LATA HOTEL

Location: Vuna Road, Hofoa, to

Star Rating: 3 Stars

Property Type: Hotels

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 09:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Check-out: 12:00 PM

Amenities & Facilities

• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Parking
• Non-smoking rooms
• Air conditioning
• Restaurant
• Room service
• BBQ facilities
• Tour desk
• Ironing service
• Car hire
• Packed lunches
• Currency exchange
• Non-smoking throughout
• Private check-in/check-out
• Shuttle service (additional charge)
• Concierge service
• Staff adhere to local safety protocols
• Guest rooms disinfected between stays
• Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
• Physical distancing rules followed
• Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
• Cashless payment available
• Fire extinguishers
• First aid kit available
• Sanitized tableware & silverware
• Contactless check-in/check-out
• Invoice provided
• Guests can opt-out any cleaning services during stay
• Smoke alarms
• Shared stationery like menus, pens are removed
• Guest room sealed after cleaning
• Property cleaned by professional cleaning companies
• Physical distancing in dining areas
• Key access
• Food delivered to guest room
• Process in place to check health of guests
• Screens / Barriers between staff and guests for safety
• Face masks for guests available
• 24-hour security
• Delivered food - securely covered
• Thermometers for guests provided by property
• Front desk (limited hours)
• Free wired internet
• Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)
• Airport transportation - drop-off (surcharge)
• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Internet access
• Reception hall
• Japanese garden
• Fishing nearby
• Accessible shuttle
• No accessible shuttle
• Accessible train station shuttle
• No accessible train station shuttle

Rooms Available

• Double Room

  Featuring free toiletries, this double room includes a private bathroom with a shower, a hairdryer and slippers. The air-conditioned double room features a tea and coffee maker, a dining area and a wardrobe. The unit has 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Slippers
  • Hardwood or parquet floors
  • Dining area
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Cleaning products
  • Linen
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Feather pillow
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation
  • Hand sanitiser

• Queen Room

  Featuring free toiletries, this double room includes a private bathroom with a shower, a hairdryer and slippers. This double room is air-conditioned and has a TV, a tea and coffee maker, a dining area and a wardrobe. The unit has 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Slippers
  • Hardwood or parquet floors
  • Dining area
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Cleaning products
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Feather pillow
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation
  • Hand sanitiser

• Double Room With Balcony

  The double room provides air conditioning, a tea and coffee maker, a balcony with sea views as well as a private bathroom featuring a shower. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Refrigerator
  • Desk
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Slippers
  • Hardwood or parquet floors
  • Dining area
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Cleaning products
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Feather pillow
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation
  • Hand sanitiser

• Deluxe Room

  The spacious double room offers air conditioning, a tea and coffee maker, a balcony with sea views as well as a private bathroom featuring a shower. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Refrigerator
  • Desk
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Slippers
  • Hardwood or parquet floors
  • Dining area
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Cleaning products
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Feather pillow
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation
  • Hand sanitiser

