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August 13, 2023
We had a nice 2-night stay at the Volcano House in June 2023. The place is nice,mostly a 1940s building replacing the prior hotel which was destroyed in a fire, plus a slightly later addition. It is not grand but it is very nice. The room was comfortable. We had a superior volcano view room with king bed and sofa bed. The latter was actually very comfortable. We had a pretty good view of Kilauea but some trees partly blocked it. The hotel itself is looking right over the Kilauea crater and the Crater Rim trail goes right by the back of the hotel, through the steam vents, all the way to the Kilauea overlook. We walked there and back from the hotel. Food at the dining room, both breakfast and dinner, was very good and we had nice views when the mist cleared. Service was good and friendly. The bar had pretty good cocktails. The lobby area was nice. However, it could get crowded by hordes of people staying elsewhere and coming to eat, especially in the evening. Most just wanted to eat at the bar area. We made reservations for the actual dining room and in the morning and layer at night the crowds are absent. The main reason to stay here, though is that this is a unique place to stay right near the rim of the Kilauea crater and is an iconic National Park hotel. It naturally gets extra points for that and was definitely worth it.