Originally Posted by
atojbk
Wondering if anyone has stayed at these recent places to provide some insight. Planning on going in May 2019. Unfortunately, the Brando is out of our price range this trip so we're thinking of doing Bora Bora instead.
Deciding between the FS mountain view or IC Thalasso Prem Pool Villas (including dinner). The rooms at St Regis seem too dated for my liking. Anyone been to either one recently?
The StR is a lot newer and the villas far larger and fresher than those at the FS. We certainly didn’t find anything dated about the furnishing or decor of the StR villas.
The StR is also the best dining of any of the resorts at Bora Bora, as evidenced by the ridiculous number of FS guests coming over to the StR for dinner (and almost no one doing the reverse). I think your expectation may be off. The StR and the FS both are way nicer than the IC, too.
Feel free to check out my StR review from April 2016. We’d go back in a second.
https://www.flyertalk.com/hotel-revi...reat-food-1362
The newly renovated Conrad also may be worth a look (used to be a Hilton but they renovated and upgraded its amenities a bit) since you’re on a budget. The IC hasn’t been renovated in a while and has had all manner of air con and service issues for the last few years.