My wife and I ended up using the Hyatt Regency Waikiki for our reception and I will admit, a large part of that was their availability for our wedding date, we only had a few month...s to find something. Interestingly, it's also the same location of two of my friend's weddings that I was involved with, so I was very familiar with the venue. They had recently renovated their ballroom at the end of last year, so it has been nicely updated from the last time I was there years ago but they kept their wonderful chandeliers. Vy was the event manager we worked with from the hotel and she was very helpful, answering all of our questions and worked with us when we accidentally missed a payment. Besides the rennovations, the other thing that most my vendors brought up when I mentioned the venue was how good the food was. In fact, that was one of the main things told to me as I talked to guests, and my parents said that was also mentioned in their own conversations with people. (And they box up some meals for the couple so you don't get to miss out on the food yourself!) The staff was friendly and professional, not just the team at the reception, but from the valet, to the front desk, and bellhop, they did what they could to make us feel welcomed. However, for full disclosure, I do have to mention that the their parking lot has some tight turns and some of the spaces are hard to get in and out of, and I did recommend to my guests that they valet park rather than trying to park their cars themselves (I was covering parking.)