Avis LE ROYAL BORA BORA Matira

Schönes Hotel in einer zentralen Umgebung. Es fehlt dort nichts

Fin de saison personnelle démotivé voir inexistant !
Restaurants plus de vin au verre !! Ni blanc ni rouge ni rosé !!
Non avion décidé de manger tout les jours ici...
Mais contetenu du contexte on va changer de stratégie.
Vraiment dommage !!

End of season personal demotivated or non-existent!
Restaurants no more wine by the glass!! Neither white nor red nor rosé!!
No plane decided to eat here every day...
But given the context we will change strategy.
Really too bad!!

V ubytování je vše bez údržby , ráno vás budí kouhouta v zahradě , slepice kadí na terasu , před dveře , není možnost si v parku sednout . Snídaně tragédie , vše chybí , plesnivé větráčky nad jídlem , salám bez loupání , špinavé stoly , příbory nedonesou , žádné doplňování , bazén v rozkladu , ceny přemrštěné . Pláž super , ceny přemrštěné . Úklid na pohodu. Je to tak 1,5 hvězdička s cenou 4 hvězdy .

Accueil très chaleureux et personnel très disponible et toujours souriant.|Les chambres sont très agréables, spacieuses et au calme.|La piscine et la plage permettent de se détendre dans un cadre magnifique.|La restauration est de bonne qualité.

Nous avons passé 3 nuits sur l île et nous avons apprécié séjourner dans cet hôtel simple mais qui a tout le confort et une très jolie plage avec un personnel adorable|Nous vous conseillons sans soucis cet hôtel où le restaurant est très bien également

Séjour parfait !
Notre chambre était magnifique. La plage est superbe ????
Le personnel est vraiment très gentil.
L’emplacement est top, à seulement 20 min à pied de la plage de Matira. Une supérette juste à côté.
Le petit déjeuner est excellent.
Seul bémol, le prix élevé du transfert vers l’aéroport. Sinon, tout était parfait.

This is a lovely Polynesian owned resort with very friendly staff and run very well. It is less flashy (and therefore cheaper) than the large American chains and is better for it. |The rooms are large, the beds comfortable and the ambience with its small beach very cosy.

Bonne localisation, près de Matira.|Ambiance et service très bons.|Accueil et prestations avec un très bon rapport qualité prix |La piscine est un plus.|Bâtiments en bon etat, avec bonne isolation phonique, clim, dans un jardin tropical.|Beaucoup de prestations proposees

Lovely place to stay. The breakfast selection was plentiful. We also rented a car for couple days to explore.|The staff was welcoming and attentive. We really enjoyed the beach and did a little snorkeling too. Overall it was the best fit for us.|Would recommend staying here.

Un très bel hôtel propre, confortable et calme situé à une dizaine de min à pieds de la plage Matira. Le buffet du petit-déjeuner est copieux. Le prêt de serviette de plage est très appréciable.
Le spot « l’aquarium » se trouve juste derrière le rocher face à la plage de l’hôtel, nous y sommes allés en canoë, loué à l’hôtel, en une trentaine de min.

The front desk people has the WORST attitude! Also the lady who helps book activities! The service couldn’t be more terrible! Will not stay here next time and will not recommend! Seriously, spent your money elsewhere instead of being treated rudely by those front desk people!

Update 2 days later: they apologized and we got some free drinks- I’m upgrading my one star but still not the biggest fan that I had to fight like this- I feel Bora Bora is the most uppity of all islands so far - not as caring and friendly as the other islands
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We traveled around South Pacific for a while now and this is unfortunately now a very bad experience in regards to service which is very unusual for these wonderful friendly Islands. Today for dinner we ordered a bottle of wine and when they made us taste it tasted horrific - not just not our taste but as if the bottle just had gone bad somehow. We never returned a bottle and I hate doing this even if it’s not 100% to my liking but this wine tasted just awful and we said so. Well - they said pretty much ‘bad luck’ and they would still charge and we ended up with empty glasses on the table and zero support or service or accommodation for it, and in the end they actually did charge us for it- I’m shocked and we left the restaurant and will surely not go back unless I get an answer here before tomorrow with some sort of compromise - will update if that happens -if not - do not go to this hotel - very bad service.

