Tagaqe Hotels with Breakfast

Well the staff and people are all to accomodating. Lovely people , helpful and try very hard. Friendly and do their best. Rooms are dated and need maintenance, they were half empty so perfect time to do a room at a time. The bed has been turned around from the side of the room to the middle. Good outlook , but now no PowerPoints to charge phones etc. light switch you have to get out of bed to switch lights off at front door now. Configuration is out of whack. These need doing asap. No toilet roll holder. Just screw holes where it was originally. After complaining they fitting one. Shower head needed to move around to get wet. There are pack of dogs that frequent back of the resort. My first night I arrived 12 midnight. Dogs yelped and barked to 2am from what I know because I finally fell asleep. I told them about it. Seemed like they had some workers chase them away for a few nights. But there was 2 more nights the barking happened again. So 3 out of 6 night. Breakfast was good. But no bacon 3 days out of 6. Not on. Money exchange rate was awful. 1 to 1.30 Fiji. I actually went to resort up the road 1 to 1.42 , the taxi through the hotel was 30 Fiji dollars dearer than the rest. Example went to ghecko resort for dinner. 60 Fiji return trip taxi I booked. Hotel wanted 100. Need a profit but not accomodating guest very well. Booked outside all transport. Dinner was good assortment. But went out few times. Better cuisine outside. No wifi in the rooms or resort unless you go to the front reception area. Big drama. Heard numerous people saying this is ridiculous and checked out early. One couple booked in. Went to there room. Ask at reception where’s the wifi. Told only available here in reception. They said check us out now. We are going elsewhere. Could be a lovely resort. Staff workers are all there. Area and position is good. Just need management to get their stuff together. First is wifi immediately and then rooms maintenance

We have just wrapped up 6 wonderful days at Maui Palms in one of their villas. Despite a initial payment hiccup and difficultly communicating with staff prior to our arrival, honestly, once we got off the plane and were greeted by our transfer driver and then arrived at the resort itself there is little that could have been done to improve our stay. The accommodation was very spacious, clean, and private. The bed was comfortable, and the the sliding doors were equipped with reflective/tinted glass which added privacy and blocked some of the heat. The food was good and priced in line with that in the area/resorts - we benefitted from a free airport transfer from Nadi ($350+ FJD value, according to our driver) and daily breakfast, provided with our booking due to the duration and booking direct through the Maui Palms website. The staff were flexible with meals, and even adapted a few for us. There were also no room service fee, and you could easily request food/drinks be delivered to your room, by the pool etc. There are a few other restaurants in walking distance, including a small convenience store which sold the necessities (notably, alcohol and chocolate). An absolute highlight was the welcoming, friendly, and attentive staff. Notably, each day they hosted a number of guided activities - a reef walk, snorkeling, a hike, kayaking, and coconut demo/cultural experience. Each of these lasted between 1-2 hours, and was *free*. The staff who took us on these experiences (Felix and Aku) went out of their way to engage and accommodate those available, and made our trip memorable. Outside of these experiences, you are free to request access to the gear available (e.g., if you want to kayak first thing in morning, for example). Aku was even kind enough to facilitate our own kava session, for our final night. We don't typically visit places twice, but we already miss our time at Maui Palms. Vinaka vaka levu!