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Reviews of Hotel Le Mahana Huahine

3 out of 5
Hotel Le Mahana Huahine
Parea, Huahine Iti, Huahine, Leeward Islands

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 45 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 22 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 82 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

lorenzo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is a wonderful place. Safe beautiful and all workers are kind and helpful. It is on the best beach of the all island full of coral and fishes. They have free kayaks and paddle boarding and the restaurant is one of the best of French Polinesia.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The beachfront bungalow my daughter and I stayed in was perfect for us. The water is perfect and everything you need is here. The atmosphere is very relaxed and the staff are very helpful if you need anything. The food was fantastic-we ate most of our meals here. We had a perfect vacation here and would highly recommend Hotel Le Mahana to couples or families.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Denis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nature, beach, people
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
BEAUTIFUL hotel! Snorkeling off the beach was stunning. Bungalows are in excellent condition.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A very quiet and relaxing place to spend a few days savoring the Tahitian pace of life. Bora Bora offers more hectic fun but come here to relax. Excellent food covering Tahitian fish dishes and European and American choices. Big breakfast buffet as well. Our beach bungalow was well appointed, roomy, and comfortable, in a tropical way. We have enjoyed ourselves fully on two other stays. The beach is just steps away and the snorkeling among colorful fishes is just beside the dock. No need to pay extra for that! Kayaks and canoes available too. Staff are very charming and friendly, even more than most other places we have stayed in Tahiti. Staff all dress in colorful outfits that seem to recall a kind of formal elegance that may have been the style of an older era. The location is a half hour drive away from the airport at the south tip of the smaller of 2 islands. They provide a shuttle service, very good. Cars and motorbikes can be rented at Mahana. We just stayed at the resort and chilled out. You can walk about on the road but not much to see nearby. The island is mostly agricultural and not developed. We took a sightseeing tour of about two hours on a previous trip. Shopping in Fare the only real town was interesting as an intro to ordinary life in Tahiti. You can find splashier accommodations on some other islands but Mahana delivers restrained elegance.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Pickup at airport was very professional with signs and uniformed driver who gave us a commentary on the sights en route to hotel, a 30 minute drive. Huahine is very lush, a true garden island, very nice reception and pretty walk to our bungalow, right on the beach. The view is worth the price, but garden bungalows are only a few yards back so if price matters a lot you are only missing the view and beach access is just a few steps further. Our room is well appointed with AC, coffee/tea setup, and a lovely bathroom with a shower that opens to a private garden on the backside. King bed and a separate single that doubles as a sofa by day. Outside deck chairs and table for surf watching all day or between swims. The property is relatively compact with about 15 ft between bungalows but we have had no noisy neighbors- just can’t skinny dip. Beach is lovely and adequate but not very long. Lots of shade trees, more than other islands we have visited and much appreciated at midday. As well Huahine is a few degrees cooler than the last island we left yesterday. Snorkeling by the dock is as good as some places that tour boats charge money for. All in all a quiet laid back place to relax and embrace the tropical pace of life. Canoes and paddle boards available for greater exertion but this is not a party place like Bora Bora. Great variety on the menu but we are not foodies so no advice there. this is our third stay at Le Mahana in as many trips to Tahiti,always a joy.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lev

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice
Stayed 12 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Melinda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Pure tranquility! We booked a beachfront room, so had our toes in the sand as soon as we woke up. Loved the swimming, snorkeling, kayaking. Staff were lovely. We could have gotten by without a car, but had one for convenience.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Melinda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Donna

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place with beautiful beach
This hotel is a nice place to stay in Huahine. It is far from the airport, but they offer a shuttle service for an additional charge. Once there, though, you have everything you need. Beautiful beach with free kayaks, paddleboards, etc. Really good food at the on-site restaurant, with a charming restaurant just next door. And comfortable rooms with a nice outdoor sitting area to watch the sunset. Also, if you like massages, the one we booked through the hotel was excellent. The only negative thing I can say is that service is a bit iffy. They didn't respond to numerous messages sent through Hotels.com. We waited over an hour for our dessert in the hotel restaurant one night. And the check-in process was uncomfortable. We shared the airport shuttle with another couple who we didn't know. The front desk person tried to sit us down and check us in together, at the same time, which entailed discussing personal details like activities booked, etc. It seemed really inappropriate, so I asked to step over to a more private area. It seems strange that they didn't suggest themselves. Personal financial details shouldn't be discussed in front of strangers.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a gorgeous location, very relaxing, beautiful sunsets. The air conditioning in the rooms was perfect, which we needed during the week we were there.

