SHANGRI-LA YANUCA ISLAND RESORT Coral Coast, Fiji 🇫🇯【4K Resort Tour & Review】A BIG No From Me!

What's the Shangri-La Yanuca Island Resort on Veti Levu in Fiji like? Check out this 4K Resort Tour & Review of this '5-star' resort on the southwest Coral Coast of Fiji's main island, Viti Levu.

🎥 In This Video:
-Arrival at Hotel
-Hotel Reception
-Hotel Location & Setting
-All of The Pools
-Beautiful Coastline
-Questions That Need Answers
-My Ocean "Deluxe" King Room Tour
-All Restaurants & Bars
-Full Breakfast Buffet
-A Bit of Shangri-La History
-Why I Think This Place is a Rip Off

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💰 Nightly Rate
Rate Paid: $173.64 USD
Category: Ocean King Room
Inclusions: Breakfast

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↪ Video Chapters ↩
0:00 Intro
00:25 Hotel Stay Info Graphic
01:01 Hotel Arrival, What is Shangri-La?
03:12 Arrival Pavilion & Reception
03:50 Payment Problems
04:48 Resort Tour Begins
05:13 Primary Pool
06:14 Hotel Location Info & Map
07:01 Hotel Grounds
07:48 Beach Bar & Grill
08:14 Lagoon Terrace
08:57 Beautiful Shoreline
09:25 Walking to Reef Wing
10:00 Reef Wing Pool & Dining
10:26 Heading to My Room
10:53 Ocean Deluxe Room Tour
14:13 Beautiful Walk Out Terrace
15:15 Dirty Rooms
16:45 Need to Know FAQs
17:30 Kids Facilities
18:13 Takali Restaurant
19:13 Black Marlin Bar
19:58 Dinner at Takali
20:37 Morning at the Resort
21:05 Golden Cowrie Breakfast Buffet
22:48 Fitness Center
23:15 The Flip Flop Score

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This is NOT a promotional video. I pay for all of my flights and hotels (and I always tell you how much!) so I can be as honest and impartial as possible. I do not receive any special treatment that wouldn’t otherwise be publicly accessible, in fact, the hotels and airlines have no idea about my visit and that's the way I like it!

#shangrila #fiji #hotelreview

[shehebehsuebwisshgauwbevsjs]

Your humour, honesty and attention to detail really makes this channel a gem!

[oreotcat]

I just love you Kevin. I appreciate your honesty in your videos, I think it really helps people in deciding where to stay. Plus you make me giggle lol. This place reminds me a lot of the Coco Reef in Bermuda, though not as bad as this. Sublime location but basically outdated everything. Though it was clean and the food was decent and the staff were very friendly. I enjoyed myself for sure. It is considered "cheap" for Bermuda, as in you can get rooms for under $300 a night. Yikes. Now 5 years later they are finally remodeling! Some of these places really do squeeze every nickel of revenue they can without putting much back in.

[lokpongchan]

I just stayed in this resort for 5 nights and what I can say is this video speaks it all! The comments are extremely accurate especially the part about bills. I was overcharged for 300 FJD and they took 30 minutes and the senior manager to settle it.

[RogervanHamburg-sygt]

Hi Kevin, my wife and I stayed at this hotel over 30 years ago. We asked (3 times) for a bottle opener to be delivered to our room and we are still waiting for it.
Sadly the hotels'" use by date has come and gone ! cheers, love your videos 😎

[vinnupooh]

The first resort on the channel I would never even in my wildest dreams dare to visit, other resorts which went wrong had at least the decor going for it. The exterior loos like an Indian government school, room like a 3 star end of the road motel, common area interiors like a day resort I went to play sports and chill out with my friends when I was a kid. Couldn't imagine Shangri-La having such a property in their portfolio, I always thought of them like an upper upscale brand similar to Conrad. I have visited 2 Shangri-La in my life and were 5 star level. I hope you slept enough that night for next day's work🤞

[gurukool]

As a local Fijian, I stayed at this hotel in the family wing close to the main swimming pool and beach about 3 times during the covid lockdowns when no tourists were around and I loved it - mainly due to the scenery and quietness. Even at that time, the overall service was not bad, but I have to agree with you about the dining service part. The reef wing has been really neglected during covid lockdowns, so I am not surprised at the bad state that is in where you stayed. After seeing your video, I'd say rooms at the family wings were better.

[frederickmei]

Stand-up comedy worthy entertainment. With a heavy dose of wry. Well done!

[DeniseSommerRoque]

I usually love your background music, but this time you chose a perfectly fitting sad and almost off key piece… Wow, this has scouts camp gone wrong written all over. Thank you for taking this one for the team 🙌🏼😅🙏🏼

[some_randomninja]

Ive been to fiji more than 40 times in my life and im 40 now. Its never been know for its food and service. In fact, "fiji time" is actually a thing. The locals laugh at how slow things move and frustratingly proud of it ! . They are extremely loving but quite useless with service and attention to detail - God bless them. Anyone coming to fiji should know this. You come for the beautiful beaches (bali aint got that), friendliest people in the world (bali they just want your money) etc. I do agree that this hotel now trades on its name and would definitely be pulling down the "shangri la" brand name. Alot of complaints need to be had to the parent company in Hong. Kong. Clearly doesnt give it the money it needs so badly.

[rjwilson]

I know you don't like negative reviews, but i have to say, they are entertaining (easy for us to say, we weren't there!). I can't understand how hotels that hold a charge get away with not offsetting it against in-hotel spend when checking out. It just makes me think 'untrustworthy' and not want to go back.
I was getting flashbacks to the mid 90's, 3 star, booked through ceefax (if you know, you know) 'allocated on arrival' hotels in Greece when i saw the room. I guess the location has to do all the heavy lifting here and it did look stunning.

[KintsugiJoe]

I'm so sorry you had to endure the stay there but so worth it for the shot of the Children's TV room entrance. 😂

[HotelSnob]

You can conduct your own therapy sessions at your desk 😂😂😂😂😂 good one 👏🏽

[ricoperillo]

We stayed there every August holidays from new Zealand 6 of us, family holidays, about 6 time that was 35 years ago, and seeing your video i would not go back,

[tboy]

Another masterpiece Kevin! Thank you for shining a light on the bad ones.

The last music track reminded me of the soundtrack from White Lotus which is perfectly fitting for the anarchy that you experienced at this resort! Thanks!

[Kiwiadventurerandoverlander]

I have to thank you for posting and sharing this video of the resort. It has saved me from making the mistake of booking at this resort for my upcoming Fiji trip.

[kilantravels]

“Some areas looking like a legit garage sale after they bought all of the good stuff.”

This is why I always watch with CC turned on 😁

[ellend]

You've just saved me from major holiday disappointment! I was going to book here after all the praise on Facebook, but it looks so rundown that I will now avoid it. Thank you!!

[adventureforme]

Appreciate the effort and care you put into all of your videos.
You helped me understand that my idea of Fiji was a fantasy because watching your video reviews tells me the truth. Fiji looks just like most of Florida. There is nothing special about Fiji that would make me ever want me to go there, like never ever. Thanks for sharing this important info.

[weibinglee]

Kevin, many thanks for your distinctively honest feedback on all the hotels, resorts and airlines that you have experienced first-hand. Well done and keep up your great work.👏👏👏👍👍👍

[craigmarkey]

We stayed there two weeks ago fir two weeks and really liked the place, Rooms were exceptionally clean and cleaned daily, nothing like in your video . Yes the buildings need some renovation, we actually met the manager and she told us that is happening over next year . We were very happy with the place and would return for sure