Located centrally in downtown, the hotel room rate was $110 per night single occupancy. Checkout time is noon and they were adamant of adhering to their check in time of 3 PM (though I got to check in at 2 PM after sitting next to the front desk for hours).

The cleanliness of the entire facility was very good and near excellent except for hard to get places that manifested a build up of dust and scum. No internet, no in room safe but couple of bottle water provided along with a kettle and cups. There is an in house Japanese restaurant called Mog Mog that I will not recommend as the food served is not acceptable ... not fresh and tasty. In my opinion the room is more in the price range of $50-60 per night but in Palau the hotels are very expensive.

The hotel personnel are very nice and helpful. They all appear to be contract workers from other countries.

We stayed for 5 days in March and when I made the reservation 11 months in advance had requested a quiet room away from the street. Nevertheless, when we checked in we were told that they were full and the only room available faced the street. We were given ear plugs, never a good sign. The traffic never quieted. In addition, the beds were very hard. So between the hard beds and the noise, we did not sleep well at all. On the plus side the staff was very nice and the rooms were spotless. We tried the purchase wifi but it did not work with apple products! I would not stay again.

This hotel is centrally located in Koror, a short walk from most of the good restaurants in the city, and a block from a large shopping center that hosts a grocery store on the ground level. It was a good value for me, and the service was exceptional. Internet//Wi-Fi is not included in room price, and is so slow anyway that it really wouldn't matter if it were. To be fair, Internet speeds are abysmal throughout Palau.

I cannot overemphasize how slow the Internet data connection is in Palau: like 1996 AOL dial-up slow. Unless you absolutely have to be connected to the outside world during your visit I recommend just turning off your phone. Don't even think of trying to download/upload a video file. It's a practice in futility.

This hotel caters predominantly to Japanese tourists, as exemplified by the in-house Japanese restaurant and by the very personable, multilingual staff members who epitomize quality service. The downside to this particular audience is the Japanese-style bedrooms, which to me felt like sterile hospital wards with their glossy white tile floors and plank-hard mattresses on low-slung beds.

That said, I was so exhausted from diving and exploring every day I fell right asleep when I returned to the room. In this regard Palau Paradise served my needs perfectly. However, if I were looking for a resort experience, and just wanted to hang out at the hotel all day, this would not be the place.