10/10 Excellent

Cecile

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We just spent three days at the Mahana. We loved our deluxe bungalow with lagoon view. The hotel was super quiet and clean. The beach in front of the hotel is spectacular. The service can be a little slow at the restaurant and the choice (for lunch and dinner especially) is limited but we thought everything was good. We did not see a lot of hotels in Huahine and the Mahana is probably the best one. The location, on the beach, is great but the hotel is far from everything and you will need a car.

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hidden Treasure
Good old fashioned friendly service. Great food and location.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Janice, Vancouver

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We signed up for a tour 1/2 day 4x4 tour then 1/2 day of catamaran. The advertised description was not what we received. We did enjoy our land tour all the same although parts were missing from description. The catamaran was not y try on our liking. There were too many people and the friendly staff made it into a strange spectacle at the end, dressing up a male tourist into “drag”. We thought that was over the top, like a circus. One other issue was that I think I got food poisoning from my last meal (swordfish) which was served to me very undercooked , and I returned it to be cooked more but maybe the bacteria was still on the plate, or on my fork… it was a very rough 24 hours which followed.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022
Response from Hinatea on 30 Mar 2022
Ia ora na Janice, Thank you for the excellent rating on Expedia. We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay in our resort! Regarding your excursion, we are sorry that it did not quite meet your expectations. Unfortunately, we have no control over this, the excursions being carried out by service providers outside our hotel. Finally, we are sincerely sorry that you fell ill at the end of your stay. Our team on site was not notified of the problem encountered. For your last meal at the hotel restaurant, the dish you chose may be the “Half-cooked swordfish steak larded with bacon and flambéed with Noilly Prat”. As its name suggests, this fish dish is semi-cooked. It can be compared to Japanese tataki, very popular in Polynesia, which is a type of cooking, so that the meat or fish is cooked on the outside and raw on the inside. We thank you for choosing our hotel during your stay in Huahine. Mauruuru Hinatea from the Hotel Le Mahana Huahine

8/10 Good

Keith

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great beach front bungalows! Love the Island, and the remote location of the hotel on the Ita side... Renting a scooter is great to see the larger side of Huahine called Nue. The food choices were limited for me, whom does not eat fish.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

Roderic

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service
Great location, but needs improvement
Beautiful location, but service for lunch at restaurant was terrible, quality of housekeeping was inconsistent, and room was filled with mosquitos.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Sarah

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A favorite part of French Polynesia
We just spent 4 wonderful days at the Hotel Le Mehana on Huahini Iti in May. This was a very lovely part of our trip to French Polynesia. The hotel is a special place on a special island. Huahine is one of the most beautiful tropical islands in the world and you will not go wrong staying here. The islands of Huahine are some of the least visited in the area with far less people than on Moorea or Bora Bora. The hotel is a fantastic property on a very scenic beach, a place I will always recommend to others. We had a lovely garden unit that had everything needed for a wonderful beach stay including a shaded lanai, a very comfortable bed, a huge shower, a safebox for your valuables, plenty of towels and a refrigerator to keep your drinks and snacks cold. The waterfront units looked even better.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2021

8/10 Good

David, San Diego, CA

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
If you are looking for peace and quiet among beautiful surroundings then this is the place for you. Very nice staff and good food on site.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Chris, California

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful setting, right on the beach. Very authentic. The staff is particularly pleasant and courteous.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Le Mahana Team on 8 May 2020
ia orana Chris, Thank you for this nice comments Hope everything is fine for you With best regards

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cody, Saratoga Springs, UT, USA

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our stay at Hotel Le Mahana was amazing! The staff was super accommodating to us, as we brought our two little kids with us. They had onsite car/bike/scooter rental options, and even though we weren't able to use our bike rental, they worked with us to switch it for a car. The staff was so friendly and helpful with everything we needed or asked for, especially Matania! We have a beautiful bungalow right on the beach, and it is a perfect location for families and kids too! The staff was so helpful in telling us where everything was, and it was great that the hotel also provided gear, kayaks, and paddleboards at no additional cost! We definitely plan on going back some day!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We just spent a week at the Mahana in Huahine and totally enjoyed our stay! Our deluxe beach bungalow was just steps to the beach and the staff couldn't have been friendlier. It was very busy at lunch and dinner times and the staff always had a smile on! The snorkeling right in front of the hotel was pretty good - a great variety of fish and healthy coral. A very quiet and relaxing place on our new favorite island of Huahine. We can't wait to go back....
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Charlotte

