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Reviews of Coral Sea Resort & Casino

3.5 out of 5
Coral Sea Resort & Casino
Tandai Highway, Honiara

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 47 out of 98 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 33 out of 98 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 98 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 98 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 98 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Hector

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Pretty good accommodations. Staff were very courteous. Would stay there again.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2024
Response from Mr. Trent Allan on 22 May 2024
Hi Hector, thank you for taking the time to leave a positive review on our property. We appreciate all feedback and your excellent comments regarding our staff will be passed on directly to them. I would look forward to welcoming you back to the resort, the next time you are in Honiara. Warm & Kind Regards, Mr. Trent Allan - Resort General Manager

6/10 Okay

Peter

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Pool and internet are good. Place looks attractive. Annoyed that I reserved a room with queen bed, but had a double bed. Twin beds not available. Trundle bed $38 US per night. Food on site pricey. Simple/inexpensive Chinese food nearby, as well as a surprisingly very expensive Chinese place.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Mr. Trent Allan on 22 May 2024
Hi Peter, thank you for taking the time to leave a review on our property. I am currently investigating the feedback you have provided concerning the size of the bed. Concerning the price of food, you have to understand that in Honiara, Solomon Islands - nearly everything is imported and subject to taxes and import duties paid to the ports and the government. Most of the time, these charges are actually more expensive then the goods themselves when paired with freight costs. Availability is scarce. Therefore, I would prefer to provide a guest the option to purchase a product for perhaps a slightly higher price then they are accustomed to, rather then not being able to supply it at all. I trust this provides some explanation for your price point concerns. Have a great day! Regards, Mr. Trent Allan - Resort General Manager

10/10 Excellent

Jaye

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly, helpful, responsive, polite staff. Rooms and bathrooms are clean, comfortable, and spacious. Rooms have an in-room refrigerator. Open air lobby has wonderful large fans for a full-time breeze. Restaurant (Haydn's) food is averagely good, and made-to-order. Gardens are very well-maintained. Oceanfront location, nice view of islands, but access not for swimming. Ocean water looks very clean; didn't see any trash in the water. Adjacent properties are various light industrial properties, but not obtrusive or loud. Separately run oceanfront open-air bar/bistro on the property. Not walkable, so consider the resort to be your one-stop shop. (We didn't use the casino facilities.)
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mr. Trent Allan on 6 Mar 2024
HI Jaye, thank you very much for taking the time to leave a review on our property after your recent stay. I am pleased to hear of your exceptional experiences with our staff and rooms facilities. Both of our restaurants, the Haydn's Steak House and the Boardwalk Bar feedback is most welcomed and i will pass details of your review on to responsible department heads and staff. Should you be returning to Honiara again in the future, i would love to welcome you back to the resort. Thank you and have a great day! Regards, Mr. Trent Allan - Resort General Manager

10/10 Excellent

Marcus

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
was in Honiara visiting clients. very convenient location and safe surroundings
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Mr. Trent Allan on 20 Feb 2024
Hi Marcus, thank you very much for taking the time to leave a wonderful review on our property. I will be sure to pass on this feedback to department heads and staff and we would love to welcome you back to the resort, the next time you are traveling to Honiara. Tagio Tumas! Regards, Mr. Trent Allan - Resort General Manager

8/10 Good

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great service, good food, but room and pool issues
The hotel service was very nice. Food was pretty good. My room had a bit of a moldy scent covered by fragrance that caused my allergies to flare up. The pool area is open to non-guests and when I tried to use it there were a bunch of naked kids running around and jumping in so I didn't feel comfortable using it. Umbrellas at the lounge chairs would have been nice as well, but they were only above the dining tables by the pool. The room was spacious and comfortable but the scent of something in the air kept me from enjoying it.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Mr. Trent Allan on 15 Feb 2024
Hi Jason, thank you very much for taking the time to leave a review on our property. I will be sure to pass on the positive feedback on to department heads whom will inform staff accordingly. I apologize that there may have been an issue with your room, i can assure you, if this was brought to the attention of management an immediate remedy would have been made. Concerning the pool area, we have now installed umbrellas over the lounge chairs, however these could have been shifted over to suit your needs upon request, We have plans of an additional "Guest Only" pool with stage 3 developments most likely commencing this year which will address this concern. The house policy is that everyone is to remain clothed or at least wear a bathing suit whilst using the pool facilities, however at times kids being kids, have to be reminded of this. Once again, i would like to thank you for the review and would look forward to welcoming you back to the resort in the future. Warm regards, Mr. Trent Allan - Resort General Manager

