Matamanoa Island Resort

Matamanoa Island was the highlight of our 2 week Fiji trip. Thoroughly enjoyed our 3 night stay on the Island - this was the true Fiji you dream of, warm/hot weather, blue skies, sunshine, lapping clear blue ocean, snorkelling off the beach, beautiful infinity swimming pool, relaxing meals & comfortable accommodation along with friendly staff. Great overall resort experience & enjoyed the relaxing evening entertainment, staff singing/guitars & serenade singing as well as knife throwing/dancing & fire show. The restaurant is only one which some may find a little restrictive but after travelling around Viti Levu & other resorts for 10 days prior, not havibng to choose or decide where to go to eat was actually kinda nice. Breakfasts were American style, fruit & pastries/choices of cereal/starters & then cooked options of egg styles & fish - we ate a lot of fish !! All brought to your table & included in room rate. Great substantial breakfast, making you feel very lazy for the rest of the day. We did some snorkelling of beach (I stayed close to shore) but hubby went out further to reef & saw some big fish/starfish etc. We took out the hobbycat briefly one afternoon, would liked to have had time to do again. Took the guided snorkelling trip one afternoon - with 20 of us / 2-3 guides. Out to deeper reef...I was very nervous but stayed close to hubby & guide & after a while really relaxed & thoroughly enjoyed - really recommend this little trip. A friend from NZ who had just been, also recommended this trip. Others on island were doing the Village trip to another island but we just ran out of time & had seen quite a few villages on Viti Levu. I could have easily stayed 5-7 nights - was just really wound down & just loved it.

Unfortunately, the food was not good. There have been a number of reviews that have expressed dissatisfaction with the food and I'm not sure why the management hasn't addressed this. How hard is it to make fresh and tasty food? On a positive note the setting is idyllic, great snorkeling too.

My wife and I were on our honeymoon in Fiji, and it was regrettable that our honeymoon had been ruined, to say the least, by our experience at Matamanoa resort. We both developed a severe rash over our four limbs after bedbug bites, it has been one months and the marks are still there. On the first night of our stay, we already experienced itchiness, but we thought these were due to mosquito bites. On the second night, at around 0230, our rash got much worse and we couldn’t sleep due to the itchiness and pain. We then searched our bedsheet and found a couple of bedbugs, which were clearly the cause of our rash. We immediately rushed out to the reception, but sadly nobody was on duty. We stayed up all night and finally was able to speak to your staff at the reception at 0700. Though it was not until 0745 that a general manager, finally showed up to deal with this case. We then verbally agreed to have full refund and leave the island one day earlier. Con: - This is not a 4 star hotel definitely. Room is poor and worn down ( and have bedbugs) - Food is basic and small portion but expensive - Hygiene level not up to standard ( I saw a big mouse running in the bar, and cockroach outside my room ) - Nobody (not even a security guard) on night duty so no one will deal with the emergency. - Inattentive service and fail to restock towel in room Pro: - Full refunded after negotiation

住的中間一種房型，訂了2間房，第一天入住沒有2間連一起的房間，朋友住28號房，房間旁邊就是酒店垃圾站，房門一開就是臭味，第二天和前台反應，一開始她們一臉懷疑，一報房號她們就不響了，然後明明我住宿旁邊人家退房了，她們也不同意安排在一起，最後去了靠近直升機停機坪這邊，唯一優點就是信號屏蔽器弱，在房間還能上網！島上風景還行，喜歡前面的海灘，水很淺，不會游泳也沒問題，浮潛完全不受影響，海底裏原生態很好，還有海星，很多魚！

酒店食物不好吃，吃了3天基本菜單每款都吃了，都一樣的不好吃。 晚餐上餐速度特別慢，起碼要等30分鐘以上。 餐廳氣氛還不錯，服務員對老外更熱情。 酒店活動也不多，就一個cloud9出去大概30分鐘，其他的島上基本沒什麼活動。 釣魚很無聊，也沒釣到魚。 後邊的沙灘水還算清澈，有海星還有魚肉眼可見。

The 1 and only restaurant on this island resort serves up a very limited selection of choices for lunch. Taste is average but price is on high side and portion is small. During our stay our money was stolen from our bags in the room. The reef was not that pretty as the pictures you see advertised, corals were all brownish. Pool is also very small. Bure wifi is very expensive, only free wifi is in the restaurant