点评:Despite what Google says, a version of this place is still open (at least as of May 2023). But, it’s no longer anything like what the pictures on TripAdvisor or Google show. So come with your eyes open! You need to ignore all the older photos and descriptions you see online - seemingly even those from 2022. This place is nothing like that anymore.
The whole offering is now one medium sized room that has been subdivided into “lounge” and “treatment” areas.
The “lounge” is just the front of the room where there are three sofas. It was very dark. You could have a snooze in there probably or use your laptop, but it’s not light enough to read a book.
The “spa”/“treatment area” is just the part of the room behind the lounge. The whole space is two armchairs and three basic treatment cubbies that have been created by adding partition walls that are not even full height. It is not a very relaxing ambience: They don’t play any relaxing music. There was a lot of foot traffic past the cubbies and chatter outside them. The noise also carries badly from cubby to cubby. But, all that aside, the massages (in terms of technique) were actually really good.
The bathroom and shower though are not good! In fact, they are gross. This was the kicker. The toilet facilities are shared with the other businesses in the large building, including a busy restaurant. The sinks were covered in someone’s hair clippings. The single shower was positively caked in mould, mud, grime and hair. The shower head was broken. There was no hot water, only cold. No soap or toiletries are provided at all. Not even towels were provided. We were incredulous that a spa doesn’t have towels. So after two requests they then went to dig around in the back for some and brought us two that were very worn out and stained - obviously not meant for guests. It is definitely the kind of bathroom we used only out of desperation.
The “business centre” and cafe are entirely separate businesses in the same building that you have to pay extra for, so to suggest they are part of the Essence of Fiji offering in current marketing is misleading. There is no food or drink - not even a water fountain - available in the Essence of Fiji place.
Most of the other amenities pictured in traveller photos or marketing from years past, seemingly even 2022, do not appear to exist anymore, eg: there are no private day rooms, no lockers, no luggage storage, no movie room, no rooftop lounge, no salon, no gym, no yoga/other exercise facilities at all - at least not that were offered to us. This business should really ask Google and TripAdvisor etc to take all their old stuff down since it’s now so incredibly pared back.
NB: This also isn’t truly what most people probably think of as a transit lounge, as it is completely separate from the airport. You have go through immigration and customs and take a 5-10 minute taxi.
翻译:不管谷歌怎么说,这个地方的一个版本仍然开放(至少到 2023 年 5 月)。但是,它不再像 TripAdvisor 或 Google 上的图片显示的那样。所以睁大眼睛来吧!您需要忽略您在网上看到的所有旧照片和描述 - 看起来甚至是 2022 年的照片和描述。这个地方不再是那样了。
整个产品现在是一个中等大小的房间,被细分为“休息室”和“治疗”区域。
“休息室”就在房间的前面,那里有三张沙发。天很黑。您可能可以在那里打个盹或使用笔记本电脑,但它的亮度不足以让您看书。
“水疗中心”/“治疗区”只是休息室后面房间的一部分。整个空间是两把扶手椅和三个基本的治疗柜,它们是通过添加甚至不是全高的隔墙创建的。这不是一个非常放松的氛围:他们不播放任何放松的音乐。有很多人经过这些小房间,外面议论纷纷。噪音也从一个小房间传到另一个小房间。但是,除此之外,按摩(就技术而言)实际上非常好。
浴室和淋浴虽然不好!事实上,他们很恶心。这是关键。厕所设施与大型建筑中的其他企业共享,包括一家繁忙的餐厅。水槽上覆盖着某人的剪发。单次淋浴肯定结块了霉菌、泥土、污垢和头发。淋浴喷头坏了。没有热水,只有冷水。根本不提供肥皂或洗浴用品。甚至没有提供毛巾。我们不敢相信水疗中心没有毛巾。因此,在两次请求之后,他们然后在后面挖了一些,给我们带来了两个非常破旧和污渍的 - 显然不适合客人。这绝对是我们走投无路才使用的那种浴室。
“商务中心”和咖啡馆是同一栋楼内完全独立的企业,您必须支付额外费用,因此在当前营销中暗示它们是 Essence of Fiji 产品的一部分是误导性的。 Essence of Fiji 地方没有食物或饮料 - 甚至没有喷泉。
过去几年(似乎甚至是 2022 年)的旅行者照片或营销图片中描绘的大多数其他便利设施似乎已不复存在,例如:没有私人休息室、没有储物柜、没有行李寄存处、没有电影室、没有屋顶休息室、没有沙龙,没有健身房,根本没有瑜伽/其他运动设施——至少没有提供给我们。这家公司真的应该要求谷歌和 TripAdvisor 等公司把他们所有的旧东西都拿下来,因为它现在已经缩减得令人难以置信了。
注意:这也不是大多数人可能真正认为的中转休息室,因为它与机场完全分开。您需要通过移民局和海关并乘坐 5-10 分钟的出租车。