I recently stayed here for eight days. I thought I'd save money by staying there. It was a big mistake. First I'll list the positive things about my studio condo. It had good hot water. That's it! Here were the con's for me: My condo on the sixth floor needs an elevator. Twice it stopped working when I had a... More

This place is for easy going well traveled people who want save a $100 a night over what the other two hotels on Banyan Drive charge. The rooms I've stayed in are comfortable, clean and quiet. The former conference room on the ground floor is a Hula Halau. Seeing the kids and parents coming and going to hula practice gives... More

Stayed here for most of a month after I moved to Hilo, while I was looking for a real place to rent. Definitely not luxury--in fact Banyan Drive in general is pretty run-down; it looks like it was probably a nice tourist area 30-40 years ago, and hasn't been updated since. This place is laughable as a "country club," and... More

My family and I were staying in a Kona resort but needed a hotel room on Hilo side for one evening so we could visit the volcano at night and not drive all the way back to Kona. We were given the name of this hotel by an employee at our resort. Upon arriving at the "Country Club" Condo hotel,... More

I am a solo traveling 25 year old female and love Hilo. Decided to come here alone after renting out a condo on Craigslist for $98 for 2 nights, cleaning fee, and taxes. The motels here seem to be dumps, and renting a house was out of my price range for being within a few miles to Richardson Beach. Gave... More

It is NOT a nightmare here! The name is deceiving because it sounds upscale, but come on, look at the pictures, it's obviously not. We just needed a cheap place to shower and lodge for the night and this place was great! Very friendly, great price, and yeah the building was really old and not so pretty, but we weren't... More

I thought this place was really bad - one of those places where you're afraid to take off your shoes. Surely there are better rooms at better hotels in Hilo. It was by far the worst place we stayed in Hawaii. More

Very dirty rooms. We had to pickup the remote control for the tv at the front desk. Appeared to be part homeless shelter. Our room faced a very loud parking lot. Lots of noise outside at night. More

I wasn't sure where to start with this review (I rarely write about any place so bad) but then I read the review by sweiserw and realized - I don't need to write much because their experience was almost exactly the same as ours. Reserved on VRBO (not FRBO). Showed up and saw what looked like a pretty sleazy place.... More