted cocktail-with-iconic-view ratio in Waikiki.

— The happy-hour move

Outside happy hour, it's known for…

Diamond Head views from a rooftop pool deck, the long 2-6 PM daily happy hour, weekend Bubbles & Beats DJ brunch, Mai Tai Mondays.

Best time to actually go.

Monday 4-5 PM for the $8.50 Mai Tai happy-hour overlap, or Saturday late-morning into early afternoon for Bubbles & Beats brunch DJ.

🤙 INSIDER TIPS

What locals know.

Mai Tai Monday is the cheapest premium mai tai in Waikiki

$8.50 vs. $16 — worth a special trip

Request Diamond Head-facing table

Other side faces parking

Weekend brunch goes hard with EDM

Not the right vibe for a quiet meal

Validated parking at Queen Kapiolani is rare

Confirm with the host

Pool is hotel-guest only

Deck is open to anyone

🎵 MUSIC & SCHEDULE

When the music's on.

Live music multiple nights/week. Bubbles & Beats brunch day-party with live DJ (EDM-leaning) on weekends.

⚖️ THE HONEST READ

What people love & what they don't.

Pulled from Yelp, TripAdvisor, Google, and local Hawaii blogs. We don't sugar-coat.

✓ What they love

  • Diamond Head view is "the best Waikiki rooftop view, period"
  • Happy hour value is real (length and pricing)
  • Brunch atmosphere and DJ are a draw, not background
  • Food quality consistently better than expected for a rooftop

✗ What they don't

  • Service can be inconsistent at peak brunch
  • Not actually oceanfront — partial ocean only; headline view is Diamond Head
  • Weekend DJs are loud; not the spot for a quiet date dinner
  • Elevator from lobby can back up at peak
📋 MENU HIGHLIGHTS

What's on the menu.

Curated highlights from each section, last checked 2026-05-20. Prices and items change frequently — always verify with the venue before you go.

Going? Tell your group.

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