My husband and I stayed at the Le Meridien Tahiti as part of our honeymoon. The resort is gorgeous and in my opinion, the best resort on the island of Tahiti. We went over to the intercontinental for dinner one night, and I didn't really think too highly of that hotel.

We stayed a couple nights in the junior suite and then a couple nights in the overwater bungalow. Both were great and I would recommend both. We used our starwood points and those could not be used for the overwater bungalows, but if you book the suite like we did, and you arrive at the resort and the bungalows are free they will upgrade you for no additional charge (if you ask). I no longer have status with starwood, so it was a nice free upgrade! The overwater bungalows do not have direct access to the water, but I think because of that very reason, there are sooo many fish swimming right below the bungalows. You almost don't even need to go snorkeling to see amazing fish.

While in Tahiti we did a snorkeling trip that we went snorkeling with Humpback Whales. It was amazing. We booked it through the hotel, but there was some confusion on the booking, so we did get some of our money back (we thought we booked dolphin watching and reef snorkeling, but we only got one activity). We hiked to the inner parts of Tahiti (the hike starts at the Belvedere Restaurant). We hiked for about 5 hours and the views were amazing. We initially wanted to hire a guide, but we couldn't find one available. However, we did meet a local Tahitian on the trial. He gave us his contact information, so if anyone ever wants a local guide for hiking, let me know! And then we just hung out at the hotel on the beach and pool!

The food on Tahiti is average at best. The food trucks are fun, we tried almost all of them. The restaurants the front desk recommends is also just average. One thing we did find phenomenal was this little breakfast place that is walking distance from the hotel. When you go out of the hotel, turn left and you go into a shopping plaza, if you go past the grocery store you will see a small sandwich shop. I can't exactly remember the guys name, but he speaks perfect English. They have cheap breakfast options, or you can get a "casse cruette" which is the french bread sandwiches. My favorite was the smoked salmon sandwich -- and all the sandwiches are three dollars! Much better priced than breakfast buffet at the hotel!

I give the resort four stars instead of five just because the front desk staff was not as helpful as other resorts we have stayed at. There was a lot of confusion when you asked them anything. And they only had one check in member that spoke english well enough to talk about anything besides the standard check in.

If you go, enjoy it and I'll be sitting at work, thinking about how jealous I am that I am not there too!

After a long late night flight arrival this place was perfect to wake up to! We had the ovewater bungalow and the layout and amenities are beautiful. There is no access to jump off to swim from your deck on your overwater bungalows here but it's still beautiful and the pool is impressive. The breakfast buffet was great and the service as well. There is also surf to paddle to in this resort which is awesome! I highly recommend this resort in Papeete if you plan a longer stay in this island! Thank you to Geri Miller from Tahiti Discount Travel, Newport Beach, who put the perfect itinerary for us to visit 3 islands, Papeete, Huahine and Bora Bora.

In this hotel I stayed four nights in March 2012 with my husband. It is really best choice in Tahiti island. My husband and I are very, very happy with our staying in hotel. Amazing and exciting dance show performing professionals every week on Fridays. Very tasty and interesting food in the restaurant decorated with views of the ocean sunsets. Good selection of drinks, fast and quality service. Prices in the hotel restaurants do not differ from the prices of cafes and restaurants on the outside. But the food at the hotel is much better and more varied. The hotel is directly on the white and sandy beach. This is the best place for a beach vacation, swimming in the sea with fins and mask. The water is very calm and quiet, no waves and no dangerous for kids swimming. The hotel consists of a main building and cottages on the water, has a large and nice pool with white sand and convenient passage into the pool. Beach umbrellas and deck chairs enough for all leisure travelers, there are free boat and kayak, other beach activities. On arrival at the reception desk lady gives two coupons for free coffee from Costa Coffee. The hotel staff are very polite, friendly and helpful. Very clean, neat hotel after a complete renovation and upgrade. It is about 10 min. by car from hotel to the island's capital Papaete with good traffic. We were pleased it is all the time. I highly recommend this hotel and I advise all travelers to stay here.

This was my first of four islands I visited. As a Starwoods gold, I booked a regualr room and got a free upgrade to an overwater bungalow. That was a great start to my dream vacation. The view was amazing, the hotel was really clean, the room was spacious and luxurious, etc. The only negative I can say is that if you missed the bus to/from Papeete, it was a 3500XPF cab ride. But as far as the hotel itself, I am really hoping to return as soon as I can :D