Castle Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, Hilo, Bad

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Castle Hilo Hawaiian Hotel	Average Price: $180 Check Rates

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71 Banyan Drive

Hilo, 96720 View map

2-Star Hotel Rank: 1 of 3
Average review rating: 3.46

OpinionWell Value Index: 8

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (85) , MyTravelGuide (32) , TripAdvisor (445) , YahooTravel (38)

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Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	No recent comments about noise were found.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

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1. It's too bad the people of Hilo don't realize how many more people would visit Hilo if there was a beautiful hotel to stay in there.

"Needs updating " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/7/2012 Vote

2. rooms need updating badly.

"not much choice " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/16/2012 Vote

3. Food smell made our stay difficult as well as the lack of anyone able to address why things were so bad.

"Disappointed " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/23/2011 Vote

4. In fact I have had delicious plate lunches, but their very expensive buffet was not even as good as a good plate lunch, it was like bad plate lunch for a lot of money.

"2 Star Hotel, 0 Star FOOD!! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/13/2011 Vote

5. The food tasted old and it had a bad effect on our party about an hour later.

"2 Star Hotel, 0 Star FOOD!! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/13/2011 Vote

6. The room smelled so badly of mildew we left a day early and went back to Hilo.

"Yuck! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/8/2011 Vote

7. For a chain hotel, I would have expected better than this, but overall not a bad place to stay for one night.

"Just a place to rest your head. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/21/2011 Vote

8. The bad: Expensive and very outdated (1970's perhaps?).

"Best Hotel in Hilo, But... " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/3/2011 Vote

9. Parking was free and and the internet was $10/day, which isn't too bad.

"Comfortable but showing its age " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/12/2011 Vote

10. It is an old Hotel (1970?) it is clean but it is old and it has a bad smell.

"Big and old...very old " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/11/2011 Vote