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disappointed
We were quite disappointed with relais mahana. The location is nice and secluded, however the bungalows are a bit outdated, too close to each other, and the service is not good: they are not enough employees, especially at the restaurant. All the waitresses are doing their best (they are literally running from one table to the other) but it is just that they aren't enough for the full capacity of the hotel. I would recommend to go to lapita hotel: we went out for dinner over there on the last night and the service was amazing and the cuisine was excellent. It is more expensive than the relais mahana but the experience is much better.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Allan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great little resort
A beautiful part of the island, excellent snorkelling and paddling, a great little resort with excellent food
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2017

6/10 Okay

Mark, US

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Adequate but very isolated.
If you are looking to stay on hotel grounds for a few days of complete isolation, swimming, kayaking and sunbathing Relais Mahana may work for you. There is no civilization outside of the hotel site. It's quaint and clean. Half the staff are really friendly and half don't seem to enjoy their job very much. Lapita Village hotel was a better friendlier experience and walking distance to Fare town. If just a few days on Huahine; go for Lapita Village. If a week or so, spend 2/3 days at Relais Mahana (weekend best for Tiki Pop Food Truck option) and the rest of the time at Lapita Village.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great location, beautiful beach and friendly staff.

10/10 Excellent

Erik, Hawaii

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
We went to 7 different islands in French Polynesia and this was our favorite place to stay. Very nice and well-kept bungalows, immaculately clean. Beautiful location on Huahine's best beach. Excellent snorkeling and free kayaks and wi-fi. Even the restaurant made some vegetarian dishes for us that weren't on the menu. Everyone was very nice except the lady at reception who was a bit confrontational. We avoided her after check-in and all was well. The only disappointment was the weather- it rained 2 of the 3 days we were in Huahine. But there was a storm that hit all of FP so it wouldn't have mattered where we stayed. We enjoyed Huahine and will definitely be coming back. Do yourself a favor and skip Bora Bora and spend more time in Raiatea, Moorea, and of course, Huahine.

10/10 Excellent

Leonie, Atlanta, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel right on beach with superb snorkeling
A fantastic place right on a great beach with a stunning coral garden only yards away for superb snorkeling. It is very family friendly: our nine year old enjoyed swimming, snorkeling and sea kayaking, and the food was also kid-friendly (great breakfast buffet!). The staff are all efficient and friendly. A perfect place for a relaxing family holiday. We will definitely stay there again in future!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Ying, CHINA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is a nice stay in front of the beach!!!
We stay close to water and can access the beach by jump. For this special part you dont need water shoes to walk since it is mainly sand. There are many fishes close to coral and is already good enough when compared to other places we have visited for this island. We attended some tours and enjoyed it. However the following experiences in other islands made us feel that the "full day island tour curise" is expensive and with middle quality. I would suggest people to just stay around the hotel and relax. The beach is nice and ready the sunset watching (facing west). The foods are good and the "tears steak" is strongly recommended. There is also a snack at 10 mins walk from the hotel, which we went several times to take some cheaper food. And if you walk for another 5-7 minutes (make a small turn to left following the main road), you will see another store to buy some food for storage or cans. Finally, be ready to be biten by the moooooossssquiitoooos~

6/10 Okay

kevenda, Sydney NSW, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Lovely location unpleasant welcome.
This hotel is in a pleasant location and the bungalows are well designed. Breakfasts are alright if a little mean. The welcome to the hotel was appalling. There was no one on the desk and a note was left to say the staff member would be back later. We were given the worst room even though there were very few people in the hotel. We asked for a better room and the overly aggressive receptionist said we could not as the hotel was full but we had looked around whilst waiting and it was almost empty.

6/10 Okay

Amanda, Auckland, NZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Huahine Feb12
Only stayed for 1 night as a stopover. Quite a distance from the airport but that only means you get to see a lot of the island which was excellent. No airconditioning in the room, only a fan. Lovely beach and there seemed to be a lot of coral which would be great for snorkling. Lovely spot to watch the sunset.

8/10 Good

Dieter, Vienna, Austria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful relaxing place
Hotel is wonderful located, very friendly receptionist (Nadja). Restaurant only tested for breakfast, ok, not more, but there is Chez Tara 100m away, which is excellent.

