My wife and I for a 25th wedding anniversary wanted to go all out and decided on Le Taha Island Resort as it sounded really special and rated one of the best, and having done Bora Bora thought this would be better. Dumping the kids we headed off for 6 days in paradise.

The bungalows we found excellent and spacious and well appointed, and the view you could die for.

There is not a lot to do on the island but that wasn't a problem and we did the Safari on Taha which was worth doing as a change of scenery.

Chez Loiuse restaurant on Taha was worth the experience alone and should be tried, especially if you go there with low expectations. Staff at Le Taha will arrange for the reservation and transport.

Le Taha's fine dining restaurant is also worth a treat, but very expensive, but we were well looked after, mainly because we were the only ones in it.

We found the main stream restaurant ordinary and over priced, which is not a surprise as it is Tahiti and felt the Polynesian night not worth the money. Some waiting staff were very nice some appeared not to want to be there.

Overall, we found it very pleasant stay mainly due to it's location but felt it could have been better for what you were paying. Knowing that it was a special occasion for us there was no recognition.

We had to on one day request house keeping twice as they didn't turn up to do the room.

Our bill at the end of the stay was also incorrect and they had charged us for an extra day, so it pays to check.

We thought for $1000(NZ) a day that a few extras would have been nice, even bottled water in the room could have been supplied and some degree of pampering would have been appreciated. The say you have a coffee machine in the room but don't give you coffee for it, instead sell it at a inflated price.

We found the staff contrary to what reviewers had said ,pleasant but they certainly didn't go out of their way.

For a top resort you wouldn't expect these problems.

We did email Le Taha directly expressing our concerns, and never got a reply from them so they obviously don't care.

I think in hindsight for the money there are probably better resorts in Tahiti and in particular Bora Bora.

We stayed at Le Taha'a Island Resort and Spa for the second leg of our honeymoon. It was amazing and worth every penny. From the moment we arrived at the airport and took the resorts private boat to the island, from the moment we left on a helicopter to bora bora the service was exceptional. The check in process was wonderful, and staff was so helpful making sure our stay was perfect. The food was outstanding, I was very nervous about this because my husband is a picky eater and with limited restaurants available I was hoping they would have things he would eat. I highly recommend the french toast, probably the best french toast I have ever had. We tried all of the restaurants and we both enjoyed everything we had! We went Scuba diving, went to the spa and took a tour of Taha'a, all through the resort and we enjoyed both of them immensely. The resort is nice and quiet and the rooms were spacious and private. The only negative was that at night there seemed to be some rather large beetles crawling on the outside roof, but they never got inside so we didn't really worry about it. The resort is amazing and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a peaceful and romantic stay.

My husband and I visited the resort just before Christmas 2007. It was overall a great experience, and I feel that, though expensive, the value for French Polynesia could not be beat. The food was wonderful, especially the gourmet restaurant. (definitely worth at least one visit during your stay) The architecture was also a notch above what we found in other resorts on Bora Bora, Tahiti, and Moorea. The island was not exactly private, though, as there was some kind of local business/hostel on the other side of the island. Also, my husband ran into the garbage dump while on a walk, not very pleasant!

My daughter and I booked Le Taha'a for the last 3 nights of our Tahiti vacation, coming from the Bora Bora Nui. We had a Sunset Overwater Bungalow. Le Taha'a is quite expensive, but well worth it. I would highly recommend the Full Board meal package, because we had the Half Board and twice ate lunch at approximately 93 bucks each time...coke out of the mini-bar is approx. $7.5 USD. One thing Le Taha's should take heed from the Nui is that the Nui gives you bottles of water every day at no charge. This resort doesn't.

The OWBs are beautiful inside and out. There wasn't any coral under the OWB, but the we could walk or snorkel out to a sandbar and see Bora Bora, which was not possible at the Bora Bora Nui. We also took the Taha'a island tour and that was wonderful. We waited to buy our pearls on Taha'a and that was the correct decision. The woman who owns and operates and also designs the jewelry on the pearl farm was gracious, took her time, no hard sell. And because it was her farm, the prices were reasonable (but not cheap, but better than Bora Bora). The resort has three places to eat. We ate once at the pool bar, breakfast and dinner at the regular restaurant and our last night, we ate at the upscale and air conditioned restaurant. That was wonderful. A note tho'--it added about $150 above our meal plan.

Another tip: the resort has transition rooms; rooms you can reserve until it is time for your boat transfer. These are well-worth it, but they are not air conditioned. We paid for unlimited internet and waited until the last day, and booked our transit room and then went into the air-conditioned library and caught up on 10 days of emails until the boat came.

We also took a helicopter from Bora Bora to the resort; if we go back, we will also take it back to Papeete, no matter the cost. The reason is that we had to sit in the heat for 2 hours at the Raiatea airport (no A/C and limited amenities). I would highly recommend the heli, but remember, if you pack heavily, you can't take the heli. They take up to 50 lbs., and one bag per passenger plus a purse or camera.

I read one of the other reviews about the noise. We stayed at the Sunset OWB; they probably stayed at the Bora Bora OWB; that is closer to "civilization". By the way, we never used the pool; we were always in the water. We used the spa for massages and I had the Vichy shower massage as well. Very nice!

These are the three recommendations I have for the hotel:

provide bottled water in the room at no charge
buy better beds, like Tempur pedic or similar
make certain several wait staff readily understand English

These are the three recommendations I have for guests:

you are going to walk everywhere; bring good shoes
buy the meal plan; thank me later.
reserve a transit room in advance of your departure.

Enjoy the resort; there's nothing to compare to it!