Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel

10/10

Exceptional

26 Feb 2026

Trisha

Big room, friendly staff and restaurant.

Self

8/10

Excellent

31 Jan 2026

Phillip

Kitano is my home when in Honiara. A clean, comfortable hotel, in a central location and with friendly staff.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jan 2026

Geoffrey

Yes

Business

2/10

Poor

30 Jul 2025

JAIME

Checkin es la 1pm y tuvimos que esperar hasta las 4pm. Retrasando nuestras visitas.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

30 Jul 2025

JAIME

Las habitaciones necesitan uns restsuracion urgente.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

13 Jul 2025

Barry

Raw sewerage at the front of the hotel beach

10/10

Exceptional

03 May 2025

Jamie

Great place to stay and relax

Really nice hotel with beautiful friendly staff. Make you very welcome.
Room serviced daily
Pay a bit more for upgraded room they are really nice. Standard rooms are good, aged but everything works.
Restaurant is great, so are drinks outside at night. Didnt try the Japanese

Business

8/10

Excellent

27 Apr 2025

Kim

Would definitely stay again if in Honiara. Clean enough. No unexpected charges. Staff were great. Internet coverage depended on which way the wind was blowing.

6/10

Pleasant

06 Apr 2025

Faye

Review

The reception area was nice and updated. We were welcomed with coconut drinks.
The hotel staff were very nice and helpful. The rooms, however were tired looking and not very clean.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Mar 2025

Verified traveler

Some service issues and the property could do with some maintenance and also improve restaurant food menu.

Business

8/10

Excellent

05 Feb 2025

JAMIE

Never disappoints

Good value for money, friendly staff and clean room. Only complaint was that guests from a function downstairs that finished at around 10.30pm were still making alot of noise at 12.30am.

Business

2/10

Poor

18 Dec 2024

Lavinia

The Room was bad and toilet was leaking. Had cobwebs hanging in the room and it was dusty also..

4/10

Poor

08 Dec 2024

TING YU

There has no interest access in the room, and only can fine it around lobby area, Even they charge you for 50 dollars for 3GB, it allow you connect 2 devices at the same time. It doesn't not make sense.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

20 Nov 2024

Alecia

Felt safe, but no elevator for 5 floors and staff wasn’t very friendly.

Business_and_leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

07 Nov 2024

Verified traveler

Would Recommend

It was great. I had a layover in the Solomon Islands that required a night stay and throughly enjoyed my time at the hotel and airport shuttle. I would recommend to anyone. Good food/restaurant, spent the morning before my flight at the pool and water lounge chairs and found the staff accommodating and helpful.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2024

Jose J

Been there before continuing. All good.

8/10

Excellent

15 Oct 2024

Leonid

Clean, polite and helpful staff

10/10

Exceptional

24 Sep 2024

Cameron

It was a lovely place to stay

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2024

Darren

Great place to stay for a work trip.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2024

Nathan

Stops looking, this is where you want to book. We had the unexpected pleasure to spend an extra week in the Solomon Islands. There's limited lodging in the city, this is by far your best value. Four-star is pretty accurate, there is some minor room maintenance that could help. The five-star hotel nearby is unaffordable and the three-star looks it. And where this hotel shines, is the very attentive, friendly staff. Plus two good restaurants on site, a pool, an amazing activities concierge (Francis!) For the somewhat rough city you are in one of the safer areas, we felt safe walking nearby. I highly recommend if you're in town that this is one of the best places to go.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

19 May 2024

Michel

Good location

First the positive, the staff are very nice and friendly. The room was clean but the bathroom could have been cleaner. The shower head was so clogged there was only a trickle of water coming down, but to their credit when I complained the hotel fixed it right away. There is no complimentary water in the room, one must buy it at the restaurant for US$2 equivalent for 1.5l. Wi-Fi is weak, and it is only included in the room for 3 days. After the 3 days you must buy additional GB at high price (or buy from the telecom company and use your cellphone as hotspot). The beach and the waterfront is generally dirty and the water is not very attractive, probably due to the activity on the wharf next door. The pool was not open to the public during my stay, no explanation given, just a sign. The ‘’buffet’’ breakfast (not included in the room) is quite expensive and frankly not very good.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

12 Mar 2024

Jose

Ok

10/10

Exceptional

01 Feb 2024

Amble

Very nice and comfortable hotel close to the city. Excellent staff, very helpful.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jan 2024

Stephen

Excellent Breakfast

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Dec 2023

Yoshihiro

I asked the half day tour. That was amazing. Compared to other countries, the price is more expensive here.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

03 Dec 2023

Sarah

Centrally located and has a wonderful staff.

