Fiji Hideaway Resort & Spa

First impression was very good the tide was high the beach looked ok , the cabins along the beach were cosy looking and the staff very welcoming eager to please. As you walk to your cabin the grounds were tropical very well cared for gardens flowers blooming ect. Walking into the cabin first impression was good has 1 large bed and 1single bed and spacious with high set ceiling nice big bed bulla message made with plants pieces on the bed a bit aged but i think its about 30 years old so not bad for the age of the place at first glance it was very nice.

After settling in , we discovered the toilet to be leaking water, the water following a path from the bathroom via the grouted sections of the tiles out the door under the door separating the ajoining cabin from ours and out the front doorway of our room , this had obviously gone unreported for a very long time as the door between our room and the ajoing cabin was warped and swollen the timber beginning to rot from long term exposure to the water making it not possible to latch the door securely . Any one in the next cabin would only need to apply a small amount of pressure to enter your room. The shower had limited pressure and no hot water , we requested a cabin change this was not possible until our 3rd day due to other cabins being fully booked so 2 days with leaking toilet slippery floors and cold showers. THE BEACH Looks good when the tide is full but very rocky below the surface do not enter without reef shoes. Then the tide goes out water goes out to a kilometer or more to the reef edge so dangerous to swim also exposing a not very attractive coastline covered in rocks and coral . Day 3 we change cabins A little smaller than the first but no toilet leak not bad similar set up to the first , but then the shower no hot water again , slightly warm atleast if you only use hot tap , but not hot in the slightest , and now the room has telephone too for easy contack when you need something. The breakfast was a buffet not great but edible but never changing day in day out same options so by day 4 we just did not bother to attend opting to use our hire car to find better options. The evening meal was very set few options , pizza always available or 2 other main menue options with a soup entree and 2 or 3 desert choices and a kids menu nuggets or basic burgers or fish n chips. So 1 night dinning was enough choosing to use a hire car to find other options . The location is very isolated close options for food were other resorts or a long drive to a town.

Breakfast omlettes, pool not crowded, some great dinner entertainment. Beautiful friendly staff who helped make my Birthday weekend very special. Lovely cocktails. Excellent laundry service. Snorkel gear, fins and reef shoes available for use.

The reception didn't fulfill my wish for our family to be in Deluxe Beach front bures side by side, which was a shame as I booked 7months prior to going. Also the resort had lots of empty bures near us when we arrived on 4th June so don't understand why we couldn't be together?? My son did get moved to a bit closer on day 2 which was nice yet a bit inconvenient. They also gave my daughter the oldest bure (no 12) which was tucked away behind with an ocean view but not ocean front. I had paid for all three bures to be Deluxe Ocean front yet on the first 2 nights, only one bure was is this category. Fijian Hideaway Resort and Spa was advertised as having 3 restaurants to choose from but the Japanese had closed down and the Indian was only open certain nights and operated from the same kitchen as the main one, I believe. This limited dinner choices. Restaurant closed at 9:30pm everynight which meant our 10pm arrival night we were not able to eat, even though I had requested a dinner snack for our late arrival.

Location food and staff were amazing

Nothing

All meals were fine, pool was clean

No TV or Wifi in our room or Phone. you were asked to contact reception if you needed anything which meant a walk / run depending on the weather, I needed to do more homework before booking