pros: Clean, Affordable, Staff Very Kind, Garden is niceAfter the wedding, we didn't have a ton of money. The Dolphin Bay Hotel is a small apartment complex converted to a hotel with full living spaces, separate bedrooms, kitchen, and while I...
John, Annette and the staff treated us like family. Warm cinnamon buns, fresh papaya and bananas in the morning along with the best Kona coffee. John lent us umbrellas for the rainy morning and flashlights for the lava flows at night. The best...
I loved the people here, they were so helpful and friendly. Just the nicest people we met on the whole island. We booked a room in the afternoon and when we came back that night we found alot of bugs in it. I don't know what kind they were,...
We spent 4 nights here and it was the best place we stayed during our 10 days holiday. It makes you feel like you are in a friend's house, very relaxing with useful extra kitchen facilities(sponge, dish washin liquid, salt & pepper)with...
Comfortable, cute, clean, and cheap. Hilo is probably the most Hawaiian of anywhere I have been. Dolphin Inn gave me and my family a hint of "old school" Hilo and what life might have been like there 40 years ago. Dont get me wrong, it was...
John Alexander truly goes the extra mile to make his guests feel welcome and comfortable. The hotel rooms are not fancy, but they are clean. The coqui frogs may sing you to sleep, but in the morning you wake up to a great cup of coffee, fresh...
The location, just blocks (and an easy walk) to "downtown" Hilo is convenient and the rainforest setting is delightful. Pride of ownership is evident in the attention to details, beginning with the reservation process. We promptly received a ...
The Dolphin Bay Hotel is incredible. The rooms are clean, the beds are comfortable and the kitchenette is well supplied. The banannas hanging over the coffee pot, the bowl of fresh papaya and the rolls made it feel as if you were walking into your...
My brother and our families shared a two bedroom unit for our first two nights in Hilo. My brothers wife researched the availability and chose the Dolphin Bay Hotel from the webs add. She picked the best place to stay the first time. John and his...
The motel is set in a tropical garden with lots of orchids, ginger, breadfruit, avocadoes, bananas, etc. Wonderful caramel muffins, fruit, coffee, tea, chocolate for breakfast. There is a laundry for guests' use. We had a very comfortable room...