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Reviews of Taufua Beach Fales

2.5 out of 5
Taufua Beach Fales
Aleipata, Lalomanu

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 136 out of 258 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 82 out of 258 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 23 out of 258 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 258 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 258 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Terira

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jordyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022
Response from mepa on Oct 3, 2022
Thank you. We appreciate your rating. God bless.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Taufua has always been one of our favourite places in the world. It’s situated on the most picturesque white sand beach, the ocean is beautifully calm and lovely for swimming with the whole family. The staff are always so friendly and accommodating and it’s such great value for money.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020
Response from SA on Mar 7, 2020
Thank you for taking the time to share your insights. Kind regards.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had an amazing 4 days here. The family were lovely people to meet, and extremely accommodating. The free evening meals were very tasty, and the way people sit down together encourages you to make new friends, which is great if you’re solo traveling. I highly recommend doing the umu feast on sunday, it was delicious, and getting to see it being prepared was amazing. The rest of the fales on the south east coast were basically empty on the drive down, (quiet time of year) so it was nice to see some people to meet here. Also and most importantly, auntie Segnar is the best tour guide in the whole island! P.s if your booking in wet season i would avoid an open fale, as the wind is a bit much.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Sa on Mar 7, 2020
We are happy that you liked your stay and the experience with umu making on Sunday. Of course, aunty Sega is the best. You are lucky that she was here at the time you were visiting. She is spending more time in NZ nowadays. Happy travel. Hope to see you again.

4/10 Poor

UnhappyAussies

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

UnhappyAussie

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
From the moment we arrived, everything was disappointing. The bungalows on level1& 2 were hard to drive up to & reverse out of. Our room stayed on our booking that it was on level 2, but when we got there, which was dark by then, we found out it was on level 1. The girl/host was rude & was friendly..didn’t even bother to show us our room etc. The room didn’t have cutlery, bin, milk & coffee we had to. but from them, and linen were dirty and had Queensland hospital on some of them. Wasn’t worth the money we paid. Very unhappy with host & at the end of our stay she charged us for 2 extra children under 10yrs we had in the room that slept 5 people. Thought they were free, but guess misread it or they misled me? Will never stay there EVER again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Sa on Mar 7, 2020
Thank you for taking the time to share your insights. We will discuss the issues with the staff responsible for the Villas.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the location. Very affordable and loved that it included breakfast and dinner. The beach is just stunning and our room was very clean and absolutely worth it. HOGHLY RECOMMEND!!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Sa on Mar 7, 2020
Thank you for sharing your experience. Cheers

10/10 Excellent

Chris&Nikki

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was our second stay, love the staff, the beach , the setting and the community feel and seating at meal times allows you to meet lots of great people . We won’t be able to stay away for long :)
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 12 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Davide

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice surroundings and friendly staff. Food was good as well.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from L.T on Dec 11, 2019
Thank you for sharing your insight. Kind regards

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
I rented the enclosed beachfront fale with a sundeck, which is airy and spacious. This fale is right next to the social area / eating area so not very private. Dinner was really satisfying, a big local beer is 10 tala. Lalomanu is remote and it was nice getting there. Taufua is not too great of a value compared to fales on Savaii but the area is a nice escape from an island that's already an escape!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the eating arrangements, sitting altogether and interacting with others, made some lovely new friends.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from SA on Nov 30, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to do a review of our property and sharing your insights. We hope to see you again. Kind regards

10/10 Excellent

KAREN

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hotel with friendly staff
Super Hotel perfect. Perfectly located on Lalomanu beach and near To Sua Ocean Trench. Good service, clean and comfortable room. We were on Level 1 with aircond and private Bathroom.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from TSA on Nov 30, 2019
Thank you for sharing your experience. Hope to see you in future. Kind regards

10/10 Excellent

Carmillia

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Carmillia

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Av, Aus

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good range of accommodation types, locally owned, everyone eats together at a main table so it is easier to meet people
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Dee, Brisbane

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Villas have lovely beds and air conditioning. Simple room lay out and adequate for our needs.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

VISA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect location, great self contained units. Good breakfast
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

JoONeill, Fairlie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
BEST BEACH in Samoa, fantastic atmosphere, food and family environment is amazing... Great experience and bonus of free Island nights Saturdays and Wednesday and amazing local food Free Buffet Lunch on Sundays Highly recommend
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2019
Response from SA on Oct 16, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review our property. We are pleased and happy about the favourable insights. Kind regards

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Amazing beach for swimming. Loved the communal meals with great food and friendly staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from SA on Oct 16, 2019
We are happy that you liked your stay. Cheers, and thank you for taking the time to do a review of our property.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a great time here, the location is fantastic, and we enjoyed our enclosed fale. We stayed 4 nights. There was a wedding on the weekend we arrived which put us out a little bit because the restaurant/hang out space wasn't available to use after breakfast and the car park was not available for most of our stay. There wasn't a great selection of drinks available to buy because of the wedding, and supplies didn't arrive until the Monday. Breakfast and dinner was included which is part of what attracted us to staying here, however the mealtimes were strictly at 9am and 7pm which was too late for us with a toddler, and a few of the meals were served later than the times we were given (one night we didn't eat until close to 8pm), so we had to eat most of our bought snacks, and buy food elsewhere between lunch and dinner to keep us all going. We found one young female staff member to be really unfriendly which we weren't expecting and she was serving the food. What would've improved our stay was if breakfast had flexible hours of starting from 8am till whenever they chose to close it, and dinner from 6pm till whenever they chose to close it. On our last day we had to leave by 7.30am, and the night before we were able to arrange to have some breakfast items made so we could have this prior to leaving. We were so grateful as this really helped us with our toddler and being able to get away on time.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019
Response from SA on Oct 16, 2019
Thank you for sharing your insights and issues that require our attention. We shall look at improving on some of the issues especially when there are other events, such as weddings, etc., Kind regards

