Name: The Espiritu
Address: LUGANVILLE, Luganville, VU

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2026

Wendell

Clean and modern room. Very helpful staff. Old shower head.

Self

8/10

Excellent

05 Jun 2026

Nahman

Good service in center of town, but rooms are VERY small for the price that we paid we should have got better. Also, no view

Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Jun 2026

Leah

My room was clean and comfortable. The staff were lovely. Close to town and easy to find.

Self

8/10

Excellent

15 May 2026

Juliana

Great staff - thank you Gaetan for the warm welcome and lovely service, and Mario for the cocktails! Rooms are freshly renovated, hot water a little temperamental - just have to be patient, food is delicious, very good wifi. The Espirtu is a nice place to stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Feb 2026

Leanne

Room was clean and well equipped. Staff are wonderful. I was worried that the in town location meant noise but this was not a problem. The town settles down early, by 830 so it is quiet.

8/10

Excellent

04 Jan 2026

Jakub

Room was a little outdated but functional and clean. The breakfast menu get repetitive really quickly and we did not get fruit every time and some item from menu weren’t available.
Staff was friendly and helpful but failed to manage water taxi to Aore island,but maybe the problem was with the taxi provider.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Dec 2025

David

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10/10

Exceptional

18 Nov 2025

graham

The staff were very friendly, happy and helpful

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2025

Paul

great location with supemarket 2 min walk away, money exchange (western union) over the road and the market within 2km. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Quiet with a lovely poolside setting for lunch and tea.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

18 Oct 2025

Joel

We had no WiFi in our stay which was very frustrating, and there was also not hot water for our showers. We expect more from a hotel of this standard. The staff were great and lovely! And it’s located right in the centre of town.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Oct 2025

Manuel

The \"Tú\" as is refered to, was a great experience. The staff service, kidness and attention to detail went over my expectations. The food was pretty good and the beds really comfy. Next time in Santo I will definitely book again.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

26 Jul 2025

Glen

Helpful staff, central location, nice pool area. Adequate complementary breakfast. But room and balcony somewhat dated and basic for price. Only 2 channels on TV. Good Wifi

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jul 2025

Zechariah

Such a great stay! We were really busy on different outings throughout our time but our room was so pleasant to go back to and get the rest we needed. Very comfortable and great staff! We felt very taken care of the whole time.

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

16 May 2025

Peter

For price i paid of $200 a night is very disappoinring. Had seminar going with band noise coming directly up to my room. Friday night is party time in town and they do have a great time but room was directly over street. Breakfast very basic.
Redeeming feature is the staff

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 May 2025

Andrew

Very clean, nice pool, close to everything - centrally located.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2025

Jerome

A good base for exploring Santo.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

27 Nov 2024

Phil

This is a friendly, well run, clean, quiet home away from home. Chef standard food is superb - always a great bar and restaurant experience. It’s been an absolute delight to keep returning here year after year. Locals also appreciate it as the best place in town to gather for family and work functions - this is a great tick of approval from a seasoned traveller. Business can also be conducted with good office backup from the front desk - always with a willing smile.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Nov 2024

Jimmy

excellent location and staff hospitality. Highly recommended if you visit Santo

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

09 Jul 2024

Tambrie

The people and staff were caring and considerate. The only problem was, a couple of nights i had no water until about 5:30 am. If i used the bathroom in the night i could not wash my hands.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jun 2024

Jud

Great place to stay on Santo

Great Staff. Really good food. Nice location in town. And they have lots of packages for tourists. Rooms are nice and clean with AC!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2024

Shawn

Staff were excellent friendly and helpfull. Rooms were great

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2024

Donna

Espiritu was a great location in the town, the restaurant offered delicious meal and drink options. Rooms were simple but nice and clean, The staff were incredible.😊

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

23 Feb 2024

Filipo

Average room and dining area was hot but staff were helpful and friendly.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

18 Feb 2024

paul

The staff more than made up for the shortcomings of the hotel. They catered to your beconed call. They made a point of learning your name and going out of the way to greet you and ask how you were doing. One of the staff even offered to walk with me a couple of blocks to the local museum.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

20 Aug 2023

Verified traveler

It was okay. Nothing to get excited about.

