I originally had booked Almond Casuarina beach five months prior to our arrival but nearer the time of our arrival we found out that the hotel reports on this site mentioned the resort was far from being finished ! After checking out the pictures of the hotel and seeing it was still a building decided to switch our reservation to the sister hotel called Almond Beach Village. WRONG DECISION :o( !!!! We arrived at Almond Beach Village thinking that its an established resort and everything would be great I was wrong. We were offered two adjoining rooms above the kids club ! Our view was over the very shabby and run down kids playground together with the kids area of the pool !!! Room location was noisy and a very run down part of the resort. We tried all restaurants except the adults only and we were very dissapointed with all of them. One restaurant had such bad lighting we could not even see what we were eating and the taste did't even give us a clue ! All in all this resort is very shabby and needs to be closed for a total refurbishment and is not a good example of what Almond can offer. On day two we heard from other guests that the sister hotel Casaurina was open and was fantastic. Off we went in the free mini bus that links the two hotels to find this resort to be outstanding. We quickly transfered and I cant say enough about this new hotel. The rooms are spacious and all have large flat panel TV's and amazing bedding. Although this resort's main pool had just been filled and I presume most of the said building works completed I did not find this any major problem (believe me i am a difficult person to please). Any future guests need to be aware they are still completing this resort .... the main block overlooking the beach was still not open which I understand will hold approx 400 people and another block by the main entrance holding 200 would make, when at full occupancy a very busy resort. The two main restaurants were open and food excellent although a little slow - sometimes it would take 3 hours to complete a 3 course dinner but I am sure this is being addressed by the Manager. Dispite all this I would still recomend this resort to anybody and the staff would bend over backwards to help make your stay a very happy one. I will certainly go back to this resort .... Keith

Just returned from 10 days. I would rate this as decent, but nothing much more. Plenty of work still going on, however nothing particularly obstrusive.. Lots of painting of the hand rails up the stair and got inturupted once to have a smoke alarm fitted.

All the staff are very slow and communication between them all is pretty awful.
All the bars are small and not enough staff serving.. if ur at the the pool bar in the pool, you aint getting served! they only serve up top!
Entertainment ends at 11 so not mcuh to do after that.

Restaurants need booking and if you book any later than 1 you wont get in any where so you have to wait at the small one, which is 1st come 1st serve.

Beach is very nice, but be prepared to be offered 'goods' quite regularly by the locals.

The hotel was actually quite full when we were there.. sunbeds full up round the main pool, restaurants fully booked... So i have a feeling when the main block is open the whole place is gonna be rather overloaded.. Not sure id want to be going then..

My husband and I just returned from the renovated Casurina. It was terrific. Yes, they are still getting organized and some of the personnal are still learning new jobs, but overall, this is going to be one hot resort after a time. First, the restaurants require reservations however, many times if you do not like what they are serving you can switch and go to the other one. Right now there are only two to choose from. Also, do not be afraid to ask them to switch out items on the menu, ie. if you would like veggies versus rice, they will be more then happy to accomodate you. If you get the chance, do make reservations for the Italian restaurant at the Almond Beach Village. There is a shuttle that will take you over. It does run on a schdule so make sure you allow time to get there.
The beach is a lot of fun if you are a good swimmer. The waves are large and you can do some great boogie boarding. There is no snorkeling nearby which we were disappointed about.
If you have trouble with stairs, make sure you request a ground floor. The buildings that are open now do not have elevators. I understand from management they will eventually have a building open with elevators.
Also, the top floors do not have balconies. The sliding doors open but just to let the fresh air in. They are more geared for families who do not want their children out on baconies where they may be hurt.
Request rooms away from the center of the building if you like quiet. You could hear everyone walking and talking on the way to their rooms. The rooms themselves are very nice.
They still have a way to go when providing entertainment, but remember , they are still growing and getting organized. In 6 months time this will be a destination everyone will want to go to.

We got the special airline staff deal however despite our bargain were extremely wary after reading all of the reviews and forums on Tripadvisor.

As feared we got off to a bad start, had to wait an hour to check in and were then shown to our room (block 2) which was awful - really poorly finished off with a big gap under the front door which let in the mosquitos nicely. We had a sea view, however this was considerably marred by the building site in front of it. However that night we realised that the room was opposite the bar and live entertainment with no noise insulation - awful and we got no sleep due to the noise volume.

I asked to be moved the next day, not expecting a lot however was pleasantly suprised. We were promptly and courteously moved to a room in block 4 which was gorgeous - looking onto the gardens and most importantly PEACEFUL!

The rest of the stay was wonderful. We loved the restaurants, service in Waves (the main restaurant) could be pretty slow in the evenings however Enids was fine and Dover Grill was fab. Dover Grill is idyllic, right on the beach and service and food were wonderful. It books up quickly so we booked it for every night a week in advance and they were fine with that, definitely worth doing.

The bars are great and the staff really friendly, a great range of cocktails were always available and they recommended some lovely drinks to us.

There is some minor work still being done on the resort, however it is easy to ignore and pretty unobtrusive. We were largely unaware of it once we had moved rooms. I'd say it's definitely worth pushing for a quiet room if that is what you want though, block 2 is opposite the entertainment area and the block with the seaview rooms (unfinished as yet) is directly above it. This may suit some people, just be prepared for noise at night!

The beaches and the pools were gorgeous. They all seem to be suitable for kids and although we didn't travel with children the resort seemed very child friendly.

Activities were limited (unless you payed extra for them) however there are complementary shuttles 3 times a week to Bridgetown and regular shuttles to the other Almond resorts. We caught the shuttle 1 day to Almond Beach Club and came back after an hour, the Casuarina is vastly superior!

After a bad start we ended up having a brilliant, relaxing holiday and are looking forward to going back. If you are booked to go you'll have a great time! Please let me know if you need any further info, I'd be happy to help!