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Reviews of Manuia Beach Resort

3.5 out of 5
Manuia Beach Resort
Arorangi Adjacent To Beach, Rarotonga

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 94 out of 171 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 60 out of 171 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 171 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 171 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 171 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Joanne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Liked that this is an adults only resort. Beautiful beach setting, lovely staff.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Ross on 25 Mar 2024
Thank you Joanne, I will pass on to the staff.Kia ManuiaRoss

8/10 Good

Mark

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great pool, staff, breakfast. Right on the beach with easy snorkelling, bright fish. shop and hire cars across the road. Restaurant food ok .Waterline bar down the beach great for cheaper eats drinks and vibe. Roosters continual through the night, some mosquitos.No little kids. Overall great would stay again
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Ross on 4 Oct 2023
Thank you for your review.Unfortunately roosters and mosquitos are part of living in the Pacific. Glad you enjoyed our little resort.Kia Manuia

10/10 Excellent

Donna Kay, Salem

Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Ross on 27 Oct 2023
Thank you for your review.

10/10 Excellent

Karen, Papakura

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed at Manuia Beach 30 years ago, and returned for our 30th Wedding Anniversary. The new OTB restaurant was popular, and dinner bookings were necessary. Continental breakfast included, cooked breakfast available also. Poolside dining for lunch available. Several other dining options available within walking distance. In House tours and transport to market. Grounds maintained every day. Always seating around the pool area. Adults only hotel (over 16 age cut off) so very relaxed and quiet while we were there. Thank you Ross and all your lovely folks who took care of us so well.
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Ross on 5 Sept 2023
Kia Orana Karen, thank you for the review that I will share with our staff. Great to hear you had a fab time and maybe we will get to see you again.Kia Manuia

2/10 Terrible

Fleur

Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Ross on 5 Sept 2023
What can I say.If you could of pinpointed what you didn't like then maybe we could have assisted you to rectify things. Very disappointed.

8/10 Good

HERMAN

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Such a great relaxing, eye opening stay.Learned so much about Cook Island Maori and Loved it so much. The stY was great the only negative was spotty wifi. Otherwise Fantastic.
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Ross on 10 Jul 2023
Thank you for your review.The wifi is consistent with the island in that fibre is being installed as we speak and sometimes it is a bit spotty. Hopefully fixed soon.Cheers

10/10 Excellent

Jeanette

Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Ross on 20 Apr 2023
Thank you for your review.Great to see you enjoyed our Resort.Meitaki

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Manuia Beach Resort is the best resort! We will not stay anywhere else when visiting Raro. The staff are the best and provide friendly excellent service. The resort itself is absolutely breathtaking with white sand all around the resort and an infinity pool overlooking the crystal clear lagoon/ocean. Cannot rate Manuia any higher!!
Stayed 9 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Ross on 12 Apr 2023
Kia orana Kathleen, and thank you for your review which I will share with the team here at the Resort. We are happy we helped you relax and enjoy yourselves.Meitaki Maata

10/10 Excellent

Joanne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We loved how peaceful the resort was. Beautiful pool - but more shade could be good. Staff are so friendly and helpful. Nothing was a problem! Food fantastic. Christmas Day lunch was so great!!!! Thank you so much.
Response from Manager on 18 Jan 2023
Kia Orana Joanne, thanks for your observations. I have passed on your comments to the staff.MeitakiRoss

8/10 Good

Sharon

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Manuia Resort is a fantastic place to stay. The staff are really friendly and helpful - nothing seems too much trouble. It's quiet and has no children, a plus for me. Beautiful infinity pool, snorkels and kayaks to borrow, comfy loungers to enjoy the sun or shade on the beach or around the pool. Great restaurant with a delicious range of dishes though it is expensive. Continental and cooked breakfast in the beachside restaurant was included in our clean, gorgeous room's price. The huge plus though is the location. Amazing beachfront units with palms and lush gardens from which we enjoyed the ocean and pool view as well as the passing whales. A few more and cheaper bar snack-style food offerings would make it pretty much perfect. Not the cheapest place I've stayed but I would go back in a heartbeat.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Ross on 18 Jan 2023
Thank you Sharon, we value your comments.Hopefully see you again soon.Meitaki

