This is the worst Hotel I have ever stayed at!! I have stayed at over 400 differnt hotels and this is #1 as the worst. You would be better sleeping in the jungle.....
Pillows Horrible
Internet Horrible
Food Horrible and over priced
Bugs in rooms
Televisions - Horrible - Small and bad reception
Air Con - Smells and does not work correctly
Can not create a correct bill on check out after 5 times and then late charged me for charges that were not mine.

I must admit that I went in to this trip a little bit nervous after reading some reviews. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed staying at the Novotel. Going to Bora Bora was a must for my honeymoon and staying at the Novotel was the most financially savvy choice to make it possible. We were greated with leis and mai tai drinks at the lobby upon arrival, check in was painless, we were given a map of the facilities, and the info on the restaurant and bar. The rooms are fairly simple but had what we needed; it was cleaned everyday which included floors being mopped. We enjoyed the balcony, sitting out each afternoon after long days in the sun. There's a small fridge, coffee pot with instant coffee etc.
The food:
Breakfast: buffet style- prices seemed consistent with other locales and Tahiti, approx. 2000 francs per person. Lots of fruits, meats, cheeses, BREADS! (which are to die for), cereal, nutella, eggs (fried, scrambled, or omelets). Coffee, juices, milk. Not much to complain about.

Lunch- usually ate outside at the pool/bar area. Chicken Caesar salad was awesome, moist, with a really great marinade. Chicken sandwich, burger and fries all worth it. Salads were awesome here. Huge portion, fresh, crisp, really great dressing.

Dinner- I had Chicken supreme which had this amazing vanilla sauce with shallots, white wine, and cream it was to die for. The mahi mahi with the vanilla sauce was equally as delicious. Both came with veggies and rice or french fries. My husband had the red tuna which was great, pasta napolean which was ok, muscles with wine sauce which were yummy, and pasta with fish (salmon).

This is definitely not the intercontinental or four seasons. But you can't beat the price and really you aren't stuck at the resort or the restuarant. The market is a 2 minute walk away as well as several restaurants (La Bounty= wonderful) and an awesome pizza place. Don't be affraid to try it if you are on a budget.

I believe that the hotel has undergone a management change, and may no longer be part of Novotel. However, I had no problems that would be related to that.

We booked this hotel because it was a brand we knew in New Zealand. The brand represents "nothing special, basic and clean for us". So long as you're happy with this then this is probably a good deal for you. It wouldn't be a place to book for a honeymoon unless you are strapped for cash and getting there is a must. You are on the island of BoraBora so not trapped on a motu as I've seen in some reviews. There are several other hotels in the area most of which are probably slightly more expensive and of a higher quality. We ate in a different hotel restaurant every night as the food at our hotel was less than basic. The Maitai seemed to have the best shows and reasonable food. Don't believe the guide book descriptions of some of the "restaurants" - some of them are just shacks selling pizza on the side if the road! Coming from New Zealand we found the prices astonishingly high around 4 times the price we would normally pay. I'm not talking about multistar restaurants here but low star hotels and local stores. You may actually get better "value" eating out in multistar restaurants here. BoraBora has always been an exotic dream for me but the reality was that it was just another island albeit with some of the most lovely sea views I have ever seen.

Maybe it was because of the rain but the rooms seemed, outdated, very dark and moldy. This was the smallest room and the worst hotel on my trip to French Polynesia (I stayed on 4 islands). There were some yellow and black stains under the shower, no hot water. After reporting it in the morning this was still not repaired after I came back from a full day trip. The food in the restaurant wasn't good and we decided to switch the restaurant for neighboring Sofitel at a cost. Swimming pool and beach are quite small.