I stayed in the Grand Pineapple for 10 days in May 2007.
I had air con in my room and it faced the spectacular beach.
The location was fabulous,the hotel grounds were beautiful with bright flowers everywhere and the beach was small but wonderful.
If you follow the footpath round by the dining area you come to what i call a 'shack'. There you will find Mary cooking her famous chicken & ribs (much nicer than hotel food) You can see from the photos that there have been a lot of visitors in the past. Great during the day but wouldn't recommend going there in the evenings on your own.
That was the positive.

This is the negative.
The food was not grand not even in the Pineapple Grill which was Italian,the menu was very limited and i don't think i finished one meal in there. The 'disco' that's held sometimes in the Grill is so dark that you bump into everything & it's rubbish!
There were a lot of children screaming and running around but that can't be helped! Because of this and the crap food i ventured out a lot more than i normally would have done!

We stayed with our 14 yr old and 3 yr old daughters for a week from the 9th May 08. The hotel is at a brilliant location, the beach and sea are just fantastic - clean, warm and very shallow. You dont get bothered by vendors either, even though the locals have full right of way. We found the staff really helpful and they all loved our little 3yr old girl Maisy and would make a big fuss of her each meal time. The rooms are tired but were cleaned each day to a high standard and the shower/bath always had really hot water. We stayed at 221/223 which were interconnecting rooms leading straight out onto the beach, they did suffer from noise at the bar area but only until 2300hrs. The hotel has 2 pools, a small adults onIy and the main pool which is bigger. Neither of them were busy as most people tend to head for the beach, sunbeds were always in a plentiful supply. If you are thinking of going with small kids there is nothing for them to do so make sure you take plenty to entertain them inc UV Protector Tent as the sun is vicious.The pinapple grill restaurant lacks charm and we found the food a bit cold - the other restaurant Topaz is brilliant though with really nice food. All in all a really good relaxing 7 day holiday which we highly recommend to you.

We went for a friends wedding on 25th April for a week and it was fantastic.Everything about the place was total relaxation.The staff are faultless and so is the hotel.We had a upgrade to ocean view(room 832) which was very spacious.The food and drink was second to none.Try marys outhouse for ribs and chicken and beer,we had what we brits call"a good session" up there.Comments such as "it looks a bit tired" "lot of steps up to some rooms " etc should be taken as what they are worth- nothing!!!!!!!.The hotel is spot on!.

Returned from Grand Pineapple Beach 2 weeks ago so thought i'd write a review as i use trip advisor all the time. We were first given room 416 when we checked in, we arrived at 5pm and we were given dinner reservations for 6.30. So it was a quick shower, change then out to dinner. Dinner was good, had the sail fish (i think) then a few drinks then an early night (9.30 ish). When we got back to our room the air con seemed very loud so i switched it off but the noise remained. After investigating (having a look around the back of the building ) i realised 3 air con units that serviced the whole block was attached to the outside our bedroom wall. It was very noisy and made the pillow vibrate. So i went to reception and asked if we could be moved. This was'nt a problem so packed up our stuff and moved across the way to room 406, which was much better. The hotel as a whole is good. my husband and i like a lie in when on hol so often miss breakfast times but theres always summat to eat from the snack bar or mary's. The snack bar was brill, the burgers and fries were always good and there was always a smile from the staff. Marys was good as it was a change from the topaz, not really a fan of chicken wings or ribs but they looked good, we just went for the views and the beer. Although the hotel is very clean the bathroom taps etc were in need of replacing and these were the same in our standard room as in our friends upgraded beach front rooms. But it by no means put me off as i said everthing was very clean. We went to hotel as part of a group of friends who one couple got married. So it was booked for us and as i said hotel was good, great beach etc i prefere to be closer to other shops , bars etc and the GPB is at the opposite side of island to busier St Johns we had to get taxis everywhere. We spent over £100 in a week on taxis to go shopping, golfing and just getting around. So all in all I would go back to Antigua but not the GPB, not cos it was bad but the location was a bit remote for our liking. But if your a beach bum and your happy to stay in one place then its a very nice hotel, good food , friendly staff and great beach.