Just enjoyed a lovely 2 night stay! Great food, great service, great location and a very comfortable bed. Found the bar and wait staff extremely friendly, as were the reception staff! A very enjoyable stay from the time we checked in, to the time we unfortunately had to leave. Huge thanks to Paul and team!
The resort around the restaurant and bar combines every dream you have ever had of a tropical holiday but at a reasonable price. The restaurant and bar area has a Robinson Crusoe/Castaway vibe about it. The bar is called Wilson's like in the movie "Castaway" starring Tom Hanks and there is even a chair made out of a tree stump referring to the movie. The rooms were clean and spacious. There was a decent full sized fridge and a kitchen area where you could prepare your own meals if you were so inclined. The pool was inviting. The restaurant is absolute beachfront. The views every morning from the restaurant where breakfast was served were breathtaking. The breakfasts were filling and copious. The restaurant has a different menu each night from Japanese to Mexican to Pizza/Pasta. They also have fabulous fresh seafood available. We dined at the restaurant one night and had the crayfish platter. Not only was it fresh and mouthwatering but the serving was HUGE and an absolute bargain for the amount of seafood crammed onto that plate. My husband and I feasted on it and it was truly one of the most memorable nights of our holiday. The talented musician at dinner had a great varied repertoire and added to the ambience of our evening. The tropical bar is open for Happy Hour and they had the most amazing selection of cocktails. Try the Big Kahuna. It is served in a coconut. You will need to share it with at least 1 or 2 other people to get through it. The BEST cocktail I have ever had. You could swim and snorkel right in front of the resort and the snorkelling was good there. The location was great too. There was an ATM literally 100 metres away and a little shop across the road. There was also a bus stop right out the front door. We loved everything about this place but mostly the warm, kind and friendly staff. Nothing was ever too much trouble for them. Everyone from the front desk, the cleaners, the bar staff and the staff at the restaurant were helpful, lovely, friendly and cheerful. We travelled with my elderly mother and the staff especially the lovely owners Michelle and her husband were so incredibly kind to her and so thoughtful. Thank you so much to Castaway resort. We had a fabulous time and we hope to return one day soon.…
So, this is a small resort on the sunset part of the Island. The crew is amazing, they all know your name, you feel like at home, they are nice, full of advises and kindness and smiles! The bosses Michele and Paul are absolutely lovely, they can recommand what you need on the island (great restaurants, best snorkelings spots and activities to do etc...) Place is small, rooms clean and great, nice restaurant on the beach with wonderful food and cocktails, they even have an amazing masseuse on site... It's a very relaxing hotel, very quiet, I definitely recommand it ! Thank you Michele and Paul and the crew for the marvelous stay I had at Castway ! Hope to see you soon... :)
Throughout all interactions with staff, from booking to departing, everyone without fail was courteous and helpful. Our room was spotlessly clean with a private balcony with beautiful reef view. We ate at the restaurant every evening and the menu, which changes nightly, was varied and delicious. The cereal/toast/coffee breakfast which is included was more than enough to get you started for the day. Great location especially for sunsets. Highly recommended!
For our 4 weeks on Raro we stayed the first 2 at Castaways. For the final 2 we stayed at an airBnB. In hind sight we wished we had stopped all four at Castaways. There are several reasons why, in Februay the humidity was a killer and the A/C was a welcome greeting to our room. That coupled with a pool to cool off was a bonus as well, our airBnB did.nt have either and we suffered for it. Happy with the room, staff came in every day and made bed and tidied up. The patio doors opened onto the pool and the rooms the other side of the pool, #6,7 and 8 looked like they had been refurbished. The owners Michelle and Paul as well as everybody in the front office were a pleasure to deal with, no problem they could'nt fix. The staff at the restaurant and bar were exceptional, Apo, Treena, Richelle and Mel, truly gave you a Raro welcome. We ate there several times and was impressed with the pizza, especialy the seafood. Other meals included the loaded nachos, chicken vindaloo and the sausage and mash were easily the best l've ever tasted. They have great breakfasts as well, if you are going to have the big breaky bring your appetite with you. The chefs also are a great bunch of guy's and in the morning only they make a certain amount of pies. A couple of times we managed to snag an egg and bacon and a beef and mushroom, yummy. l know the skewers were popular but l did'nt think to much of them, l liked the ones at the Saturday morning market in Avarua more. There's a nice community feel about being on the beach and having a drink at Wilsons in the evening. Most evenings were cloudy but the one sunset we did witness blew us away, spectacular. The loungers around the pool and on the beach look as if they are ready to be retired, but all in all l would recomend the Castaways and we would definatly stay here again should we be in this neck of the woods. Meitaki ma'ata.…
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