We spent a week at Shangri-La Yanuca Island as a family of four, 2 children under 10. We stayed in the Lagoon Wing in a Lagoon Deluxe Room. All four of us could fit with the couch featuring a rollaway bed.
Our rooms were clean and well maintained. They were cleaned each day, which is a big job considering all the sand that got tracked in!
Every single staff member we met was friendly and helpful, giving us directions if we got lost wandering around the huge grounds.
The location of our room was fantastic for a family with small children. We spent most of our time at the lagoon pool and lagoon beach, the kids loving the inflatable water park best of all.
Each day we had breakfast at the lagoon terrace. Lunch was usually at the lagoon kiosk. Dinner we alternated between the different restaurants. The “secret flame” show was fantastic.
The kids spent a few hours here and there at the kids club and loved their time there. They especially loved hermit crab and frog catching.
We sent the kids along to an evening session so we could have an adult dinner at the Golden Cowrie, which is currently operating out of the Black Marlin.
In terms of extra activities, my husband completed a reef safari scuba course in our week there. We also spent a day on the excellent Sigatoka River Safari.
We got the full board food and drink passage, kids eat free with paying adults. Definitely worth it for us.
Thank you for a fantastic week!

After staying at a 'cheaper' resort prior to arriving at the Shangri-La, we had high expectations that the end of our time in Fiji was going to be great. We arrived too early, which was our mistake and had to wait for 3pm before being allowed into our room. The restaurants were happy to accommodate us and still charge the meals to our room, despite not being checked-in, which was nice. The location is great, being so close the beach all the time and lots of space for the kids to run around but unfortunately, that was the highlight. The room was extremely dated with downlights falling out of their sockets, a bar fridge that didn't work and no mini bar offerings. We were greeted with a bathroom complete with squashed bugs above the cabinetry with blood running down the wall. The air-conditioner was 'locked' and only allowed limited functionality. The staff (definitely not all of them but unfortunately majority) were nowhere near as friendly and welcoming as the previous resort. Some even decided to be overly sarcastic about the restaurant being under renovations and with much sarcasm telling us"it's never re-opening". All the food at the restaurants was very nice but again, the service was very sub-par, consistently asking for things and not receiving them without having to ask a second time.
All in all, it was a great location but lacked the polished service and cleanliness you would expect at the rate that was bring paid.