The Hideaway Hotel

Close to the airport, clean and convenient. I was there for two nights as Air Niugini cancelled my flight home from overseas twice!!

No in room coffee/ tea provided. Had to chase them for airport pickup had to wake them for airport drop off. Food awful in general a terrible choice

Think very carefully before booking this property. The place is a dump and the management are unprofessional clowns. The pool is a giant green slimy swamp. The first room I was in had no hot water and the shower was just a trickle, although the sink in the room had only hot water. The bathroom door auto locked when shut and needed maintenance to come open the door with a screw driver or housekeeping to use a key. A K75 lamb curry consisted of exactly 5 large mutton bones with barely any meat on them. The butter put out for breakfast was rancid and the staff didn't know/couldn't tell/didn't understand. They were unable to generate a correct account on two occasions from reception. On the Saturday night the property was over run with loud fighting drunkards and despite numerous security nothing was done. There was a large noisy fight in the pool area around 1am At 6.45am on Sunday the pool area was littered with empty beer bottles and sleeping drunks including one who was barely dressed. Leaving my room at 6.45am I was harassed by a drunk holding a beer who could barely stand up, security removed him only after i complained. At 6,45am a young drunkard was "pretending"to play the piano (very badly) in the breakfast buffet - hardly a peaceful eating environment- he was apparently the "directors nephew". This place is a disgrace to PNG and is not somewhere any international traveller would want to stay. Pay the extra to stay in a decent property. This place is a dump run by clowns

Hotel for a short stop - it is not recommended to go outside the perimeter. Take the shuttle. The staff is amazingly stupid - they can’t even find the paid client reservation for 10 minutes. The restaurant is not recommended (expensive with poor quality). The Internet almost does not work (that is, the network is formally there, but it is impossible to use)

Really tired, disappointing hotel. Really, really poor food. No change at the bar. No pickup at airport (had to call). No free wifi - paid only (cheaper to get your own SIM at the airport). Don't waste your money.

Just 1 night. Convenient to be so close to the airport and have a shuttle bus service. Also convenient for us to have dinner and breakfast there, which was ok, except with limited choices. In a very large room with ambience of former glory and old-world charm. Enjoyed a quick swim in the pool in the morning. Quite disappointed that there was no internet access though. Advertising said it was available in the foyer only and free. There was also a display on the front desk saying internet available. But when we asked for the password we were told that it hasn't been available for a long time because of issues with the internet supplier. A little less old-world charm in that respect would have been better.

Dangerous. PM is Dangerous. This hotel picks you up and drops you off because of how dangerous it is. They Rob you by charging 20 per Hour to use WIFI (when it's working) The restaurant food is adequate at best. Happy hour is a good deal though. They will arrange for a taxi but MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT ONE. We were sent with a guy who we later found out the hotel didn't trust. The pool was always "under maintenance" so we didn't use that either. Basically we got ripped off for what we paid.

Port Moresby is short on mid-priced hotels so you may be forced to stay at the Hideaway but lower your expectations - the hotel is terribly dated and in general disrepair. It's location near the hotel is good for overnight transfers but you'll need to hire a car to see anything of the city/ country. The restaurant is fair - reasonable food and comparatively reasonably priced. Overall however the standard is poor and you'll want to spend as much time out of the hotel as possible.