Lotus Garden Cottages — Hotel in Hawaii

Lotus Garden Cottages was my favorite accommodation during our 2 week Hawaii trip, and honestly, one of my favorite things about our entire trip. ||We stayed 3 nights in the Aloha Moon suite. The accommodations were downright luxurious for the two of us -- comfortable bed, fireplace, large jacuzzi tub and shower. It would be the perfect honeymoon suite. I was worried that it might be too humid without air conditioning in the room, but the temperature was perfect during the day and cool (50s Fahrenheit) in the evenings and early morning. We used the fireplace to heat up the space and for the ambiance. I loved the meditation loft, which had a nice view of the rainforest and surrounding cottage roofs. We loved hearing the rain in the evenings and ate breakfast on the lanai. The Aloha Moon suite faces the main road, but the room still felt private and surrounded by rainforest vegetation. ||The breakfast included with the accommodation was amazing and abundant for the two of us. Each morning had fresh pineapple, other fruit, and rotating pastries, with rotating quiche, breakfast burritos, and croissants. We always had some food for a snack later. ||We availed ourselves of the jacuzzi one rainy evening, and John also let us use the properties laundry facilities, as our stay was near the midpoint of our trip. The only challenges that we encountered were trying to park our behemoth rental suv in the parking area and trying to find dinner on the holiday Sunday evening of our arrival, since Volcano is a ways from Hilo. It is, however, super close to Volcano National Park, where we spent several amazing days exploring and still only seeing part of the park.||As soon as we arrived, I regretted not booking a longer stay at Lotus Garden and knew that none of our subsequent lodgings would come close to providing the amenities and experience of staying here. We will be back and definitely have shared this property with other friends and family planning a...

We had high hopes for the Lotus Garden cottages. Alas, it is not exactly as described on the website. On the plus side, it is very close to Volcano National Park. The owner, Mr. Kim, has collected some beautiful pieces that decorate the property. Our room was lovely looking and had nice touches included like bathrobes, a preset table and a big tub with Epsom salts. On the negative side, we stayed in January when the temperature fell to 51 degrees at night. The little propane fueled heater in the White Lotus Room did not cut it. I slept in a sweatshirt with every cover plus the bathrobe over me. Going to the bathroom in the middle of the night was the temperature equivalent of going outside to the outhouse. The pillows are limp rags; useless for resting my head and neck on them after an eight hour day of hiking in the park. The breakfast consists mainly of Costco items and is put in the room refrigerator the day before. The idea is for the guest to microwave any items that need to be heated up. A microwaved croissant plus a strawberry, a few kiwi and a Nutrigrain bar is not what I consider fuel for an active day. Also, the first night the two of us were given enough for one person. Both mornings we had to go have a real breakfast elsewhere. The setting is indeed zen like (aside from the owner’s ongoing construction projects which greeted us when we drove up). However, the garden stone path and the large leafed plants growing across it made bringing in luggage and toting roller bags. We wanted so much to love this place like all the reviews and those left in the room’s guest book, but wish we had...

We had high hopes for the Lotus Garden cottages. Alas, it is not exactly as described on the website. On the plus side, it is very close to Volcano National Park. The owner, Mr. Kim, has collected some beautiful pieces that decorate the property. Our room was lovely looking and had nice touches included like bathrobes, a preset table and a big tub with Epsom salts. On the negative side, we stayed in January when the temperature fell to 51 degrees at night. The little propane fueled heater in the White Lotus Room did not cut it. I slept in a sweatshirt with every cover plus the bathrobe over me. Going to the bathroom in the middle of the night was the temperature equivalent of going outside to the outhouse. The pillows are limp rags; useless for resting my head and neck on them after an eight hour day of hiking in the park. The breakfast consists mainly of Costco items and is put in the room refrigerator the day before. The idea is for the guest to microwave any items that need to be heated up. A microwaved croissant plus a strawberry, a few kiwi and a Nutrigrain bar is not what I consider fuel for an active day. Also, the first night the two of us were given enough for one person. Both mornings we had to go have a real breakfast elsewhere. The setting is indeed zen like (aside from the owner’s ongoing construction projects which greeted us when we drove up). However, the garden stone path and the large leafed plants growing across it made bringing in luggage and toting roller bags. We wanted so much to love this place like all the reviews and those left in the room’s guest book, but wish we had...