My wife and I greatly enjoyed the unique, beautiful Inn. The room overlooks the beach and tidal pool area, so while it also overlooks the public parking lot it is quite relaxing. It is 7-10 minutes from downtown Hilo shops and restaurants, and a good starting point for day trips to Volcanoes National Park as well as destinations north and south of town. The owner lives on the 3rd floor and was very responsive and hospitable. It was clear a great deal of thought went into the Inn design and materials, starting with the ground level floor being used for different types of classes that also serves as tsunami proofing. The room floors, showers, bathroom bowl, small frig, lanai overhang & screening, and automatic lights in the hallways were other examples of great design and materials. Accessing the Inn can be a bit quirky at first, but easy thereafter. We found the pricing to be comparable to other viable rental and hotel options. Overall we were very pleased with our stay.