Uncle Billy's Hilo Bay Hotel, Hilo, Terrible

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Uncle Billy's Hilo Bay Hotel	Average Price: $91 Check Rates

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87 Banyan Drive

Hilo, 96720 View map

2-Star Hotel Rank: 3 of 3
Average review rating: 2.8

OpinionWell Value Index: 7

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (40) , MyTravelGuide (50) , TripAdvisor (133) , YahooTravel (13)

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Noise:	No recent comments about noise were found.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
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1. The pillows were in terrible shape and the sheets wouldn't stay on the bed.

"Beyond noisy at night, couldn't sleep " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/15/2011 Vote

2. Where it became terrible was after the lights went out and we tried to sleep.

"Beyond noisy at night, couldn't sleep " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/15/2011 Vote

3. a little run down, but not terrible.

"Beyond noisy at night, couldn't sleep " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/15/2011 Vote

4. Parking is also terrible and is often overrun by people for the restaurant.

"there is cheap and there is a good value. This place is cheap. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/7/2010 Vote

5. Perhaps due to the recession this hotel is sadly in need of repair, with leaks dripping onto the carpet in the lobby, rooms that smelled terribly of mold, worn carpets, dirty grout in the bathrooms, plus the noise caused by birds and coqui frogs attracted to the stream which runs through the courtyard.

"Hilo Bay Hotel, known as Uncle Billy's Hotel is in great need of repair, renovation and cleaning. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/24/2009 Vote

6. The staff was extremely rude and the service was terrible.

"Uncle Billy's Hilo Bay Hotel - Worse than you can imagine - Bugs too! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/10/2006 Vote

7. Attitude of staff, limited parking, long wait at restaurant, terrible rooms.

Read full review on MyTravelGuide 8/4/2006 Vote

8. Also, despite booking months in advance, we were given some terrible rooms, including the one directly off the lobby.

"We wanted to like it more than we did... " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/3/2006 Vote

9. Beds very uncomfortable, TV looked 20 years old, carpeting terrible, laid over concrete and no padding and lumps in floor.

Read full review on MyTravelGuide 3/1/2006 Vote

10. We stayed at Uncle Billy's Hilo in mid-January, 2005 and found the room and the hotel to be somewhat in need of up-dating, but not terrible.

"Good Enough " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/22/2005 Vote