All the classified hotels have good restaurants. Tahitian food can be found in some hotels. Trucks or lunch wagons parked on the waterfront sell steak, chips, chicken, poisson cru, brochettes and shish kebabs . Papeete is full of life in the evenings with restaurants and nightclubs.
Most hotels feature Tahitian dance shows, bands and other traditional entertainment.
Shops will sometimes close for lunch, anytime between 1100-1400. Some shopping centres in the suburbs of Tahiti are open 0730-2000. Feb Blue Marathon , Moorea. Apr International Triathlon , Moorea. May Gotcha Tahiti Pro Surfing Competition , Teahupoo.