Fare Maheata

This was a good place to stay for a couple nights. Accommodations are basic but clean, with a kitchenette and fridge. The family that runs the pension is very nice, and I particularly enjoyed having breakfast each morning on the little beach. Well located for sightseeing, and I’d definitely stay here again.

My last night on Moorea and I wondered into Fare Maheata for dinner. I arrived before dinner but Mahe made me feel comfortable and made me his signature cocktail. He also arranged for me to have dinner on the small beach fronting the restaurant. The meal was fantastic but the sunset was the highlight of the evening. The hospitality is what brings me back to Polynesia and the food and atmosphere is what will bring me back to Fare Maheata. I am planning 2 visits next year and will visit this place several times. Mauruuru Mahe

I booked this pension with breakfast for three nights. The pensino REFUSED to serve breakfast blaming ********** had a "false advertisement" to begine with. Even on my french receipt the pension gave me at the time of check in it clearly says "breakfast included", the staff yelled at me it is NOT his fault and won't serve breaktast.

When the best thing about a hotel is "eating with your feet in the water", you really need to wonder. How about the restaurant being open for lunches and dinners for the brothers and their wives and friends, but not for the patrons of the hotel? The restaurant was closed more than half of the 14 days I was there. Suddenly the "closed" sign goes up, for obviously bogus reasons. How about the fact that there is a spate of thefts, all perfectly timed for snatching shoes off patios at night or entering locked doors during the day, during the only hour a person was known to be out of the room? And the day after the maintenance man was given the job of cleaning that person's room? And suddenly security is too expensive for them to pay for, so some dude goes around a few times a night with a flahlight. And the police don't come even if they say they will because this island is a rotational job, they come from France and it is a vacation more than a job. Of course you need cash, because they don't accept credit cards, and banks are few and are all in the town 30 minutes away, as are the markets. So if you don't want to rent a car or scooter for exorbitant fees, you need to hitchhike to town ot take intermittent busses that may not operate that day. And the fish and coral in the lagoon are third-rate; the lagoon and its coral are degraded from too many tourists and too many boats zooming back and forth to bother the whales or the turtles or the sharks or the rays, and the coral id covered with sediment, no soft corals, not a great variety of marine species. Mildly fun, as were the kayaks, but not worth the transactional costs of being at a mediocre hotel with proprietors who couldn't care less about the comfort, security, or wellbeing of their guests! Do yourselves a favor: skip the bad vibes here, do diligent research and try to find a place that represents what Moorea should be and used to be, the one that exists in your mind. You will find it, it exists, but not at Fare Maheata!

We stayed for 5 nights. This is a comfortable place. A place you can have some privacy or come out and talk with the owners or other guests. It is positioned right next to the beach. Every morning there are croissants, cheese and beverages to enjoy. You can also cook in most of the bungalows. We would stay here again. We loved Moorea and the friendly feeling of this Fare.

WOW. WOW. WOW. This was our best meal in Moorea. The food, the people and the scenery was perfect. Eating with your feet in the water and a beautiful tree providing shade takes you to paradise. We had the fried tuna with yummy greens beans that never tasted as good. The tuna was so fresh. Simple seasoning and very good flavor. The lobster was so tender and fresh. You could taste the ocean with every bite. The possion cru was soft and the sauce they used was delicious. And the homemade crème brulée was perfect. This restaurant is within walking distance from the Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort. The best part if you visit during mango season you can pick up mangoes on the side of the road as you walk to Fare Meheata. Our server JULIEN was very friendly. He made us feel like family and was a really genuine guy. Learned so much about FP during our meal.