The Hilo House is beautiful and full of historic significance and ambience. The home is stylish with all the amenities you could ask for. It's on a quiet tropical street that feels very private yet is walking distance to downtown Hilo. There is lots of space, plenty of seating areas in the event of rain (it did rain frequently but that only added to the tropical charm of the place). The only problem we had was that there was a major plumbing issue during our stay that involved dealing with the owner and plumbers several times throughout the week. This was not anyone's fault other than that it is a very old home. The owner was present quite a bit and communicated with us daily which was helpful but also somewhat disruptive to our retreat. She was super sweet, though, and worked with us to resolve things as well as she could. I don't anticipate this problem would recur but it is the reason I couldn't give this an overall 5-star rating.