Despite mixed reviews, I chose Hilltop International Hotel as it is located in city center- 10 mins from airport and 5 mins from port area. Contradicting to the other reviews or may be there have been a lot of improvements. 1. Early Check-in and Rooms provided within 10 mins. Good & Hygienic Rooms. Late Checkout provided. As a good-will same room was provided to relax for an hour before departing to airport from hotel and last day's sightseeing. 2. They usually accept only cash due to network problem. However, I was lucky and managed to pay balance amount via credit card. 3. Food of our choice outside the menu was prepared. Fresh, tasty and economic pricing. 4. A couple of staff members (not all) were a bit cold. However, we started interacting with owners and other friendly staff of the hotel. Things to Improve: 1. Breakfast starts at 8 AM- As most of the days we started early and had miss out on the breakfast. (However, hotel packed Cold-Cut Sandwich and Fruity on these days) It is recommended to start breakfast at-least by 6:30/ 7:00 AM. 2. Lift doesn't work. Needs to be fixed. 3. WiFi signal strength is not strong. Needs to be addressed.

Rooms are not clean, Bathroom flush not working when i used , also when i used the shower i felt the current running through it, No AC remote to control the temperature, room smell bad, the hotel is going through the construction and you hear all that sound continuously. Breakfast- The Breakfast is Okay type, the food was not warmed. Overall bad experience.

SUMMARY: 1. Late in giving room 2. First room shower tap broke in seconds of entering 3. Waited 20 minutes for new room 4. Blood on pillow so had to change it 5. Hotel under construction, builders working literally outside the room 6. Restaurant said 30 mins for food then after 30 mins asked for another 30 mins 7. Lift is temperamental and we got stuck in it 8. Dinner order was served wrong after confirming the order twice with restaurant 9. Incompetent and lazy staff except for a guy called Sushen Shill who tried his best to make the last few hours of our stay decent. 10. Manager nothing more than a clown Booked for one night and it was the worst experience I have had in 20 years travelling. At first glance everything seemed ok even with them not having the rooms ready 2 hours after check in time. Within 5 minutes of entering the room, my wife turned the shower tap on...only for it to come out in her hands. With water gushing everywhere it took them 20 minutes to give us a new room closer to the construction going on. Blood on the pillow that needed changing and continuous sound of construction was just the beginning. Went for lunch, told it would be 30 minutes only to be told after that it would be a further 30 minutes. One hour sitting in a dining hall under construction, in the basement with washing machines and a grimy slum garden outside the window? No thanks! While going up to the reception to complain got stuck in the lift. No bell so had to open the doors ourselves with our hands to climb out. The staff are useless. The receptionist is more of the managers pet than anything else and just stares at the screen if a complaint is made. More concerned in brushing his hair than doing any real work. Before going out for the afternoon we confirmed with the main waiter in the restaurant what our dinner order should be, hoping to give them time to get the order right....they got it totally wrong. Food had no taste other than oil and salt. These guys shouldnt have a job. The only good guy in the place is Sushen Shill who tried his best to rectify the situation after the damage was done. He deserves far better than working in that toilet bowl. Was told the banging outside the room would stop at 4:30pm. Actually stopped at 7pm after complaining four times. Finally went to see the manager Mr. Matthew who tries to sweet talk his way out of everything with no action in making it right. A perfect example of incompetent...like the rest of the staff. Smug and pathetic in demeanour, I had to give him a piece of my mind as neither my wife, nor parents, nor in laws deserved to be treated in that way. All he could do was sit there looking dumbstruck like the pitiful excuse of existence that he is. I wouldnt recommend this hotel to even my worst enemy. Better to sleep on the streets. If you want to ruin your holiday then stay here. The pictures provided shows how the builders were doing building work literally outside our room as well as the divine view from the dining room! Can only pray they close and save passing on their misery to others.

Great little hotel. We only stayed here for a night in transit, but it was a great experience. The rooms were clean and comfortable. Food and service were great too This is something I'd definitely recommend for a long or short stay at Port Blair.

Management of hotel is not good.room are not well maintained.no door mats in room.spider web present in rooms. Breakfast only after 8.00pm.quality of food is not good if u r vegetarian.ac in room are without remote