This is a great budget hotel and on one of the best beaches in the Caribbean. The owner made us feel very welcome and our tour guide, from Virgin Holidays, was extremely helpful.

The area around the Hotel is named locally as Little Wall Street because there are 4 banks within 100 metres. Plus there was a green where the locals play cricket every afternoon. Had a nice village feel to it.

A good shopping mall across the road and a few restaurants in walking distance. The local roti shop under a large Carlsberg roof is a must..

We found some good restaurants and some bad ones. Ones to visit are Coconut Beach and the roti shop. We used the Coyoba Beach Resort next door but that varied from good to awful.

A definite one to miss is the Spice Island Resort, apparently the most expensive Hotel on the island, but the food is terrible and tiny portions. Like the nouvelle cuisine when it first was thrust on unsuspecting public.

I like the Allamanda because it was an unpretentitious aHotel and the staff there were friendly. Unlike the locals, we found it very difficult to find the friendly ones our rep refered to. I still believe St Lucia has my vote on friendly caribbeans.

The only downside I could find was the locals on the beach. There is limited natural shade on the beach and the only 2 large trees by the Hotel were occupied every day by the locals. This became a nuisance especially when the swearing started as each group under ecah tree became larger.

The restaurant on site is managed separately and whilst breakfast and lunch was fine, the music generally was not what you would expect in the Caribbean and at night the lights are dimmed to such a point that you cannot read the menu.

Plus the Hotel could do with more beach beds, but I would probably go back again.
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we stayed here for the 1st 2 weeks of feb 2007..the location was fantastic..bang in the middle of grand anse beach and right next door to the coyaba resort..the allamanda has clean average rooms in a safe environment but the resort is getting a bit tired(it survived the 2004 hurricane.)whereas the coyoba next door is completely renovated..we stayed room only and had breakfast next door paying 10 us dollars for continental....if you want good value with the ability to use other hotels and restaurants locally then its a great place...the flamboyant further down the beach is really high up a steep hill whereas the allamanda is on the flat..right in the middle..much better location..over all we had a great time in grenada..this is our 7th caribbean island and a great place to visit..easy to get around..lovely food...but you may want to take an umbrella! it rains everyday but only for 15 minutes!

We stayed here for two nights after sailing for five weeks.
We were slightly concerned about the comment of the park as we overlooked it.
Perhaps it was a quiet period, but the ONLY noise we ever heard was someone closing their room door at 10pm. If only all hotels were that quiet!
The room was basic but clean. A table and two chairs in the room and patio furniture outside.
Grand Anse beach is wonderful.

We traveled to Grenada the first week of August, 2006 with our three children ages 17, 14, 10. Stayed at the Allamanda in their two bedroom suite. We had two large bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, lr and ktcn. Outstanding staff, really went out of their way to make us comfortable and welcome. Cannot say enough about manager Mr. Mughabi (SP?) Only downfall to accommodations is that it is adjacent to a public park and the noise/crowd at night can be annoying. Beach was outstanding and being August and out of season, relatively quiet. We met many locals swimming there and all were very friendly....many children wanting to play with our youngest child. Peddlers were aplenty but respectful. Recommend seeing Concord Falls, we had the place to ourselves!, Acquarium, be sure to be dressed appropriately and not wet when wanting to eat! Beach and snorkeling very nice there. Morne Rouge Bay is worth a half day visit. Fish Friday was a scary ride north but definately worth the ride. Our 17 year old said it was the best part of the trip! First Impressions did a very nice catamaran ride up the coast with two stops for snorkeling and lunch....a great day trip and terrific crew. Indigo car rentals were very accomodating...we had a flat tire (fortunately at the hotel and not some back, deserted road) and they repaired it within the hour. St Georges was interesting with historical aspects, markets, etc.... very crowded, though. Overall, a very nice family vacation. We felt very safe and the people of Grenada are what made the vacation outstanding. Not to mention the rum selection!