10/10 Excellent

Sze Wei

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Mr. Trent Allan on 22 Jan 2024
Hi Sze Wei, Thank you for the wonderful feedback from your recent stay - I trust everything was to your liking and you returned home safely. Should you be returning to Honiara again in the future, i would look forward to welcoming you back to Coral Sea Resort. Regards, Mr. Trent AllanResort General Manager

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place, a bit out of the town centre.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Mr. Trent Allan on 22 Jan 2024
Hi Stephen, Thank you for the wonderful feedback from your recent stay - I trust everything was to your liking and you returned home safely. Should you be returning to Honiara again in the future, i would look forward to welcoming you back to Coral Sea Resort. Regards, Mr. Trent AllanResort General Manager

8/10 Good

Royslin

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Mr. Trent Allan on 22 Jan 2024
Hi Royslin, Thank you for the wonderful feedback from your recent stay - I trust everything was to your liking and you returned home safely. Should you be returning to Honiara again in the future, i would look forward to welcoming you back to Coral Sea Resort. Regards, Mr. Trent AllanResort General Manager

8/10 Good

Janet

Travelled with group
The rooms were sufficient and fine for the two nights I stayed here. The A/C was wonderful!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Mr. Trent Allan on 22 Jan 2024
Hi Janet, Thank you for the wonderful feedback from your recent stay - I trust everything was to your liking and you returned home safely. Should you be returning to Honiara again in the future, i would look forward to welcoming you back to Coral Sea Resort. Regards, Mr. Trent AllanResort General Manager

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful staff!
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Trent Allan on 30 Nov 2023
Hi Sarah,Greetings from Coral Sea Resort & Casino!Thank you so much for your generous review.We pride ourselves on delivering high standards to every guest that stays with us.We look forward to Welcoming you back to Coral Sea Resort & Casino in the future. Safe travels!Trent Allan,Resort General Manager

8/10 Good

Melanie J

Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Mr. Trent Allan on 27 Aug 2023
Hi Melanie, thank you for the excellent review on our property - I will be sure to pass on the feedback to my staffing group. Regards, Mr. Trent Allan - Resort General Manager

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very disappointed
Coral sea used to be a lovely hotel with great amenities - unfortunately the quality has gone significantly down hill. Mould growing on the lamp shades, holes in the walls.. etc. For this particular trip, the entire hotel was booked out as friends were getting married! All of us paying around 350-400 aud per night. Unfortunately we arrived to the pool being empty (for 6 weeks). It was approx 35c every day. There was no prior notice of this. No offer or room upgrades, discounts, no apologies- nothing whatsoever. The staff, including the manager, were nothing but rude and unaccommodating, trying to charge for everything they could wherever possible. A once 4-5 star hotel is now a 3 star hotel at best. They can get away with this because there is limited competition. I advise staying at Heritage Park. Staff there are kind, polite, the rooms are good and the pool is full and functional.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Mr. Trent Allan on 6 Jul 2023
Dear Anon, I thank you for the taking the time to leave a review via this channel - Your comments here are concerning as I had met and spoken with a number of guests from the wedding group party and heard no such complaints. I would be curious as to which manager you are referring to also. The local staff are in no way rude or unaccommodating, given at times, they may require some additional guidance or further training however, they strive to ensure all guests have an enjoyable stay whilst visiting or residing at the resort. This comment leads me to doubt the genuity of your review overall. We are awaiting the return of our executive housekeeper, however all department heads are charged with ensuring that the overall guest experience exceeds expectations and basic standards that can be found at other properties within Honiara, one of which you have mentioned above. The pool closure has been mentioned on all of our media channels and letters for each guest are placed in resort suites prior to check in, within this information provided it states that the Coral Sea Resort, during this period will transport and pay for in house guest use of any pool of their choosing within Honiara. If this information did not reach you, I would be shocked as i myself passed on this information to a number of guests within the wedding group party, with out knowing exactly whom made the review, i cannot be sure. Should you have any further feedback or comments, i would invite you to contact me directly via email, trent.allan@coral-sea-resort.com. Good day. Regards, Mr. Trent AllanCoral Sea Resort General Manager.