The hotel is basic. The main building has a nice pool (cold) and bar area. The rooms are functional but has wear and tear, and a little run down. The beds are comfortable. It was ok for the price. The area is not the best, I would recommend staying out near a beach or with a family if you want better accessible sites. The restaurant was great when you could get the options. Supply options seem to be an issues as they were out of things, sometimes almost everything.

For comparison, this would be a hotel you would pay 10-20$ for in Asia.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Aug 2023

Andrea

Good accomodation

8/10

Excellent

22 Jul 2023

Russell

Loved the facilities and swimming pool.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2022

Peter

Love the Espiritu

Clean rooms, comfy beds, friendly staff, delicious food - what more could we want? We will certainly stay again.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

17 Sep 2022

Thor

Great

Very nice hotel and super restaurant. Can recommend!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 May 2021

Peter

Stat

Excellent service, especially considering the remoteness and recent global challenges. Well done

Business

8/10

Excellent

07 Jan 2020

Joel

Perfect Location

Perfect stay, rooms clean, staff very friendly and helpful. The Espiritu has one of the main restaurants in town which was not only good food but extremely convenient. Also has one of the main dive shops attached for those interested in diving, if so highly recommend pacific dive. All in all a very pleasant stay and would definitely recommend!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Oct 2019

Sue

Comfortable beds, lovely environment (shady area and great pool) and helpful & friendly staff.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

23 Sep 2019

Philip T S Chua

Good Value and Location

Great location, friendly staff and hotel has a dive shop. Spacious room with adequate facilities. Limited complimentary breakfast.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Sep 2019

MexiCoco

Centrally located in town. Staff is friendly and helpful in arranging tours. The food in the restaurant was delicious. The room was spacious, comfortable and clean. There was some traffic noise, but pretty quiet at night. Would stay here again!

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

This is a nice property right in the centre of the town. The only disappointing element of my stay was that part of my family couldn't get to Santo due to a medical incident and the staff at The Espiritu said they would consider a refund on the unused room we booked. They never replied to me - if they wanted to decline it, they could have. An answer would have been nice.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2019

MEL

We also stayed in 2013. The refurbishment is excellent and has a mini resort feel but right in the centre of town. On-site restaurant has terrific food and efficient service. The pool is a fantastic addition.
The staff are friendly and very helpful, and rooms are serviced daily.
We don't mind stairs, but as rooms are on the 2nd and 3rd level, it might be difficult for some.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

The staff are fantastic - very friendly and accommodating. The food was good. Location was great for doing various activities on the island.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

My wife and I have stayed in numerous hotels across Vanuatu and this is one of the best . All the staff are well trained and deliver a quality of service that is often missing in other accommodation.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 May 2019

Steve

Great staff and accommodations! Always a pleasure to return. Will be back again whenever I am I Luganville.

Business_and_leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

12 Apr 2019

Robert

Really liked it

Right in the middle of town which is fairly shabby. Looks okay from the street but once you step inside it is a little piece of paradise. Pool is gorgeous, dining room couldn’t be prettier. Friendly staff. Comfortable room a/c keeps it chill.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Local Stay

We have eaten at the Tu Restaurant many times, but we spent our first night at the Espiritu just recently. We booked a family room on the third floor (counting the ground floor as #1). It was quite a contrast to our usual lodging in Vanuatu. For one thing, there were two bathrooms attached to the room, and both showers had hot and cold running water. There was not an outhouse anywhere in smelling distance. Good fly screens keep out mosquitoes in the unlikely event that any find their way to the third floor of this downtown location. Electric power to everything but the refrigerator is controlled by the room key. When we came in for the evening, we turned on the air conditioner and shut the windows. This effectively shut out (most of) the outside noise. My wife borrowed a couple of DVDs from reception. They were children's movies for our daughter to watch on the in-room TV and DVD player. I perused the internet. It was slow and had a 7168 MB limit for 7 days, but any internet in Santo is a big plus. The beds were very comfortable. We slept well. Our daughter enjoyed the pool as she always does when we come to the restaurant. The complimentary continental breakfast was available to order, rather than on buffet, but it was ample. If you are looking to experience the real Vanuatu, then this is not for you. If you are looking for comfort in the heart of Santo Town, then this is the place for that.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Nice hotel, great amenities. Air con works well but no channels available on the tv in the room. Staff is lovely. The hotel is in the middle of Luganville city, close to the supermarket, local market, few restaurants, pharmacy,...

