Vanuatu Hotel Reviews

We had a wonderful time in Vanuatu and looked forward to returning to the cleanliness and comfort of our lodgings each evening. The neighborhood was interesting and friendly as well. If you would like to meet the "regular folks" in Port Vila, this is the place to stay. Would happily stay at this accommodation again.- 10/11/2009, Mr. Bruce Thomas

The hotel and its staff are superb. I was treated and felt as a local, not a visitor. The best thing about the hotel is its location, convenient to the Central Market as well as to the Airport. I will be returning a visit very soon!- 28/08/2008, Mr. Kelly Reid

I loved my stay at Paradise Cove Resort - it was exactly waht I was looking for. The only quirk which is worth noting is that this is the first beach hotel/resort where beach towels are not provided (but are available for purchase), and I wonder if this should be mentioned when booking.- 21/11/2009, Ms. Karen Brown

The rooms are very clean, as is the restaurant and common area. The gardens and beach are immaculate. This place has bucket loads of character and felt like home after a couple of days. The resort was at (or near) capacity of 25 people when we were there, but we felt like we had the place to ourselves. Our favourite table in the restaurant or beach chair was always available. The atmosphere was very friendly and the staff felt like family. There are no phones, TVs or loud happy hours here. The resort is well run. They employ more people than they have guests and the management have established an education fund (optional in place of gratuities) for the staff’s children.- 13/06/2009, Mr. Barry Dick

Lovely new place very quiet spot and a lovely beach- 05/01/2010, Ms. Dana Bambery

Great place in Port Vila. Bungalows are comfortable and clean; Service is excellent, people smilling and friendly.- 03/11/2009, Mrs. Ophelia DRAPER

poppys was just great! it's very clean and the staff are more then helpful and friendly. we enjoyed our stay at poppys and on Vanuatu very much. - only one thing... if you have problems with walking up a steep hill poppys is not for you, therefore it is at the bottom of a hill. otherwise go for it!! 10/10 Monika, Australia- 28/07/2008, Mrs. Monika Scheiwiller

Great place to stay in Port Vila.. very quiet! The staff and management is very helpful and friendly. LOVE IT!!! - 05/06/2008, Mrs. Christiane Lohrbaecher

Rick and Wendy were extremely helpful, they are there if/when you need them. We had very good advice from them. They have a range of boats from a clear kayak to a motorised dingy which we could use, fishing rods, a swimming pool etc. The cleaner came daily, the gardens were kept beautifully. The view from our room looking over the lagoon was amazing. The Sea change lodge is just far enough from the busy town but easily walkable.- 12/08/2009, Mr. simon gardner

High standard of accommodation, well maintained and presented. Rick and Wendy are very welcoming and helpful.- 27/06/2009, Mr. Michael Jones

We had a wonderful time at Deco Stop we stayed there for 8 nights in Jan 2010 - The rooms were super clean, comfy beds, large bathrooms, great views, fantastic pool, everything you could need - staff were fantastic making you fell like part of a family. The food is like home cooking and we barely went out anywhere else - reasonably priced and great variety. Walking distance from town but not at all noisey. We did a lot of diving which was so easy to organise and located only 10 - 15 mins from coolidge site. I highly recommened this resort and would stay there again should i go back to Santo.- 10/02/2010, Mr. Melanie Van Boxtel

Excellent, engaging hosts. Well located accommodation, close to the centre of Luganville, but far enough away from it.- 02/06/2009, Ms. Maria Shpakova

Wonderful place, nice bungalows over the sea, plenty of deserted beaches! Great to kayak to the blue holes, the ones the tours bring you to. It would be great to have the kayaks included in the price (not pay each time you want to use them). Only negative point, but you are in Vanuatu where stress is a word that doesn't exist, it takes really long to get food (ie 1h for breakfast, 1h30-2h for dinner), so order in advance to get your meals in a timely manner. Else great stay and I would definitely return there. People are really nice and you have a genuine place here!- 04/01/2010, Ms. Maud Eon

