Le Stanley Hôtel

It's an older hotel in a residential area on the eastern side of Noumea at Ouemo. The staff are friendly and helpful and there are two large free car parks. We stayed in room 306 and thoroughly loved it, as it was very spacious and had cooking facilities and a good balcony, with wonderful views of the bay. There was a large television with numerous channels. There's a small beach and a swimming pool. There is also a well stocked shop at reception, that has a good selection of microwavable meals, cheese, cold meats, milk, drinks and juices. You can also buy toiletries. There's an in-house laundrette, that you pay for 24-hour usage, but the dryers are free. We'd certainly stay here again.

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Shocking rooms with a lovely tiny balcony view (hence 1 star and not zero!). Sadly the Hibiscus rooms at Le Stanley have not been maintained in decades. Grime in every corner, chipped paint, woodwork and walls, holes in sheets, gurgling drains, rust in bathroom and a downright dangerous shower/bath. I had to request my room be cleaned by day 4 of my 7 day stay as no one came near it!! Zero security with randoms knocking on doors late overnight on the weekends (able to just walk in off the street) and thumping music many nights. Paper thin walls with noisy people on all sides. The list goes on and on. Local bus service good for day trips but completely stranded after 6.30pm with no restaurant on site or close by (although there is a small snacks and quick meals shop in the foyer which is appreciated). The location is a long way from the centre of Nouméa in a residential area. The one shining light for the location was the lovely mangroves walk through to Amorino Café (1.3km) in the big park by the river. Sorry Le Stanley but you are Le Has Been and not recommended!!

New Caledonia in comparison to NZ and AU is quite expensive, you get good value for money here. It's a bit off the beaten track, which we prefer. It's dated, but has everything one would otherwise need. Be sure to take advantage of the breakfast, it's huge and only $23 NZD. We stayed a couple of different nights in a suite and each room opens out either directly to the water (level 1) or with views to the ocean (level 2) and were clean and large. The staff were lovely, having google translate helped with one of our trickier queries. The staff were very accommodating, recommend having a car, but there is a bus that ran quite frequently too (didn't use it, but there was always one whenever we went to our car). Highly recommend especially if you're just needing somewhere safe to spend the night.

Staff friendly, they booked our airport pick up. On arrival at midnight we were given yhe AC remote, so we enter a very hot room, then later become a freezing room because the AC was set up at 20 degrees. Also there was not toilet paper at all,our room was on the 3er floor towards the end, miles away from reception and no toilet paper in the middle of the night. Also the recepcionist spoke very little English. The WIFI its limited you have to pay extra for it,everything it's extra even a bottle of water. Nice water viwe but very poor, dirty, unrenovated place.

Beautiful balcony views onto the bay, swimming pool, excellent value breakfast and small shop with grocery items. Bus stop connecting to all Noumea buses outside the hotel door as well as two large capacity car parks. Reception staff ever so helpful & fantastic if you want either assistance practicing your limited French or those with no knowledge of French.