I stayed here for a week in November as I was attending a conference being held there.
The room was modern and well equiped and the A/C worked fine and apart from some noise outside coming from the staff areas overall quiet.

Accommodation in PNG is expensive however i think the Gateway offers good value for the rates charged and is certainly cheaper than my usual choice but then again not up to its standards either.

The staff are couteous and friendly and the restaurant was clean and the food fine however I did think the breakfast choice was a little restricted.

I would have no issues with staying here again.

It's true - what you pay for this hotel, is not worth it. It is crazy expensive - looking at $400USD for normal rooms... not even breakfast included! However I think Port Moresby is just nuts in general. However, Gateway Hotel - please include breakfast buffet in the price - that would be a decent, appreciated step..

The service is slow at the front desk - so just make sure you give yourself extra time or just try to take deep breaths and be patient. Also - ask for the duty manager if things are really not going anywhere - my experience with both DMs were really positive (Eugenia and... name has escaped me, on the night shift of the 5th Dec).

The food at the restaurant is really quite good (but also overpriced). Restaurant staff were really lovely and professional. Buffet breakfast could do with museli and yoghurt added in. Also the pool is great.

Finally - the rooms. I stayed in 726 - it was recently refurbished. Very clean, functional, great shower... only issue were the few loose tiles and internet wasn't 100%. (However foyer was being refurbished so the foyer didn't look great and was a bit tricky to wait in the foyer - but I expect that will finish soon.)

Recently I had to attend a meeting at Jacksons International Airport in Port Moresby. I elected to stay at the Gateway Hotel due to its proximity to the airport. The airside collection and delivery by shuttle bus is excellent. The hotel is reasonably clean but expensive being a captive market. The restaurant food is a bit monotonous and the menu appears not to have changed for several of months. They do an excellent chinese meal on Thursday and Friday lunch and it has a good pizza bar downstairs. The hotel is a secure as you can get in PNG.

Close to their airport - thats a plus. But the place has past its prime/sell by date. An odd mixture of new-ish looking parts, shabby attention to detail, odd decor, and a tired feeling about parts of it.

Check in was a tad officious but worked, the room (I was told I was in 'the old section') was big but well past its prime. Ducted aircon that didn't work (it was hot - after complaining about the broken aircon twice they eventually bought me a fan), dirty ceiling, rusted bathroom fittings and a big dead cockroach on the floor. Oh, and a sign that suggested not to leave door to balcony open (ie lock it!).

Parts of the hotel seem to have been revamped. A neat and up to date 'Departure Lounge' bar downstairs, but then across the lobby a little 'shop' that really has no reason to exist. Not even newspapers on sale there (but you can by chalk sticks by the box full, noodles and 'beef biscuits').

The swimming pool is nice - good size and clean; nice areas around it to have drinks etc.

ATM machine in the lobby that takes foreign cards.

Beware - internet access is very expensive. And staff did not even know the hotel's own email address when I asked if I could send something to them to print for me! Odd.

Not ideal for anything but a quick stopover, I'd say (or avoid).