Stayed her in July welcome was great, however the cost of staying here certainly was expensive for what you get. Jacuzzi was nice during the evening, however it was a basic room with kitchen and with own enclosed area so no sharing with others which is great. Breakfast there wasn't a lot of choice and it seemed if you wanted service you had to go and ask for it as apposed to staff coming and see what it is we would like. Suggest that you get televison channels sorted as there is only 1 channel would of expected more than that for the price of staying her.

We spent 7 days at Little Polynesian in September 2012 for our honeymoon. The overall impression is really positive but there are a couple of negative aspects.
Positive: the resort is really beautiful, clean and organized with a good restaurant and a friendly and helpful staff: people always have a smile on their faces and make you feel at home. We stayed in a beach bungalow, simple but beautiful, all made in natural wood, with all comforts, including a small private garden at the back with a Jacuzzi and a patio at the front with an amazing view of the ocean.
Unfortunately, there are also some negative points: the weather had always been bad except for the first day and half of the last day of our stay. It rained only once but there was an annoying, high, cold wind that blew constantly and it was always cloudy. We tried to spend some time on the beach regardless the wind but it was impossible, we were freezing! Later we’ve been told that Rarotonga, having a mountain at the centre of the island, is subject to this kind of weather – we didn’t know (and it’s not written in any guide) or we would have spent less days in Raro and more in Aitutaki where the weather was nice and the island is gorgeous. It was difficult to sleep well in a bungalow in front of the ocean because of the heavy seas and the high wind.
Because of the bad weather our Jacuzzi was always dirty and nobody cleaned it in 7 days, so we couldn't use it. The cleanliness is another negative aspect: whereas the restaurant, the resort in general, the beach and the garden were clean, we can’t say the same of our room. There were two room services a day but, despite that, the room and especially the bathroom was always quite dirty. We timed the room service and it lasted 3 minutes! Not enough to clean a room.
Last negative point is the variety of dishes at the restaurant at lunch and dinner (breakfast was plentiful and very very good). The food was excellent and really well cooked but the menu only had 4 entrees and 4 main dishes. We stayed for 7 days, so we basically ate the same things every day. Even though the food was good we would have liked more choice.
That been said, we enjoyed our time at Little Poly, the place and people are really nice, but 7 days in Raro are probably too much and the weather was really disappointing.

We booked 4 nights in Beach Are #7 (bungalow). We had some great positives, and some surprising negatives during our stay. The positives are the fantastic bungalow itself, with a beautiful interior, amazing views straight out to the water, and the private outdoor spa at the back. The gazebo and day bed on the deck is a perfect spot to relax. You're right over the sand, under the palms, and looking out to the beach right beside you, just gorgeous. While there are open slats (with insect screens, and closable) around the bungalows, we didn't hear too much at all from the bungalows either side of us. Breakfast was very good each day, and we enjoyed two lunches and two dinners at the restaurant. We found the food to be especially good quality (we heard about the great Filipino chefs they now have), and really enjoyed our meals. The service from Nicole and Marylyn was great. The negatives for us started before we arrived at the Little Poly. We had dropped by the previous day (while staying elsewhere) to book a transfer from our first resort, to the Little Poly. Unfortunately, the following day, it never turned up. We called after 30 minutes. Oops, we were on the books but they'd forgotten to book our transfer (the Little Poly doesn't have its own van, so uses another service). After another 30 minutes and a second phone call, a cab turned up. The Assistant Manager, Vicki, was very apologetic and offered us a free lunch in recompense. On the second day, we arrived back from an outing at about 1:30pm to find the room wasn't made up. We asked at reception about when this would usually happen, hint hint. By 3:30pm still no room service at all. Another phonecall and someone turned up. Whoops, they'd forgotten to service our bungalow that day – there's only 10 of them! Day 3 there was no English Breakfast tea to be had, they had run out. A basic staple for the tourists, you'd think. Day 4, we ordered a room service dinner. Later, there was noise outside, then our phone rang, "you're not there?". Ahh, yes we are, you tried to deliver our room service dinner to the bungalow next door! Finally the food arrived, and I was surprised to see the lovely meals were transferred (all around the resort, in our case) completely uncovered. The Little Poly has lovely bungalows, good food, and a beautiful setting, but it seems quite disorganised. Yes, Rarotonga is laid back, and that's relaxing, but when you're paying a fairly good amount, you do expect a certain level of service. Interestingly, when several locals asked where we were staying, our response caused raised their eyebrows and a sympathetic look. The Little Poly doesn't have such a good reputation locally, it seems.

Cannot express how romantic this resort is. The chef created a magnificent meal using the fresh yellowfin that we had caught and delivered it to our bungalow. The private outside courtyard with double spa bath is a beautiful way to end a perfect day. Would definately reccommend this for honeymoon couples.