DoubleTree by Hilton Noumea Ilot Maitre Resort

I'm not sure why some visitors left less than 5-star reviews. The hotel, staff, rooms, ocean, and food were the best we've ever experienced on an island holiday. Maybe some people expect Las Vegas-style service? You have to appreciate the local food, staff, and traditions and enjoy a Pacific paradise. Forget your ambitions and just soak in the atmosphere. We stayed with our family of 4 in an overwater bungalow, and honestly, it was beyond 5 stars. I'm not a huge Hilton fan, but this one deserves our review and definitely another visit very soon.

Great place to stay. Great rooms, fantastic breakfast buffet included. The dinner buffets are pretty great too, I tried every single dessert and they were all delicious. Kayaked all around the little island and had a lot of sun, sun, sun.

We stayed in a bungalow on stilts with our two children, ages 5 and 9, for two nights. The setting and the view are incredible, waking up to the sound of turtles, and the buffet was very good. There's also a snack bar available for lunch if needed. The staff were welcoming and attentive.

This was hands down one of the absolute best holidays we have ever had. We came here to celebrate our relationship anniversary, and it ended up becoming even more special—we got engaged! For ages, we had been trying to book an overwater bungalow, but they were always completely fully booked. The incredible staff went above and beyond for us and managed to find two nights where we could upgrade. Thanks to their kindness and effort, we had the most beautiful engagement imaginable, and I will be forever grateful to the team for making that dream upgrade happen. Our only regret was that we couldn't stay in the overwater bungalow for our entire trip because we fell completely in love with it! Every single staff member we met was so warm, welcoming, and attentive. Thank you for making our milestone so unforgettable—we will definitely be back!

2 night stay in August. Thank god we read some reviews on how terrible the food was and bought some food over with us from noumea because the food was diabolical. Buffet breakfast was sad, looked like it had been recycled food for days, absolutely nothing fresh about it. The dinner options were terrible. Either an expensive, underwhelming buffet dinner or al la carte options. How this hotel has the Hilton name is beyond me, the food is just disgusting. A medium size pizza, that is not made in house, it has definitely come out of a frozen box is $50 aud! We stayed in an over water bungalow which was a beautiful experience, we had turtles in our door step every morning but they really need to double glaze the windows, the sound of seagulls and other people kayaking or snorkeling is so loud. The island is beautiful and the water is so clean and crystal clear. The front desk were kind enough to give us a late check out upon request but unfortunately that is as far as the positives go for this resort. Not worth the price, I would not recommend this hotel purely based on how terrible yet expensive the food is. 3 star hotel, at best.

The Rooms were great

This place is absolutely beautiful! The staff is super friendly and helpful. The environment is very lovely. The bungalow over water is stunning and we love the spacious bathroom. Everything is perfect there. And huge shout out to the chefs prepared for the breakfast and dinner, you can see the passion and dedication they have for the food. We had the best homemade chocolate and steak fillets there 👌🤩

Great island. Limited food options unless u love a buffetr

My two stars is for the food quality and the seagulls eating it but still being charged for inedible food. The evening buffet is terrible and the menu food actually worse I had so called creamy salmon pasta which was a dry pile of pasta with bits of salmon and no sauce because they didn’t know how to make it. I tried to talk to The Hilton about what was happening on the island but all they cared about was my booking number. The staff are lovely and the chef is beautiful but she needs support and qualified staff . Sadly we were hungry the whole time and it was the breakfast which kept us going. If you don’t fix the disgusting seagulls landing on plates and stealing food and still charging people for now dirty food or upgrading the buffet people won’t come back.

We stayed in one of the bungalows and had the most amazing time swimming with fish, turtles and even a sea snake. We loved the complimentary buffet breakfast and the staff were always lovely. No kitchenette or cooking facilities in the room, but the restaurant staff were happy to give us bowls and cutlery. Would absolutely come here again!!!