My husband, son and I stayed here for a week and found it very comfortable. Patti is a wonderful host, giving us lots of local information. When we arrived the place was clean with local fruit on the table and coffee and hot chocolate available. Patti goes out of her way to make sure we are comfortable. The place is old but very comfortable and quiet and the wifi worked great. She has a small countertop oven you can even cook a pizza in if you like. (Don't use the oven and hot plate at the same time, just to be aware that the power bar will switch off) other than that the kitchen area works great and we made a few meals here. Pattis place is a short walk to the cliffs that overlook the ocean, where you can see turtles in the water. Pahoa is a great little town nearby where we fell in love with the Thai restaurant. Patti has a cute friendly dog and two lovely cats. Our son had a great time. This side of the island has so much to do. We would definately recommend biking out to see the lava flow at sunset, uncle roberts night market on wed nights, volcanoe national park and black sands beech. Hilo has some very beautiful ocean front parks. For kids we loved Carl smith park for its safe lagoons and turtles. There is also Ahalanui warm ponds and kapoho tide pools. Pattis place is a great base for enjoying all these places. Thanks Patti:) we would definately stay here again!