The Samoan Outrigger Hotel

The friendliness of the staff, the atmosphere

Mosquitos! ☺

Really nice looking place. Facilities good (kitchen, swimming pool, laundry room, nice lobby etc). Staff also nice and helpful. Liked that they had local fales at the hostel. Plenty of services nearby which is good. Enjoyed my stay in here.

Fale's can be very hot/moist/humid in summer (especially when it rains). Also have to pay for wi-fi. Quite far from the centre (even though there are some nice restaurants and supermarkets and other services (gym, massage places, hospital) nearby). At night time dogs can be annoying when walking in the neighborhood (can be threatening and aggressive). No airport pickup.

I stayed in one of the fales. It was comfy and had a light as well as two power plugs to charge your devices. The yard was well-maintained. The decent-sized pool was really nice during the hot days, and it had also a deep end of ~2metres. The breakfast was the best one i ate in Samoa: white bread and jam/butter, juice, coffee and tea; when you sat down to one table, they would bring you fruits cut just for you as well as pancakes and eggs (either scrambled, fried or boiled, variated daily) they would make quickly after your arrival to the dining area. The location of Outrigger was superb and the closes tiny market was just across the street. The staff was really nice and was genuinely interested about the well-being of their customers. They also gave good deals for trips around the island: e.g. I had a taxi driver to drive me around for six hours and paid only 200t (70-80€).

It could get noisy during days and nights, since there was a gym nearby and some locals lived just outside the hotel area, and sometimes they would play music really loud. The internet was not free; I'd recommend bying a cheap travel SIM card upon arrival (I bough one with 25t and had 5GB data, 500mins and 50sms for 7 days).