The Fiji Orchid

小而美的酒店。到處都是鮮蘭花的香氣。 坐落在叢林中，早晨在鳥鳴中醒來，夜晚看到了銀河。 非常愜意放鬆，治癒心靈。

This is an absolute gem of a place, super close to the airport, they pick you up and drop you off so you don’t even have to think about any of it, but it feels a million miles away. Private and secluded and feels like you’re staying at the private home of a glamorous movie star friend. It’s not a resort so much, more of a secluded luxury spot to relax, and it’s absolutely divine. If you’re looking for a layover before you go out to a far flung island, or you just want to get off the plane and be drinking a wine by the pool in half an hour, it’s perfect. The best part of the experience is both the incredible burres that are so unique and make you feel like you’re in a movie - and also the owner and boss lady extraordinaire Mrs B - we met her at dinner in the restaurant one night and felt like we’d been friends for life. Her magic and hospitality is infectious and makes you want to drink life down like a frozen margarita. She really went out of her way to make our stay special - the little things like rearranging the menu to make sure we could try Fijian food, to showing us an absolutely incredible Fijian circus show, she made our trip phenomenal. You’ll love it, just go. The only thing I’d say is that it’s not a resort like Sheraton, so there isn’t always someone there to attend to your every need, but if you want something just ask. They’ll do everything to help. (And if you’re someone who at 2am is like, hm, I want juice I’ll just go to the on site seven eleven…it doesn’t work like that. But There’s a bar and they’ll work super hard to get you whatever you want snacks wise - they found me some amazing local style chips and nuts just because I said I was hungry - so if you want something just ask. Don’t waste your money on a cookie cutter Nadi resort, go here and hang out in a pocket of paradise.

A quiet retreat set in wonderful gardens I found the Orchid an ideal stopover before heading to the outer islands. It has a wonderful pool and with only six bures I had it to myself . The food was really outstanding and I believe their chef ,Sawali, represented Fiji in an island cooking demo in NZ. I'm going to the Lau group with Captain Cook Cruises in Sept so i'll stay at the Orchid again then as the cruise now leaves from Lautoka which is about 15 minutes by cab. I can't recommend the Orchid enough.