Guest Reviews

• Guest (8/5): - The staff at the most helpful and kind people!
• Claudius (1/5): Absolut NICHT empfehlenswert - Wirklich nichts Viel China! Ausstattung abgenutzt oder kaputt (Türe) Matratzen in Plastik eingewickelt und in der Hälfte geteilt - in der Länge. Mäßig sauber. Frühstück ist unterirdisch.
• Siaosi (10/5): Exceptional -
• Siaosi (8/5): Very good -
• Makarita (10/5): Exceptional -
• Makarita (10/5): Exceptional -
• Maria (10/5): Exceptional - The hotel is very nice and they stuff is super friendly. They let us use their car, and they dropped us off and picked us up from the airport. They were super nice and invited us for BBQ. They rooms are nice and we enjoyed our stay
• Makarita (10/5): Exceptional -
• Chris (4/5): Disappointing - Bed was good, Wifi was excellent. People were friendly. Breakfast included stated "Continental" so was expecting cereal, fruit, tea / coffee etc. Was surprised with a prepared platter of sweet pastries / baked goods, boiled egg, carton milk or pineapple drink. (not juice) The room was terribly in need of repair. Loose wiring, leaky plumbing, windows that wont open (or shut). Dirty. Confusion when settling account as I'm from NZD, invoice was emailed in USD, and desk asked to pay in TOP, but after much exchange conversion, we figured it out. :)
• Siaosi (10/5): Exceptional -
• Mamaeia (6/5): It was okay but too expensive - I like that it was comfortable Well they did say breakfast was included the breakfast they gave us the cakes and muffins were stale i really thought they were going to offer bacon and eggs on toast
• Moala (8/5): Best staff especially Suli and her team who helped make the stay -
• Tim (4/5): Disappointing - Not a lot, the only saving grace was the ever welcoming and helpful receptionist, a local lady, who did her best to try and address the problems we encountered. The hotel is owned by a Chinese and so is probably targeted for that market. There is a lot unfinished around the place: for example, we had a TV on the wall in our room but the power socket hanging down loose would not fit in the wall socket. Besides which there was no video cable to connect it and no remote. The only way we could use the kettle in the room was to stand it on one of the seats from the table so that it could reach the nearest wall socket. The shower leaked under the floor so that the floor tiles rocked and squirted little geysers of water as you tread on them. The "breakfast is included" comprises shrink-wrapped savouries (cold hot dog) or sweet biscuits and cakes, so we left and went out for breakfasts instead. We could go on.....
• Maharaj (9/5): Superb -
• Pongia (7/5): Was ok for staying - Location Close to town
• Akeneti (2/5): Never again at the MEIDA - The bed was comfortable The staff, especially the kids, had great service and accommodating when they helped out. Location was good for us. We didn't stay at the Lata which is what i had booked for, Instead, they put us in the Meida without my knowledge until we got to the Meida. They put us there to accommodate for the very last-minute cancellation Lata hotel did to me and my family. The Meida Hotel was very dirty. We ended up buying cleaning products to clean our bathrooms ourselves. When we asked for cleaning products, they gave us dishwashing liquid to clean with. When we requested clean towels, they either ran out or made us feel uncomfortable to ask The toilet was always blocked in all the rooms and unblocked by the staff. They used the same plunger for the toilet to unblock the bathroom sink. It was gross. There are people who do long stay at the hotel. Therefore, their under garments are hanging outside, displayed on a clothes airer as soon as you walk to reception, not a good look and the first impression was disbelief. The parking space is taken up by randoms not staying at the hotel and its ok to. The stay in tonga was amazing, the hotel was a big disappointment for my family and I.
• Judith (5/5): Passable - The bathroom was not nice nor was the rooms outlook
• Sam (2/5): Don’t stay here - Walking distance (30mins) to town and the manager was kind The strangest hotel experience I have ever had. To start with they forgot to pick us up from the airport or mixed up the time, despite messaging to confirm days before. They didn’t realise until we rang them and we ended up waiting at the airport for an hour for our ride. The room wasn’t clean- there was hair on the bed and it smelled damp. There was loud construction noise going on making it impossible to rest or relax. The hallway was loud with people at night. There was no eftpos machine so we had to pay with cash. It wasn’t clear who was staff and who was just living/loitering there. If it wasn’t just a short stop over on our way to another island I would have checked out. The restaurant was not restaurant and the owners were in there playing cards and ignored us. Way too expensive for what you got. Don’t stay here
• Cheryl (1/5): Avoid. A big disappointment. - Not much was likeable other than the Chinese owners kindly detouring our pickup from the airport so we could see the blowholes in action at the south of the island, before we headed to the hotel for our stay. The bed was comfortable and clean. The reception has a replica machine gun under a Chinese flag to "welcome" you. There was debate about which room we used, as the others were taken up by Chinese relatives. We had to ask for bottled water, none in the room. The room had no TV and no fridge, the shower leaked, the toilet seat didn't fit the toilet basin, garden furniture is used as seating within the room. The promised breakfast in the dining room was one boiled egg and one piece of bread on a side-plate under cling wrap, and you were allowed one coffee each only... all while the Chinese clients had a hot breakfast feast at the next table! Location was away from the town centre, so taxis were necessary.
• Mamaeia (10/5): Exceptional -
• Viliami (6/5): Pleasant -
• Sean (6/5): Get what you pay for. - Lata hotel is good value for money as far as I have seen for Tonatapu. The staff were friendly and helpful, and the aircon worked well. The room was a good size. Communication could have been better. I had emailed several times about a airport pick up and only got a response 30min after we landed. Luckily we saw the driver with our names on a car before we got in a taxi. I found the bed in the hotel very hard and difficult to sleep on. There was a lot of noise right outside our room until 11pm which was not ideal. There is no restaurant on site, or at least it wasn't operating when we stayed. We had to walk 1.5km to Little Italy.
• John (6/5): ok hotel - - breakfast was fine. bed was not comfortable
• Koen (10/5): Home atmosphere - The owners and staff were so nice that it made up for other small imperfections. The bed, the sheets and the pillows are the best! Nothing actually
• Siren (3/5): Dismal, overpriced and never to be repeated. - The room was small and featureless but clean. The internet worked ok. I had some stuff with me that needed to be refrigeration and the kindly put it the hotel fridge for me as there are none in the rooms. The staff were nice and I think a bit embarassed about the way the hotel is 'managed'. The room windows were corroded and couldn't be locked. Bathroom microscopic. Brown water came out of the sink tap when I turned it on. The 'restaurant' is more like family kitchen, dirty plates and leftover food all over the tables. I went for dinner at 6.30 pm and was told the chef had gone out and the only food available was dumplings. Had to walk in the dark to the nearest alternative restaurant one kilometre away, and got chased by dogs. I git a taxi back, went to bed, then at 10pm children started running up and down the corridor outside my room screaming and playing with noisy musical toys. That lasted an hour, the I could sleep. At 0730 I answered a knock on the door to be given my breakfast which was piece of bread, a hard boiled egg and a glass of milk. I was kind of expecting to go to the restaurant for breakfast but after the previous night's experience I should have know better. By 0800 I had checked out and moved to a better (and cheaper) place.
• Talielia (7/5): Loved the staff and their hospitality! - I loved the staff!. Very friendly, respectful and helpful. I didn’t like that there was no tv in the room, 2 more pillows, a blanket and the A/C unit was leaking water.
• Lek (5/5): Passable -
• Fuli (8/5): Comfortable for the night. - It’s good property for a couple trying to save some money and wanting privacy. Very close to town and seaside. Not far from little Italy restaraunt. Bathroom was a bit small. Narrow. I didn’t research before booked but I thought it would have a swimming pool but it didn’t. Not many hotel in Tonga have pools I think. Staff were very helpful though. I feel given the state of the hotel as a whole, it should have been a little cheaper per night. Paid 120 USD plus 12 dollar tax but it probably worth 80 or 90 USD tbh. Place a bit run down, wasn’t keen on ordering from their restaurant as it could do with a makeover. Whole place could actually but it’s expected given the price
• Anita (8/5): Very good - The staff and hotel manager Suli really made us feel welcome and went above and beyond to make our stay great. Thank you Suli for everything!

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