Le personnel est serviable et sympathique.|Les lits sont confortables et les chambres sont très propres.|Les repas sont copieux et variés. Je vous recommande de manger au restaurant de l'hôtel.|De plus il y a un supermarché juste à côté de l'hôtel.

What a little paradise. I felt so well here. The hotel is located at the main island of Bora Bora. So I could explore the island by bike and hiking. The rooms are pretty and very clean.|The whole staff is so natural friendly and helpful. The kitchen is excellent and the breakfast buffet offers a wonderful choice for a perfect start in the day. I love this cozy hotel.

Very nice hotel, the buildings with the rooms, in a tropical park, are across the street from the lobby, pool, restaurant and smallish beach. Our room was well appointed, with balcony, fridge, tea/coffee kettle, good-sized bathroom. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Breakfast was generous, restaurant food ok and (for Bora Bora) reasonably priced. While the Royal is well-run, the ruins of Sofitel next door show the downside of exclusive tourism.

Douche ouverte donc on inonde la salle de bain. Literie un peu dure, mais correcte. Repas non testé sauf petit déjeuner qui bien.

This is literally the best place I have ever stayed in, in my life. Everyone is so extremely kind, saying hello, wanting to help with whatever is needed.|The room is big and clean, airco works great, WiFi works great. Huge big and comfy bed! I brought a mosquito tent because I tend to be allergic to mosquito bites so I don’t take the risk at night. It fits perfectly and I’m so comfy.|The beach is beautiful, the most beautiful water you will ever see in your life, 50 shades of the blue. More than enough bed and umbrellas. The pool is perfect if you want to do some laps but when the wind is down you can do that in the sea as well.|It’s a 10 minute walk to matira beach, which is huge with the biggest and most turquoise lagoon you will ever see in your life.|The breakfast is perfect for me, fresh fruit, croissants and baguettes. Also eggs etc. The food is amazing as well. I’m vegetarian and the vegetable panini is filled with all kinds of veggies! |I have stayed in an over water bungalow here once but this hotel is just as good and it is 10 times less the price.|There is a supermarket nearby and everyone in the street says a cheery hello. |I’m staying for another 2 weeks ????

Un hôtel familial qui a gardé son charme et son authenticité sur une ile ultra touristique. |L'accueil est parfait, les chambres confortables, le restaurant excellent. |Jolie plage, piscine, tout est bien équipé.|La plage de Matira est à proximité ainsi qu'une petite supérette au cas où.

Excelent hotel if you do not want spend thousands and thousands of money for overwater bungalows. The rooms are clean and in good condition. Nothing fancy or ultramodern, but you not visit Bora Bora to stay in hotel room all day long. The hotel beach is clean and very cute. Included breakfast is good, tasty and enough for everybody. The activity service desk is helpful and they offer good prices. All stuff is nice and friendly. I highly recommend this hotel and I will stay again there for my next visit in Bora Bora!
Maururu, hotel Royal Bora Bora!

