We have just returned from a fortnight's stay at Dian Bay.
Our friends who had never flown before thought it was paradise.
The hotel, food and staff were excellent. We really did arrive as guests and left as friends. The pools and small beach were great. We certainly will be returning to see Brian, the Manager, Bernard & Wayne, the chefs, Brenda, the barmaid, Ericson, Hastings, Leonard and all the other staff who looked after us and made our holiday great. Nothing was too much trouble. Would recommend this resort to anyone who wants to get away from everything.

We have just returned from the Dian Bay, Antigua were we were supposed to stay for 10 days, we were booked on an all inclusive basis. The hotel rooms are basic, with air conditioning and a good view, the hotel is situated miles from anywere, there are no restaurants near by. The hotel has good staff but the manager is interesting, we complained about the food on our second day as the buffet style food was inedible, no fresh fruit, salad or veg available, and meat that needed a vet. On sunday morning we entered the dining room for our breakfast at 9am and there was no food available. Even the toaster wasn't working. We complained to the manager. We were asked to leave the hotel as he did not want people complaining. We checked out and enjoyed the rest or our holiday in a villa. We advise anybody who is travelling to this hotel not to go all inclusive, the hotel is obviously having problems with food it is inedible. We were extremely disappointed in the spa in the hotel as it was non existent. Antigua is fantastic place to visit. We had a great time when we relocated to better accomodation. Book at your peril.

My husband Terry and myself (Ellen) arrived at the Dian on the 13th January ...weather not too great after a long flight. But from then on what a wonderful time we had. The hotel was one of the most staff friendly that I have ever been to. Jo El on reception was a great laugh ...Im still haunting him with tales of spiders and snakes...!! Brenda at the Bar ...you lovely lady...wayne and all the guys in the kitchen...absolutely fabulous.
the rooms were well adequate...loads of space around the pool...sometimes a bit tight on the beach ..but normally you got on. Even the gardeners were a right laugh...
0ne complaint...sorry Jo El but I have to do it....when you have to leave your room at 12.00 mid-day and you are not leaving the resort till 7.00pm and you are mid-tropical storm ...its a bit of a problem. I think that they need to sort a room out which is not just a hospitality room for a shower for half-an-hour but a room kind of library type where you can just sit without being battered by the wind and rain. Unfortunately the bar and reception and even the dining room are all open to the elements. So please take a brolly with you for the adventurous run to breakfast......forget the lippy and the hairspray girls!! Seriously though if thats the only compaint (Jo El!!) then it cant be bad ...Love to All you Guys there.xx Ellen. Ps. Wayne Im still trying to get back my voice from the sing song around the piano...fantastic night...!! Forgot and great value for money....!!

Just arrived back from a fantastic holiday in Antigua. It could of all been a lot worse though if we had stayed at our resort. We have no complaints about the resort itself, the place was beautiful and the staff were freindly and appoachable but from the first day that we arrived we noticed that the dining options were limited and not up to scratch at all. Nearly all meals were buffet (which is alright, we were told there was not fresh pineapple so we had tinned (although they were lots in the markets we saw) but the choice was either limited or repetitive. A number of guests made comments and some were asked to leave the hotel by the manager after asking to be put on bed/breakfast only and being told they could not. There was no lemon/lime behind the bar and generally the food was not up to standard (until later in week). On our own account we left the resort early and sought our own accomodation and found the rest of the island was fantastic, beautiful and the cuisine was wonderful and after everything with only four days left we made the right choice visiting Antigua as the people were very welcoming.