Moorea Restaurants

As we sat in the lobby of our hotel room waiting for "pickup" which you will learn is the key to dining in Moorea, another couple which we had transported with a night before was sitting there waiting for their ride. We conversed again, and they mentioned going to Chez Rodger, the place named "Best on the Island" by many people. I replied... well I think we are going to Te Honu Iti, which I am pretty sure is well documented as "Best on the Island"... so we will have to compare notes! Sure enough when the restaurant van pulled up, we jumped in as he said Te Honu Iti, yet he was waiting for another couple... after 2 minutes of waiting, he called out "Anyone for Chez Rodger"? We all had a chuckle.

When you arrive at the restaurant, the first thing you want to do is ask for a bay view. The restaurant overlooks Cook's Bay, so go around sunset for a stunning early dinner. If you are not an early eater, make sure you show up around 7:30 then, when the scraps for the tables are sent out to the large stingrays hanging out just outside the window!

Favorite Dish: I had the veal chop which was delicious and pictured here below. The Bernaise sauce that came with it may have been one of the best sauces I have had, and I am a very saucy kind of guy!

Please heed this warning now!

As many of you know, I go 6'3 and 300 lbs, so I know good food when I taste it. I also enjoy a good bit of spice, as I see no point in eating bland food. I know what good food is!

If you are a true "foodie" skip over everything else on the menu at Le Mahogany and go straight for the curried shrimp here. It truly is the best meal I had on the island, bar none. It had just enough curry to leave your mouth salivating, but just enough coconut to keep you coming back for more.

The service was a tad slow, and the staff was not as friendly as other places we ate, but I would sacrifice that all again to have more curried shrimp here!

This creperie is located at the Hilton, at the bar nestled in the overwater bungalows. At 6 the bar turns into a creperie, with both sweet and savory crepes. We had dinner here one night and really enjoyed the crepes. And for Tahiti, they are reasonably priced!

When it gets dark, reef tipped sharks come and swim under the bar. The Hilton has lit up the piers under the deck and you can get quite a good view of the sharks!

This restaurant is located on Cook's Bay, and has great views of the bay. We ate here for lunch - it's a very simple place, serving Cantonese food and poisson cru. The food was good and the prices were reasonable. We sat in the back of the restaurant, towards the bay, right by the big open door looking out onto the bay.

This snack shop is located on scenic Cook's Bay. They offer panini's, Chinese plate lunches, shrimp, eggrolls - quite an eclectic mix! The views are great and the food is pretty good, and at a great price (for Tahiti)! They have picnic tables set up, or you can get it to go. No beer sold here, and the opening hours are very flexible! Just stop in when you see it's open!!

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This restaurant, located in the Hotel Kaveka, is a casual spot with a great view of Cook's Bay. We ate there twice for lunch, because of the great mahi-mahi burgers - rumored to be the best on the island! Very pleasant place to get out of the sun and while away an hour or two!

This was our favorite restaurant on the island. The service was outstanding; our server was very French and very warm, with a great sense of humor. I had the steak topped with foie gras - amazing! Our bottle of wine was also very good, and not as expensive as at some other stops.

We ate here on our anniversary, and were not disappointed - they made us feel very special!

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We talked to some new friends we met who seemed to rave about this restaurant, They said its on the pier. One of the only piers they have out here. They said the food was excellent and inexpensive. It sounded nice so we booked it through our hotel activity desk. The restaurant sends a shuttle out to get us and takes us to the restaurant.
Turns out this is a hotel, restaurant, bar. Its not fancy at all but nice. Also quite a few locals here. Its casual attire and the food was not as pricey as everywhere else. The restaurant is not on the pier but they is a pier that is right next to the restaurant.

Favorite Dish: The food here is French Chinese Tahitain cuisine. The food was not great but it was good. I got the sweet and sour pork which I dont recommend. Rob got some fish which he thought was very good. Our friends also loved their meal. It was great to get out of our hotel and go somewhere new. After dinner we walked off our food along the pier and the restaurant drove us back to our hotel.
When we came there wasnt any entertainment but I found out that on Tuesday friday, and Saturday nights they have live traditional band.