We have visited and stayed on mainland Bora Bora back in 2018, at the time in the hotel next door called Maitai - from all the reviews I had done on TripAdvisor it has been the one that got most "thumbs up" ever, so I believe people found it useful and I will approach this review the same way as it truly is a very similar, great to be exact, experience - but it really depends what you are looking for; if you want a private infinity pool overlooking fish in the water while the butler brings you the bottle of their Dom Perignon then probably this is not the place for you, and first of all the rate per night/room should tell you that right away as "if it sounds too good to be true, is probably too good to be true" when compared to the rates on the hotels on the motus, but if you if you do appreciate hospitality under a "non-corporate" family run business, great beach front and "central" location to what's best in Bora Bora (this is our 2nd visit so I say it from experience rather than other readings) everything, while sipping an excellent house made Pina Colada than this is your place to be - also did I mention they have a great restaurant on the spot with a very nice breakfast buffet included in the room rate?! Well now I have! :)||||||Location: so the hotel is in the area of Matira Beach (nestled between MaiTai and old Sofitel [which in the future, from what I read independently, will be part of Royal Bora Bora as Sofitel is closed down by now for couple years and it's falling apart], which is my opinion top 3 beach of my life, and we have seen a many by now - this being the reason why we actually returned to Bora Bora :) from the airport the Air Tahiti takes you to the Vaitape marina and from there you can arrange transportation to the hotel for a fee (they charge 1,750 XPF per person one way, you pay it at the hotel - so about $17.50 USD so no big deal as 6 years ago it was about $14.25 USD per person to MaiTai) - don't get discouraged by the bus transportation system, it is oldschool and rough but it does the trick - we chuckled with my wife as we arrived delayed 5h+ to Bora Bora on a very grim rainy day and we felt bad for other people who just arrived with us and had never seen how amazing this place is but get to see this "rough reality" instead of its genuine beauty at first and get to ride on this bus - I bet it was a reality check for them on the "real Bora Bora" vs what's "falsely" advertised out there. Now, once at the hotel I must admit also that I was pleasantly surprised as I had my reservation too but they were all put to rest, it's a very nice, clean, Polynesian hotel on the ocean front - all rooms are in 2-floor buildings across from the road (traffic is a bit noisy but only during early evening hours and once the island goes to sleep it's all nice, unless the omnipresent roosters go to action...) whereas the lobby/restaurant/pool etc. is on the direct ocean front - I really enjoyed that setup! There is literally a grocery story, accepts credit cards, called Tiare Market next door so you can get whatever you need there - open I believe 7 days a week and until pretty late, for Polynesian/Bora Bora standards! The walk to Matira is about 10 minutes, plenty of friendly doggies as usual in French Polynesia so nothing to be concerned about. The entire area felt a bit more "upscale" compared to the 2018 experience so that's great, tourism money definitely went into motion in the post COVID era!||||||Room: so we had to ground level room in the Moorea building - at first I was a bit bumped out as we did have a nice higher vantage point room back in the days in Maitai but then I was happy I didn't have to go up the stairs each day, nor carry in our out the luggage (no elevators here)! The room is pretty big, nice A/C away from the bed so not blowing at your face at night, some French cable TV with couple English news channels, good Wi-Fi, little patio (hard to stay there as mosquitos don't allow for it), bed and pillows comfy, mini fridge and safe provided, bathroom with a window that has a net as well - no lizards/geckos or bigger insects in the room in 6 days so that's a win in my book :) the only thing I could flaw the hotel, literally 1 thing, is the white sheets on the windows - they desperately need laundry/washing!||||||Hotel Grounds/Entertainment: really nice setup for the restaurant and bar, pool could be nicer if they trimmed the bushes in front of it (different times of the year/different years of pictures show it) as you can't see any water from and otherwise I would love to chill in there. There is an entertainment area with Ping Pong table, snooker/billiard, and some other games - we had lots of fun quite a few times there when we wanted to move more after being too lazy on the beach. The hotel has its own deck so any excursion pick you up right from the location here, which is convenient.