We have just returned from a fantastic week at Breakas. Frankly the most recent reviews on this website werent so flattering but we decided to stay here given Breakas had been voted Vanuatus best Small Resort 2006 and 2007 and the great reviews from the 'Getaway' TV travel show. It certainly catered to everything we had hoped for: surf,snorkelling, pool, loungers, great food, really nice bungalows, the loveliest -relaxed staff!
We ate out at a number of other restuarants visitng many of the other resorts in the process during the week and rate Breakas menu and service as good as any - but nothing rivalled Breakas as a location.
It isnt a budget option and yes, some dogs barked and some roosters crowed in the village in the distance - but to us thats what travelling in the pacific is all about - its real and it adds to the experience!
We have travelled to many of the pacific islands and would rate this experience as one of the best to date. Thank you Breakas team we look forward to enjoying your hospitality again.

I have just returned from a week at Breakas. We got off to a pretty bad start there. The first day we arrived, it was pouring. Our room was not ready (even though we arrived in the afternoon) and we had to wait for a couple of hours in the foyer for our room to be cleaned up. Finally once we got to our room we realised that it had no power or hot water!. Later that night I asked the manager if this was a normal thing, and he snapped my head off. After this, and after hearing the manager yelling at a chef in the foyer only a few hours before, we were pretty worried about staying there, but decided to stick it out.
In all the time we were there, we never had any hot water. The people in the fare next to us had the same problem. Thankfully, at least, the power was restored on the second day. We stayed in a garden fare (room 28). I'd say it would have to be one of the most private of the garden fares. It was a really lovely room and it felt like we were staying in our own little jungle. The only problem was that it was only a few metres from the village next door and they can get a little loud at night and their dogs constantly bark. Thankfully I brought ear plugs so it didn't bother me too much. My husband found it really difficult to sleep though, and complained about it to management. The staff at Breakas are aware of the problem and apparently have been poisoning the dogs, but the people at the village keep getting new ones. Very sad really!
Even with all of this we had a lovely time. We met some great people while we were staying there and the pool is really lovely. The food there is also great! We ate at quite a few restaurants while we were in Port Vila, and I'd have to say that Breakas had the best food. If the food had been a little less expensive we would have eaten there every night.
Would we ever go to this resort again. No, I don't think so. But if we did I book one of the beach fare - rooms 32+ as they seem nice and private and away from road and not too close to village.

We have just returned from a week at Breakas Beach Resort in Vanuatu staying in a beach front fare.
What a lovely location and what a beautiful spot for a private, quiet beach resort. The fact that there are no children under 15 allowed just added to the sheer tranquility of the resort.
The infinity edge pool is picturesque but although it says 'swim up bar' the bar is on the other side to the acual seats in the pool....
Our problems started with the food and level of service in the restaurant which got gradually worse throughout our stay. Bearing in mind that it rained for nearly our entire stay we thought we would eat breakfast (as this was included), lunch and sometimes dinner in the resort.
Every morning at breakfast we had to ask continuously for tea or coffee sometimes never to receive it, the fruit had flies all over it despite the food covers which were not big enough to cover the entire plates, the pastries were likewise covered in flies and there were quite often dead flies floating in the orange juice!
At lunch the same menu was trotted out day after day which if you didn't fancy chips was a problem! Quite often the order was forgotten or when it arrived was inedible. The wait staff were clearly extremely inexperienced and untrained and not able to cope with more than two covers at any one time. Added to this frustration the prices that were being charged for the food were outrageous for the low quality that we continuosly received.
For dinner one evening my husband chose the 'special' that was a tuna dish with pasta and polenta. After an extraordinarily long wait the polenta came out without the tuna.....When we asked the wait staff where the tuna was they said it was coming separately. They then arrived with two pieces of tuna on a saucer! There was never any sign of the pasta. They charged over $28 AUD for what wasa tasteless and badly presented and served meal.
Having eaten in other restaurants in Vanuatu I was assured that the standard of service and food was not comparative in the least to what we experienced at Breakas. All the other restaurants we tried had exceptional service and the quality of the food was exquisite and in some cases cheaper than at Breakas.
As for the bar......after arriving back at Breakas one evening we fancied a drink. It was just gone 9:30pm on a Friday but were told that we couldn't have one as the bar was closed. The previous night the bar had remained open until just after 10pm, the night before 10:15pm....we never were sure of the actual closing time but sure enough if you had wanted a drink at 8am you could have got one!!!
In general our stay was marred by the staff who were easily distracted, under trained and certainly not experienced. Although friendly we could not guarantee that any request would be followed through adequately.
We gave some of our feedback to a passing travel agent who was eating there one evening.....
Sorry Breakas, I think you have all the ingredients for a fantastic resort. The rooms were fantastic and always maintained well by the cleaning staff but this resort is seriously let down by the food and the rest of the staff.

My Partner and I recently enjoyed a short stay at Breaka's, as we were in Port Villa to look at a property that we were interested in purchasing.

We can not speak highly enough of the experience, from the moment we were picked up from the airport you could tell that the "personal touch" to their service was going to make for a great time.

Upon arrival at Breaka's we were both overwhelmed by how freindly and helpfull the staff were. Just walking through the front reception and over looking the pool and pristine bay you could really tell this was a special place.

Our room was absolutely gorgeous and the traditional beach-hut really sets the mood of the enviroment and yet still feels like your staying in luxury.

The food was absolutley beautiful and reasonably priced, and the service was from the staff was fantastic. Most importantly - the local beer was awesome and they cocktails were amoung the best we've ever had. Just sitting at the bar relaxing of an afternoon, watching the sunset was so enjoyable and we remember saying to ourselves "that we didn't want to ever leave"...

A big THANKYOU to George for making us feel so welcome it was trully much appreciated, and big thankyou to Mike also, for taking the time to sit down and tell me about all the local surf breaks and the best spots to get a wave! Hope to get out for a paddle with ya' next time we're over there.

Can't wait til next time!!

Marty & Deb