This is something of a 'hidden gem': just out of the centre, but only 5-10 minutes' walk. And they have a quick and cheap taxi service. Large, air-conditioned and fan-cooled rooms, with basic kitchenette. Lots of stairs, so less good if you're handicapped. Quiet.
The poolside restaurant/bar is basic but good: worthwhile breakfasts, and a good set meal each evening.
This is a particularly good place to stay if you are in a family group [the pool and wataerslide are plusses], or if you're on a longer stay.
Solid value.

The Suva Motor Inn was clean and well kept considering the age of the building. The Poolside Restaurant was not the best, many of the items on the menu were out of stock and the food was very greasy. Our room had some issues with the bathroom flooding due to a leaking tub and the pillows were stained but the pillowcases, and bed sheets were clean. Joe was amazing and really made our stay at the Inn enjoyable. The Inn is located in an excellent spot - close to the downtown area and the waterfront, but still in a quiet area. A little pricey for what you get but its clean which is more than we can say for some of the other places we checked into and out of in Suva before coming to the Inn.

The pillows were mouldy, the air con was filthy, rats running around just outside my window

I really like the Suva Motor Inn. It's just that I'm not sure why. Maybe I like the intererior ambience--it's like a tropical garden all walled about with beautiful plantings with waterfalls dropping down the mountain into a beautiful natural pool. Except that it is a water slide and a very artificial pool, yet it all works well.

I happen to love the sound of kids shouting happily in the pool--and it's a great place for kids to slide their afternoons away. I would sit outside my door watching, play my ukulele, and generally have a fine afternoon doing nothing much.

The restaurant is VERY mediocre, but the pancakes are great. The front desk staff is first-rate--friendly and helpful and never at a loss. My room was HUGE with working air-con and swiveling ceiling fan, and the water was always hot and plentiful. There were a few teeny cockroaches in the bathroom, but nothing one wouldn't expect in any tropical location. The kitchenette had a great fridge, microwave, electric kettle, and was well stocked with crockery.

Just outside the hotel one can walk downhill to Albert Park and catch a cab anywhere, or walk up a bit of stairs to MacGregor road and also catch a cab anywhere. It is wonderfully close to the best Thai Massage spot in the Pacific (at 15 Pendry St,) and well worth FJ$60 to get an hour of real Thai massage from sight-impaired Fijians. Talk about a match made in heaven! Fijian muscle and Thai technique . . . . but I'll write that review another time.

The laundry service (sent out) was fast and reliable, and in every way I'll have nothing but great memories of this place. But as a vacation destination, I think it might not be great UNLESS you had kids old enough to swim and handle the admittedly steep (and unsupevised) slide. Apart from that, the kid entertainment options are negligible.