My husband and I stayed there for 2-3 days during out honeymoon in French Polynesia. Below are some of our thoughts on the experience:
Quality: The room was large and spacious, facing the beach, but ill equipped. Mosquito nets didnt work, fan barely stirred up a breeze and the bathroom was cramped. We had requested a particular bungalow 10 months before our arrival yet on reaching were told it would not be possible to accomodate us in it.
Food: Many reviewers have praised the food highly. This was a major factor in our decision to go here. However, for us the food was a big disappointment. There seems to have been no effort or care taken in making the dishes which were beyond over priced in the limited a la carte menu. A small (plastic) bottle of water for GBP 5!
Price: For 2 nights in a beach bungalow, we ended up spending over GBP 1,000. This is ONLY lodging and half-board. There was no option of eating dinner off the island as the boats to return us from the main island stop way before dinner time. For a 2* place, this is way ovepriced
Location: This is the one saving grace of the hotel. It is located on its own island and the views are amazing. the motu island is lovely and plenty of opportunitites for kayaking and snorkeling or just exploring the island
Service: The service was patchy but when the owners were around it was excellent, we even got complimentry champagne as we were on our honeymoon which was much appreciated. The gentleman of the owner-couple was nice but the lady was a bit abrupt at times:- maybe it was just a culture thing.
Overall: Would not recommend to others- beautiful location but terrible value for money. You can do better elsewhere.

The hotel is pretty simple, owned by a couple who left Europe to open this place. The hotel would be cozy, if the bed linen was not smelling so bad. After going there i read here some reviews saying that the owners were very nice, but none were nice with us, especially the woman.

The food was one of the best on all French Polynesia. I think the man owner, that was not so unpleasant as the woman is a chef. Excelent. All the meals were good.

The hotel beach is beutiful, there are kayaks and free snorkeling equipment available, but not much to see underwater, compared to other polynesian locations.

Would not recommend.

This hotel was the first one where me and my wife spent three days during our honeymoon.
According to our expectations this should have been the most basic among our honeymoon accommodations, with beach suites and overwater bungalows planned for the next days.
La Pirogue turned out to be our best memory of Polynesia and simply perfect considering the climate and the position of the hotel.
We were in a beach bungalow, no. 2, and it has a wonderful wooden deck which is partly over the lagoon water. The deck allowed for sunbathing from 10 a.m. until sunset time, i.e. about 6 p.m. while we've been there.
All the hotel areas, as well as our room, were perfectly clean. Since all main walking paths are made of wood (unlike the nasty concrete paths we've seen in more famous locations) and the others are covered with sand the best way to move around is on bare feet. Everywhere you might start walking on the wood coming with sand on your feet, there you'll find a wooden container with some water to clean your feet, so you won't find sand in your room or in the restaurant as it often happens in other resorts.
The motu where La Pirogue is located is really nice and partially unexploited by tourism or private buildings. Therefore you can have a quick walk to the reef towards the ocean, or relax on a kayak while moving in "unchartered" areas.
The restaurant is excellent, with a relatively short list of options that are anyway, each and every single one, delicious. I've only tried the "entrees", the fish main courses and the desserts, and all of them are based on local products and tradition. The breakfast is served at the table, rather than being a buffet, but it's more than sufficient even if you, like us, don't plan to have lunch until dinner.
Even though the mosquito nets protecting the bed might suggest that there are actually many mosquitos, I think I've counted only two of them in three days while other locations where I've been in Polynesia have many more mosquitoes or flies.
As I said the climate was perfect and we've actually even felt a bit cold the last night, but anyway there's a heavier blanket available should you need it.
There are no technological amenities like air conditioning or high-end TVs, but it was the only place where I could enjoy a free wi-fi connection to the Internet (you have to pay if you want to use the local PC for guests to access the Internet). And while you might need the Internet when being so far from any acquaintance, I can hardly imagine why anyone would need air conditioning in the local winter season or why would you get stuck to a large TV while nature around you escapes any attempt to a faithful representation considering the unique beauty of colors, scents and sounds.
The wind comes from the ocean side, so the hotel area is quite sheltered by the trees behind it unlike many other areas in Polynesia where wind can be quite strong.
We have also selected a small tour of Tahaa's island which was very useful to learn about vanilla, pearls and coconuts and to experience the rich nature of that island.
Even if you might be the kind of person who would want all the fancy amenities of five-star accommodations, this hotel should be worth at least a couple of days to understand how nature can be pleasant even for 21st century humans.
A big thank you to Giuliano and Severine, the owners, for being so nice and so intelligent at managing the hotel.

My wife and myself were looking for somewhere beautiful to take our gandson for his 10th birthday.we had been to la meridien, bora bora before,and decided tahiti would once again be a good choice. we live in san diego so we are already pretty spoiled. We found the Hotel la Pirogue in a travel brochure and decided we wanted to try a smaller resort. No one seemed to have much info on it so we researched it ourelves. We found that it was small,family owned, and the owner was a chef . that, was enough for us, so we booked the trip and we were off. to date it was the best travel decision we had made. it was more than beautiful,the food was outstanding, and we quikly became friends with the owners and thier family we stayed for 11nights and loved every minute of it. our grandson still raves about the hotel and the food. we swam , kayaked ,and snorkeled, every day! everynite we were treated to a beautiful sunset over the mountains of Bora-Bora.We like to go n aug.-sept.,because it is dry season and no bugs around!! I cant wait to go again