Stayed at Koro sun for 5 nights. We had bure number 1 – nice and close to the main resort but if the place was full, the pool may be a bit noisy. This resort does not have a beach as such – there is a main road between the resort and the sea. There is a little beach area but it is not ‘swimming beach’ really. You will need to wear shoes in the water. There is a kiddies club for those will little ones. They also have a fabulous spa and although the prices are quite high, the massages were wonderful - very professionally done.

Food: Excellent – well presented, good variety. You request your meals for the next day from a menu given to you at dinner. Three course meals for lunch and dinner, substantial breakfast and even afternoon tea (and snacks at happy hour), so plenty to eat.

Service: Probably the best service we have had in Fiji, or anywhere for that matter. Real personal service here – what a pleasure! All the staff refer to you by name and will do anything possible to make your stay a good one.

Activities: there are guided snorkel trips, diving, a lovely little golf course to play or walk on –not for the serious golfer but great fun for anyone else, 2 pools -an adults only pool which is a great idea and volleyball and other arranged activities daily plus free kayaks and bicycles at your disposal. They are also affiliated with Koro SunDiving but to be honest, we do not recommend diving with them, you can see my separate review for them. There are other dive companies that you can use that are very close by.

Rooms: we had the sea view bure – tea & coffee and fridge in the room. Bed was good, maybe a little hard but I prefer soft beds. It was a 4 poster with mosquito net over it but the room also had bug spray so we kept our doors closed and just sprayed before going to bed and did not need to use the net. The resort backs onto a rainforest and the gardens are luscious and well kept – but there are plenty of mosquitos so bring lots of personal spray - they do supply some at the bar area but really worth taking your own. Aircon was a blessing although the fan works great too. We had a little back private patio and a front patio which overlooked the golf course and the sea. No complaints about the room at all – very private and comfortable. We saw the rainforest ones which are further from the main resort but didn’t feel they were as private although they had their own dip pools, we still preferred where we were.

Getting to and from this island can be a bit tricky so you need to work out the travel first and then see if the nights you want are available. We did it the other way around and ended up having to pay a huge cost for our flight back to Nadi.

Maybe I shouldn't be complaining - after all my new husband and I just spent 7 nights in Fiji on a Groupon for under $2,000; however, the price of Koro Sun's happy hour is enough to make up for the money they had lost from our discounted stay. I'll explain the Fiji $ first. Our $1 = $1.70 fiji dollars. Because of this, a happy hour beer costed $9 and a "special" mixed drink was roughly $22. I felt kind of sorry for the bar tender because he truly seemed to enjoy his "craft" of mixing bad drinks (really, they were bad at best) but we sucked it up and quickly learned how to hail a cab and make it downtown to the liquor store. Ok, enough about the drinks - the room: yuck. Our first room had a broken fan and was sweltering hot so we were quickly placed in another room atop a hill (elevation Mt. Rushmore) that we had to hike up several times a day. My glutes have never looked better. Next, if I'm a guest paying for my stay, I do not expect to have to conserve energy. I understand Fiji is a poor country but I'm American and I traveled 15 hours and 3 plane trips to relax; not to sweat more than I do in my residing state of TX. I can't handle 95 degree heat with 150% humidity only to come back to an oven because they don't want us to keep our air conditioner running during the day. I'd like more than one wash rag and hand towel within my week's stay. I'd like fresh sheets at least every 3 days and our floors swept and mopped daily. I'd like my tissues and toilet paper to be replenished without having to ask. Am I asking too much? I didn't think so. This is the kind of stuff we had to deal with at Koro Sun. And I won't even go into detail about how dated and unkempt the bungalow's structure was. I'm quite surprised that a coconut didn't come crashing through the dilapidated roof. It was bad, I'll put it that way. There was no tv, no phone, and no internet (unless you wanted to pay $25 per hour for the lobby computer). There was no snack shop or vending machine to purchase items in between meals - between lunch and dinner was a big stretch (12pm - 7pm). The gift shop offered a few items (no food) but things such as waterproof 110 sunblock or tampons with applicators were non-existent... as well as downtown. Another complaint I have is about the general manager (whom we didn't see until 2 days prior to us leaving to go back to the US), Michael. I've never been to a place where the general manager didn't come and introduce himself to us and ask if everything was going well; whether or not we needed anything, or what could be made better. This dude was straight up rude. He was rude to his staff - seemed to treat them as if they were minions under himself and his wife and only seemed to get on with guests that were spending more money than "the Grouponers." His loss, not ours. If he would have acted a bit more pleasant towards us we may have actually participated in one of his stupid happy hours or trivia games. Another thing is, not that we expected special treatment but my husband and I were one of MANY couples that had just tied the knot over the previous weekend. It would have been nice if the resort had shown an acknowledgment that they knew this. One last complaint I have is the final day we were in Fiji. We were told a night or two prior that on Tuesday a cruise ship would be coming in and occupying our dining room. Our lunch would be provided for us in a picnic area across the street and down the road 1/2 of a mile away. If it weren't for the fact that this was our last day on the island and we were catching our plane 2 hours after our lunch, I may have been a bit more upset. We were completely confused though that THE GUESTS WHO WERE PAYING TO STAY AT THE RESORT were the ones shuffled down the street (in the rain mind you) to eat lunch on our laps and endure the flies, while 100 senior citizens ate peacefully in the dining hall and listened to a live band played music for them. We were a bit jealous to say the least.

