Eat· Nuku Hiva· French Polynesia: Tuamotus, Marquesas, Gambier & Australs
Keikahanui Pearl Lodge (Taiohae)
8° 55.1′ S · 140° 6.5′ W
The island's upmarket hotel (now Le Nuku Hiva by Pearl Resorts) on the west side of the bay, whose Le Kenae restaurant pairs Marquesan produce with French technique and whose Mokai bar and infinity pool look over the anchorage.
Practical
Now trading as Le Nuku Hiva by Pearl Resorts, with Le Kenae restaurant and the Mokai pool bar. Coordinate is the OpenStreetMap 'Keikahanui Pearl Lodge' outline on the west side of the bay (Tahiti Tourisme's map pin, -8.91745, -140.10924, is about 100 m away); the earlier pin was about 1.7 km off. Hotel website (2026): breakfast 7am-9am, lunch noon-2pm, dinner 6pm-9:30pm; non-residents must book on +689 40 92 07 10. Walk: left on the main road past the cathedral, follow the bay edge, lodge sign on the right, then first left on the dirt road. Pool open to restaurant guests until 4pm. Half-price drinks Friday 6pm-8pm (compendium, 2020). Wifi strong enough to reach part of the anchorage (2020). Mains $18-$40 and rooms about $225 (2017, verify locally). Note Noonsite (2026) says anchoring is now prohibited on the western side of the bay.
Best for
Sunset cocktails and a splurge dinner
Nearby
- Mokai Bar Happy Hour (Le Nuku Hiva by Pearl Resorts)Right here
- He'e Tai Inn Restaurant (Rose Corser's, Taiohae)0.1 NM away
- Rose Corser Museum (Taiohae)0.1 NM away
- Marquesas Cyclone-Season Refuge (Taiohae)0.3 NM away
- Marquesas Puddle Jump Arrival Season0.3 NM away
- Melville Monument (Taiohae)0.3 NM away
- No-No Sand Flies (Nuku Hiva Beaches)0.3 NM away
- Nuku Hiva Anchorage Quotas and Boater Rules0.3 NM away