10/10 Excellent

Russell

Stayed 7 nights in May 2023
Response from Mr. Trent Allan on 6 Jul 2023
Hi Russell. thank you for the excellent review of our property - Should you be visitng Honiara again, we would love to welcome you back to the resort. Regards, Mr. Trent AllanCoral Sea Resort General Manager

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was friendly and helpful. They let us check in several hours early on short notice. The room was spacious and clean. The restaurant had several food options and wait staff was friendly and attentive as well.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Mr. Trent Allan on 6 Jul 2023
Hi Lisa, Thank you very much for the excellent review of our property - I will be sure to pass this praise onto our wonderful staffing group whom make this all possible. We would love to welcome you back to the resort next time you are in Honiara. Please have a great day! Regards, Mr. Trent AllanCoral Sea Resort General Manager

8/10 Good

Charlotte

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Modern well equipped room. The pool was very dirty. The area in front of the sea-front restaurant is completely under construction. The whole property stinks of cigarettes - people smoking everywhere.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

PAUL

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff incredibly friendly and helpful!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Olga, Denver

6/10 Okay

Robert

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great rooms, convenient and clean facilities. Need to clean the pool better
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Joey Liew on 24 Apr 2020
Dear Anonymous, Thank you staying with us at Coral Sea Resort & Casino. Your positive feedback has been passed onto our team for them to strive harder to uphold the Coral Sea Resort service standards. I do sincerely apologize about the cleanliness of our pool, rest assured this comment has been passed onto our maintenance team and necessary actions will be taken. We look forward to welcoming you back in Coral Sea Resort anytime you visit the Solomon Islands. Kind Regards, Joey Liew Trainee Assistant Resort Manager Coral Sea Resort & Casino

8/10 Good

Shirley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
Coral Sea is a great place to stay. Friendly and helpful staff. Good food and service. The only thing I think could be improved is upgrading beds from doubles to at least Queens.
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Joey Liew on 24 Apr 2020
Hi Shirley, Thank you for staying with us at Coral Sea Resort & Casino. Your positive feedback has been passed to our team and this will push them to achieve higher in providing our guests with the Coral Sea service standards. We have taken your comment about upgrading our beds from doubles to queens. Our Superior Suites & Luxury Waterfront Villas do come with a queen sized bed and an additional sofa bed. In our next stage of development, we will ensure that there will be suites with queen sized beds. We look forward to welcoming you back here at Coral Sea Resort & Casino, should you ever visit the Solomon Islands. Thank you & Kind Regards, Joey Liew Trainee Assistant Resort Manager Coral Sea Resort & Casino

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful location and view. Choices for cuisine too. Room was perfectly clean and the staff were lovely.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Resort Manager on 10 Mar 2020
Dear Anonymous, Thank you for choosing Coral Sea Resort as your preferred hotel in Honiara. We always strive to exceed guest expectations. We look forward to welcoming you back on your next stay. Regards, Coral Sea Resort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice location on the Coral Sea; good restaurant and spacious comfortable rooms. Ours was sea view and perfect. No concierge to arrange tours; but they did deliver a great taxi guy.. Willie Alu, our man in Honiara !
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very pleasant stay, place is clean and staff are very friendly and helpful. Meals are nice too. The pool was a bit cloudy and green in colour which didn't invite us to swim even tho it was very hot. dead flies and old Christmas decorations could have been cleaned out too.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice and comfortable rooms although service was not so good. They did not pick me up at the airport despite several emails from my side for confirmation. I had to take my suitcase two floors up the stairs (they did not tell me that there were no elevator or send someone to help with it). Menu breakfast is a good idea but service is slow when you have to go to work. Every night there's music until 10 p.m. or later that can be heard from the rooms. Bottom line, too expensive for the overall service provided
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Newer property. Not too far. The room however has smoking smell.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Kreg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Left stuck at airport.
The hotel was OK, but they messed up our airport pickup and left us at the Honiara airport for an hour late at night when the airport was closing up and everybody was leaving. We had to ask strangers for help to contact the hotel, which eventually sent the driver back to get us. Our pickup was reconfirmed with the hotel the previous day, but they didn't inform the shuttle driver that he would be picking us up along with other guests.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

PK, Maplewood, NJ

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms are nice and clean. The hotel is a relatively new hotel in Honiara. They have a great breakfast and it is included in the room rate. The staff is lovely!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location. Friendly staff. Food at The Boardwalk was excellent. Would recommend the rooms with the sea view otherwise you just look across the grounds or to the restaurant. We were not quite sure what to expect but we were pleasantly surprised and would thoroughly this as a place to stay if visiting Honiara for a few days.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great spot to stopover on dive trip to Uepi. Food was godlier and pool was great.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Brenton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Felicity

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Stuart, Adelaide, South Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My short stay at Coral Sea Resort
Nice room, clean. Hot water is poor. Bed is double, not a Queen as advertised. Food and alcohol is very expensive. Also door to room is not sealed at all. Large gaps allowing noise and bugs including mosquito's to easily enter room. Wi-fi is poor, so slow that sometimes pages would not load and timeout. Also big issue is Wi-Fi is not encrypted so basically no security if you use the wifi.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Naeemah

