We just got home from our honeymoon at Sandals in Antigua and we couldn't have wished for a more perfect place!!! From the moment we arrived, everything was taken care of for us. When we arrived, we learned that we were given a complimentary room upgrade and ended up with a beachfront room with it's own bar that was restocked everyday. We were in the older part of Sandals but after seeing how the new Mediterranean Village was set back from the beach, we figured we had the perfect room with a pool that almost was never used by anyone but us 20 steps away and the beach another 2o steps beyond that. The room was very nice and comfortable and out of the way of the main traffic by the mediterranean village. The food was great with so many options and you can't beat the swim-up bar. The best part was how nice the staff there was though. They all seemed so happy to be there and ready to do anything for you. Antigua is truly a paradise with crystal clear water and powdery sand. We were able to do as much as we wanted from snorkeling to wind surfing to using the hobie cats or as little as we wanted. The only bad part of our stay at Sandals at Antigua was leaving. We would go back in a hearbeat and hope to be back there soon.

We stayed at the Sandals Grande Antigua from May 26, 2008 - June 2, 2008 for our honeymoon. We stayed in the St. Tropez Suite in the new Mediteranian Village side. Our room was awesome, and while we had a good time, and the island is gorgeous, we didn't think that this particular Sandal's lived up to the hype you hear on the commercials. We have had friends tell us great things about other Sandals locations (St. Lucia), so we may check them out in the future, but we probably will book a cruise for our next major vacation (seems to be more cost effective). We took an Eco-tour book cruise while we were there, and they picked us up right on the beach! This tour was definately worth it! Hint, book the tour before you go, and you pay less.

The biggest issues we had with this Sandal's were the food and the service. When you hear that the food is "5-star", don't get excited! There must be some other rating system they use (they might have gotten 5 out of 10 stars from me). The service was kindof hit or miss on days as well.

There were 4 restraunts that you needed reservations at for dinner. These were decent at best. If you did not have reservatoins that night, pretty much all of the other meals you had to choose from were buffet style, or just normal fast food kindof options. I LOVE to eat, and I was quite dissappointed at how poor the quality of their food was all-around. After a few days there, you realize its the same stuff all the time at most of the places to eat.

Sometimes our waiter or waitress was wonderful, and what we kindof had come to expect from the commercials. Other times, they would approach the table and ask "What do you want?". On top of that, they were completely imcompetant about our honeymoon tourndown service. I actually called them every single day we were there at least twice a day to let them know we did not receive our turn-down service, and they still never got to it.

Overall, it was a lot of money for sub-par/average food and service. We still had fun because we were on our honeymoon and the island and weather were great though.

We booked Sandals as our Honeymoon, and could not have been more delighted. Our room was in the Caribean part of the resort which was lovely, we were in a block of 10 rooms, we had a pool which was never very busy, and was only a small distance to the main bar and the beach, what more could you want. The people were so friendly, the food was excellent, we did not have a bad meal at any of the restaurants, we loved Kimonos, OK Coral and Barefoot the best.
The beach was great, and the water was really nice and warm. If you want a lounger in the shade you have to be early. The water spots were excellent.
We had a fantastic trip to Sandals, and Antigua. One bit of advice I would give is take spray for mosquitos and cream for treating bites. We felt very safe at all times, as we went on a day trip around the island, and would certainly go back.
Thank you for making it such a memorable time Sandals!

We spent our honeymoon here June 8th-14th in the Luxury Honeymoon Concierge Suite which was on the Caribbean side. I know everyone loves the new modern side but we absolutely loved our area. We had a small pool and hot tub right outside our room that was shared with a few other rooms. We called it the "Melrose Block". It seemed like there was never many people at this pool and if you wanted to be outside but not deal with the large crowds it was ideal. It all depends on your taste and we were very content having our alone time when we wanted it and being super social with the friends we made. We particpated in a lot of the events and routinely met up with other couples at the Caribbean Grove after dinner. From there it was either singing at Larry Mac's, playing a game or heading to the Cricketers for some late night nachos :) My husband and I both paid for the Pirate Party excursion and agree that it was worth every penny! We are social people and enjoyed swinging from a rope swing, walking the plank, snorkeling a shipwreck, swimming on another beach, drinking rum punch, eating a delicious grilled lunch and dancing to the captains music! We spoke with other couples that did the rainforest zip line and they wish they would have gone on the pirate ship. The zip line was fun and the sights were great but I was told there was no lunch served, the employees there were less then thrilled to be working and they were gone just as long as we were.
Both of us loved the food. We had no problems with reservations and all of it was delicious. My favorite bartenders were Roslyn during the day and Alvin at night. They will take care of you and make you their signature drink if you ask :)
I would recommend this place to anyone looking to relax and have fun! I will never forget it and we look forward to returning one day.