The Verandah is a nice resort for a family vacation. We visited with our 3-year old son and we all had a great time. The grounds are meticulously maintained and spotless. The staff was professional, attentive, and very friendly.

For an all-inclusive resort in the Carribean, the food was surprisingly good, with a good mix of local flavors as well as plenty of basics at each meal. Not much difference in terms of styles in each of the three restaurants - all pretty much had the same feel - but all were good. This is our sixth time at a Carribean all-inclusive resort - and the food here was as good as any other.

Beach was beautiful, always clean and great for kids. The hotel provides a huge selection of beach toys for the kids, as well as some great ocean toys - including the usual kayaks, paddle boats, sail boats as well as some other items I had never seen before - such as water trampolines, water sleds, row-boat style paddle boats. Leave your sand shovels and pails at home - there are plenty available on the beach, and there was never a wait for any of the water toys. Because the ocean stays shallow it's great for kids. Although the beach is not huge - it never felt crowded and it was easy to find a quiet spot. Spots in the shade were a little bit harder to come by (particularly by the pool). Drinks are available on the beach, and a grill is close by. There is some decent snorkling available right off of the beach - but you need to swim out quite a bit before visibility clears, and you have to get very close to the reefs to see the good stuff.

Pool is nice - but the water was colder than the ocean, and the pool area for some reason was windier than the beach. Free Wi-fi Internet access at the pool was a nice plus. The ongoing construction at the resort was completely unnoticeable.

If you are looking for lot of night time acitivity, or for a lot of organized activities during the day - this is not the hotel for you. If you are looking for a fun family resort, or a quiet beach vacation - the Verandah is a nice choice.

We were quite impressed with the resort. However there are due to be 250 rooms but as it isn't complete there were only 25 in use. When more rooms are in use it will not be so pleasant and some rooms will be a long walk to the pool/restaurants.

Breakfast was buffet style and we're not a fan of this but the food was ok.

The rooms were nice and spacious, with a small kitchenette which would be great for a family.

Probably ideal for a family but not a quiet place when it's completed I think.

I visited with my husband and son at the start of the month for a week's holiday. I knew that the resort was new and not quite finished but unless you actually go and look for the work being done on the last few units, there is very little impact and certainly you don't get any noise or other disruption. They are building more games and leisure facilities in another area of the resort which will probably make the hotel more suitable for people with families with older children too - at the moment it is probably best for people with younger kids or couples who just want to chill.

The resort is beautiful and the gardens are stunning - and will only get better I think. Lovely landscaping and lots of gardeners in evidence. The food was good at all the restaurants. I would recommend Nicoles - as it had a slight edge on the others - but all were good. The staff in the restaurants were all very friendly with none of the 'perfuntory' service attitude that I have unfortunately found in some hotels in the Caribbean. They all seemed very happy to be working in the hotel and were genuinely concerned to make sure you had a good holiday - it was a lovely atmosphere.

The spa was wonderful - highly recommended - I was told to go by lots of other guests who very also very positive. Great Thai Massage and lovely facials.

Good, large comfortable rooms, lovely kid's club with a great climbing frame, the watersports were fun (and the beach and bay very safe for children), a very nice gym and a great pool with bar service round the pool too - a wonderful holiday in all. Good bands in the evening and a magician one night who was surprisingly good. We'll definately be going back.

We only stayed a week but we really felt that we'd recharged the batteries and we'll definately go back. It's such a pleasure to be able to write a review without having a moan...the only minor complaint was the fact that the lovely cooling breeze (which was very welcome) meant that my husband didn't notice he was burning - but I can't blame the hotel for that! The bar staff did warn him!

I stayed here for a week March/April.

This seems like a budget young family hotel.

The resort is still being built so a third is still a building site. Personally I would say that 154-172 seemed like the nicest placed. The finished sections of garden/landscaping on the resort are beautifully planted and this was my favourite part of the hotel. The rooms are basic and spacious, but have great bathrooms and though they are advertised as sleeping four, this would feel quite Butlins-esque.

There is only really one usable beach which is small and good for children but could have been in Devon (UK) and does not feel like a caribbean beach. Next door to the resort is Long Bay which is beautiful but you will get charged to sit on it.

The food is OK, better on buffet nights, but maybe a bit synthetic (no real juice which seems crazy, only re-constituted syrup and concentrate). And while some of the staff are really great, particularly in the restaurant, many are just doing the minimum required and will happily let you resolve your own needs or find what you are looking for. I am not sure if this is part of the caribbean laid back ness, but if they want to build a good reputation should work on this.

There are also notably no comfortable communal areas - and as it was stormy while we were there, you end up sitting in your room rather than at a hard seat in the open air bar, especially when you don't want to drink or be in a bar atmosphere.
The spa was nice but the last appointment is at 3.30pm which seems strange and restricts its usability.

I think the resort needs more attention to detail, comfort and user friendliness - even the feed back form doesn't really want to know what you think (it has the tiniest space for suggestions). In it's current state it's basic and a bit harsh, and as it doesn't have the best natural resources really needs to work on finding it's unique selling point. It's advertised as a green resort, but this really wasn't apparent.