My 2 adult daughters, my husband and I stayed at the Lotus Cottage in early March 2015. The directions Megan gave me, to find the location, were perfect. As I walked in the main gate, Megan was there to greet me! Walking through the gate made you feel like you were in a tropical forest and not just off the Hilo town streets! The cottage was very clean and the white sheets were perfect. The downstairs outside shower was so refreshing and "fun"! It too was spotless and Megan and Isaac even provide shampoo, shower gel, etc, just in case you forget yours. The cottage is a perfect location to walk downtown and get a nice dinner and listen to a local Hawaii band. We actually ate across the street at Pineapples (amazing fish and chips and Happy Hour) then walked down Kilauea Ave to the Hilo Town Tavern for a most excellent evening of music and dance! (We were there on a Tuesday evening and understand they only played music on Tuesdays, lucky us.) There is a KTA (grocery store) across the street too!
I highly recommend the Lotus Cottage. When making my reservations, Megan it easy as we corresponded back and forth regarding our arrival time. I wish we would have been staying longer, in Hilo, as we had a lot more of the eastern side of the island to explore and would have loved to spend more time in our paradise cottage, the Lotus Cottage. I highly recommend staying with Megan and Isaac. They make you feel like you are family! Mahalo!