Hôtel Raiatea Lodge

We stayed two nights and loved it! Warm welcome with fruit juice, helpful orientation, and spacious, clean rooms. The food was excellent with beautiful presentation, and breakfast and dinner included made it great value for money. Staff were outstanding, they helped with our luggage and even arranged a last-minute tour. Free WiFi made working remotely easy, and the sunsets were picture perfect. The location across from the beach with access to kayaks and bicycles was ideal. Peaceful, quiet, and full of charm, the perfect place to rest and relax. A charming hotel with great service, highly recommended!

The absolute worst restaurant I’ve ever been to with the absolute worst service. Took 1 hour to get water, two and a half hours to get served after complaining… and we came with a charter group that sent our meal order 3 days in advance of our reservation. During the time we waited for our food, despite us being the first people in the restaurant, ever other table sat/ate/left/had tables cleared before we even got a second small cup of tap water… the food only came after complaining. Then, the fish was rubbery, the steaks were overcooked - the menu is full of false advertising - there is absolutely NOTHING truffle on the plate despite that ingredient being listed. Items were brought that we did not order but we were expected to pay for them. It was $18 USD for kids menu butter noodles and 3 fish sticks that were served hot enough to cause 2nd degree burns directly in front of my 3 year old, who had to wait over two hours for it… and the staff had the nerve to be disrespectful on top of all that. I’ve never paid so much just to spit my food out into a napkin. THEN, after the plates were finally cleared, an army of ants immediately started crawling all over the table. Save yourself the disappointment on your vacation and go literally ANYWHERE else.

It is a decent 3 star hotel, the word lodge defines the place. Rooms are decent, nicely decorated, charming. All facing the ocean, which is actually across the street.|Nice swimming pool.|The stuff is 5 star! Extremely efficient, nice and very friendly. So whatever yoy miss here is compensated by the kindness of the staff!

First I want to acknowledge Elodie who helped me with our initial reservation. Their website initially said they were booked on our dates. I emailed them and she replied that they had one room left and offered me options re their half boarding etc. ||They picked us up from the airport and arrived at the hotel maybe about 930am. After a long night flight and not a lot of sleep bc of the turbulence, we were pleasantly surprised that our room was ready at check-in.||We chose the half room boarding w breakfast and dinner. Definitely worth it and the food was great. You can’t walk to other restaurants or anything bc there’s nothing else nearby.||We rented one of their rental cars that they have onsite for $60 for a day. Drove the island, visited the OPOA hotel. We had lunch there. While the hotel was nice, there is NOTHING nearby there, at least w the lodge, you’re closer to town. Also, the food at the lodge was better than opoa. we looked into staying at opoa and I’m so happy we chose the lodge instead.||They have a dock at the end of the beach where you can book jet skis and take a kayak out for a motu. We booked a day trip to taha’a and ARE tours picked us up- 500% recommend them. ||The only downside to this hotel that we found was when you leave the room, you take your key out of the holder which powers the electricity- turning your ac off. So when you come back to your room after a long day- your room is hot. However, we closed the blinds in the morning before leaving and that made a huge difference. ||Also, breakfast starts at 7. That’s not terrible but a lot of activities start at 8- and pickup is even earlier, so we felt rushed a few mornings. The breakfast is smaller, but definitely supplies adequate options to start your day. And again, the food is fantastic. ||The rooms are great, beautiful views and pool. Would definitely return.

Very nice hotel, clean, well-kept, staff is great.... Everything from welcoming introduction and cold towel to the front desk and service at the bar and restaurant. Food in the restaurant was very good. Free bikes are old but usable. We rented a car from them which was totally adequate for a day. Great snorkeling and sunsets. Free Kayaks available and can kayak out to an isolated small island and snorkel. Pleasant and helpful staff on the dock. Also had a local Polynesian dance group in one evening and local buffet which was nice. Pool was very nice as well. There were some mosquitoes especially in the evenings... Should bring DEET. Of note had to cross the road to get to the ocean but not an issue. Dock walk over the coral to a small boat house where could snorkel or take the kayaks from.

The food was so delicious and scrumptious, especially the breakfast buffet options. PLEASE NEVER STOP MAKING THAT DELICIOUS VANILLA YOGURT AND THISE HEARTWARMING BAGUETTES. ALSO, NEVER STOP SERVING THAT DELICIOUS BUTTER. The hotel was really nice and had live entertainment. It was so beautiful.

Kind service, fantastic location, good rooms with a view. Everyone at the lodge was kind and the New Year’s Eve party they hosted was fun. Hotel was across from reef location with easy snorkeling. We were upgraded to a lagoon view room which had a nice balcony. The grounds were nice. Breakfast is standard continental and dinner had multiple choices included in the room rate.

We stayed here 3 nights. Were lucky and upgraded to family bungalow. We had the half board which included breakfast and dinner. The restaurant was disappointing, and next time we would definitely rent a car and not be stuck with the restaurant as only option. The pool is nice and well maintained. Internet didn’t work well. Also it is quite far from uturoa, so the bikes aren’t really an option and taxis are not cheap. The free kayak and snorkel is nice, but this isn’t the best spot for either. There are not many options on Raiatea, so this is probably your best bet if you want a resort style experience.