Top meals, top location. Great value.- 06/10/2009, Mr. Robert Hunt

Helpfull and friendly staff, nice farres,snorkelling excellent- 18/07/2008, Mr. Merilyn Call of Africa

We were really pleased that we had decided to stay at Tranquitlity and wished that we had booked for longer than one night (2days). During our time there we snorkled, went canoeing, and for several walks, just so much to do and so incredibly peaceful. The meals cooked by Tony were fantastic infact one of the best steaks I have ever eaten. Staff very friendly and had great conversations with Andy, David and Tony and also met Christine who was delightful. We would certainly stay at Tranquility again when we visit Vanuatu next.- 02/08/2007, Mrs. Heather Robinson

The accommodation and views were excellent. The main problem relates to trying to organise a boat trip to Rano and Walla Islands. They quoted vatu 27,000 for this short boat ride (with guide) to visit these two islands close to the Nawori Bunglows. These prices are ludicrously high, I eventually ended up paying vatu 12,000 which is still excessive in my mind. Our pre arranged return transport to Norsup was delayed and we arrived at the airstrip 5 minutes prior to the plane's departure. In short- great accommodation but the owner has to be honest and efficient in the organistion of tours and transport or else the flow of travellers will seek alternative options- 03/11/2009, Mr. John Hughes

This is a unique opportunity to experience authentic island life- 14/09/2009, Mr. Peter Crossen

it was smaller than expected and not much storage space for clothing.it would help if you had a full length mirrow on one of the walls also.- 14/01/2010, Mr. gerald hogg

I found the rooms very small and boxlike and the balcony was extremely small. Everything else was fine.- 10/10/2009, Mrs. Brenda Rudolph

Booked into a budget room. Bed and room were clean. There was NOWHERE to hand our clothes NOT A HOOK__NOTHING. NO FRIDGE!! IN the Pacific EVERY room HAS TO HAVE a FRIDGE. Asked the manager about the missing items-- response was just a shrug. Also NO Washing or Ironing facilities as described BUT--- YOU could see where they HAD BEEN. The evening cook -----CANT---... Go somewhere for any meal besides breakfast---even Breakfast takes a long time and -more often than not --arrived cold. The pool and surrounds were kept perfectly---better than the room. This place backs onto Vila's slum housing--a Kava Bar- and is next to a ground used for local religious and rock concerts. Just perfect for a relaxing holiday. The time that we were there VILA had a continuing problem with rubbish collection. RUBBISH EVERYWHERE. I was on HAMO a year ago...It was BETTER and CHEAPER and MORE RELIABLE than Efate. On the Positive side we met a good tour guide and the OWNER of another resort made us most welcome to use his facilities AT NO COST.. Really disappointing Stan Seymour- 29/10/2009, Mr. Ronald & Carolyn Seymour

Interesting and querky!! Thank's Mark and crew.- 27/10/2009, Mr. robert walker

We really appreciated our stay at evergreen, the people are wonderful. The food was excellent, superb place and bungalows. The tours were also perfect.- 01/02/2010, Mr. Olivier BLANCHON

merci Lilian!super séjour, personnel très sympa.- 25/01/2010, Mrs. Celine & Damien Chardigny

What a fantastic place to stay! It's great to find a place that looks even better than it does on the internet. Beautiful facilities, great view and amazing service - we felt thoroughly spoilt. If we could, we'd go back tomorrow.- 04/08/2009, Mrs. Lisa Hall

Wendy our housekeeper was excellent and a delightful lady. Her daughter did great braids!- 28/10/2008, Mrs. Charlotte Bryden

c'est l'idée de "home away from home " trés grand bungalows devant un site superbe , discrétion et efficacité du personnel l'adresse à retenir !- 17/07/2009, Mr. Phil OLIVIER Ste ROSE

