French Polynesia Hotel Tips by easyoar

This hotel was getting on for £100 (almost $200 USD) for a night for the room, which you would think would get you something pretty nice!

You'd be wrong in this case. The hotel looks nice from the outside, and their website does a pretty good job too. However the rooms are very dirty and badly need decorating, and the bathroom looks seriously ancient too. I was flabbergasted when I saw what we got for our money. We did get to see 2 rooms, as we asked to be moved from our first room, and both were the same.

The one thing this hotel has going for it is the location. it is very close to the ferry for going to Moorea - you can walk there in a few minutes.

The other thing to bear in mind is that Papeete hotels have a reputation for being very bad and very expensive, so this may be a standard hotel!

Unique Qualities: Dirty rooms!

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Theme: Hotel
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$180 and up  » Currency Converter
Address: Le Mandarin, Papeete, Tahiti
Directions: Inland a bit from the Moorea Ferry
Website: http://www.hotelmandarin.com/

The room and the location were very good. The restaurant by the water is famous as a good place to watch sunsets and this was justifiable.

If you spoke to the mother who was overall in charge, she was great and very helpful. Her daughter Natalie seemed to be in it for the money, and went to every effort to sell expensive tours. She lost interest in us somewhat when we declined.

The thing that really upset us was when we needed to checkout quickly to catch the ferry back to Tahiti, and there was no-one on reception (we did get there a couple of minutes early). We found the receptionist with her feet up in the restaurant. We asked if we could checkout, and she simply said that she hadn't started working yet. eventually she got up and dragged her feet very very slowly over to reception and then took about 10 minutes to print an invoice.

I ended up driving the long way around the island as I knew there would be no traffic and I might be able to go 1 or 2 kms faster than I should... The only reason we caught the ferry was because the kind Avis lady was waiting right by the ferry for me. She threw me the deposit back, I threw her the keys, and we leapt on the ferry as it sailed away. My advice would be checkout the night before...

Unique Qualities: Nice rooms, but some of the staff leave a lot to be desired. I don't expect to be paying around $180 USD for a room per night and get treated like that! Note:- This is one of the BETTER value hotels on Moorea!!!! It is one hell of an expensive place.

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Theme: Hotel
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: US$180 and up  » Currency Converter
Address: Moorea PK 27-28