If you are a masochistic self-flagelating adrenaline-junkie and an entomologist with a penchant for Star Wars live-action-role-play, DO stay there. Fifi is a perfect fusion between Jabba-the-Hut and Darth Vador. She stoically wields around several hundred pounds of blubber and a classic first-generation breathing machine. "Breakfast (space - gasp) is (space- gasp) a(space) gift (gasp) and (phlegm-garggle) complimentary". If you enjoy a breakfast of stale french bread smothered in rancid margarine after a cockroach-dodging ice-cold shower, DO stay at Fifi's. We also recommend Fifi's for enthusiasts of New Wave British Art, such as Tracy Emin's soiled-panty-strewn "My Bed" installation, the tradition of which Fifi courageously surpassed with her compelling multimedia display of hanging yellow-and-brown secretion-smeared oversized once-were-white Fruit of the Loomish underwear. We recommend it. Strongly.

We booked into this hostel because it was near the airport and we had an early flight to catch. We should have just slept in the departure lounge becuase this hostel was terrible. We were shown to our beds by a man in speedos and despite having booked a private room a week earlier I was to sleep in a partitioned off "room", sharing with two natives, while my boyfriend was at the other end of the hostel in a large dorm.

We attampted to cook supper but gave up pretty quickly due to the dirty kitchen and cockroaches running everywhere. My new roommates went to bed on top of the sheets fully clothed and snored. I got a tiny bit of sleep after dragging my mattress to the other end of the hostel.

By way of intro, let me say that my spouse and I have done hiking in remote areas and camped out in a tent, so even though we like lovely hotels, we've also roughed it for several weeks at a time, and understand what to expect from modest accommodations.
Chez Fifi--what can I say that would be appropriate for a family forum? First, when we called for our free transfer, Fifi (or whatever her name is) said she was "too tired" to come get us. Another woman there was told that she'd "have to walk". So the free transfer is at her whim--don't hold your breath.
Second, the arrangement for the "private" rooms is that their doors open into the dormitory, and there is a bathroom that is shared by everyone, so in a private room one has some visual privacy, but nothing else. The "living room" is part of the dormitory room, and I believe the "dining room" is a table and 4 chairs outside.
"Breakfast", which was included, was supposed to start at 6:30 AM, which was fine with us because we had an early flight and did not want to spend an additional minute in this place. At 6:30 AM, Madam Fifi was sitting at the table--but no breakfast. After we asked her "where's breakfast?", she then called her helper who went out to purchase breakfast. Good thing we weren't extremely pressed for time. The helper, who was the only good thing about this place, also gave us a ride down the hill to the airport. He seemed like a pleasant, accommodating man, and heavens knows how or why he was affiliated with this place!
It goes without saying that there was no fan in the room, no screens on the window, no mosquito netting, no bug repellent coils, one didn't want to inquire when the room or the entire pension had been cleaned last, and Fifi herself was as absolutely unhelpful as possible. On our 23 day trip to the Society Islands, Fifi stands out as unique in this regard--all other Tahitians we encountered, in any one of a wide variety of circumstances, were polite at the least, and more typically friendly and hospitable.
Yes the location is good IF and ONLY IF you arrive late and are flying out very early in the morning to another island, as we did. Even then, the only reason we went here is that we had flown in from the East Coast of theUS, and just couldn't quite bring ourselves to sleep in a chair in the airport--although if I had to do it over again, I'm not so sure I wouldn't do it differently. Otherwise, spend an extra few bucks and go anywhere else--it cannot possible be less value for the dollar than this place, and it is a far better way to start your vacation in this beautiful part of the world.

I stayed at Pension Fifi for one night in June 09. The only reason I picked here was because it's only 3 min away from Tahiti Faaa airport, very convenience and my flight was 7am. I also checked online reviews and assumed it's an 'Ok' pension, but turned out it was the most terrible place I've ever stayed. Don't ever go there!!!
What happened was, soon after I checked in and stayed on the bed, (it was a tiny room and there was nothing else apart from a bed. So as long as you're in the room, the bed was the only place you could be), I realised my leg became itchy. Just as I felt it, I found there was a small bug crawling underneath my leg. But at the time I thought it was nothing serious because an aunt could bite you too. However soon I found the more I stayed, the more I got bugbites. After 1.5 hours, I got about 10 bites and decided to complain to the owner. My skin got really red and swollen and I thought if I showed it to her, she would understand and change the bed sheet or even change a room. I went to see her and complained, but surprisingly she only told me 'you must've brought mosquitos or cockroaches from outside and there's nothing wrong with the room. The room was clean' and didn't do anything for me. Apparently it wasn't a mosquito. And up until I sat on the bed, I had no problem with my body. I quarreled for 15 more min but she only ignored me. Finally I gave up and went back to the room. I suspected I would have more bites but it was already 10pm and I didn't know where else I could stay, and I had lots of luggage, so was reluctant to find a new place. After that, I found more than 10 bugs on the bed. Of course each time I killed them but bugs showed up more and more and bit my body. Since I kept getting bites over and over, I decided to go to the airport earlier. It was around 3am but I hardly could slept because every 20 min I got more bugbites and the itchness kept me awake. I just couldn't stay there any more. I brought my trunks to the gate, then I found the gate was locked, so I couldn't get out! I had to wait until 5am to let someone unlock the gate and let me out. It was the most terrible experience I've ever had travelling and I do not recommend this place at all. Tahiti and the sister islands are great. There are many other places you can have good memories, but not at Pension Fifi. Don't even go there!!