We stayed here for two nights during the month of May. The owner is incredibly helpful, and right when we arrived he sat us down and explained the details of the hotel and activities we could do. The hotel has an old plantation style, the rooms are great, all with views and have nice and strong working ac.

There is no beach at the hotel, but there is a pier that goes out where you can swim in deep water and enjoy great snorkeling. The hotel offers free to use kayaks and one day we enjoyed kayaking out to a nearby uninhabited motu (small island) where we could enjoy that Robinson Crusoe experience. The hotel also has free bikes, and we enjoyed biking around during sunset.

The food, was fantastic, the best we had in french polynesia, and I would strongly recommend going half board.

Overall, I would thoroughly recommend this hotel, for its great location, ambience, and above all price. For what we paid, this place is a steal for French Polynesia.

This was the 6th hotel on our 3.5wk hineymoon. Nice small hotel, great restaurant. Did eat here every day, also because it's located away from anything else. Owners are very friendly, cater to whatever you want.

Took the bikes one day, went into town (all closed on Sunday), but found one store open, so bought some snacks and beer for in hotel room. Balcony is overlooking the garden and sea. Great relaxing, good pool. Rooms are small, just a bed & bathroom. Flowers everyday.

We did the Tahaa lagoon tour, booked through hotel. It's like l'excursion blue, but we used Vai Poe Tours. Same like Aberts tour in Moorea everything was pretty standard, but due to a much smaller boat (and thus 15 instead of 50 ppl) much more relaxed and fun. Highly recommended.

We also took a kayak at the hotel and peddled to a motu across the hotel (15 minutes). Spent the entire day there reading and relaxing at the beach. Watch out for those falling coconuts though!

Stayed 4 days, but as Raiatea isn't that big 3 days would also have been enough for us.

My wife and I stayed here for a blissful week at the end of may/beginning of June 2011.
Olivier is an excellent host and the service went above and beyond what you'd normally expect.
Nothing was too much trouble and it all added to the laid back ambience of the place.
The food was very good-although the menu remained the same for the whole week-but this we decided was probably because many guest seemed to be island hopping and therefore only stayed a few nights.
All in all I would highly recommend the logde for a relaxing holiday with excellent service.

My husband and I just had an amazing vacation in French Polynesia. We stayed in great hotels - the Hilton in Moorea, Four Seasons on Bora Bora, and Raiatea Lodge. We LOVED the experience. The staff is super gracious and laid back, the sunsets and bike rides are what Raiatea is all about - it's a great place to relax. We regret we only stayed 2 nights as the food was by far the best in all of French Polynesia. Take the tour to the Pearl Farm, Vanilla Farm and Taha'a - the coral gardens are so much fun - great snorkeling and very unihabited! Just make sure you have aqua socks for that part.
We loved our trip to French Polynesia and Raiatea Lodge - we'll definitely be back.