A great location and friendly staff. Sure its not 4 star but who cares, it was clean and comfortable. Great location more

We stayed here for 2 nights. The location is great. The hotel is on the best beach on the island. It was very beautiful, blue water and white sand. They have a row of sun loungers on the beach, with plalm trees over head for shade. It faces west so you can watch the sunset. It is a bit far... more

We visited Samade on the Beach at 'Ootu Beach' in early October 2008. The beach is a very nice spot and we recommend you visit it if you have the time and the means to get there. It is situated at the top end of the island past the airport and we went there by foot from our resort Tamanu... more

When considering Samade you have to remember that you are not getting a five star resort with swimming pool, Spa, tennis courts etc etc. If that is what you are looking for then you will have to be prepared to shell out several times the room rates here. We were looking for somewhere basic but clean and comfortable to base... more

The Samade was pretty good value. The rooms were basic, but had air con and everything you need in the Cooks as you dont spend much time in there! The service was great with everyone willing to help. The only negative we found was the beach wasnt great for snokelling as the other side of the island was better, however... more

This was our second time to the Cook Islands and decided to go to Autitaki as Raro is getting too busy with the cruise ships pulling in now. We first stayed over on the other side of the island but the water for snorkling is much better on the south side. The room was rustic which is great for us... more

Yes we also read reviews before booking here and yes after eating a pizza from the restaurant on our first day no more food from the restaurant. C'mon girls you need to do some cooking classes. Actually a Chinese tourist asked for a hot breakfast (they dont do hot breakfast) but they did for some friends that had arrived -... more

Beautiful setting with restaurant as close to the Lagoon as possible and trwelve cottage set behind it Cottages fairly new with everything we needed included-clean and tidied daily - all enclosed in lovely gardens. Staff all very friendly and helpful. With the positioning of the restaurant we felt the presentation of the breakfast was very mediocre and the outside and... more

As first time travellers, we don't have much to compare Samade to except NZ accomodation. If we were paying $300 a night in NZ then I would most definately expect a lot nicer accomodation. But it seems that $300 a night is a very average price in Raro/Aitutaki so you get very average accomodation and service. We felt that our... more