I went to the Jolly Beach along with 17 others for my friends wedding and i loved it!!!

I cant believe anyone wouldnt! The food was great and i loved the indian.
Staff where fine and friendly and although its busy its never crowded.

Beautiful beach and pools and when we were the two of the world cup cricket teams were stayin aswell.

I think its well worth a holiday here and would jump at the chance to go again!

Extremely rude staff, some didn't even acknowledge your alive, no matter how nice you are to them! (worst are the beach grill, beach bar and the omlette chef - Reginald - at hemispheres)
People say "It's the carribean way, that 's how they are, Rubbish! we've stayed at other resorts and they are much friendlier, these staff need to remember who's putting a roof over their head, and money in their pockets - TOURISTS
Just because a member of staff says "your welcome" after every line, doesn't mean that they mean it, you dont have to be a professor to read the body language given out, or lack of eye contact when your speaking to them!
Being fair, about 15% of the staff were absolutely wonderful, Janice at the bar, Sylvia and couple of other ladies in the restaurant, and not forgetting the lovely lady tending the gardens!

Poor food (Chicken and the pork sausages had blood running out), same choice every day, and never hot & recooked!

Poorly maintained, (3 blocks had fire alrms disconnected on all floors, with wires hanging out!)

Full of loud, crass English wedding parties and middle aged northerners (english) who thought they were the bee's knee's just because they had managed to remortgage their terraced house to pay to stay at this "LUXURY RESORT", that didn't mind what language they were using in front of other guests, kids ect, and divebombing senior guests in the pool.
You expect this in Benidorm, Ibiza ect in July when you've paid £200 / $400 dollars for a week, but not when you've paid £2200 / $4400 for a week in the Carribean. Then still need to buy your own bottled water, or drinks for the room as their was no were you could get a drink between midnight and breakfast (or no fridges in rooms to keep them cool)

Reception couldn't be bothered to arrange a late check out even though the hotel was quiet! (Even tried to force us out the room at 10.45 - because they have more guests waiting) check out is actually 12.00!

Housekeeping poor, floor not mopped once, table not wiped while we were there, and had to share 1 towel between us for 3 days and no face cloths, because "they were busy"

Beach vendors do get annoying but do go away if you say a polite no thanks, unlike the watersports people, they do not leave you alone at all!, when sleeping, when lying in the sun, at the bar, in the sea, 4 or 5 times a day by each watersports vendor.

Crab hole village - why cant the hotel provide toilets for these vendors they rent the huts too, many a time you would walk past and one of the vendors would be doing their buisness at the side of the hut!

St Johns
Dont waste your money!, the harbour in St Johns is OK, but very exspensive, the rest of the city is just the same of mass produced tourist rubbish they they think you will buy, just because it say's "Antigua" on it.

3 resounding plus's for the resort
(1) the beach, absolutely lovely
(2) Callie the Bo tours rep in resort who works also for First Choice, Hayes and Jarvis ect, Brilliant, very polite, and never pressurised on sales (the first rep ever, i've known not to do this, she explained what you get for your money, then go away ad think about it.) Well done Callie - excellent job!
(3) The little cats around the complex, please feed them they have babies in the bushes near the complex.

To sum up,
Beach great, Callie from Bo Tours - Great,
Rest of the place needs replacing from scratch, and that includes the majority of staff training.
If you going to spend £2200 for a weeks vacation, try Barbados or Mexico, where you get so much better quality for your money.

Shame on you Hayes and Jarvis & Kuoni, this resort is not up to your usual standards and your guests expectations, and would be more suited to the lower grade travel companies, who I wont name but we all know who they are if you want a cheapo holiday, which this wasn't.

Myboyfreind and i just got back from a week stay in antigua.
This is my honest review:

Resort huge grounds, 1 big POOL AND 1 smaller ONE,
the grounds are beautiful, clean, the hotel and rooms need renovations but nice.

Beach: the best beach, beautiful white sand beach with sea shells warm clean waters, longest strech of beach for an all inclusive hotel in antigua

Food: 3 rsetaurants a la carte: Indian was great, italian was very good but not very authentic, the sea food reto is good but not great unless you have the lobster and steak at your own cost the buffet was not bad for supper and lunchbut for breakfast lacked choices I DEFINITLY RECOMMEND COCO'S GRILL FOR LUNCH, the best hamburgers and jerk ckicken you will ever have

Service: great staff great service, THEY ARE ALL EXTREMELY KIND, RESPECTFUL, ATTENTIVE, dont forget to talk to them they will not forget you throughout yuor stay

ENTERTAINMENT: the nighly shows were great however if you want a party ambiance you must go in to st johns

CASINO: We stayed 10 minutes lost 60us don't bother

JOLLY HARBOUR : beautiful must take a walk and try 2 restaurants there

EXCURSIONS: we strongly recommend the excellence circumnavigation and eli eco tour you can also take a ferry from st johns to visit barbuda for 20$us versus 148$from hotel

ST JOHNSi would recommed you take the bus or a cab into the city for shopping

RECOMMENDATIONS: if your planning to get pampered do not use the hotel's spa they are extremely expensive I TOTALLY RECOMMEND a lady by the beach near lydia's by the name of bernice she gives the best massage for 30us definitly you wont regret it trust me also if you want to jet ski look for matty he has the best price and service Pls be kind to leave tips i think i was the only one tipping this people work so hard overall i do recommend this resort for great time in the sun, beautiful scenery one of the nicest places i have ever been to and i have travelled a lot. Do not stay here if your expecting marble floors gold shower heads and chandeliers

good luck

Well to start out my wife and I have stayed in many all-inclusive resorts and we would recommend this one! The resort is not brand new and the room are on the small side and may need some paint. When we go on vacation, we are not concerned with a digital safe or if the frig is full!! We tend to pay attention to the location, service and cleanliness. We felt the staff to be friendly and the food to be very good. I recommend walking out to the beach, making a left and walking to the hidden resort on the hill. You will have to pay for your drinks but trust me you will not regret it!! The resort is very true to the island and that’s what I liked about it. The power did go out once for about 10 minutes but it just improved the view of the stars from the beach, That was a plus for us! If you are looking for a brand new resort , this is not the one for you. If you are looking for a great time with your loved one in a beautiful location (trust me, we have been to many), for a great price, then look no further. We have stayed at Sandals and many five star resorts but will be going back to this one. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding this resort.