We had a sea view room and it isnt bad - spacious and clean with a mini kitchen and terrace. The sea view though is limited to the small bay in front of the hotel.

The food is generally quite good without being fabulous but the service in the restaurant is chaotic. No one greets you when you arrive in the restaurant and if you find a table yourself you will spend a while trying to attract the attention of the staff to serve you . The breakfast is average at best. - greasy poor quality bacon, scrambled eggs only and two or three fruits maximum most mornings. The table cloths were stained most of the times we ate and no one did anything about it or appeared to think it mattered.

Internet access is virtually non available. Complex passwords dont work and erratic and slow performance makes it more or less unusable. [ When will hotels learn the importance of non chargable efficient internet access ? I wont go back to this hotel for that reason alone ]

The front desk is manned by French speaking youths who managed to misinform us about just about everything from the location of the nearest ATM [ its right acroos the bay and the water taxi will take you for free ] to the way to pay for the trip boat to St Barths [ they do take cards at the excellenet kiosk down on the docks where the first class service from the lady there contrasts with the youths on reception.] I speak fluent French but that idid not help at reception..

The hotel has caged parrots and toucans and have caged turtles and fish in or near the restaurant. This is not something I care to see at a resort hotel or anywhere else for that matter. The birds appear to be in poor condition and show signs of distress at their confinment.

All in all the impression is that the management need to wake up and see that what could be quite a nice resort has some serious problems.

My hubby and I stayed here for 3 nights on our honeymoon, and were very pleasantly surprised!! We had spent some time in Phillipsburg, which was full of cruise shippers, and partytime vibes, so we were very impressed with the relaxed, laidback atmosphere offered by this resort. All the rooms are in little bungalow style structures, and the ocean view rooms are almost built into a hill, so each one is on ground level. The balconies on the ocean view rooms are spacious, as are the rooms themselves, with air conditioning and ceiling fans that work wonders. There was a little kitchenette in our room, with a stocked bar and a little counter with barstools. (the housekeeper did not restock the few things we consumed from the bar, so if you plan to use a lot of the stuff in the fridge make sure to tell the concierge that you need more stuff!)

We ate at the restaurant a couple of nights, but you do quickly extinguish the interesting items, i found. We went for one dinner up the (very steep hill) to Le Planteur. It was a nice change, and the proprieter took great pride in his place! We skipped the All You Can Eat Buffet, and stopped by later to check out the selection. The buffet takes place on Saturday i think, and Friday was the Seafood platter special. Go for the platter special, and skip the buffet. it's a hellovalot cheaper! The best thing about what i saw at the buffet was the assortment of deserts!! The breakfast in the morning was very pleasant and nice. I loved the pancakes. Fresh fruit, bagels, toast, cheese, dry cereals....it was very nice, and included with certain rooms.

The beach (Dawn Beach) is either a 20 minute walk or a 2 minute water taxi ride away. At the beach is Mr. Busby's which has some fun food items, mostly american stuff. But that is fine after a long swim! They make a lovely Fruit Punch (Rum punch without the Rum!) This walk is not for the faint of heart, as there are a LOT of hills, and it is friggin HOT, and you are afraid of getting hit by cars the whole time, but we walked ourselves to the beach twice because the HarbourMaster was nowhere to be found. The concierge told us that this person would be available to take us whenever we wanted, however there was a schedule posted on the door which indicated otherwise.

Which brings me to the matter of the concierge...the people were VERY lovely and friendly, but we consistently received inaccurate info from them!! When we took the ferry to St. Barth's we were quoted a price that was $15 less than the actual cost. The concierge sells tickets for the ferry, but be wise and buy them at the Activity Desk. Then you will hear about the packages you can get, as well as find out the EXACT time of departure!! They told us the boat was leaving at 915am, when it was due to leave at 9am. And, when we booked our ferry to St. Barth's on a Sunday, I think it might have been helpful for them to mention to us that NOTHING is open on Sundays in St. Barth's!!! Granted, we could have done a bit more research on our own, I will admit!! But it would have been helpful to hear this before we booked a full day on the island!! We did have fun at Shell Beach, and found 2 restaurants to have lunch at twice, and we talked a LOT!

The pool and the surrounding lounge areas were very wonderful! The pool has depth to it, and provides you will a nice place to do some laps. No one every used to the pool, so that was very nice.

There is the internet in the lobby so you can stay connected if you so desire! get a password from the concierge, and keep it for your entire stay. It turns out you can reuse it for 3 months.

Also, remember you are on the French side, so Euros are useful!! Many places accept dollars, but it doesn't hurt to have some Euros on hand.

This place was a wonderfully secluded place for a nice quiet time. It is not super exciting, so don't come here looking for that. We did not rent a car, but I can see where that would be handy if you want to get away from the resort. If not, you have everything you need either right outside your door, or a 20 minute walk away!!

I stayed at Captain Oliver´s in Dec 2007 and loved the hotel and the restaurant. The front office staff were very professional, helpful, friendly and charming. Location is beautiful and the rooms are (I had ocean view) are spacious, quite new, clean and very tastefully decorated. I had some problems with the booking since Expedia did not differentiate garden and marina views. The lovely Mrs.Captain Oliver and the reception solved the problem in a heartbeat. and I was happy.

I warmly recommend this hotel to anyone that wants to get away from the traffic jams, cruise tourists and other crowds to enjoy an laid back and elegant caribbean-french-marina atmosphere. The clientele was a fun mix of international bohemian and wealthier "sailors" and other tourists. You will need a rental car or a taxi to get to places from this location. If they still have a Saturday Bouffet for 39USD I warmly recommend it.

This was a good experience and the price was over 50% lower compared to the other hotels in the cities..

We stayed at Captain Olivers for a week in January 2008. The hotel is VERY nice. The rooms are large and we got the ocean view superior room to guarantee a king size bed. The bed is a real king (single mattress). The view is wonderful and we go the Continental Plan to get breakfast included, which was very good (scrambled eggs, bacon/sausage, pastries, fruit, juice, pancakes).

The single major problem was the VERY loud music coming from the restaurant late every night. Closing windows and doors in the room did not help. Saturday night was extremely bad, with a mediocre band performing at a VERY loud level until well after midnight. It was so loud that it drowned out the TV in our room. I asked at the front desk when the music would go off, and the staff only replied "in a while", and then they asked the restaurant to turn down the bass. Shortly after that, the band TURNED UP the volume even higher. So I wore -28decibel earplugs every night (these are made for working around jet engines) and that reduced the sound a little.

Parking is cramped but the hotel staff would come out and help people move cars around to try and get into a space. We never found the lot full, although there are only about 20 spaces.

The sliding glass doors are very wide and offer a great view of the ocean. It would be better if the door had screens to keep the mosquitoes out, so that we would not have to run the air conditioner all the time.

With the loud music problem, I can't recommend staying here.