Aug 31, 2024
Paradise - Lots of fun to get a taste of the Fiji you see in pictures without having to stay at a fancy resort. I stayed in Nadi and did this as a 1/2 day trip. Paradise.
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Aug 21, 2024
Lax in style! - Wow wee what a way to spend your day.
Malamala is devine!
The views, boat ride, infinity pool, snorkeling, kai (food), staff and other facilities there are all exceptional.
Def recommend booking poolside or beach lounges as it can be difficult to find a spot to settle at for the day.
It's a very popular spot!
Love the card system of paying at the end of the day, but is rather pricey.
5pm pick up was like 5:35pm but this gave us the opportunity to capture a glorious sunset on the island.
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Aug 8, 2024
Our goddaughter held her wedding there. It was a private event and we were blessed to be part of this beautiful union ❤️ - Malamala you never fail to disappoint. I tried writing on the full review page but I am blocked. We attended our Goddaughters wedding there recently. Wow wow wow!! The wedding of the century. As usual the staff were amazing. The lovely Amelia was there to greet me. I adore her. The staff were engaging, attentive, happy, polite and warm. Everything we could ever hope for. This wedding was special and we had a glorious 6 days of celebrations topped off by the private wedding. Having the island to ourselves was magnificent. The food was delicious as usual. The drinks flowed. The dancing, singing love and joy filled the air.
The staff make all the difference. As an ex long haul flight attendant I pay attention to detail with customer service. And the staff at Malamala go above and beyond. This was not a half day cruise. It was a private wedding (half day cruises are perfect too-plenty of time for couples with young children). The boat was privately chartered as well. What a WONDERFUL day and night! Amelia I love you. I love all the staff but especially you and my boys from Naitasiri who did a swim chase after me as the boat pulled away! 😂😂😂😂. People loved it. Never mind we are from the same province. 😂😂😂. This was so funny the whole boatload were laughing so much 😂😂😂. All of us a on a wedding high. We want to repeat it all. I don’t think there will ever be another wedding like this anywhere it was so spectacular.
Well done everyone. Thankyou for making our goddaughters wedding so so beautiful!! I’ll be back. I’m always back 😂😂😂
In the meantime this Kai Colo is retreating to her bush! 😂
Lolomas from Suzanne xxxxx
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Jul 15, 2024
A slice of heaven. Highly recommended. - A slice of heaven ! A truly special place. We took our 13 and 10 year old sons and they loved it.
The staff were so friendly and helpful. A special mention to Paul and Ronnie.
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Jul 13, 2024
Worth every penny! I could not recommend enough. - Malamala Beach Club was fantastic. We opted for the cabanas and it was the best decision we ever made. Food and drinks were good, the cabana was comfortable and the island is an absolute paradise. Only regret is not going for the full day. We all had an amazing time.
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Aug 17, 2024
Nice day resort. Keep track of your own bill. - Sevice was slow and they tried to over charge our tab. Make sure to look it over when settling the bill. Otherwise great time with good snorkeling, beautiful pools and beaches.
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Aug 11, 2024
A must see - A very seamless experience collection from our shuttle collection to lunch and drinks on the island - the water sports and fish etc were incredible. A must do
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Jul 17, 2024
Excellent day trip - We paid around $80 each for three of us to spend the day on Malamala, this included the return boat trip which itself was excellent, soaking in the view and the warm air. The island looks like a gem in the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by turquoise ocean and white sand beaches. The facilities are all tidy and the highlight was the staff who were awesome from arrival to departure. Being an atoll the beach is covered in coral so not all that comfortable walking around without appropriate footwear, but the interior of the island is all smooth curated sand and pathways. The pools are small but really there is a huge ocean out there and the restaurant is adequate for light meals at resort prices. Snorkeled, Kayaked and relaxed in the sun grabbing shade as needed under palm trees that are plentiful. Our 9yr old son abandoned us and kept himself occupied most of the day, feeling entirely safe and making company with other kids on the island. Great value day trip, must do if you've never visited an atoll before and are staying on western side of Viti Levu.
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Jul 2, 2024
Best for teens & party goers - The island is beautiful & the staff are friendly but it was a bit underwhelming for the price. The hand day trip is expensive for a family & the food etc at the club is overpriced.
I think it’s more suited to teens and young adults than families - the music is loud & the pool area is quite adult.
We did have a nice day but I don’t think it offered much more than a nice hotel. If you’re going for the snorkelling I’d suggest trying elsewhere as it’s pretty average. The views are stunning though.
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Aug 1, 2024
A bit disappointing - It was beautiful, gorgeous ocean views, like paradise, as well as very friendly staff. But honestly, the service wasn’t great.
We asked for a beachside cabana because it looked idyllic. And honestly, it was, all for about an hour until we were blasted by the afternoon sun and our unfortunate pale selves started to roast accordingly. We noticed there were some rings set into the roof. Aha! Maybe there’s curtains available. We asked no less than four staff passing by, one indicated that “Yep, he’ll do it” pointing to his mate, and then they said something in Fijian that might have been “Haha, these freakin’ whities can’t cope with a bit of sun!” 😛
Yeah, probably not, but the mate said, “Oh yeah, your butler will do it” and then off they went. The guy who brought out our food said the butler would do it when he got back.
Speaking of “the butler”, we didn’t see him again for the rest of the day. One of the other staff suggested he was on his lunch, but didn’t offer to take a drink order. Finally, I gave up and ventured over to the bar and while I was there, the hub to enquire about curtains. No one at the hub could help me, the rings were for hanging up the mattresses at the end of the day. Ok? Fair enough, why didn’t the first person just say that? Could we have a couple more towels so that we could fashion something ourselves. The response was pretty much “No. Next” but being delivered by a gentle Fijian, it was more like vague comment about “Didn’t you realise it was an open sided cabana when you booked?” as she sailed out of that conversation and starting serving someone else.
While I was in the mixed sex bathroom, I had an experience that made me a bit uncomfortable too. A Fijian man introduced himself and asked where I was from. He followed that up by saying that he was coming to Australia soon to work as a truck driver and suggested that he wanted to meet up with me while leering at me. I can’t be sure if he was staff, but it was a bit unsettling.
Back to the drinks, when I went to the bar to get my own drinks, there was a $FJD “Fiji Five” deal printed on all the brochures for five cocktails from the curated list. They refused to honour it because they were old brochures they said. Tough luck. Sheraton gave me this brochure and made the booking day before yesterday? Maybe they could make sure the big resorts have the most current brochure? Anyway, because the butler went missing, I told the bar staff “just what we had last time, the pina colada thing and the mojito”. Different drinks came out than what we ordered, but they were delicious and I was getting tired of chasing people down to get service. End of the day, they tried to charge us the FJD $99 for two of our drinks and then slap on another FJD $60 for the last two drinks as they were “International cocktails”. I refused to pay that, I ordered four drinks from the FJD “Fiji Four” (Originally Fiji Five) and that’s what I was paying for. That last little thing was what made me decide I’m not going back. Chasing down someone to order something, being roasted alive, and some casual sexual harassment in the bathroom. Pity because I was excited about this one. And then I come on here and management only seems interested in passive aggressive, snarky responses to what have been some genuine concerns by previous guests. Perhaps a constructive response will absolutely make me fall off my chair in astonishment. But I’m not counting on it.
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