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Reviews of Tambua Sands Beach Resort - Adults Only

4 out of 5
Tambua Sands Beach Resort - Adults Only
Queens Highway, Korolevu

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 145 out of 369 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 156 out of 369 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 42 out of 369 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 14 out of 369 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 369 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Sushil BobKumar

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
No wifi or tv available. Breakfast was just cereal and bread.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Katrina

Travelled with partner
Nice quite remote small resort,food and food services needs a big big overhaul
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Francis, Christchurch

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awesome Fijian hospitality, great service and friendly staff. Thoroughly enjoyed our stay! BULA!!!
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

EILEEN

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is beautiful. The people are beautiful! Stayed in a little bure on the beachfront. It's a bit dated, but they keep them very clean. The bed was very comfortable, nice towels, pillows and bedding. The beach is not swimmable as the reef keeps the water back and the area in front of the resort is full of coral. It is very warm though and you can wade in it and sit in it if you want. The restaurant has a decent menu, prices are reasonable. The breakfast that is included is ok, cereal, juice, fruit and toast. You can order off the menu too. If you want to go anywhere they will call a taxi for you. Costs about 20-25 dollars FJD. There is nothing near the resort that you can walk to. The activity director tries very hard to arrange activities at the resort. There were very few people when we were there, so it made his job difficult!!! A lovely resort - we were lucky to be there with only a few others!!! If you want connection via your phone - get a sim card!!!! Wifi is not available except in lobby and it's sketchy!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Angela on 6 Feb 2024
Bula Vinaka,Thank you so much for your feedback.we look forward to welcome you back home.

10/10 Excellent

Lauren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were so friendly!! Being steps away from the ocean was amazing and the snorkelling off the resort was great. Definitely go at high tide. The grounds were beautiful and the food was great! Only stayed for two nights but wish I could’ve stayed longer. Was incredibly relaxing
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Angela on 5 Feb 2024
thank you so much for your response.We look forward to welcoming you back.

4/10 Poor

Timothy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
After 15 trips to Fiji staying in a wide variety of locations unfortunately this is the first bad experience we've had. Tambua Sands is a lovely location and a well presented resort. But I've never come across a place that had none of the positive feel and soul of Fiji. The staff were withdrawn and didn't appear to be enjoying themselves - the opposite of all of our other experiences in Fiji. The resort was quite empty, but although it said adults only we had a family with children in the adjoining Bure. This was the only resort in Fiji we've been to where we were asked to pay for the standard daily activities, with the reason we were given not making any sense at all. We were booked for 8 nights, but decided to leave after only 3 knowing we would lose the money we paid for the remaining nights - but we wanted to have our usual uplifting, fun, relaxing Fiji holiday. When we checked out the Manager came to see us and we were politely honest about our experience, to which she apologised and said they had to charge us for activities to help pay the land owners of the resort - however it is our understanding that this is no different from other resorts arrangements with their landowners. If we knew the money was going directly to a good cause we would have supported the idea. I really don't like writing my first ever negative review for any holiday we've had anywhere, but I feel a really good place has lost it's soul and isn't living and passing on the wonderful Fiji spirit
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Angela on 5 Feb 2024
hank you so much for your response.We look forward to welcoming you back.

8/10 Good

Christian

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The overall venue is nice and clean, staff were kind, and we really liked our accommodation directly at the beach. The beach is beautiful. Breakfast was free for us. We had dinner at Tambua Sands several times, the food quality was great. I would have given 5 stars if not for the following reasons: - Swimming is not possible at the beach (it's a coral beach - you can go snorkling though) - There are no shops near the Resort, you better rent a car to get around - We think some items available for purchase at the Resort are heavily overpriced. You basically pay Australian prices or more, which I don't think is appropriate or fair. E.g. you pay $10 for a 1 litre bottle of water. - Breakfast is very very basic. Just toast, butter, jam, honey, peanut butter, plus fruits. Everything else must be purchased. - Food ordered for dinner took very long to arrive, sometimes 1.5 hours - We were mistakenly charged some of the expenses of other guests and it took the Resort too long to rectify this. PLEASE NOTE, Tambua Sands Beach Resort is NOT part of the Outrigger Resort in Korotogo. The current Google location of Tambua Sands Beach Resort is incorrect. Tambua Sands Beach Resort is located around 15km further towards Suva, just east of the small villaga Namada.
Stayed 11 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Angela on 5 Feb 2024
hank you so much for your response.We look forward to welcoming you back.

