Manava Suite Resort Tahiti

It was ok, expensive for what you get but then so is tahiti. Room was big , channels on tv only french speaking. Rooms without a seaview disappointing outlook.

Food and drink was v expensive. Lovely pool area and proved a good location for an overnight stay.

Nicely designed and well kept hotel. Friendly and helpful staff. Comfortable and well appointed rooms. Dinner was very nice, but breakfast was let down by the temperature of the hot items. Otherwise it was decent. It's close enough to the airport to use as a layover hotel (which we did). It's a few miles from Papetee but they run occasional shuttles - otherwise it's a taxi ride which are quite costly on the islands (approx £20) or if you're braver, take the west coast bus which is about £2.50. We even walked it one time, but it took just over an hour in humid conditions, with nothing pleasant to look at on the way. There are a few restaurants fairly close by and a dance school if you want something daft to do - but not much else locally. The hotel is having its beach front redeveloped at the moment (Until August I believe). There's obviously noise going on, but it's not unbearable. It also means there is no swim up bar and a smaller pool area at the moment. They have a makeshift bar by the pool area though. It looks like it will be beautiful when it's done. We had a seaview suite and although the noise during the day was a pain, it was finished around 1700. Be warned that the ground floor seaview rooms have no view at all, as they look directly at the worksite. All in all, a nice hotel (which will be improved when the new pool area is complete) with great staff. Very friendly, warm and helpful. We would stay again.

Hotel a bit tired, public areas nice but room very dated and technology poor. TV 20 years out of date and terrible WiFi performance, non existent in room. Two twin beds pushed together with very firm mattress. Restaurant however was fantastic... like a different hotel! Food and setting very impressive. Only used for one night to tie itinerary together so overall the stay was ok.

Very nice hotel and pool

The big problem, which we feel we should have been told about (and offered to cancel because of this) was the building work going on both next to the pool and directly in front of the block of lagoon view rooms we had been allocated - not just unsightly, but also very noisy and smell (diesel smell). We were lucky that after being persistent we got our room changed to one overlooking the pool, with the building works off to one side and out of view ( but not out of hearing range unfortunately). Under the circumstances we felt the non-refundable rate was way too expensive for the disruption and in retrospect if we had know we would have booked the Intercontinental instead. We got a room credit as compensation, but all that bought was a couple of beers each or cocktail only at happy hour prices. It kind of spoil the the last day of an otherwise fab holiday.

Beautiful pool and the staff was great....our room just needed a fresh coat of paint and the phone was not working

Excellent service, nice room. AC ok, but just ok. Would stay again.

Very nice resort!

The rooms were very spacious and clean. The pool was large and had an awesome view of Moorea. Although there were two lagoons available for swimming, I would have preferred access to a beach. The biggest drawback would be the cost to travel to downtown Papeete. It averaged $25 each way. Drinks and meals at the resort were ridiculously priced. However, the rooms made up the difference. Would recommend buying groceries for the kitchen.