Not flash, but all the basics for 2 BR self contained accommodation. The site is great, with Erakor lagoon out the front door (if you can get the front door open - ours stuck every time!) Short walk to the free ferry to Erakor resort for sunset drinks. A longer walk the other way at low tide get you to Breaka's.- 10/07/2008, Mr. Mike Morris

the bungalows are clean and all worked well as we understood that the buildings are over 10 years old, still great value for money. only suggestion for improvement is that if there is a rain downpoor, do insect / mozzy spraying 1-2 days after, not 5 days later- 07/07/2009, Mr. Werner Hulsmann

The bungalows are great and very spacious. We really enjoyed the private terrace with hammock and oceanview. My only negative comment would be on the type of roof (tatched) that allowed lots of lizards and insects to keep us company! Perhaps a net around the bed would help us sleeping better.- 13/05/2009, Ms. Cathy Creutzer

No comments- 25/01/2010, Mr. jacques carrio

The room we stayed on 26th was not what we reserved. We reserved for Double Bed but it was twin beds. The room we stayed on 30th was very good.- 04/01/2010, Mr. Shun Ozawa

some cigarette ends were around the pool area, on the floor and in the planters,- 28/10/2009, Mrs. gillian marshall

We enjoyed our stay at the Sebel. It was a good place to stay for the first couple of days in Vanuatu as it allowed us to become familiar with the area. The views of the Harbour were great and we particularly enjoyed watching the ships being offloaded at the port. The rest of our stay in Vanuatu was spent at a resort as well as 3 days on Tanna Island.- 09/08/2009, Mrs. Lynette Egan

They need to fix the situation regarding water to the toilet when the generator/pressure pump is not operating. The lack of pressure prevents the toilet cistern from filling which prevents the toilet from being flushed which is unhygienic. Watch out for your soap overnight as the 'pet' rat enjoys the taste.- 06/10/2009, Mr. Robert Hunt

Unique accomodation with stunning owners and stuff! Very remote of course but well suited for volcano tours.- 18/03/2009, Mr. Thomas Berthold

pas exactement comme sur la photo mais calme et en bord de mer lits faits et serviettes changées tous les jours sympa les hamacs au bord de mer un peu loin à pied du city center- 17/11/2009, Mr. LUNG PONG WONG TONG

Very warm welcome. Nice family which is managing the motel. Good location (not to close to the city and all the hustle and bustle). Clean pool, I enjoyed every time I dived into it. A very good place to spend a relaxing holiday!- 04/06/2009, Ms. Julia Georgi

Excellent resort for peace, tranquility and beauty. Food was good, snorkelling great, wonderful waters and beautiful sunsets. I had an accident on the last day (stepped on a stonefish) and the staff and management got me to the hospital in good time. They looked after me well.- 11/10/2008, Mr. Kevin Fernandez

Erakor Island is a neat and very quiet little island but unfortunately the bungalows are looking a bit tired these days and could use an upgrade. The family bungalow we stayed in had a good deck facing the water but a very basic upstairs room (think dormitory style beds, fan and a table) despite being priced towards the high end of the market. The breakfast buffet was unexciting and a bit grotty looking - certainly not of the standard one would expect from a 'resort'. The restuarant deck is a fabulous spot to sit and enjoy the view although the food was hit and miss.- 29/09/2008, Ms. Emily Barker

The transfert in car is 10 times the price of what the local people are paying to do the same trip.The bungalows are simple but very nice.The manager could inform us that there is no shop or market where to buy food around.Because you are on a remote place ,everything is expensive: 1500 vatus per meal,you have to pay if you want to charge the battery of your camera, pay 300 vatu for hot water...Tourist=money...and nothing else.It's sad.- 10/10/2009, Ms. Aline Serafini

I had a womderful time at Sunrise Bungalows. The poeple were delightful.- 03/10/2009, Mrs. Anne Wakefield