8/10 Good

Maria Isabel

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The property is well maintained and the staff is lovely. However, our air conditioner could barely keep the room cool during the day... it was really hot Also, meal service was very slow, even to Fiji standards. We were a party of 8 and time between food arrival to 1st and last of us could be close to an hour.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Angela on 5 Feb 2024
hank you so much for your response.We look forward to welcoming you back.

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect place to unwind, quiet, staff were super friendly and helpful
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Rosemary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Like staff location Dislike internet access
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were amazing, very lovely people in a very peaceful relaxed environment, perfect for unwinding and reading a book by the beach.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Luisa on 21 Oct 2023
Thank you for your review

10/10 Excellent

William

Travelled with partner
The staff and food were excellent. The property is beautiful and the snorkeling was awesome.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Luisa on 22 Oct 2023
Thank you for your review

8/10 Good

Trifon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good, but more could be desired..
Overall, we are happy with our visit to the resort, but I do have some remarks about missed cleaning of the bungalow on one of the days. The night light was constantly not working. There is not much light in the bungalow at night, and on top of that, our porch had no outside lighting. On arrival we were placed in connecting rooms which is unacceptable to us as a couple. The next day we were moved. The breakfast provided is a disaster and would be better off without it. One day I had to wait 1 hour for the gentleman who was in charge of the tours offered on site.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Luisa on 10 Oct 2023
Thank you for your reviews

8/10 Good

Sweeta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Luisa on 23 Oct 2023
Thank you for your reviews

8/10 Good

Dominic

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Fiji Hospitality
Staff were great with their very friendly Fijian hospitality. Location is very good....so peaceful and serene. Loved the stay. Thanks
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Luisa on 10 Oct 2023
Thank you for your positive review

10/10 Excellent

Tiare

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had the most AMAZING stay for our honeymoon in room 5. There was enough privacy and spacious rooms. Highly recommend for those that love a slow pace relaxing holiday but also can have some fun with the entertaining staff. Staff were absolutely lovely & always had a smile on their dial. Special thanks to Mesu, big Joe, Sonny, Bou, Dale & all the other lovely staff! We will tell all our friends & family about this place.
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Luisa on 15 Sept 2023
Thank you for your review and hope to see you again

8/10 Good

Gregory

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Resort location is fabulous with stunning beachside views of coral coast. Beach is very quiet, at times you have it all to yourself which is very nice. The resort food options are limited with outside alternatives a taxi ride away.
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Luisa on 15 Sept 2023
Thank you for your review and hope to see you again

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fab beach but noise from children spoilt the peace
The room was small but comfortable. It was clean. Good shower. Snorkelling off the beach was amazing. Service was very slow (more than the usual Fiji time slow) and not very proactive. You have to go and find staff and ask for things you want. Food wasn’t great. There were children in the “adults only” resort.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Luisa on 15 Sept 2023
Thank you for your review

10/10 Excellent

Anjini

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Luisa on 23 Oct 2023
Thank you for your reviews

6/10 Okay

Rena

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Great accomodation & gardens. Some of the stuff working there however had a very can’t be bothered, unhelpful energy. Having visited many resorts in Fiji, I can you tell you great staff with a friendly positive energy can make all the difference. Food was not great, your paying a lot for extremely small portions sizes. Was also surprised when they wanted to charge an extra $1 for a small slice of lime to add to my tea. Been a big fan of the Warwick I was overall very dissatisfied & disappointed with its sister resort Tambua Sands.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Luisa on 3 Sept 2023
Thank you for your review

10/10 Excellent

Qiyun

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Luisa on 3 Sept 2023
Thank you for your review

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely incredible place to stay
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Luisa on 3 Sept 2023
Thank you for your response

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Staff are great and the location and peacefulness of the place are fantastic
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Luisa on 3 Sept 2023
Thank you for your response

