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May 5, 2024
Let's get something clear from the start: you can't see the sunset from this hotel. And none of the rooms are on the beach. There is beach ACCESS (a short stroll). But if you are picking looking out your window and seeing and hearing the ocean in the pictures here, you're in the wrong place. You can't. I'd only recommend this place for budget-minded travelers that have access to a rental car and want to cook at home. Otherwise, it barely qualifies as a "hotel." There is no maid service, no on-site food/breakfast, and a reception desk that closes at 5 pm. Our room was on the second story of what Americans know as a Motel 6 style. Very basic IKEA-ish furniture. Very odd layout (referenced repeatedly here), which can be problematic (see below). The TV had one English channel (Fox News, really?!) and no directions on how to use the remote. It overlooked a "garden" that was a few trees and bushes with a dirt road thru it for cars that were going to the bungalows on the beach. Zero privacy. Rooms were clean upon arrival. Unfortunately I became ill here. So I spent the better part of two days trying desperately to get sleep. There are chickens everywhere, crowing all thru the night (not just at daybreak). I've been to other islands where chickens are commonplace, but there is zero attempt here to control them so they won't wake up guests. I slept with my noise cancelling headphones on. The next morning at 8 a.m. there was drilling right outside my window, as the hotel decided that this was the ideal time to start a repair project. Since I hadn't slept (see chickens), I called. Two hours later, they stopped and told me they were finished. But no. Again the next morning, the same exact thing. I tried to explain, politely, that I came to Moorea to relax, not to be on a farm or in the middle of a construction project. The receptionists were nice but sadly ineffective. The closest place for breakfast was at the hotel next door, which has a nice beachfront place. But it's crazy expensive ($12 for a glass of juice; $30 for a breakfast, $45-$50 for lunch). It's a hike on a dark road to anywhere else for dinner, so rent a car to be prepared to shell out big bucks for a taxi (It cost us $60 for a taxi to get here from the port). If you are going to Moorea, do yourself a favor and find a place where you can enjoy the ocean, actually see it, and not be penny=pinched.