We stayed 2 nights in this place and it's amazing; we loved the individual bungalows right on the water, each bungalow comes with a kitchenette. Breakfast can be ordered to be served right on the front porch, should you choose. The staff was very knowledgeable and friendly, they spoke fluent English and answered all our questions patiently.
There's incredible snorkeling right in front of the bungalows, Feline the house German Shepherd is very playful.
We highly recommend this place to anyone visiting Raiatea. Did I mention they also offer free airport pickup and drop-offs?

We had a night in this hotel prior to picking up a yacht from the marina a few minutes down the road. I was not expecting anything from this hotel and was stunned when we arrived. There are great views of Bora Bora from the bungalows.

This is the cheapest of the hotels we stayed in and one that I really enjoyed. The bungalow was really big, had a proper kitchen, shower room, lounge/diner and a big covered deck. The bungalow is steps away from the water line and has sun loungers outside. The whole location is within a coconut plantation. It's very quiet and all of the bungalows have a large garden area around them too. The hotel offers kayaks and snorkels free to be used by guests - we had great fun.

If I was going back I would definitely go here again. It is a way out of town so a car would be handy if you were staying for a while but when we got there the guy from the hotel who picked us up took us to the supermarket in town before taking us to the hotel.

- A very nice location under palm trees from coconut plantage
- Family run, very, very friendly, very supportive
- An absolute must go location
- Bungalows simple but very well arranged and have anything you need
- Indeed sunset view from the patio of your bungalow
- Bungalows very nice laid out along the coast and your neighbors are not sitting on your lap
- Do the adviced one day trip, again a family run thing, other family, very friendly, no hurry, good athmosphere, very good lunch, great variation by boating to Taha which is a very nice island, snorkelling, vanilla plantage of the family, pearl shop and 4WD tour through jungle. And the tour was really nice, with nice explanation about flowers and trees and nice viewpoints.
- Motel is not close to the city, but restaurant pick up was well arranged, could use motel bus to go to town and back in accordance to their airport schedules, not bad at all

Price/ Performance: Very good

The Sunset beach Motel is a truly wonderful place to stay. The price is very reasoanble for a house keeping cottage on the water in French Polynesia. Although, as can be seen from the reviews, many of the guests are French, the owner and his wife speak perfect English. The cottages are very roomy (though the bathroom area is a bit small), and have a big veranda facing the water, and they are very far apart, so noise is never a problem. The hosts are very friendly and helpful, and were only too willing to make reservations for us at Restaurants, arrange travel plans, etc., at no charge. We are snorkelers. There were plenty of fish to see at the end of the pier and lots of bread to feed the fish, but we found the best snorkeling on a little motu called Bird Island. The motel is located in a large working plantation; there was always free fruit available. We had breakfast delivered one day and it was delcious, but each unit has a large, if slightly old fashioned, kitchen, and there are very good markets in Utaroa, so we usually prepared our own breakfast and lunch. The place is a bit isolated, which is part of its charm, so a car is very useful; we rented one for our whole stay. Raiatea is a fine, low key, untouristy place to spend a few quiet days; it has lots of good restaurants and snorkeling, the people are friendly, and the scenery is really lovely. We understand the sailing is also good. We certainly will return.