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Slow check in and check out. However good internet and clean and comfortable rooms.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best service in Honiara. Very good rooms with beautiful views, IF you get a Sea View room. Very good pool, two restaurants.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable stay in Honiera
The hotel was nice with friendly staff and a clean, comfortable and spacious room. The food at the restaurants was not good. The local area does not seem very safe, but the hotel has security guards and a gate.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Dale

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
3 day work trip
Really neat and clean place to stay
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Panithi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is the second place I have stayed in Honiara. It is ok.the rooms are clean. The staff is. Very friendly. But there really isn’t much to this place. The food is only so so. The WiFi is weak but that is common in the Solomons. There is a pool but it is about all the little kids have to do so it is packed with kids. No beach. Very limited ocean view. The bar takes up most of the ocean front and even though it is open air the smokers will drive you out. There is a casino on site and it is a good place to exchange money. Otherwise, it is a hangout for locals and not a really attractive addition to the Coral Sea.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Swimming pool overlooking Iron Bottom Sound and Savo Island Unfortunately pool maintenance would sometimes take nearly the entire day, and there was no posted schedule that I found. The no hats policy in the steakhouse dinning room - I'm fine with it, it's 'your house, your rules', but post them and enforce them uniformly. One security guy tagged me for going through the door with the my hat on, everyone else was OK as long as I took it off before I was seated. Both front desk and housekeeping staffs were very helpful during my stay. They couldn't do anything about the loud enough to hear in every room music every night, but it didn't run too late so it wasn't too big an issue.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great surroundings, very comfortable settings, nice staff always willing to help. Loved it.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

John, Sydney

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I've stayed at this property on three different occasions now. The rooms are clean and comfortable, the staff are friendly, and the food at the restaurant is terrific.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Felt like we were checking into pub as we arrived during happy hour and check-desk in middle of busy drinking area. Entered so called waterfront villa to have view of restaurant and diners only. Spa on deck nice but when you are in full view of diners and bistro staff not so relaxing or even slightly waterfront as advertised. Restaurant and bar view villa would be accurate description. Villa was spacious and neat but no privacy from bistro/bar that is just metres from back door and so called private deck. Good though that we could wave bistro/bar staff and get dinner and drinks on deck as they were only a few steps away. Ok if a short business stay but not for leisure.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recently returned to the Solomons to visit friends after a very long absence. Trent and his team are fantastic to deal with, Coral Sea is a great little resort that makes you forget you are in Honiara, the rooms are large, modestly appointed but very comfortable, comparable to many resorts in Australia. Breakfast and the menu offerings at both Haydns and The Boardwalk were very good. Will definitely not hesitate in staying here again.
Stayed 9 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Trent Allan on 23 Jan 2019
Dear Anonymous, Thank you very much for your kind words regarding our rooms and facilities, i am so pleased that you found the Resort to your liking including our two restaurant outlets "Haydn's Steakhouse" & "The Boardwalk" i would like to once again thank you for your review of Coral Sea Resort and i would happily welcome you back should you be returning to Honiara. Sincerely, Trent Allan - Assistant Resort Manager

10/10 Excellent

Bob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We can honestly say that our stay at this resort was fantastic. All of the staff, from the manager Joey , to the housekeeping and restaurant staff...Cecelia and Freddy and others made sure that we enjoyed our holiday. They organised everything from visits to local attractions ,to trips to the marketplace . Nothing was a problem for them. If you want to appreciate and enjoy The Solomon Islands ,Penny and I would say ...”stay at the Coral Sea Resort” ! Let the staff know what you would like ,and they will do everything possible to help you! Thank you to all of them!
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Trent Allan on 23 Jan 2019
Greetings Bob, i would like to thank you very much for taking the time in writing such a wonderful review, this will be posted as a motivational tool for our staff, as you have so thoughtfully mentioned they are all willing to go above & beyond for our guest's and this shows that their hard work is not in vein. I would happily welcome, both yourself and Penny back to the Resort should you ever be returning to Honiara. Thank you again for your kind words. Sincerely, Trent Allan - Assistant Resort Manager

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Dave, Namaka Fiji

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
a nice surprise
hadnt been to Honiara before so didnt know where to stay & what to expect. Highly recommend the Coral Sea Resort. Comfortable clean rooms. Great food. Lovely caring staff. I will return hioefully sooner than later
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Andrew, Gippsland, Vic, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to relax. Food quality within resort was of high standard
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018