I had a great time in Lonnoc, everything was fine, Wendy and her team are very friendly, food was nice. Please, don't change, stay true as you are (apologize my English)- 08/12/2009, Mrs. Anne Balleraud

our stay at lonnoc beach bungalows was just heaven. the vocor family are just wonderful people and couldnt do enough for us. I was surprised at the variety in meals. The beach was pristine- 29/11/2009, Ms. Jody Galey

Expensive for this fan only room. Old and tired. Large room though with own onsuit being a plus. Pool full of screaming children ALL day. As wanted to be close to airport incase of the unexpected this was the reason for staying here. Management friendly.- 17/01/2010, Mr. Ian Finch

Food in the dining room is dreadful.- 19/09/2008, Ms. Jenny Smith

apart from the tsunami warning the accomodation was very good the open air showers are certainly different, and no tv,s radios or phones was a great idea.- 14/10/2009, Mr. Ken Spencer

The staff and management were always available and helpful. The place was picture perfect. There co-ordinator Johno orgainised lots of tours by the local people which was great. Found the resort and everyone we met friendly and lovely. The charm of the place is definitely the people. The resort food was excellent (best chips ever) and the steak at the supermarket was to die for. We had a BBQ and used it alot. Overall it was a excellent family holiday.- 07/07/2009, Mrs. joan gatehouse

Just perfect really. One small gripe: Bar service too slow. Why can't the waiter just get a bottle of beer and serve it rather than wait in line for 15 cocktails to be shaken and stirred. Aren't they trusted ?- 24/09/2008, Mr. Don Gooder

Probably a little overpriced for what they are offering. It's nice overall and very comfortable but lacks a little charm.- 17/05/2008, Mrs. Jodi McKeeman & Zachary Rozga

Simple but if you wished to have a self contained unit close to the town centre, then this is a good option. Pool was nice and big- 10/01/2010, Ms. Trish Maude

Although very clean, the rooms here are tired and fairly basic.- 21/01/2009, Mr. Steven De Domenico

We were in the hotel for a period of 4 hours only due to airline holdups and no opinion can be formed on most of these questions- 27/09/2009, Mr. Roger Lock

Within walking distance to town.- 24/03/2009, Mr. Gerhard Rechenberg

Just the mattress was little bit uncomfortable.- 02/03/2010, Mr. Giuseppe Tardiota

central but very noisy- 10/10/2009, Ms. Aline SERAFINI

Unbelievable. What welcome? The place is in a mess. Building half built and other half falling apart.Staff could not give a hoot. Half the food I saw go out was only half eaten. The meat the buffet breakfast lacked was made up for by the FLIES. Something is dead somewhere near. In town eating in the open there was no fly problem. Questions here. The Pizza's are good as previous comments have said. The beer is the most expensive on the island. This place appears to have been a boaties bar. Now slow upgrading to change this. Plans for swimming pool. Owner says he has never built one but will give it a try. No path to the beach far far away, beachfront, yeah right. Beach is dirty brown and water you cannot see through therefore I would not put my toe in. Room so run down. I can wave my arms faster than the fan. No hot water for 4 nights. Just the pits. If wish to stay this far out of town go to Coral Quays. Amazing setting amoungst huge trees. Where Tazan must live. I just walked in from the road for a beer and was greeted by friendly staff unlike the " I dont give a hoot " of the Beachfront.- 17/01/2010, Mr. Ian Finch

Very good value when compared to other hotels in Vanuatu, which are generally quite expensive. Beachfront is a very quiet and tranquil place and was good enough that we returned there after a short stay on the north of the island.- 13/01/2010, Mr. Jonathan Leigh

