I was expecting perfection at $1200/night and received it. Sandy Lane was wonderful, from the friendly airport pick up to the fantastic room and food. I can not wait to return!

My fiance and I just returned from a 3 day stay in Sandy Lane.
We were told that this is the best hotel on the Caribbean. We've traveled to 11 different islands so far, and stayed at luxury properties on most of our trips. In our opinion, Sandy Lane is NOT the best one, it's definitely above average by far, but not the best.
Hotel is very nice. Rooms are awesome. Everything is automated, you don't even need to get up to change temperature, turn lights, etc. You can browse internet right in your room, as well as watch DVDs. Bathroom is amazing, beautiful, huge. We had an ocean view room on the first floor, so beach was literary a couple of steps away, which was very convenient.
Now, I personally value beach a lot on vacations like that. I've seen breathtaking beaches, however, this was nothing to write home about. Average at best. Beach was white sand, but not the best "quality". If you want to go for a swim, it'd become deep literary after a few steps, which was probably why the water was not that warm at all. The ocean floor was also not smooth. When you lie down and sun tan, you hear everything your neighbours are talking about - you are that close to the other cabanas. Was a big draw back for me.
Service was nice, but not on par with the price that you have to shelf out for the hotel. You definitely feel like people are nice to you because they're getting paid to do so, and it's not genuine. I guees hotel is full of stuck ups who can not be treated any other way.
Food was great. We went to the restaurant 'the Cliff' not too far from the hotel - it was amazing, situated on a cliff, food can rival the best restaurants in North America. It's not cheap at all, but definitely worth trying.
Gold course is beautiful to say the least. A joy for the eyes. And there are monkeys on it!
Overall, we had a nice stay. But, we won't be back any time soon.

Spent five nights at this resort and although the accommodations were fantastic, i was disappointed on several occasions with the service. I selected this hotel because I heard such great things about it and it did not meet my expectations. The service was spotty. We had great experience with certain staff and not so great with others. The rooms are great (large and clean). If you are not too concerned with the spotty service, give it a try and see what everyone else is talking about...

'Sandy Lane' - what are name!We went and had a good time all together. To start with the mainly positive points, we loved the food and the Island overall as there more just the Hotel. The Service is continiously good and at a high level - we felt well looked after. The spa and Pool were amazing with a variety of treatment and plenty to do for the children.The things we did not like - just because we didnot look for them on a caribbean vacation - are the british colonial style interior, formalities all over and down town City Hotel dress code. At times we felt we were in Florida and not in the casual Caribbean. The Beach was well managed but way too small and public; the pool was therefore were we spent our 'beach days'.In general, if you have what it takes ($$$) and plan to travel to the Caribbean there should be other Resorts a lot more suitable; if you look for chic dinning and the 'old times' you should consider the Sandy Lane.