Located just off Kalanianaole Avenue in east Hilo past the industrial area, this hostel is popular with backpackers. They also offer mostly private tours in their vans, since, as they put it, “Most of our guests don’t have cars.” (If you book the Mauna Kea...
Very clean, modern, minimalist hotel rooms across from the Ice Pond in Hilo. This family hotel got a long-awaited updating and reopened in mid-2021 as SCP Hilo. The updates earned them a Real Gem rating. Their very warm staff makes the whole hotel feel inviting....
The Grand Naniloa Hotel is clean, spacious and modern with Hawaiian influence in the decorations and live music seven days a week. There are now pool and lounge chairs available around the pool, there used to be none. Although sometimes the combo of Hawaiian and...
This used to be the best hotel on Banyan Drive, but it’s got new competition over at the Grand Naniloa Hotel. It’s hard keeping things pristine in moist Hilo, and the interior of the hotel feels significantly more luxe than the outside does on your drive...
We find this hotel quaint and comforting with helpful staff. Sometimes you may even run into a hotel cat (one has his own guest-filmed YouTube video—and it’s adorable). It also helps that it’s one of the better bargain hotels in Hilo. Rooms are clean and...
