King Street to its north marks the border with the neighborhood of Makiki.

Ala Moana is situated along the southern shores of the island of O‘ahu and features a vast stretch of reef-protected white sandy beaches. The civic center of Ala Moana is Ala Moana Center, once the largest shopping center in the United States and today the largest open-air shopping center in the world.

The main roads through Ala Moana are Ala Moana Boulevard and Kapi‘olani Boulevard. Ala Moana is a major transfer point in Honolulu's bus system, with bus platforms on both sides of the Ala Moana Center. Across the street from Ala Moana Center is Ala Moana Beach Park, dedicated by President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s.

Ala Moana Beach is located across from Ala Moana Shopping Center in Honolulu, Hawai'i.