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Reviews of Hotel Royal Tahitien

3 out of 5
Hotel Royal Tahitien
Rue Temarii, Pirae, Tahiti

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 75 out of 292 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 95 out of 292 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 70 out of 292 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 34 out of 292 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 18 out of 292 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Alina

Liked: Staff & service
I like that the hotel was next to a beach, but unfortunately due to my late arrival I didn't get the opportunity to see or walk on the beach. It was a quiet hotel complex, but I didn't like having to walk by myself late at night through an open area to locate my room. I was not familiar with the hotel and the path was not particularly lit very well. The bed was comfortable, but the bathroom needs updating.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Alan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Olde Worlde charm. Excellent Restaurant - Excellent and good sized proportions of Polynesian foods
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Truman

Travelled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
The hotel rooms are constructed at an angle so each person’s patio is very private. The grounds are lovely with a nice pool. There is a restaurant right at the black sand beach edge. They serve a buffet breakfast at about $20 per person. The hotel is in a quiet, safe area. It is on the opposite side of Papeete than the airport. So taxi ride at least $20 from the hotel to the city center. Also from airport to hotel at night it was $50 taxi. I suspect that was a padded fee.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Pat

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Pros: the staff were good and helpful. The facilities were up to date and in good shape. The grounds were nice. Cons: the rooms are all spread out over a large property. Some are on the second floor and obviously they couldn't have elevators. The restaurant is not air conditioned. There is really no dining nearby except for lunch. In general, the city seemed run down and not terribly safe.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

4/10 Poor

Kathleen, Barrington

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Tired, old motel like property. No elevators. No one to carry suitcases up stairs. Front desk doesn't answer when you call. Tiny bed pillows. I could keep going...
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Royal Tahitien on 18 Apr 2024
Dear Ms Kathleen, The Royal Tahitien has no elevator as there is only one floor. We do not have baggage handlers but we are more than happy to assist you in case of need.

10/10 Excellent

Victor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Robb

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a wonderful property, a little on the dated side, but I loved my stay. I have now stayed twice and will book again. Very European.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Denise

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I traveled all the way to Tahiti to spread my son’s ashes in the ocean, and this hotel on the Expedia website website said, bask in the sun on our black sand beach. There was no place to lay on the beach, and it was filthy, with trash. I had pre-paid four nights, but we ended up checking out after two nights and moving to the Te Moana. They didn’t have towels for us to go to the pool. I would like to get a refund of the two nights that I prepaid due to false advertisement. The emotional importance of my trip could not have been spent at the royal Tahitian.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Royal Tahitien on 18 Mar 2024
Dear guest, We are sorry to see that you did not enjoy your stay with us. We have had a big tropical depression right before your stay that caused floods and rivers dumped their garbage on beaches. We had to wait for public services to intervene and clean the beach. We are sorry for the inconvenience beyond our controll.Regarding towels, they are available at the frontdesk. Warm regards,Royal Tahitien

6/10 Okay

Theresa

Travelled with partner
I love the pool. I love the view. It realy needed some up dating. Some tree trimming and bushes. Very out dated. The price was great for no more than we were there it was ok. If you're only staying one night I would recommend it more than that no.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Malgorzata

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall good property, basic but very clean. Quite far from the city centre by busy street.Water front but no view, only in the restaurant. Nice swimming pool and beautiful ad well kept grounds.Food was excellent for lunch but disappointing at the dinner time.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I read reviews saying the property was outdated, but we found the decor quite pleasing. The property is beautiful and staff are kind. We enjoyed the pool, but the steep incline in the pool can be dangerous. It is slippery.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karen, PORTLAND

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Kathleen

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Reception staff ( welcoming) brisk and not friendly. Other days adequate but not very happy to see us. Same in restaurant. Limited Breakfast food and birds flew into our food at table. Ick.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

LIVIU

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The swimmingpool was great and the trees flowers...all
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tricia L

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice staff, nice grounds, pool. Restaurant food was mediocre. Room old but clean
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Anna-