We were for 4 days at Port Resolution.It's an amazing location. The white Beach near the village is beautiful. You can also go to the hot springs by foot. The bay of Port resolution is magnificent. The bungalows are OK. But don't be to much "exigent" with the toilets and the shower. It's a little bit like camping... We eat the same at the local people and the vegetables were very well cooked. Not too much meat, but the local people don't eat too much meat too... We really enjoyed our holidays at PORT RESOLUTION ! Warry, the manager, and the girls who care about the location are very sympathic. We will probably come back somme days to that amazing place ! THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICES.- 10/01/2010, Mrs. Laurence FEHR

Première remarque qui va concerner ce questionnaire (dont je juge l'existence très positive): alors que le français est l'une des langues officielles du Vanuatu, il est dommage qu'il ne soit qu'en anglais (comme d'ailleurs le reste du site). Malgré mes dificultés de compréhension , je vais essayer d'y répondre. Sur les 6 (ou 7?) bungalows, seul 3 semblaient avoir l'éclairage électrique (cela quand le groupe était en fonction). 3 bungalows avaient un petit lavabo à l'entrée. Les douches avec WC communes avaient de grandes ouvertures qui ne permettaient pas de respecter l'intimité et la pudeur et des utilisateurs. En ce qui concerne les repas, c'était très monotone: autour de l'habituel riz, il y avait quelques petites variations de légumes mais pas ou très peu de viandes et pas de poisson. Le déser était toujours une banane. Tout cela pour un coût excessis (750 vu) pour si peu. Pour les possibilités de visites, sorties, le staff ne semblait pas des plus dynamiques. Après ces points négatifs, il reste à dire cependant qu'on a eu affaire à des gens gentils dans un cadre magnifique.- 21/09/2008, Mr. LANDRAING Alain

Rooms are very, very basic and need some attention. Holes and cracks in walls and illfitting doors/windows allow rats, lizards and other insects free access to rooms. Mosquito nets are torn. We understand that power comes off a generator but at night it is difficult (and dangerous) to find the toilets without stumbling over bits and pieces strewn about the area. It also makes using the toilets difficult!- 21/01/2009, Mr. Steven De Domenico

With the bungalow right in the village and being involved with Tasso's family, it is so easy to experience real village life and added to the whole experience. Our family loved it.- 09/12/2008, Mr. Graeme Campbell

Resort is really nice. A lot of free activities with the all inclusive package (kayaks, tennis, table tennis, kids club...) However with the all inclusive package, if you don't watch out you can easily spend a lot with all the extras that are not always obvious and well explained. Buses and taxis are always at the entrence of the hotel, so easy to go into Port Vila. We had a great time at the resort. - 20/09/2008, Mrs. Maud Eon

The hotel had no record of our booking when we checked in late at night. We were finally accommodated in a room with two double beds (neither of which were long enough for my partner) and no power points. The room did not match the description of the room advertised. The only available point was in the very small bathroom so we were required to iron and boil the kettle next to the toilet. There was no mini bar in the room (but this service was provided in the rooms of our friends who were also accommodated in the hotel. When it came time to check out we were presented with a bill for the accommodation that had already been charged to my credit car two weeks prior to checking in. After much confusion I was finally used a hotel computer to log into to my bank account and print a list of my credit card transactions to prove that i had already been charged. After about half an hour the hotel was able to confirm that the account had been paid. At the time of booking i indicated that transfers were required to and from the airport. I was advised that as our flight got in at 11pm this service could not be provided on arrival. I did however assume that a transfer would be provided to the airport - i was wrong. The accommodation at Le Lagon was expensive at over $200 a night but this did not equate to a high standard of service. I have had more positive experiences in small family run guesthouse for which i have paid a fraction of the price!- 06/12/2007, Ms. NATASHA BOYLE

-- 09/01/2010, Mrs. anna marello-sayadi

The hotel is lovelly, but our dormitory was noisy, too close of the swimming pool. The noise of the technical local was too important, we were wake up very early in the morning. An otehr thing, the quantity of food was not very generous, particularly when you pay for the breakfast...- 31/07/2009, Mrs. GROLIER Marie-Edmée