8/10 Good

Danielle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff were amazing and the villas were beautiful. I do wish there were more activities and food options at the onsite restaurant.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Luisa on 3 Sept 2023
Thank you for your review

6/10 Okay

Maurice

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyed the snorkeling and swimming but units lack tvs gaps around door etc let mossies in no veranda so rain come through door just to dated to be comfortable
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Luisa on 3 Sept 2023
Thank you for your response

4/10 Poor

Adrian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is set in a beautiful location. Our room when we arrived was not prepared with half eaten food from the previous occupants in a cupboard, and there were no towels. The room was also right next to a busy road and very noisy. To move we were charged a significant amount more, well over the web site difference for the rooms, and then that room though in a great location, had a smoke alarm that was emitting its low battery warning for 10 minutes every hour; this took 2 days to repair resulting in 2 nights with very little sleep. There was also a broken cupboard, towel rail, window blind and bedside reading light. I would have expected any hotel to provide a discount for this, not remain insistent on charging additional for the room; though we were given one free evening meal. I have to say that with the exception of the management and front desk staff, all the rest of the staff were lovely and really helpful.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Luisa on 18 Aug 2023
Thank you for your review

4/10 Poor

Melanie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff are absolutely lovely at Tambua Sands & the convenient access to the water and kayaks are great. However, there are many areas for improvement at this location. - The restaurant food is not good, we ate there on our first night and then not again for our 8 night stay. It's a shame as some nights it would have been great to stay in the resort and enjoy relaxing there rather than having to book a driver and find somewhere to eat - though the upside is it did mean we got to test many restaurants in the area. - Our booking was made for 8 nights in a beachfront bure. When we arrived we were told the booking was only for 4 nights, which we thought was sorted out after initial confusion. But 2 nights before we left, management tried to move us to a garden villa, offering very little compensation that wouldn't have covered the original price difference much less cover the inconvenience. We politely refused many times until we were finally listened to. - There are only a handful of snorkels available for the whole resort, and due to the rarity of any being available to use guest often hold onto them for days once they have them. Increasing the number available to start would be a good start in solving this problem and being able to offer the snorkelling that is advertised online at the resort. - The bure showers are not cleaned during your stay, though the rooms are given a sweep. Tea in the room is also not replenished. Overall, disappointing, but cheerful staff.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Luisa on 18 Aug 2023
Thank you for your review

6/10 Okay

Ngataru

Travelled with group
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The resort is advertised adults only, however, young teens were also vacating on the grounds. The resort needs to offer more activities and entertainment. We did not have our room cleaned for two days even with our sign hanging on the door. We had to ask for towels this was never offered to us.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Luisa on 17 Jul 2023
Thank you for your review

10/10 Excellent

Manisha

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We visited so many places as potential places to stay on the main island in Fiji. Hands-down if you want a quiet serene place that’s right on the ocean with very little crowds than this is it. It doesn’t have a fancy amenities or crowds of the bigger resorts but my goodness, this place is a hidden gem. The hotel will give you snorkels upon request as well as a kayak for your pleasure. We were right on the beach. It was amazing and can’t wait to come back. My only fear with sharing this review is that it won’t be as quaint as it is once everyone finds out about it:)
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Luisa on 9 Jul 2023
Thank you for your reviews and wish to see you again

10/10 Excellent

Jodie

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Luisa on 8 Jul 2023
Thank you for your reviews

8/10 Good

manjula

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mereani

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Luisa on 8 Jul 2023
Thank you for your review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing place to stay
Amazing place, right on the water, peaceful, relaxing. The staff were fantastic.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Luisa on 19 May 2023
Thank you and we hope to see you again

6/10 Okay

Deb

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place , very quiet and staff lovely. The food was pricey as small portions and often didnt have the essentials for the menu items such as chicken or fish. I wish they were more accepting of visitors to the resort , family couldnt pop in for a coffee as they come from the village.
Stayed 8 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Luisa on 17 Apr 2023
Thank you for your review. We do accept visitors, however they need to inform Security that they will be visiting in-house guests. We also have hotel policy regarding visitors. Otherwise guests are welcome to bring visitors only to follow hotel policy.Thank you