10/10

Exceptional

05 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

very friendly guys and do lots to help you, more than others.

8/10

Excellent

01 Nov 2018

Marc

Close to the airport at downtown Espiritu Santo. Shops and restaurants close by. The rooms were comfortable and the outdoor pool area and restaurant was beautiful. Food was great. Will definitely go again. Would be nice to have steadier wifi signal and hot water running constantly rather than at just certain hours of the day though.

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2018

Hamish

Very central and great pool / bar area. Food great.

10/10

Exceptional

21 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

My 20th trip to Vanuatu but first to Santo. I was very happy with the hotel, superb food all cooked on site & great staff. Will def stay again. You can add an egg or sausage to the continental breakfast if you like.The room was huge & a quiet A/C unit. Hot water in the shower without a miss.

8/10

Excellent

04 Sep 2018

Russell

Pleasent stay in the center of town

Very welcoming, helpful staff. Great setting with a nice pool and convenient restaurants close by.

10/10

Exceptional

16 Aug 2018

Karina

Great location, clean rooms, helpful staff

Lovely hotel. We arrived on a Sunday morning not realising everything was closed. We hadn't pre booked a tour and all hire cars were booked out until the day we left. The lovely lady on reception was very helpful and called around to some drivers. We then managed to get a driver to take us up the east coast which was a lovely day. Hotel is in the best location. Rooms are spacious and clean. King bed sofa fridge kettle t.v. desk and bathroom. Pool and pool table which can be used. Food is lovely. Happy hour every day too. Would stay again and totally recommend. Thanks for having us.

8/10

Excellent

15 Jul 2018

PM

Best option in town

Comfortable, clean rooms with air con and good beds. Family rooms have two bathrooms. Surprisingly quiet with construction next door and across road. Main supermarket 50m down road. If your luggage is heavy, ask for ground floor or you will be carrying upstairs. WWII artefacts on display in breakfast restaurant.

8/10

Excellent

16 May 2018

Jack

Comfortable stay, good location. Beware car hire!

Very pleasant hotel in centre of town. Comfortable and spacious room and helpful staff. Good restaurant.

One criticism: we hired a car from the hotel to pick up from the airport without meeting anyone first. The car didn’t have a full tank of fuel in, notwithstanding the paperwork noting that it did, and we were expected to take it back full. Hence we paid for more fuel than we used. The staff weren’t really interested in doing anything about it !

Family

6/10

Pleasant

01 May 2018

Simla

Business trip

Overall good.. was for business so not bad

10/10

Exceptional

19 Feb 2018

Verified traveler

what a great place to stay!

Had an absolutely wonderful stay here. Staff were friendly and super efficient, food and cocktails were outstanding! Spent most of the day in the pool drinking cocktails on the last day of our holiday and it was an unexpected gem. Well done to The Espiritu team! will definately be back and highly recommend.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jan 2018

Verified traveler

Nice pool and good location in Luganville

The Espiritu is an affordable mid-range option in Luganville, located right in the centre of town. It has a beautiful pool, a restaurant and even an in house dive shop.
Reception, kitchen and bar staff all lovely, and happy to help. The water cut out a few times while we stayed - however we still enjoyed our time here.
Spacious rooms, with mini fridge, water bottles provided and a kettle :)

Would recommend to friends.
Happy hour at the bar (full price cocktails are fairly expensive!)

8/10

Excellent

08 Dec 2017

william

rooms do not have hot water !

8/10

Excellent

17 Oct 2017

Martin

Nice hotel in the centre of Luganville

We stayed for over a week in this hotel. The friendliness of the staff was great, the rooms were clean and serviced every day very thoroughly. We had breakfast in price of the stay but if there was one thing we weren't happy about, it was definitely the breakfast. Not only were they out of some stuff almost every day, they also mixed our orders on several occasions. On one occasion our servings of yoghurt (which is literally one tablespoon) were grainy, lumpy and tasted spoiled. The days before it was fine though, we never ordered yoghurt after that. Lunch and dinner services were fine with fair prices comparable to the rest of the island and very high food quality which we appreciated. We rented a car with the hotel without any problems which was fantastic and also dived with the company that resides at the hotels reception. Overally a positive experience.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2017

Steven

What a gem! Perfect for business or pleasure!

