Airways Hotel, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea > Reviews > Airways Hotel

Author's product rating:   

Value for Money	Good
Quality of Rooms	Excellent
Standard of Service	Good
Quality of Facilities	Average

Advantages:	Close to airport, clean and secure, great restaurant, bar and pool on the roof
Disadvantages:	Close to airport, little way out of town .

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I stayed at the Airways Hotel back in October 2004 having missed a flight up to the Tufi Dive Resort. Prior to arriving in PNG I had heard a few stories about Port Moresby, and the advice was not to stay too long in town, so to find I would have to make a unscheduled stop was a little worrying.

Any worries I had soon went when we pulled up at the Airways, it is a modern, high quality, air-conditioned hotel located about 5 minutes drive from the airport, so a little way outside the main town. The rooms are very comfortable, the ones we stayed in had either double or twin beds, in-room safe, both had air-conditioning and one even had a kitchen! The front-desk staff were very helpful, allowing us to store some large items in their main safe

On the roof terrace the Airways name becomes the theme. There is a DC3 (I think) forming part of the décor and good view over the airport and the distant mountains. The airport isn't that busy so noise isn't a problem. The terrace too is home to the hotel restaurant, bar and swimming pool (with its own dive shop). The food in the restaurant is very good and the bar has an impressive selection of wines from around the world.

When I visited the internet was available via a kiosk machine in the hotel lobby, also located in the lobby is a small shop selling some snacks and general items such as sun cream, postcards and souvenirs.

All-in-all I really enjoyed my three days at the Airways. The good food and facilities, friendly staff and the pleasant atmosphere were a welcome break in what was a hectic holiday!