On a positive note, the staff was excellent and I felt as if they genuinely cared about how our stay was going. My husband and I had Nai & Mila for most of our meals (servers) and they were so sweet. The food was excellent and mostly healthy; however, be prepared for no salt or sugar in the food itself. Salt and pepper are provided on the table for you and sugar was scarcely in any of the desserts. Moving on - Arnold and Dobbs were great guys for the activities, and even Sam their night security guard was friendly and taught us a lot about the Fijian culture. They always had a smile on their face and a good attitude. The trips were fun and exciting (the ones that we did take) but I did feel that there was a lack of communication between the activities coordinator and the resort itself. We would sign up for an activity but then it would be canceled due to some reason or another, so then we'd try to do something else but unless you were signed up for a trip the night prior you likely weren't able to squeeze into the group. Most of our time was spent across the street in the lagoon snorkeling, which was fine but it would have been nice to see a list posted somewhere of general things to do outside of the resort that we were capable of doing on our own.

Overall Fiji is an absolutely GORGEOUS country and we enjoyed seeing its beauty and learning about its culture but I would not pick Koro Sun as my destination resort again even if Queen Elizabeth herself paid me to.

Where to begin with Koro Sun Resort? My husband and I picked this beautiful place for our honeymoon and for the most part we were satisfied but there are always things to go wrong.

The good:
The staff is over the top unbelieveable!! There really are no words to describe how amazing the staff really is. Arnold was always there to help when we had a situation come up and Mili the bartender had a smile that could light up the whole room. The food was amazing, everday breakfast, lunch, and dinner! and how can you forget the 3pm pastries everday? those were SO good. We stayed 7 nights in an Edgewater Villa which was so nice, being able to wake up to. the blue ocean every morning was fabulous. The activities guys were so fun and entertaining. Dobbs was our favorite, always there to help us when we needed something. We found it hillarious that they just couldn't get my husbands name right, his name is Buck and they just called him "Bug".

The Bad:
Granted we were in the rainforest the bugs in our Edgewater Villa were a little too much. For the price we paid for the stay at the resort plus our airfare I felt as though little black ants shouldn't be in our bed and we shouldn't have to check our bed everynight for bugs. We were constantly finding HUGE bugs everywhere. The hot water was pretty much non existent and our plunge pool which we were so excited about was SO gross everyday it was never cleaned during our stay. We never had towels or toliet paper we always had to ask. We (along with other guests we met during our stay) believe that for the prices we paid we shouldn't have to "ask" for towels and toliet paper.

And the HUGE issue we found at the resort was with the general manager Michael! We noticed Michael a few days into our stay but he never came to speak to us (or the other 3 couples we made friends with while honeymooning) We finally asked a staff member who he was and when we found out we couldn't believe that he didn't make any effort to mingle and speak with his guests. Although he DID speak to the people who were spending over 100s of dollars at the bar every night. It made us feel as though we didn't spend enough money for him to speak to us! When Michael was around the staff was SO up tight, still friendly but you could tell they didn't like when he was around. What really made us see Michaels true personality was when he was extremely rude with the staff while guests were around. One example, my husband & I were standing at the front desk waiting to confirm activites for the next day when Michael comes up, pretty much pushes me out of the way (still hadn't bothered to speak to us) and interrupted us while we were talking with the front desk to ask for the wifi password then got very rude w/ her when she told him to hold on she would find it when she was finished with us. Being in management you should NEVER speak with to your employees like that in front of guests and there were more times we seen him speak to the staff like that in front of guests.

As the general manager we feel that he should mingle with ALL guests whenever he's around; thank us for traveling to stay at your resort; ask how our stay is going or what you could do to improve your stay. After asking staff members about Michael we all got the same response "he doesn't respect us" "treats us terribly" So we asked when the Owners are around how things are ran same response "they are wonderful people to us, never make us feel bad about anything" "we love the owners" "the owners aren't here enough to see how Michael really runs things" & we has guests could truely see that!!

Overall our stay at Koro Sun was pleasant, things could have went better with some issues but at the end of the day my husband and I are married and were able to experience a dream honeymoon in the Fiji Islands. We were also told by the staff that the owners daughter is getting married this month as well, so Congrats to her!

My new husband and I wanted a retreat away from it all... this definitely fulfilled that. Set in a natural rainforest, you couldn't ask for more beauty. The staff is very friendly and accommodating, the food is EXCELLENT-high quality, fancy, and something different with every meal. Fresh homemade bread, muffins, great coffee, delicious desserts. The accommodations are unique and exotic and definitely give you the 'escape' feel. We stayed the first half in an ocean view bure and loved the canopy bed and outdoor shower. The second half we were upgraded for free as honeymooners to the Lighthouse Villa with a private deck and pool with view to the sea, an excellent view when you wake up in the morning. The resort is fabulous - we loved all of the excursions as well, so much fun and moderately priced. A great location for honeymooners!!!