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stunning location. Everything you could wish for to have a relaxing holiday.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Ross on 18 Jan 2023
Thank you Karen.Look forward to seeing you again soon.Meitaki

8/10 Good

STEPHEN

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The hotel had everything you wanted for a great holiday. It was just a shame that our complimentary pick up from the airport never arrived as expected,also nobody showed us to our room and there was no goodwill gesture offered even though there was a weak apology for their mistake. Otherwise everything else was fine and we very much enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely beautiful resort. Lovely pool area. The bar/restaurant was great and all the staff were lovely. Would definitely recommend this place.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Hannah

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent staff service and stunning location.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Oren

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place, clean, friendly staff and awesome location. The restaurant menu and food can be improved
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rosalind

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Carolyn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Pool was beautiful. Felt like this place was a bit oversold. There was no spa/massage as advertised. Menu at restaurant was very limited. Cocktails were less than average. Outdoor shower was interesting. Would have been nice to have an indoor shower as well.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect
We loved our stay at Manuia, it really is a special place. Smaller than most resorts and lovely and quiet…no kids under 16. The rooms are great, we booked beachfront which was amazing. Lovely grounds, team, and beach. Highly recommend and we can’t wait to go back!!
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Ross on 20 Aug 2021
Thank you for the kind review. I will pass it on to the team. Regards

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The pool on the beach
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Ross on 20 Aug 2021
Thanks for your review.

8/10 Good

Kathy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice little spot
This is a lovely quiet resort. The rooms were nice with lots of space and an outdoor shower which was pretty great. Beautiful pool and one restaurant on site. The night we arrived, we tried to get a drink in the bar and some dinner but they were quite busy and asked us to try somewhere else. This has never happened to me before, we were quite tired but walked down the road for dinner. Only dined in the restaurant once, the food was lovely. Breakfast was pretty limited. Pancakes, toast, fruit and cereal. If you arrived after 9am then most of the fruit was gone and they didn't seem to replenish it. We had an ant problem in one of our rooms so had to move out to another room. We all ended up in one room for the night as reception was closed (limited hours) and there was no one to help. Mary in particular was wonderful with shifting the girls to their new room and even doing our washing after our buggy ride. Staff were very friendly and helpful and this is a beautiful location to relax and enjoy the views.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was extremely kind and helpful! We had a 10am check out but our flight did leave until 11:55pm. We were able to use all of the resorts amenities after check out. There is a guest lounge that we left our luggage in. It had clean towels and a shower for guest that have checked out. The only problem we had was the room had red ants. We informed the front desk and they had someone look into the ants.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

KiwiExplorer

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent Resort, awesome and helpful staff. OTB restaurant great. Service to room was excellent. Only issue which was minor, is the toilet didn't have a very powerful flush. shower was superb. Spacious room. Loved it. Everyone that worked there were really friendly, smiley and attentive and helpful. Will return. Best side of the island, sunsets were amazing.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jason, New zealand

