Beach/ocean view

Reviews of Ranginui's Retreat

3 out of 5
Ranginui's Retreat
Ootu Beach, Aitutaki

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 10 out of 16 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 2 out of 16 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 16 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 16 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 16 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Adriana

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
This property is set on the lagoon which is just stunning
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Jackson

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Sheets were not cleaned well
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Hori

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked location very handy and quite also
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Alanna

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great all round cabin accommodation
Overall, we really enjoyed our stay at Ranganui's Retreat. The hosts were helpful and approachable. Steve was on time to pick us up and drop us off! He also shared great tips and info on restaurants with great food, ambiance and price. They're grandson was on sight helping with pool repairs and general maintenance and was a polite, charming hardworking part of the team. The biggest need in this cabin was the need of the second bedroom to have an AC. It was an extremely hot stay and our third person had a hard time sleeping. Another need would be for perhaps more than 3 settings of dishes for three people. Overall though, it has a good location with an excellent outlook.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Grace

Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A piece of paradise
Position was idyllic. Walk out of your room and into the lagoon. The owner can help you with anything you need. Food and drink venues nearby.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Andrea

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Really enjoyed our stay at Ranginui’s Retreat. A great base to explore Aitutaki from. You can walk to Blue Lagoon or Boatshed for something to eat and drink, but you will need transport to go further afield. Units are well set up, clean and have everything you need. Steve and Lanie are great hosts, very helpful and assisting with local information and recommendations.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

corey

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
I stayed two nights at Ranganui’s. The location is great, walking distance to the boats and 3 nearby restaurants. The room was small but clean. The area is rampant with mosquitos, so bring insect repellant! The only reason I gave this place 3 stars instead of 5 is due to the lack of communication with staff. I had emailed my itinerary as well as the need for a morning airport shuttle. When I arrived, I had to wait an hour outside to find someone to help with check-in. I never saw the owner again and upon leaving, did not have a ride and had to walk 35 minutes to the airport with my heavy bags.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Stephen Schofield manager on 4 Jun 2023
I am very sorry about the communication I did come around late last night tp let you know we would run you to the airport and early this morning but you had already gone as we had others on the shuttle .I

10/10 Excellent

Hanna

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

carol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay on Aitutaki.
Friendly hosts picked us up from airport & showed us to our beachfront bungalow. Well equipped, pretty room with wonderful porch looking over the lagoon. Outdoor shower was also lovely. Hosts made sure we had everything we needed. Only stayed 2 nights & would stay longer next time.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022
Response from steve on 12 Jul 2022
Thank you for your comments we l always try and be helpful if we can

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My bad experience
Inside my room, ants on my bed,got many mosquito bites though having put on mosquito repellent. Flies in the bathroom. No Customer service. Calling a taxi, they will charge you NZ$0.50 per minute. Worst of all, Larni is only nice to white people. On the day when I did my Safari snorkeling cruise, they advised me to pick me up at the accommodation,but Larni told me to walk all the way down the road.My last day there I asked her to store my luggage and she just told me to leave mine on office sofa myself and the next minute when a couple of white people walked in to store their luggages, she served them nicely and put theirs in the storage place. Walking out of there angrily with my bag, I went to Pacific resort Aitutaki. There I received paramount customer service and they helped me storing my luggage for the day for free and dropped me off to the airport. Shape contrast! Warning:if you are not white and don't want to be discriminated, don't stay there!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Stephen Schofield manager on 22 Jun 2022
I am very sorry for your bad experience ,but rooms are fully mosquito screened we had left flowers on the bed and we charge 50cents for our phone calls ,walking to the cruise is 100 metres down the road and the cruise people ask if they can walk because it is next door,she had organised this and then cancelled and rebooked with another cruise who picked her up outside the office. We do not have a storage room for luggage but hold all luggage ,I myself told her to leave luggage in the office after checking out and at the end of the day after touring around we would drop her off to airport. The other people left their bags in the same place and were dropped off a the end of the day Being discriminated against for not being white is totally wrong everyone is treated the same and Lani is not white. This person who did not say a word went to the Pacific Resort which is 5 star and she would get paramount customer service ,but the cost would be more than what her whole stay was here. She was in a budget room for 4 days and was asked everyday how things were going and if she needed anything she said every thing was all ok an never complained about anything and if it was so bad she would have moved

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great lagoon Experience
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021
Response from steve on 20 Oct 2021
Thank you we hope you can come again

10/10 Excellent

Marie-ann

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best little secret in Aitutaki.
We had the best time at Ranginuis retreat. The managers were so very helpful. They went that extra mile to make our stay super enjoyable. They gave us lots of good tips and helped us negotiate experiences around the island and lagoon excursions.
View up the lagoon
Sunset across the water.
Room welcome. Such a treat.
Kia Orana. Beautiful leis received on arrival. Thank you Steve and Lani.
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2021
Response from steve on 18 Aug 2021
Thankyou very much for your comments and we would welcome you back anytime

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the fact it was away from town, but still close to cafés, airport and beach was at your doorstep with activities to do. Friendly hospitality.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2021
Response from steve on 23 May 2021
thank you we enjoyed having you stay and would welcome you anytime