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
It was quite. Needed rubbish bins in room. Overall ok.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from SA on Oct 16, 2019
Thank you for the much suggestion. We will address the issue at the next staff meeting. Cheers.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall we had a great stay at Taufua! We stayed for 1 week in 3 different types of accomodation.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Matt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great beach vibe
Great stay. Location is great. Beach vibe is great. Bathroom facilities for the beach front fales are somewhat basic.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from SA on Oct 16, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to share your insights. Much appreciated. Will do our best to make improvement.......

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Taufua Beach Fales was an amazing place to stay. We felt so at home and welcome there. It has a atrong samoan heart focus on community. We loved it!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019
Response from SA on Sep 17, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to share your insights. We are happy that you felt at home during your stay. Kind regards.

10/10 Excellent

lily

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Basically glamping on an incredibly gorgeous beach. The staff are incredibly friendly and go over and above to make sure you are enjoying yourself. Be sure to participate in the Umu preparation for Sunday lunch. Thanks to Ana, Ena, Fano, Johnny, and Joesa for being awesome. Sorry if I spelled your names wrong! From Lily, Lydia and Rachel
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Liked having breakfast and dinner served with all other people like a big family.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from SA on Oct 16, 2019
Thank you for sharing your insight. We hope you had enjoyed the rest of your stay. Kind regards

10/10 Excellent

mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

m j

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Laura

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful location, great staff
Stayed in room about 5 minutes drive away from property. Staff couldn't have been more friendly and helpful as we didn't have a kettle in the room and it was promptly delivered along with tea bags.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I had an amazing stay, the girls at reception were amazing, so friendly and helpful, the barman and his brother fano made it personal by greeting people by their name and going the extra mile. It was like a family away from home.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019
Response from sa on Aug 25, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to share your perspectives about the amazing and friendly staff. We are delighted that you felt at home while staying with us. We look forward to your next visit. Kind regards.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staffs in the resort is very friendly and food is pretty good, beautiful beach but not really a lot to see under the water
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Its just the friendliest place hence back there again this year
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful beach, expect what it looks like! This is not accommodation for those who need pure pampering.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Beautiful setting but 2 toilet and 2 showers for all females staying and working at the property was not enough. The food was below average. we did not like being required to sit as a group for meals, as we came to the beach to get away from forced social interactions and reminders of working life. Not for everyone.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Communal dining, great family vibe, beautiful location and always willing to be of assistance even if it’s on island time
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from SA on Aug 7, 2019
Thank you for sharing your insights on while staying with us.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities
They offer laundry service to be done by dinner the same day you get it done $50 for laundry it wasn’t done not after dinner, or even the following day. Breakfast is included in your stay, it’s gross. Undercooked scrambled eggs, and weird muffins! One day we tried to order lunch. They were out of fries, all fish and all chicken, and ham. The bartender I will say is absolutely amazing. Very apologetic for the other staff. Also there was NO water for 95% of our stay. I get that it’s Samoa and villages run out of water. But they had water containers, that couldn’t be empty because it’s rained the entire time I’ve been in Samoa.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from SA on Aug 2, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to do a review of our property and to also share your insights. We will discuss the issue of water in the upcoming staff meeting with Management.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The stay was great. Love life at these beach falos
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from SA on Aug 2, 2019
Thank you for your comments. You must have enjoyed your stay. Hope to see you again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Breakfast and Dinner was part of stay, which was really handy. Fale on beachfront was really perfect - glamping style. Definitely recommend, is right on LALOMANU beach which is super amazing
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from SA on Aug 2, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to do a short review of our property and to share your insights. Kind regards.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
The setting was beautiful but not much privacy..the staff had no wash house and used a spout out side the amenity block to hand wash sheets and towels in cold water..the management need to do something about the hygiene for tourists...food was ok...
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019
Response from SA on Aug 7, 2019
Thank you for the helpful feedback. We were having temporary water problems where the washing machines are. Kind regards.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Good location on a beautiful beach. We have booked mountain view room which is 5min drive away in the villiage. It was fine with us as we had our own car, but the cottages next the beach would be better choice. Our room was next to the water pump which was very noisy. Room was very basic, but there is room for improvement. There was no mirror in the room, no hangers in the closet so it was not usable, no fridge so we had to ask for it, we just got one towel. Food was fine but I got a tummy bug.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Response from SA on Aug 2, 2019
Thank you for the comments and the suggestions for improvements. Kind regards

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
One of my favourite places on earth. Thank you for welcoming us into your family and sharing your amazing Samoan hospitality.
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2019
Response from SA on Aug 7, 2019
Thank you for your kind words. We hope to serve you again in the future..