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Private quiet nice staff good knowledge of the area easy to get around from location
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Views were great. very quiet place Inside the room was spacious. Fantastic outdoor shower !!
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, handy to vehicle rental company, love that it’s adults only
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was OK but was it worth the cost?
Our stay was OK but in our opinion it was not 4 star and definitely not worth $390 per night. The bed was comfortable but the sheets were pilled; the outdoor shower was excellent, the bathroom looked like it had been recently upgraded but the curtains were not black-out, the hems were diwn and there was lots of dust etc visible under the bed; tea and coffee making facilities were available as was a bar fridge and air con. The gardens were beautifully kept and there's a great restaurant on site. A basic breakfast is available as part of the room charge. A car/bike hire office is opposite and the once per hour bus runs oast the driveway. There is no free wifi and the swimming pool was surprisingly very cold. Reef shoes are available for walking in the lagoon.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All staff at resort and restaurant were awesome. So lovely and helpful. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend. Would definitely stay there again.
Stayed 13 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pool area on the beach with restaurant and live entertainment was a real highlight.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Resort much more private/exclusive than some of the larger resorts that we checked out. Rooms exceptionally clean and comfortable and serviced daily. Great restaurant, great staff, great location, great pool, great entertainment. Snorkelling is okay in front of the resort but better in some other areas. I would definitely stay here again next time. Loved it.
Stayed 8 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The beach was great, water is warm and the property is well landscaped. The people are friendly and help you however they can. The pool is very nice. Had a wonderful time there.
Stayed 12 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great restaurant with adjacent swimming pool, sun lounging deck and deck chairs on the beach. The beach was beautiful but not better than Mira Beach and the efforts to support guests better enjoy their stay could have been improved, e.g. communication about free island tour and best ways to get about
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Manuia Beach December 2018
We had a great laid back Island stay. The pool was a big plus for me. All of the staff were very accommodating.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was very nice, the staff and owners are great. There is a church shuttle on Sunday that drops you off at the Catholic Church or CICC. We went to CICC and it was nice. Our room was listed as beach front, but we had the pool in front of our place which is not a big deal, but it’s ocean view. We were in room 6 and my only real complaint is that it’s basically right behind the OTB restaurant which was really good. There is some noise in the evening and as the place is closing down. We recommend going on the Tuesday mystery tour with Sue the owner, it was great. Drinks with management on the beach was also a fun time. One thing we would have liked to seen is the airport transfers included in the price of the room, it seemed like a big side expense per person for the distance to and from the airport. Overall this was a great place to stay and we would definitely go back. With room availability, we were allowed to have an extended checkout at 9pm for a small fee which was a big bonus. Thanks Sue and Tom
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent resort, staff and food. The place is the perfect spot to relax and unwind. Best sunset spot in the island!
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Fei, Auckland, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed at Manuia Beach for 4 days. Nice setting on the west side of the island, less tourists around. Great restaurant overlooking the beach and ideal for sunset. Breakfast is standard buffet with cereal and toast. We stayed in the Garden suite, although not directly overlooking the beach but only 4 steps away, can hear the ocean at night. Lots of roosters roaming around and wake you up at 4am(same everywhere). Th suite has an outdoor shower which is quite cool, just watch out for bugs. The staff were very friendly and helped us organising diving course, they also arranged to pick us up for our late arrival flight past midnight, check in and check out was easy. Overall a nice place to stay. I recommend you hiring a car to drive around the island and go to Muri beach(east side)where all the lagoons are. There are a couple of diving and snorkelling spots on the west side, but there are more on the bottom of the island and east side. The views are probably better around these areas.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Sarah, Tauranga New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location fantastic beach front with lovely sunsets
A lovely relaxing holiday with lovely gardens and the beach front restaurant and pool excellent. Definitely will be booking to come back. We were lucky enough to see out the front of the Resort a couple of whales on the other side of the reef enjoying themselves. The point of difference with the sandy floor in the Restaurant and the outdoor showers in our units was great experience. Thank you.
Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Linda, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I really liked the position of the property, beautiful pool and bar right on the beach and private too. The food and cocktails were excellent.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Craig, Manuia Beach Resort

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The location on the island as well as the staff and service was second to none. After travelling for years this was the best holiday ever made more enjoyable by previously mentioned, staff, service and location. Location because it is quiet and on the part of the island away from tourists and children.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Callum

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Manuia Beach Resort - thumbs up!
This was a great location for sunsets and beachfront eating and relaxing by the pool. The accomodation was comfortable but not luxury, however the service was very friendly. A good location to be near shops, airport, port, markets and there is a car and scooter rental across the road which was very affordable. Overall good experience.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Sue, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Excellent holiday. Quiet and relaxing resort. Friendly and helpful staff. Looking forward to a return visit.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2018