Tamanu on the Beach

The food was insanely good, the room was gorgeous and the service great

To everyone I highly recommend this intimate hotel for those who need peace and quiet and want to get away from resorts full of tourists. There is a great atmosphere here because of the staff, we felt as if we were in a large family. Very smiling, friendly and helpful people. For us especially helpful was Nicolas everything we asked for he helped us to organize from a private tour to diving. Nikolas once again we thank you very much😀. The hotel takes great care of the gardens which are very well maintained. But still I wanted to thank the theoretically invisible that is the cooks for five weeks of our trip around Australia and Oceania in Tamanu was the best cuisine every time we ordered something different and every time the dish surprised us with quality and taste. We thank you beautifully for this wonderful stay.

Such two small details that do not affect my rating but could be improved are replacing towels with softer ones and making sure that the hotel buses are more clean.

Location and staff

The road in was a bit bumpy

Beautiful pittoresque surroundings. Welcoming and friendly staff. Great room. An extraordinary good service was that since we had a late flight out on our last day, we were offered to shower and rest for a few hours in another room without additional charge.

A remote location is in itself an attraction and transport time back and forth is to be expected with a place like this. But the 8 km dirt road that connected the hotel to the main road had been so damaged by cyclones throughout the years and the trip was so bumby that it became unbearable and it eventually represented a barrier for even leaving the hotel. This was not terrible due to our short stay but something to take into account when you consider this place. But the worst experience was when we settled the total bill and realised that they charged us 4%!! extra for the inconvenience we introduced to them by paying by credit card. The opportunity of paying by credit card should never be considered an extraordinary service you pay extra for. Of course there are some expenses for an entity to handle credit card payments (but definately not 60€ as we ended up paying), but handling cash or providing wi-fi or power or whatever also represents expenses and these are of course not represented as additional expenses when the bill is represented.

Very friendly staff and very helpful!

Our room, the food in the resorts restaurant and staff were outstanding. Every staff member we spoke to always had a smile and did their best to provide to any of our requests... We would recommend this holiday to any body who would like to simply chill by the sea :)

Our only (very 3rd world) disappointment was that the property did not have a spa. Even though it is advertised as Tamanu on the Beach - Resort & Spa. Either a communal one connected to the pool or in their advertised Luxury Spa package was actually no spa..

Location is spectacular. Good snorkeling on incoming tide with soft golden sand. Many beautiful shells and coral on beach. Great menu for all three meals and another option of a boutique pizza restaurant 50metres down the beach. The gardens and path you walk through to your villa is beautifully maintained and every day fresh flowers are placed in bathrooms, tables and on the various sculptures around the gardens. The staff were so helpful, friendly and fun to interact with.

Beautifully presented. Pool area gorgeous. Plunge pool was excellent. Restaurant on site was wonderful.

The ocean isn't for swimming - too rough, so if you're wanting to swim in the ocean or snorkel you'll have to go elsewhere. But we were aware of this when we booked so had arranged to have a stay elsewhere in Vila following this stay.