10 Best Hotels in Honiara, Solomon Islands (2026)

Heritage Park Hotel is the 80-room, 4-star property that locals and visiting consultants both call the best hotel in Honiara — and the math behind that is straightforward. It sits on Mendana Avenue in the middle of Point Cruz, the central business district, so the lobby is a 5-minute walk from the Central Market, the banks and the main shopping arcade. What makes it different from every other capital-city hotel in the Solomons is the 5-acre tropical garden running down to the water, an oceanfront pool, breezy verandas looking out on Iron Bottom Sound and not one but 3 in-house restaurants — from the all-day Capitana to the sundowner-perfect Sea View Lounge. Most rooms in the 4-storey block have a private balcony facing either the ocean or the garden. Agoda guests score it 8.4, Booking 8.3, and staff get singled out repeatedly as warm and genuinely helpful. Overall 8.4/10.

Coral Sea Resort & Casino is the newest 5-star resort in the Solomon Islands and the only one with a real casino attached. It sits on Tandai Highway along the Town Ground waterfront, mixing a modern main building with standalone beachfront villas that open straight onto a private stretch of sand. The big-ticket feature is a wide infinity pool that looks dead-straight at the Florida Islands on the horizon — sunset hour is a near-guaranteed highlight. Inside, the 24-hour casino runs blackjack, roulette, poker and slot tables you won't find anywhere else in the country, plus there are multiple restaurants, a gym and a spa so you can stay put. Rooms in the main wing start around $240/night, and the standalone seafront villas climb past $510/night in high season. Real-guest scores average 8.2/10 — the building newness and Pacific views earn the stars, while service polish is still catching up.

Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel has been the seafront fixture of Honiara since the 1980s, sitting on Mendana Avenue on the north coast of Guadalcanal Island. It's run by Japan's Kitano Construction group, who have kept it consistent for decades. The big draw is the location — directly opposite the Solomon Islands National Museum, with the government quarter, post office, central market and Point Cruz Yacht Club all 5-10 minutes on foot. The property splits cleanly into two wings: the older East Wing (cheaper but worn) and the renovated West Wing / Ocean Wing with private balconies overlooking the garden or the Pacific. The in-house Japanese restaurant Hakubai is widely called the best authentic Japanese kitchen in the country, while Capitana Restaurant covers buffet breakfast and international plates. Outdoor pool, pool bar and meeting rooms used by diplomats and business travelers round it out. Rooms start around US$130/night and the overall score lands at 7.6/10.

King Solomon Hotel is one of the most unusual 4-star stays in Honiara — roughly 60 rooms and bungalows scattered up the slope of Kola Ridge on Hibiscus Avenue in the centre of town. The thing everyone talks about is the hotel's private funicular tram, a small rail car that hauls guests up the hillside instead of asking them to climb stairs. Upper rooms look out over the whole of Honiara and the dark blue Iron Bottom Sound — the WWII naval battleground that gives this stretch of sea its name. There's an outdoor pool, a ridgetop bar and restaurant, and two things reviewers mention again and again: a wood-fired pizza oven good enough that locals drive up for dinner, and a Melanesian dance show by the pool most evenings. Walk down the slope 10-15 minutes and you're at the CBD, the National Museum and the war memorials; Honiara International Airport (HIR) is about 15 minutes by taxi. Rates from around US$100/night, overall score 7.9/10.

Pacific Crown Hotel is the largest hotel on Honiara's east side — 173 rooms on Kukum Highway facing the Solomon Sea. It opened years ago as Pacific Casino Hotel before rebranding to Pacific Crown, and the building's main selling point is location: 10–15 minutes by car to the Honiara CBD and 15–20 minutes to Henderson International (HIR), which makes it the obvious pick for the last night before a morning flight. Inside you get an in-house casino with around 110 slot machines open late into the morning, an outdoor pool, a sea-view restaurant and bar under one roof, and oceanfront rooms in the main tower. Rates start near US$120/night and the overall score lands at 7.2/10 — most useful for party-leaning travelers, business visitors working the Kukum strip, and anyone needing a comfortable transit base near the airport rather than a city-centre walk-out address.