8/10 Good

Denis, Brazil

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Cool hotel
The beach room is awesome and the staff are helpful, but there´s only one receptionist for lots of clients.

4/10 Poor

Helen, Sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Mosquito_Central
After being eaten alive the night befote, I asked at Reception about the state of the mosquito problem. They supplied me with an electric mosquioto repellant that worked really well. It should have been plugged in before the Guest is checked in!. There were no nets on the bed and the physical location apparently is a mosquito hang out. Otherwise everything was lovely. But the intensity of the mosquito attacks on the first day, had me regretting my Hotel choice.

8/10 Good

Jan, Prague, Czech Republic

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
RELAIS MAHANA HUAHINE
Very quiet place. Awesome coral fish just at the hotel wharf. Recommend excellent scuba diving experience with instructor Morgan (ask at reception). Specially for beginners. Local food buffet on Sundays event in nearby restaurant .

10/10 Excellent

Ariane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
wunderschönes Korallenriff
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Berangere

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superbe séjour au Mahana
Très bon accueil : nous avons demandé à changer de chambre car trop bruyante et avons été déplacés sans souci. Chambre agréable très bien décorée pour 3. Pas plus de personnes car taille moyenne ! Lagon devant la chambre superbe avec fonds marins sublimes. Prêts de masques tubas kayak et paddles. Restaurant très bon et prix raisonnables. Prendre véhicule pour visiter (europcar sur place mais cher - préférez les prendre a l’aéroport)
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Veronique

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

gerson

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jean-Michel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Très joli petit hotel le décor raffiné, calme avec un accès plage magnifique , le personnel adorable
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

klaus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Schönes Hotel für Romantik Urlaub nicht geeignet
Ja das Hotel bzw. Bungalow Anlage ist sehr schön Leider ist es ein französisches Kindergartenhotel mit all den Krawall den Kleinkinder erzeugen. Die Lage am Strand ist zum baden und schnorcheln gut geeignet,leider ist das Hotel sehr sehr abgelegen,sodass man einen fahrbaren Untersatz benötigt-Avis gibt es im Hotel. Es gibt keinen vernünftigen Supermarkt in der Nähe auch kein Restaurant oder Imbiss was man empfehlen könnte.Daher ist man gezwungen alles im Hotel zu machen,d.h. Frühstück,Mittag, Abendessen.Auf Grund dieser exclusiven Bedingungen sind leider die Mitarbeiter im Restaurant nicht sonderlich motiviert - es ist eher eine nüchterne Freundlichkeit nicht das was man von Polynesien gewohnt ist. Spazieren am Strand ist max.100m,zu Fuss geht hier eigentlich gar nichts.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Veronique

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Voyage en famille
C'est un hôtel très confortable, propre et très bien entretenu. Le personnel est très sympathique. Le restaurant donnant sur la plage, les pieds dans le sable offre de très bons plats, bien cuisinés. Il se trouve face à une très belle plage avec d'un coté des récifs coralliens où on peut voir des poissons de toutes les couleurs.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Sophie

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022

6/10 Okay

CAROLINE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

sylvaine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel à réserver absolument à Huahine
Les logements sont très agréables avec la particularité de la douche en semi-exterieur qui ajoute de l'exotisme. Le site est très beau, la plage immédiatement accessible et le personnel est vraiment sympathique et professionnel, à l'accueil comme en restauration. C'est le seul hôtel qui nous a offert notre collier de coquillages à notre départ.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jean-Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Une très heureuse surprise !
Au cours de notre séjour en Polynésie, nous avions prévu de passer quelques jours à Bora-Bora, mais après être passés à Bora-Bora et à Huahine, nous n’avons pas hésité et avons décidé de passer ces quelques jours à Huahine. Nous avions choisi l’hôtel Mahana après échange avec des personnes connaissant bien cette île et ne l’avons pas regretté : personnel disponible, souriant, efficace, bungalow presque sur la plage, avec climatisation et un lit immense, restaurant à la carte un peu réduite certes mais « tout y est bon ». Nous espérons pouvoir revenir à Huahine, avec l’espoir de pouvoir reloger au Mahana.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

brigitte

Liked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Bertrand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charmants Bungalows au bord du lagon
Séjour reposant, excellente situation au bord du lagon à l’abri des vents dominants! Dîner de grande qualité, en revanche le petit déjeuner n’est pas à la hauteur de l’établissement (choix limité et qualité basique)
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021