Entertainment in Vanuatu

For local traditional Vanuatu entertainment, look no further than Solo’s Feast ‘n’ Fun Night with Kava tasting. Experience ‘earth-oven’ cooked local dishes with traditional dances and music. We also have other things to entertain you, such as our barbecue by the pool, a swim-up bar in our pool, ‘Alice’s Eatery’, Port Vila Golf and Country Club right next door, and others.

Melanesian Feast Night & Kava Tasting

Feast night string band

Solo's Melanesian Feast 'n' Fun Night is held once a week, on Thursday evening, where you get to experience the best in traditional entertainment including island music and dances, and earth-oven cooked dishes. You’ll even learn a thing or two about where the locals come from and their history. And of course, you can even try the local drink, Kava (also known as Kava Kava herb). It looks, and tastes, like muddy water. But it's something you need to try...at least once. Most of all, you’ll enjoy the buffet-style earth-oven cooked dishes. Then join in the fun with the local string band music and dancing. As a guest of Worawia, you can attend Solo's Feast 'n' Fun Night at specially discounted prices.

Swimming pool & swim-up pool bar

Cocktail served at the bar

For those moments when you want to refresh or have a swim, our freshwater pool will be just the thing. The swim-up bar in our pool is, well, basically just that. You can jump in the pool, swim-up to the bar, sit on a submerged barstool, and have a drink. Simple. You have choice of different drinks at out licensed bar, such as juices, straight and mixed drinks. Or try one of our colourful cocktails: Dabol Trabol, Mi Lukim Yu and Red Eye Nambawan, to name a few. And when you had enough of sitting in the water and want to get a bit of suntan, you can laze around the pool on our comfy sunbeds.

Alice’s Eatery

Alice's Eatery food serving

If you don't care much for cooking for yourself (and let's face it - you're on holidays) Alice's Eatery offers a varied menu for breakfast, lunch or dinner for that extra indulgence of self-induced laziness. Or order a snack when dinner seems too far away. And don’t forget – Alice will also prepare you a cooked breakfast – all you need is ask the night before. If you enjoy eating outdoors and watching the meals being prepared, or even part-taking in it, then our mobile gas barbecue is just the thing – after, sit down under our barbecue hut and enjoy your BBQ meal in the open. If, however, you prefer to eat privately, you can order your meals and drinks via the bar or reception for delivery to your bungalow.

Port Vila Golf and Country Club

Playing at Golf Club

If you enjoy whacking a little white ball about the place until it falls into a hole, the Port Vila Golf and Country Club is right next door. It also looks out onto the beach and sea...which is handy for throwing your clubs into, if the little white ball misbehaves. The Vanuatu Golf Open is held at the club every year, in early August – please enquire with us about it – we provide accommodation for golfers or golfing groups. Ask at our reception to arrange visitor/social membership at the club, whenever you visit.

Port Vila Attractions

Port Vila hillview

But if you’re in the mood to go further away, catch one of the local public mini buses, right at our side gate. For 200 vatu they’ll take you into the town – a 5-10 minutes drive. There, you’ll find … well, a lot of locals, some expats, and those looking lost – they’re tourists.

Port Vila has many harbour front restaurants and bars, as well as hillside ones with beautiful views, day or night. From grill, barbecue and seafood to Chinese, French and Aussie-style. There are grocery stores, a few supermarkets, take-away shops, souvenir and duty-free stores. There’s also the main Post Office building in the centre of town and a few bank branches – the local National Bank of Vanuatu, Westpac and ANZ, with ATM. Internet café is also there, not far from the banks, on the same side of the street as Post Office. A bit further, you’ll see the 24-hour green market, with local produce, fruits, handcrafts, etc. Tip: buy those large green bananas, which look rather green and try them – sweet as honey! By the way, there are 16 sorts of bananas in Vanuatu. And don’t worry if English is your only language – the locals speak and understand English well … and some speak French. Although the local language is bislama (also known as pidgeon english), the official school language in Vanuatu is English.

Vanuatu Reserve Bank

If walking up the hill is not your thing, then wander away from the main street towards the waterfront and enjoy the harbour sights. Or go for a leisurely walk along the waterfront. There’s also a nice grassy park there, to sit down, rest and absorb the sights and the island life atmosphere.

Vanuatu Casinos

Feeling lucky? Would like to try your hand on slot machines, or fancy a game of blackjack? No problem. There are two casinos in Port Vila. One is the Club 21 Limited in the Melanesian Hotel, while the other is The Palms Casino in the Le Meridien Hotel.

The Club 21 Limited has 66 'one-armed bandits' (slot machines), and offers table games with Baccarat and Blackjack, plus Anchor's Wheel of Gold - the roulette wheel. There are also 2 Italian restaurants with bars in the hotel, Gino's and Oasis Bar and Grill.

The Palms Casino has 53 slot machines and nine tables - 5 with Blackjack, 2 with Mini-Baccarat, and 2 with the roulette. There are 3 restaurants at the hotel, including a bar inside the casino.

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