Hibiscus Apartments is a 3-storey executive serviced-apartment block of 24 units on quiet Hibiscus Avenue, a side street off central Honiara. Every unit keeps the bedroom, living room and full kitchen as separate rooms, almost all come with a private balcony, and the interiors are kept hospital-spotless by the standards of any small Pacific capital. A compact courtyard pool sits in the middle of the building, ringed by walkways, and the basics are all here — free building-wide Wi-Fi, gated parking, daily housekeeping, and a 24-hour security guard at the gate. The CBD and Point Cruz are a 5–10 minute walk, the Honiara Central Market is the same, and Henderson International Airport (HIR) is about 11 km / 20–25 minutes by road. Rates start around $150 a night, and the overall score of 9.2/10 is currently the highest in Honiara — best suited to families, long-stay business travelers and aid workers who want a second home rather than a hotel room.

Honiara Hotel is one of the largest hotels in the Solomon Islands capital, sitting on the Kukum Highway near Chinatown — 1.5 km from Central Market and 11 km from Henderson International Airport (HIR), a 20-25 minute drive. The signature feature is the dense tropical garden at the centre of the property, planted with palms and native trees so thoroughly that the lobby feels more like a low-key resort than a city block. There are two restaurants on site: Capitana for international mains and Hibiscus Cafe for breakfast and afternoon coffee, plus Club 24, an in-house nightclub that doubles as one of the capital's main weekend spots. The 96 rooms split between an older wing and a newer Premier wing, with rates of about $90-185 a night. Core guests are business travelers, NGO staff and visitors who want a central base at a fair price. Overall 6.8/10 — solid for short stays if you book a new-wing garden room to dodge the Friday-Saturday disco bass.

Iron Bottom Sound Hotel is a 3-star seafront stay of about 40 rooms in the Point Cruz district of Honiara, named after the WWII channel off Guadalcanal where more than 50 warships and aircraft still rest underwater. The wrinkle that sets it apart from the usual city hotel: every unit is a serviced apartment — studios with a kitchenette through to 2-bedroom suites with a full kitchen, electric hob, fridge, and dining nook, ideal for long-stayers and families who want to cook. On-site Monarch Bar & Grill is famous across the Solomons for fresh crab. The hotel sits on Mendana Avenue, the seafront main street, about a 10-minute walk to Honiara Central Market and close to government offices and shipping companies. Honiara International Airport (HIR) is roughly 11 km away, a 25–30 minute drive. Rates start around $80/night; review average 6.9/10. Best for business travelers, long-stay guests, and WWII wreck divers who want a real kitchen on a workable budget.

Rock Haven Inn is a small, roughly 14-room boutique inn perched on Lower Vavaya Ridge above the centre of Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands. The pull is the address: tucked above the noise of Mendana Avenue, yet only a 7–10 minute drive down the hill to Point Cruz harbour and the government-and-banking core. Rooms run a modern timber-and-white palette, stay genuinely clean, and the air-con and Wi-Fi both punch above what most guests expect in Honiara. A compact pool sits under tropical trees, and a small in-house bar and restaurant lets you nurse a SolBrew while the harbour lights come on. Rates start around US$110/night (roughly $145 NZD), and the overall guest score lands at 8.0/10 — a solid pick for couples, business travelers and boutique-leaning solos who'd rather skip the bigger chains in town.

Chester Resthouse is a small 12-room guesthouse in the centre of Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands, run by the Melanesian Brotherhood — a long-established Anglican religious order based right here. That gives the place a calm, mission-house feel rather than a commercial-hotel one. You pick between two room types: family rooms with private bathroom and a small kitchenette good for a few-day stay, or twin rooms with shared bathroom for the backpacker budget. Rates start around $40 a night and top out near $80 for the family room. Real guest reviews keep saying the same thing — cleaner than you'd expect at this price, with daily housekeeping. Location is the other strong card: a 5-minute walk to the Solomon Islands National Museum, Mendana Avenue, ANZ and BSP banks, and Honiara Central Market. From Honiara International Airport (HIR) it's a 15-20 minute ride. Agoda 7.4 and Booking 7.5 — for backpackers, missionaries, researchers or NGO staff staying multiple nights, this is one of the best-value bases in town.