8/10 Good

Wendy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff, they try very hard to please the guests and make their stay comfortable. Be aware: it’s quite isolated so dining choices are severely limited without a car; beach is covered in corals so we can’t swim there; broken glass washes up on the beach every single day so walk with care on the sand (not the fault of the resort). Being an adults only accommodation, it’s quiet and relaxing and the pool makes it very enjoyable. The grounds are pristine and one walks away with long lasting memories of a team of superb people.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Luisa on 14 Apr 2023
Bula WendyThank you for your review and we hope to see you again in the future.Love from all the Staffs here in Tambua Sands

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Luisa on 18 Mar 2023
Thank you for the Positive Review

10/10 Excellent

A K

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect place to be if you want a semi-private beach experience. Our bure was right on the beach front and it took 10 seconds to get from our door to the water's edge. We always had the shared pool to ourselves, which was a great place to spot birds from and we always
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Vijay on 28 Feb 2023
Thank you very much for your lovely comments and me and my team are immensely happy that you really enjoyed your stay with us.We are looking forward to seeing you again soon.

8/10 Good

Peter

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
easy access to beach. friendly staff. cool air conditioned rooms. There is a need to build a bus shelter so departing clients do not have to wait for a coach on Queens Road in the scorching sun. Thanks
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Luisa on 10 Feb 2023
Thank you for bringing that issue to our attention. We will have to apply with the town council in order to build a bus shelter.

10/10 Excellent

Kavita

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Response from Luisa on 20 Nov 2022
Thank you for your positive review.Luia

10/10 Excellent

Vaitele

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and quiet here. Good to just sit by the beach and relax. The staff are super friendly, they go out of their way to meet your needs. Miss everyone there! I will be back in the near future. Vinaka!
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Vijay on 13 Nov 2022
Bula Kavita,It was our pleasure to have you with us and had the privilege of looking after you at Tambua Sands. You have been a part of your family and looking forward to welcome you home again in Fiji.

2/10 Terrible

Reshma

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Included breakfast is just toast n coffee.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Luisa on 11 Sept 2022
Bula Reshma,Please note with our continental breakfast it does include toast coffee milk tea and a fruit platter,Vinaka.

10/10 Excellent

paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Best staff ever ❤ 👏 ♥
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Karl

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property has a nice burres and beach front and good for kayaking with high tide. It has a nice open dining area, they offer a kawa ceremony, and have friendly staff. Note currently they are adding 16 new burres so construction noise was constant during our recent stay. I'm sure it will be lovely when complete with completion expected by end of year.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Luisa on 29 Aug 2022
Thank you so much for your reviews and apologize about the noise from the construction, next time you visit us all rooms will be done.Regards to you both

10/10 Excellent

Divashni

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
As the environment was really good
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Luisa on 29 Aug 2022
Thank you for your review.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jared

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from SK on 6 Feb 2020
Bula Jared, Sunny greetings from Tambua Sands. We thank you kindly for choosing to stay with us, and are looking foward to see you back here again. \ Thank you for the beutiful comment.

6/10 Okay

Lori

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
The beach was beautiful, especially at sunrise! The food was good. The huts were not air conditioned and it was very HOT at night! There was no breeze either. The rooms needed new windows, no TV, no internet, unless you were at the main desk and it was hot there also. No air conditioning anywhere. I saw the shadow of a bug crawling on the wall at night. The door to our room had a 2 inch opening on the bottom to the outside. The staff did not wait on you at the pool. We only saw 3 other guests so they weren't busy. You had to walk into the main building just for a drink. Service was slow getting drinks, no ice. Most of the staff were pleasant, but there were a lot of people working there doing nothing. There was no atm or gift shop. We didn't have a car so we were stuck there. There was no place close by to walk to we were trapped. We left early and moved to a different resort.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendliness of staff, clean room, great food, great views and property location. Only concern was late arrival of clean towels and no bath mats or soap was provided for second day on property. Otherwise, everything else was fine. Will book here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Luisa on 30 Dec 2019
Bula Greetings from Tambua Sands and thank you for your comments. Regarding your concern we will act accordingly. We hope to see you again Kind Regards Luisa

10/10 Excellent

Lucas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Chrishan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, beautiful but the breakfast included wasn’t good at all.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019