Business_and_leisure

2/10

Poor

10 Nov 2023

GOTARDO

The worst hotel ever… Dirty moldy bathrooms, bugs, floor of unit dirty, old beds, outdated bathroom with all types of stains, bad room with direct view of parking lot and busy, noisy street. Free internet is charged after 500MB(3 days). Basically we checked out 2 nights early and buyer new tickets not to be there…

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

31 Oct 2023

Marilyn

The staff is wonderful and friendly and helpful. Some of the rooms are very dated. Food quality was not very good, although they really tried.

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

13 Jul 2023

Frederick

Dirty beach, slow service. Only decent service were the gents working the bar.

Business Friends

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jul 2023

Vikas

Thr rooms need serious renovation, especially the toilets

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

28 May 2023

Apichai

Friday’s night party in the hotel lasted until 2am. It was not possible to sleep with the music blasting so late.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

10 Mar 2023

Camilla

Beautiful lobby and grounds but rooms very basic and spartan with uncomfortable mattresses, no drinking water, mimimal decor.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

05 Feb 2023

Bernard

Not as nice as the images on the net

Not a fan. Staff very friendly but room was very ordinary.

Business

4/10

Poor

06 Jan 2023

Jeannine

Location was good, but pool water was green and filthy. Rooms were not very clean. Chaise by pool so old and dirty could not sit on them. Gave you very limited wifi usage and then had to pay. The place needs an overhaul. Shoreline in front of hotel was littered with trash and debris, wouldn't think of getting in the ocean water there. Hopefully they will be able to bring this hotel up to their previous standards. For now I suggest stay away. Never tried the food, with how dirty everything else was, didn't want to take the chance.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Aug 2022

melvin

Location was beautiful

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Rooms were clean and the air conditioning was effective. Water pressure was also good. Wi-Fi was very poor. The hotels two restaurants were ok but overpriced - breakfast was the best option. Service was friendly but more responsive than proactive. This hotel is better than most others in Honiara and I would stay here again.

Business Self

2/10

Poor

07 Nov 2019

Sandy

I can't say there was anything really good about the property. It needs a really good cleanup - tiles falling out and not replaced; place smelt very damp (and I know it is a humid climate); the sheets were yellow with age; the shower was horrid and just the general decor was so old and worn and smelly. I would not recommend anyone to stay there.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Oct 2019

Kolamathy

The executive rooms are very good. However some areas of the property are showing their age and could do with an uplift, especially the rooms in the West wing. This is not that apparent when booking via the web site.
Service is uniformly friendly and relaxed.

6/10

Pleasant

26 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

The hotel is dated and needs to be refurbished if they expect guest to pay the prices being charged.
The main restaurant meals are below standard the only saving grace is the Japanese restaurant.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

04 Sep 2019

Leigh Russell

Enjoyable

Pleasant place to stay. Great view of the bay if you are in the eastern side of the resort.

4/10

Poor

09 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Dirty, unfriendly, bed bugs

Stayed here only for two nights but pretty sure I got bed bugs from here. The room was very dated and the bathroom was dirty. There are very limited options in Honiara so I'll have to go back to stay here. Next time I'll bring bed bug spray.

8/10

Excellent

04 Aug 2019

Jens

Considering where we are the rooms were nice. Staff could react a bit faster when the AC goes out or a wing has no hot water. Food at the main dining hall was good. Delivery at the Japanese location was very slow but the food was good.

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

02 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Small things count. Only one towel in the room, but one extra was delivered promptly when requested. No hair dryer in room.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

02 Aug 2019

IG

Horrible place, terrible stay...
Room old, wet and stinky. Old dirty blankets on beds. Bathrom in disrepair, shower leaking all over the place.
Pool unusable and covered by green slug and murky.
Internet very poor constantly dropping in and out.
Person doing the eggs for breakfast was the most unfriendly waitress I ever saw.
Terrible mistake staying at this place and I would not recommend it to anyone.

Business Friends

8/10

Excellent

31 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Pleasant pool and surrounding area. Room very good.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

27 Jul 2019

Jamie

Getting disappointed

Leaky toilet, dodgy sound on TV, wouldn’t allow late checkout past 12pm despite offering to pay, airport shuttle bus unavailable, tired and 3 star at best

10/10

Exceptional

24 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

evrything in the Hotel i like. it was a very nice experience.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Everything i like and the place is wonderful.

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

20 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

The Hotel was very nice and the staff were always very helpful and friendly. The room was very clean and comfortable.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

31 Jan 2019

Nicholas

One of the better hotels in Honiara

Was pretty comfortable stay, people that work there seem nice and the food there is reasonable , but aircons could be regularly serviced, wifi could be better and it would be better if breakfast could be included in that price!!

Partner