||||||Beach & pool: what we missed 6 years ago at MaiTai was a better/proper beachfront location - which we got here, mainly because here there just a dock and sand with palm trees, no overwater bungalows. Water was a bit choppy during our stay but people did snorkeling, water shoes not mandatory but recommended, you are on the east side so no sunsets but nice sunrise opportunity, especially if you traveled west and jetlag like most Americans waking up super early :) I didn't see too many nice fish close to the shore but there is much more out there, I bet. I believe there is a free use of kayaks, we didn't use them so I can't speak to that but I believe it does read somewhere in the info that they are included and we saw people use them. Plenty of beach chairs/loungers of various types, and a few umbrellas too, plus trees with shade.||||||Food & drinks/options: another feature we missed 6 years ago at MaiTai was the breakfast, although offered there wasn't to our liking and it was a bit pricey, here it was included in a very already reasonable room rate and it was plentiful, exactly how we like it - fruits, bakery items, some bacon etc. everybody could find something as it was a mix of continental with Polynesian/island stuff and of course the French :) good fresh croissants, baguettes etc. We never got a chance to eat a bigger meal for lunch or dinner as we always ventured out but we had some small snack and they were good - also the cocktails were good and reasonably priced, for what we compared to other places and other islands during our 2.5 weeks in the Society Islands. There are plenty of walking options towards Matira Beach and Bora Bora Yacht Club offers complimentary transportation to/from island and Saint James does it at 2,000 XPF total round trip for 2 people - I highly recommend the last 2 as that also gives you a bit of a chance to see other sides of the island without renting the car or riding the bike far away from the hotel. Their bar sells coconut water - make sure to return the coconuts to them after you are done with your drink and they will cut it for you so you can enjoy the meat inside :)||||||Things to do: we did a lot back in 2018 so this time we just chilled, visited Matira, went on a Bora Bora Pearl Farm trip (absolutely loved it and it's a must while on the island, reviewed separately), planned to do another water trip (if you haven't been and it's your 1st time in Bora it's an absolute must!), and also planned to rent a car again for a day but we ultimately just relaxed and read books/enjoyed slow time on the water after driving around Moorea and ahead of busy schedule on Raiatea/Taha'a. The hotel has the Polynesian shows every Tuesday and Friday I believe - if this is your 1st time to the FP/this region of the world I highly recommend, especially since the fixed price with dinner buffet sounded very reasonable - we didn't do it so can't comment on its fun/quality but it's usually hard not to like these type of things once on the spot.||||Overall: so 2018 in Maitai BB and 2024 in Royal BB - which one was better? I don't think it's really possible to say that, I feel that Maitai looks a bit fancier, especially nowadays in 2024 when they put some money into renovating the waterfront, it really was pretty impressive compared to how I remembered it from back in 2018, but I think I enjoyed Royal BB a bit better, it's just a very cozy down to earth place, clean, suppppppppppper friendly people, every interaction I had with them was very pleasant, especially at the bar and restaurant, it's my "type of place" and it kind of attracts non-flashy people too, which makes the stay also more pleasant - if you don't know what I mean you will notice it while taking excursions as that's where different hotels/clientele mix up :) otherwise the last time you will deal with the "fake Bora Bora" is once you split your way with them taking the Air Tahiti boat vs. them taking the individual boats to the motus, aka the "little bubble" where life from magazine covers is depicted, not the true, the genuine one here on the mainland - it was awesome to revisit and get this same type of pleasant "shock" and for that we are very grateful and of course happy - totally recommended, would totally stay here, as a matter of fact probably one of my fav hotels/stays in my 10+ of intensive tropical islands traveling - they just got everything right in my book, Mauruuru!

