Name: Melanesian Hotel
Address: Second Street, Lae, Lae, Lae, 495, Papua New Guinea
Rating: 6

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As an adventure blogger at world-adventurer.com, I've had a chance to visit many hotels around the world and the Melanesian Hotel stands out as a comfortable choice with a friendly management team.

As one of the Coral Sea properties (large chain with hotels all over the country), the Melanesian has many notable features. 

- Location: Right in town, it is near all the major business or retail locations for a convenient stay. It is also in a quiet and calm area.

- Safety: Well managed with security, the hotel takes security seriously. 

- Rooms: Though quite basic, the rooms are comfortable and clean. Wifi works well in the lobby and restaurant area.

- Staff: The highlight of the hotel is the team. From the reception and management to the servers and cleaning crew, everyone was friendly and welcoming. All of my questions were answered and addressed. I was also given many tips as to what to see and do within Lae. The manager was especially friendly and took me for a tour himself of the city. 

- Pool area and bar: Highly recommended place to sit back and sip on some local beers :) 

Overall, this is an excellent place to stay if visiting Lae whether for business or leisure!

Comfortable safe and well managed property!

I was booked in to the Melanesian for a week during a working holiday, I have stayed here before and it was an average experience, well the hotel is fine but the food was very average to say the least, same thing every day.  However this trip I noticed a lot of changes a new al a carte menu and on Tuesday night they have a Mexican buffet that had plenty of variety and on Thursday night they had a Asian/Indian buffet which was very good and only cost K65.00 which for the choice of food and quantity was awesome value.
They have done some work on the Pool bar and it was fun sitting by the pool and enjoying a nice cold beer after the efforts required to get around Lae all day.
The rooms have not changed much but they are more then comfortable for what they are and the staff are friendly and helpful.
Over all I think the Melanesian has improved and the new Manager and Chef are no doubt working in the right direction,  I now wont look at going to lae as a chore but will look forward to the great food and service at the Melanesian.

spent a week in lae

Rooms are small, problem with mosquitos too! Service was fine, pricey food in the restaurant I guess which is expected. However, very bad wifi connection, really no point even connecting! Gym is okay however it does smell as it is not air conditioned or aired out

Over Priced

I am a privilege card member with Coral Sea so my reservations were done by Coral Sea to stay two nights at a standard room. I signed and paid to stay for 2 nights. I stayed the first night and the next day I went to witness the University graduation. While I was out, the hotel staff put another lady in the room I was occupying. The cleaning staff gathered my stuff and put them outside. I came back in the afternoon to find out that another lady was put in the same room. When I talked to the guy at the reception, he said there were some miscommunication between the staff from the night shift. After they checked my reservation details, they gave me another room. It was very disappointing!

Checked someone else in the same room I occupied

Eat here regularly due to the location and options available around town.

The chef's cannot seem to get it right. Tried the fish and chips today. Fish burnt (how can you burn fish?) and dried out. Giving it that dreadful scorched taste. Chips were soggy and soaked (and I mean soaked) in fat / oil.

Very disappointed.

Coffee ok today although this too is very variable. 

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