Overall this airbnb was an affordable and lovely place to stay. I stayed here five days with my sister & it was overall a great place to stay as a home base when traveling the island. It’s close to a lot of tourist attractions including the several waterfalls in Hilo, grocery stores, Hilo farmers market, botanical garden and beaches.
It is small and cozy and clean, with all the basics you need. The bathroom is super cutely decorated too. My only downsides was it being so close off of a main busy boulevard you could hear the cars racing by at pretty much all times of the day and throughout most of the night. Pretty quiet late night till early morning. The other thing is someone on or near the property smokes so when keeping the windows open (which is pretty much at all times because of the lovely tropical weather) the cigarette smoke would faintly come through. The bedding was comfortable but there is only one mattress and the other is a blow up mattress. It ended up working out fine but I wish this was specifically mentioned as a blow up mattress, I assumed the couch folded out like many other Airbnb’s! If you’re comfortable being in a small space with whoever you’re traveling with this spot is for you but if you like your space and privacy this small apartment may be best if you travel solo!
Lastly, the dogs on the property are sweet and playful and the family who lives upstairs was helpful with places to check out. The actual airbnb owners are not on property so I didn’t meet them personally or speak to them during my stay but their home was nice to visit and easy to access. :)
Oh! and also has a washer and dryer which was super awesome and convenient!