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Time for a revamp. Property has the 60’s/70’s feel to it. We chose to stay here to see the black sand beach and it was a nice sight to see. Staff very friendly and restaurant was great as well with free live entertainment! I can’t get over the spaghetti bolognese! Soooo good and we've even been to Italy!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Laurence, Ottawa

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Abigail

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Ok for budget
Stayed on a 2 day stopover in Tahiti. Chose this one as it seemed a decent budget option and, due to flight times Vs ferry schedule, it made sense to stay on Tahiti as we couldn't spend 2 nights on another island. In terms of quality, the hotel was clean but very dated. The staff were helpful (we checked in late and they kept reception open, booked us taxis). We had an issue with our room key not working, but this was sorted immediately. The hotel is just outside Papeete and it took us half an hour to walk from the hotel to the waterfront, although there's not much on the way except garages as it's a main road. The restaurant and bar on-site are fantastic! No more pricey than Papeete, lovely people, live music on the weekend, wide menu and, importantly, great food!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Adriaan, Sunnyvale

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Was hoping to get early check in since I was just staying for half a night till my midnight flight. Staff wanted to charge me an additional nights stay which was not worth it for the few hours. Ended up sitting in the restaurat that was not yet open so I brought in some snacks to hold me over till they open. I promptly got told I can't bring outside food into the restaurant. Terrible experience. would not reccommend.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Much enjoyed our stay . Nice room, grounds and great service. I highly recommend the Royal Tihitian
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Service was very good people were very helpful and friendly. The property was very nice and clean
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Dagmar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Hiroko

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It is a bit dated but it was in a great location for me and the staff were friendly.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

teri

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
It is a lovely place to stay . Very quiet and beautiful. Staff at front desk is very helpful. The staff that attends to the rooms never came to my room to clean during my time there. To swim in the pool was a separate charge. Even though it’s apart of the hotel. Not sure why it isn’t included .
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Royal Tahitien on 1 Dec 2023
Dear Ms Thompson, There is a misunderstanding about the swimming-pool access as it is included in your room rate, there is no additional charges. You could have accessed it during your whole stay. Our sincere apologies about this misunderstanding. regarding housekeeping, rooms are cleaned everyday except if the sign "do not disturb" is in the front of the door. We really hope to see you again one day. Sunny regards,Royal Tahitien

8/10 Good

Raoul

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is about 15 minutes from the airport by taxi. The room are average size and nicely finished. There is a nice patio with chairs. The AC is good. The beds are large and comfortable. The water pressure in the shower is a little low. There are no USB ports. Bring an adpater. There is a nice pool. There is a small black sand beach. The property is walled and you need a key card to get thru the gate. Grounds are nicely manicured. Front desk staff provide good service. There can be a line at checkout time. Ther restaurant is very nice, good selections and good staff. You need a reservation on some nights because locals also come here. There is an ATM and convenience store just outside the property. If you want to pull towels you have to walk to the front desk.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

ROBERT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel and restaurant food was good and all staff friendly and helpful 2200 current but hotel had adapters for us appliance. Beautifully landscaped
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good hotel for a good price
I wasn’t looking for a luxury hotel for the price of around a $100 USD per night so this hotel served its purpose well. It helped I had a rental car (free parking), used the beach and the very nice pool they have, and room was comfortable enough and had a hotel safe and fridge so was fine. Only things I didn’t like were the shower and shower head (too low for me as I’m very tall) and only French tv, wouldn’t mind just having CNN or at least one English Channel as an alternative since I only know a little bit of French. I didn’t try the restaurant so can’t comment on that either.
My own private beach at sunset, nice!
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yumei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location with beach access and mountain views in distance. Staff are friendly. lotus plants in the creek and mini bridge are very unique and attractive landscape. can extend paved paths to connect building stair entrance and swimming pool
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Beautiful grounds and friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rodney

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very quiet and very friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rayshone

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Ozgur

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The rooms needs to be updated.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Catherine, Days Creek

