🦞 Lautoka Travel Guide: Honest Tips for Food & Fun! 🇫🇯

📍 Why Lautoka? • Fiji’s "Sugar City" – Less touristy than Nadi, but still vibrant! • Location: Just 30 mins from Nadi Airport ✈️ • Vibe: Authentic local life – markets, sugarcane fields, and friendly faces 😊 ⚠️ Food Pitfalls (What to Avoid!) 1️⃣ "Fresh" Seafood Scam 🚫 Many restaurants serve frozen lobster/crab (even if they claim it’s "just frozen") How to spot: Too-cheap prices ($30 FJD for a "whole lobster"? Suspicious!) Rubbery texture = 🚨 not fresh! 2️⃣ Overhyped Indian Restaurants Some places reuse oil = soggy samosas 😩 Safe bet: Stick to SWAGAT (chain with quality control) 🍽️ Where to Eat Instead ✔ Lautoka Market: Morning fish auctions (real fresh catch!) 🐟 $5 FJD BBQ stalls (skip the fancy restaurants) ✔ Bulabula Café: Farm-to-table veggies + real coconut crab (rare find!) 🥥 #LautokaTruths #TravelSmart #FijiEats