Très bel hôtel
Les chambres ne sont pas en bord de mer mais dans un très beau jardin
Les chambres sont grandes
Nous avons participé au repas polynésien, très bien
Service au top
Snorkeling possible juste devant la plage

Good -> Private beach is great: views are top and there’s plenty of coral and fishes right in front of it. Breakfast is very good and complete. Restaurant for lunch and dinner is also of very good quality (pricey, though). Rooms are very spacious and comfortable. There’s free fresh water. Bad -> Some staff are a little too harsh, getting close to rude, when answering normal questions from your side.

Très beau Hotel! la chambre spacieuse est propre, avec la vue sur un jardin très très bien entretenu! le petit déjeuner est très complet. La plage de l’hôtel est très belle.
nous avons passé un très bon séjour. Je recommande.

Personnel adorable, chambre spacieuse et très bien équipée de style Polynésien qui puis est dans un écrin de verdure et de sérénité ???? cuisine au Top, petit déjeuner copieux avec beaucoup de choix et de très bonnes qualités ???? situation au Top avec une vue Magnifique sur le Lagon et très proche du jardin de corail ????????je recommande en toute sincérité vous ne serez pas déçu. Très sincèrement Pascal et Véronique de Vendée

Tout a été parfait sauf le fait de supporter les voisins du dessus à bouger les chaises et à marcher lourdement à 2h ou à 5h

Das Hotel ist eher Landesüblich, die Anlage ist gepflegt. Allerdings roch unser Zimmer extrem nach Schimmel und ist doch schon sehr in die Jahre gekommen.
Das Hotel ist umgeben von Ruinen. Überall laufen wilde Hunde rum die einen ständig ankleffen, knurren und die Zähne fletschen.
Gut fanden wir, dass es einen Wasserspender auf dem Gelände gab und man sich seine Wasserflaschen füllen konnte.

Das Bad im Zimmer war recht dreckig und der Wasserdruck nicht gut, sodass man mit langen Haaren echt Probleme beim waschen hat.

Es gibt einen sehr teuren kleinen Supermarkt um die Ecke .

Ohne Auto ist man dort recht aufgeschmissen.

Im Hotel kann man ein paar Aktivitäten buchen. Kajak für 2 Stunden für 16 Euro. Sollte man auf jedenfall machen und einmal gegenüber um die Privatinsel von der Sofitelruine paddeln.

Was uns am Ende dann doch geschockt hat war, dass wir eine schöne Rechnung von satten 100 Euro erhalten haben .Wir waren total geschockt. Sie erklärten das es der Hotel shuttle ist. Wir haben diesen weder gebucht noch Infos darüber erhalten, dass dieser bezahlt werden muss. Wir kamen in vaitape an und da haben sie uns direkt zum Bus geführt der uns zum Hotel bringt. Das haben sie mit allen Gästen gemacht. Wir finden das eine absolute Frechheit . Nirgends steht etwas darüber,man wird am Ende dann schön abgezockt .

Das Frühstück kam uns am 3. Tag bereits aus den Ohren. Es gab ganz komisches Rührei was total flockig war. Sehr fettige Crêpes, Würstchen, Speck und Brot und etwas Aufschnitt.

Trinkt auf keinen Fall das Wasser beim Frühstück das schmeckte nach extrem versgammelten Obst . Der Kaffe war ok.

Fazit, das Hotel ist mit 200 Euro die Nacht maßlos überteuert. Es gibt viel viel schönere und günstigere BNBs in der Nähe vom Hotel.

Hotel formé de petits bâtiments de 1 étage, une dizaine.
Grande chambre avec balcon ou terrasse. Très calme dans un oasis de verdure.
Réception, restaurant, bar juste de l autre côté de la route.
Jolie petite plage privée avec chaises longues et serviettes, ainsi
qu une petite piscine.
Location de kawac...excursion...etc
Personnel sympa

Super hôtel où il ne manque rien. La propreté des chambres avec clim, frigo, sdb et vue sur le parc, la piscine avec le bar et la plage privée juste à côté font la différence. Le ponton où l'on peut se faire masser a l'ombre avec un petit vent et où l'on est récupéré pour les excursions est bien agréable. Soirée spectacle de danses tahitiennes en musique super sympa. La soirée buffet tahitien était moins à mon goût alors que la carte du restaurant est bien complète et très bonne tout comme les cocktails du bar. Les serviettes de bain, équipements de snorkling, billard et la fontaire à eau fraiche sont gratuits. Seulement 2000 cfp pour 2h de kayak. Toutes les activités et excursions possibles sont proposées sur les tablettes dans le hall de l'hôtel et une personne s'occupe de réserver à votre place avec une commission généralement de 1000 pour l'hôtel ce qui est raisonnable. Sinon toutes les sociétés d'excursions qui travaillent avec l'hôtel sont au top aussi bien en mer qu'en 4x4. Merci à toute l'équipe du royal et à bientôt.

Love it !

Ich war von dem Hotel begeistert, da man hier für akzeptablen Preis eine gute Lage, direkt im Hotel buchbare Freizeitaktivitäten einen schönen Hotelstrand mit Bar und gutem Restaurant, Swimmingpool und Alles sonst bekommt was man für einen gelungenen Urlaub braucht.