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This location is a piece of paradise. It has a beautiful garden with a new pool and it is close to a connivence store (gas station) that has all the basic items one may have forgotten to pack. It has a lovely black sand beach. The restaurant is top quality.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

paul

Liked: Staff & service
The rooms on the first floor were large and had a full fridge, cooktop, microwave and kettle. The beds were very comfortable. The beach is quite limited but the pool was very nice. The grounds were beautiful however the roosters wake up very early. Parking was excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Wendy

Travelled with group
We arrived late and were greeted by an employee. That was nice that they waited for us due to a delayed flight. We had a hard time with communication but got to our room ok. The next morning as we checked out and asked for a shuttle we discovered we were charged for transportation we didn’t take. We looked for our name the night before as we asked for transportation to the hotel but we never saw anyone waiting for us. Our name was not in any of the signs. We only found out that they charged us because we were told they were there to pick us up but we never saw them. We never received any reply to our request to begin with prior to our trip. With that said, the shuttle to take us back to the airport was very accommodating and even took us to do some shopping as my luggage didn’t make it with me. The stay was alright and the breakfast was expensive for only being basically a charcuterie board type breakfast. I don’t think we will ever stay there again though based on this experience.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Stephen, Camas

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Alexa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect for us
Beautiful pool and setting. Walking distance to restaurants and food trucks. Right on the beach
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

EILEEN

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The noise was very bad workers were outside our door 730 am with a concrete grinder
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Royal Tahitien on 15 Sept 2023
Dear guest, Our sincere apologies for the noise pollution you have experienced during your stay. Our workers were renovating the hand rail wood, they should have started later.warmest regards,

8/10 Good

Selwyn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice relaxing place to stay which is just what we needed. Staff very friendly & helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Jackie

So much confusion about airport transfer. Additional charges at check-in. Very confusing process. Wrong phone number on emails from hotel. Quite a mess!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Salimata

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing hotel and friendly, caring staff!
The hotel staff was really welcoming, warm and professional. They even worked at checking us in even before our check-in time. The room was spacious and clean. The only thing I didn’t like was that the towels were brown instead of white and there was no tissue boxes available in the room which is essential. The breakfast was nice but was missing eggs; you got to provide eggs for the regular continental breakfast. The restaurant was great, we love the beach front, it gives a relaxing and romantic feel while eating. We also enjoyed the live music playing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Overall we had a great stay, thanks to the nice, jovial and caring staff. I highly recommend this hotel.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paula, Crestview

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Emily

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This hotel was right on the beach which was nice. The rooms were nice sized and clean but the shower did not have a full shower door so the water sprayed all over the bathroom while we showered and the floor kept getting really slippery but besides that our stay was great. The restaurant in the resort was right on the water with a beautiful view. I wasn't impressed with our food or drinks but we had a nice time there and the staff was nice.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

JAMIE

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The hotel was ok, but very outdated. It does not have all night staff so we we’re a little concerned when we had to figure out how to check out and where to leave the key as the office was closed. We had an early flight to catch and had to find the security guard who was no where in sight when we came down. Probably would pick another place if we ever found ourself on the island again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

G

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Induction Stove issues
we booked a kitchenette as we expected to do alot of our own cooking for breakfast and the odd dinners on their existing induction stove along with their cookware which turned out to be very antiquated with many blisters including a major warped bottom on the only fry pan .... Their maintenance person and service person came to our room only to find out thet they were clueless when it came to replacing the frypan with another pan that was not compatible for an induction pan. I tried to explain that it would not work with the induction stove.....2 hours later they still couldn't understand what I was saying and then they finally left and ...we had to cook with only a microwave. So what did they do for compensation?....they offered us 1 breakfast ...a continental breakfast at that!.... especially when they were setup for omelettes and sausages...etc.... How CHEAP can you get!! ....they finally returned a day later and got us a frypan that was worst than the original one !!!!....so yes ...I was VERY disappointed by their service and their cookware and lack of kitchen basics ...IE paper towels, tin foil, plastic icecubes, opener, they have the bar set low....cheers!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Michael

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The sliding door would not lock. It could not be fixed. Caution tape was around the pool.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023