Nautilus Resort

Super rude host. Commented on my attire asking me to cover up… this is a beach front and pool front restaurant so you would think that they would be used to less attire. I’m wearing a crop top and look fabulous. I told her it’s rude to comment on peoples attire and walked away and sat myself.

the Cook Islands has a staff shortage at the moment, but it was most notable at the Nautilus. we were told on three separate occasions that the bar was closed for the afternoon as they didn't have a bar tender. there was also no room service available for the duration of our stay. what staff they had were friendly enough, but very busy trying to keep up. we did note that some of other resorts we went to looked to have plenty of staff, so not sure what the issue was. the room was nice, although a bit tired and could do with a freshen up to bring it up to the photos on the website. for $900 a night, we were left underwhelmed.

We had a wonderful holiday in Rarotonga. Our stay at the Nautilus was perfect and made especially special by the wonderful staff. A special thanks to Rea (breakfast), April (dinner), Koca Ng and his beautiful Nindris, Waqe, Osea, Ken, Tex and a special thanks to Vailiane who cleaned our Are every day. The pool and maintenance people who were very friendly and professional. The Are was big and beautifully decorated. The cookies were superb. The food in the restaurant very good. We only have a couple of negatives. When you are paying $1000.00AUS per night for bed and breakfast only, wifi should be unlimited and you shouldn't have to pay extra for a barista coffee. We would definitely come back in a heart beat.

My friend and I loved our stay at Nautilus Resort. We stayed 5 nights after NZ’s school holidays had finished as we didn’t want to have too many kids running about. This time of year was great for those wanting something really quiet but without going to a child-free resort. This is quite a pricey accommodation, however we were keen for a bit of a splurge and afterwards felt it was well worth it. The complimentary breakfast was excellent, although we were sad the breakfast burrito wasn’t ever available as they didn’t have any tortilla stock (Raro comes with the territory of relying on a lot coming in from boats/NZ). All of the staff were lovely and friendly too and super cute turn down service where they give you a jar of fresh home made cookies every day! Location: Nautilus is at an amazing spot on Muri Beach. The lagoon right outside is breathtaking and you can swim directly out from it without it being all rocky. The islands in the lagoon area very easily to walk/swim/kayak/SUP to and the ocean there has plenty of great coral areas out from it to snorkel around. Loads of colourful fish, starfish and even turtles! I also loved that this resort was just far enough away from the two lagoon cruise boat companies (an easy 3 min walk to them) that the drums from these were soft sounding from the resort. I imagine a resort closer to those you could get tired of hearing it so loudly. (Btw highly recommend Koka’s Lagoon Cruise while you’re there!). Within a 10 min walk from the resort are the Muri Night Markets (epic for dinners), Mooring Fish Cafe (delicious fish and chips), a few bakeries, convenient stores and liquor stores. Amenities: Awesome to be able to grab snorkelling gear, kayaks, SUPs and reef shoes any time to use. The main pool was wonderful - sometimes we had it entirely to ourselves, other times a few people were dotted around the pool but it never felt too busy. The on-site Spa is great too - we both got massages which were lovely and relaxing. Room: We initially wanted a Beachfront Are’ but they had none available so we settled on a Garden Are’, however after being there we were so glad we got the Garden one. They felt much more private as they have a fully fenced courtyard that no one could look into, where as the beachfront ones we could just end up standing right by someone in their pool if we were using the pathway. The private plunge pool was the best (it was one of the reasons we booked Nautilus originally as we were worried the main pools would be busy). Loved the sun loungers too. Restaurant: Shout out to Keenan from the restaurant for making our breakfast visits so enjoyable! We also booked a dinner there for one of our nights and that was great too. Food was excellent and yummy cocktails! I would definitely stay here again!

Sadly we came when it rained for 5 days so we were in our room a lot. Aside from the restaurant staff, the customer service of the resort left a lot to be desired. Requested squabs for our loungers 3 times but never arrived. We had a dinner in the restaurant the first night we arrived and I had to send it back because I couldn’t eat it. Keenan and Rhea are the stars of the place!

Piccolo resort, solo 24 stanze, a Muri, delizioso. Ld stanze in prima fila sono davvero belle. Le altre purtroppo non hanno laffaccio sul mare. Molto curato e pulito. Personale disponibile e molto gentile. Wifi gratuito anche se non funziona molto bene (infatti ce ne è uno anche a pagamento). Il ristorante è bello anche per la colazione. Consiglio di cambiare per la cena perché il menù non è molto ampio. La privacy in bagno è minima. Nonostante tutto, lo consiglio vivamente.

Excellent accomodation and location, close all facilities and ideal beach with Lagoon area. This resort deserves 5 star rating however the restaurant lets the resort down and the owners need to invest in improving this. There are plenty of examples (OTB) of where they need to be when it comes to food quality and variety. Being closed two days a week is just not acceptable when pay this price to stay there,

Excellent staff, very helpful to solve issues. Excellent location. The beach front rooms are very nice and privacy is guaranteed. They provide all the needed shoes to walk along the beach. Good breakfast with a large choose of food. Good restaurant offering both fish and meat in addition to a vegetarian meal.

This was our second time at Nautilus. We had a fabulous time, the resort was beautifully kept, our Are was spacious and kept to a high standard of cleanliness. We were in a garden Are which suited us as it was private. The staff were exceptional - Keenan, Indri, Janet, Grace and Lesi (massage therapist) are just a few who made our stay special. The breakfasts were amazing and the dinners we had were of a high standard. We would not hesitate to go back again.