King Solomon Hotel

Wi-Fiはロビーだけ。部屋でも使いたいなら別途有料というのがセコいと感じた。4泊5日のうち中3日プールがメンテナンスで使えなかったのが残念。だが他は素晴らしかった。シービューを指定した筈なのに最初崖ビューしかもシャワーが使えなかったが言ったらちゃんと変えてくれた。中央にゴンドラがあり左右にコテージが延びる大変面白い造り。ロビーの彫像群も素晴らしい。バスターミナルでもある中央市場からは少しあるが十二分に徒歩圏内で別段困らない。ちゃんと事前確認を怠らなかったので以前のような宿無しの危機もなくちゃんと泊まれてよかった。

I am going to dispute some of the previous reviews. There were no cockroaches in my room. I saw one mouse outside in the garden. The funicular was cute and worked properly most of the time. The food is pretty decent. And the hotel service was pretty good. However I did have to ask to replace my TV and air conditioning remotes. The cleaning lady cleaned the whole room. The views from the room were beautiful. My only complaint was no air-conditioned restaurant or bar. It was very humid and so I ended up going a couple of times to the Heritage Park hotel which was 4 minutes away. The cost there is a bit higher for food and alcohol, but there is more selection too.

ロビーのみWi-Fi無料、自室では有料というのがセコいと感じるがそれ以外は良い。 かなり面白く特殊な造り。中央にゴンドラが走り左右に平屋建てのコテージが広がる。 シービューダブルを最初指定して予約したのに最初通された部屋は斜面を眺めるだけの4Fの部屋でしかもシャワーが使えなかったのできちんと伝えたら2Fの辛うじて海が見える部屋に変えて貰えた。 レセプショニストも知らない謎の理由でプールが閉鎖されているのが残念。 各地へ延びるバスターミナルとなる中央市場から徒歩15分程離れている。 今回も欠かさずに電話して存在と契約の有無を確認した上で宿泊出来ている。

Safe and clean

Well the foyer looks ok, the stairs up to the rooms look daunting until you see the little tram car. The tram car needs a little bit of persuasion from the operator to get going, eventually it decides to work. After alighting from the tram car there stairs to climb. They give a little as you struggle with your case climbing them. Even the veranda slats are flexing under foot. I'm not feeling safe here at all. The room, though spacious and clean is more like a work mans cottage. There is AC and a large ceiling fan. There is also an empty fridge that works. Coffee and tea makings but not milk, no drinking water supplied, no room phone at all. There is a TV and a wonderful view of the surrounding area. Breakfast is ok but only just and not included in the price. If you want drinking water it's $25SBD/$4.65AUD for a 2ltr bottle available from the bar. Would I stay here again? No is my answer. If I was a backpacker possibly. The staff are its redeeming factor. They are friendly and helpful. This place would have been awesome in its hay day but now it's a very pale shadow of its former self.

Stayed here for almost one month and the one extremely serious minus to this hotel is the Friday night music. You will most certainly not get any sleep until after 2 a.m., no matter even if you are at the extreme top of the little cable trolley lift. Big plus is the entire staff. All are very friendly and helpful, but keep in mind the island lifestyle is not rushed at all. Like the restaurant - excellent food but painfully slow (but friendly) service and preparation time. Internet was free in the lobby and worked fine. Extra charge for room internet and service was spotty. First room kept losing connection but second room was stable. Both high level rooms with nice views.

I was visiting the WW2 Marine Corps battlefields, and friends recommended the King Solomon - an inspired choice! This is an older, quaint hotel. A lobby open to the elements (how South Pacific!); with a staff both friendly and professional. Great internet in the lobby, where you can chat with other guests. Built on a hillside, the hotel boasts a tram that takes the guests to their up-the-hill rooms. Reliable, slow, different! The restaurant was good; a curry-heavy menu as fits the area. l The only minus is their Friday night disco-scene, where the music is painfully loud until 0200. Loud music? I've seen Tull, The Who, and similar; that was music, this was noise that thumped the walls. Would I return? Yes..but I might leave for a Fri night stay in Tulagi. But overall, King Solomon is worth your staying, if you're visiting Guadalcanal.

This was a terrible experience. Water service to the room was interrupted; room was not cleaned upon arrival and internet was non-existent in the room and awfully slow in the lobby. There are better options in Honiara.

Place has a lot of character (set on side of a hill with a funicular tram to take you up and down).

Good people around the Hotel