I've been traveling for both business and pleasure in Vanuatu for 17years, The Espiritu is the best value I've found! This is my 'go-to' place in Santo. The staff have been exceptional, the rooms clean, and the restaurant fantastic. Located in the center of Luganville you step inside and feel like you're at a resort. It is rare that I get an immediate positive reaction to a hotel -- and i travel almost weekly -- but The Espiritu felt perfect from the start to the finish. This stay is a business trip but I'll be back for my next Santo holiday.

8/10

Excellent

07 Aug 2017

Anon

Good central base for diving President Coolidge

This hotel delivers as a convenient and clean home base for diving the President Coolidge. There isn't much else to do in Santo, but this hotel provides a clean, convenient base if you want to do it. The kitchen also provided the most tasty and timely a la carte service in Longueville. The hotel staff were also very accomodating, even allowing a later than standard check-out, to accomodate an unwell passenger on an evening flight.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2017

Josh

Nice with great food

The pool/dining area is beautiful especially at night. Meals are expensive compared to elsewhere in town but quality is superb. Stagf are friendly an helpful. We had a room with balcony. It wasn't extravagant but was comfortable and clean. Unfortunately there was demolition going on next door which was noisy.

8/10

Excellent

21 Apr 2017

Bonnie

Great location in town centre. Friendly staff.

Perfect base for exploring santos. Lovely staff. Decent restaurant and breakfast. Good location in centre of town.

8/10

Excellent

01 Apr 2017

Verified traveler

Good but beware of windowless rooms

Everything was good except the room had no windows! The only daylight came via the bathroom. Ask for room with a view (or at least a window) when booking.

10/10

Exceptional

26 Mar 2017

f

Close to the centre of town

Second time we have stayed here, great staff and management, very helpful with everything and recently renovated

8/10

Excellent

22 Mar 2017

Ken

A nice setting in a great place

The Espiritu staff is exceptional, very warm and genuinely interested that you enjoy your stay. The location of the hotel in town lets you experience the life of Luganville while also giving you broad access to the island. The presentation of the hotel is lovely and inviting. The rooms, recently updated and comfortable, could have used the eye of someone with a little more experience in modern decor.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Mar 2017

Lucille

Clean and secure

Overnight stay on arrival
Very pleasant staff, extremely helpful
Room and balcony spotless!
Fantastic food and service in Tu Restaurant
Highly recommend
Would stay again

Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Jan 2017

Wayne

Great week in Luganville\n

Good food, pool and bar service. Friendly helpful staff and an overall pleasant experience. The locals are very friendly and helpful

8/10

Excellent

03 Jan 2017

Verified traveler

Central

Great choice if you're looking to stay in town. Close to all shops, very friendly staff and nice, clean rooms. The attached restaurant also serves delicious food. It is an easy point for tour pick ups also. All round, a great stay.

10/10

Exceptional

24 Dec 2016

Verified traveler

Staff were very helpful and Sandra organised a wonderful day trip fo us

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Nov 2016

elmo

Great hospitality and setting

I was their for scuba diving and this hotel was perfect

8/10

Excellent

12 Nov 2016

Miichael

Centre of Town

Lovely place. Right in the middle of Luganville. The poolside dining room looks enchanting at night. Just 2 small improvements needed - bedside lamp would be good, and for people who need to work on laptops the rooms could do with a small work desk or something to put a laptop on.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2016

Qian

Nice hotel near the center of town

Nice hotel near the center of town. There was a beautiful pool and common area in an inside courtyard, perfect for lazing by the pool an afternoon or drinks before dinner. There was also an on-site restaurant that served great food. You have everything you need for a fabulous vacation...

8/10

Excellent

25 Apr 2016

D & D

Good Location

Under some building extensions, issues with hot water, excellent Chef / Restaurant.

8/10

Excellent

29 Mar 2016

Carina

All good

10/10

Exceptional

21 Mar 2016

Verified traveler

Beautiful outdoor area/pool/restaurant/bar

The staff at the Espiritu were so friendly and helpful, they got to know all of the guests by name, organised any tour you wanted and supplied snorkels/beach towels. The dinner menu at the hotel was amazing and there are other restaurants/kava bars within walking distance. Best place to stay in Luganville

8/10

Excellent

02 Feb 2016

Verified traveler

good option for luganville

Had a nice stay here, staff are friendly and helpful

Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Sep 2015

Judy

Friendly relxaion