Well let first start by saying that I've read some very negative reviews on here about this hotel.......DON"T LET THE OPINION OF A FEW DETER YOU FROM STAYING HERE. I've been all over the Carribbean, and this was by far the best vacation i've taken out there ever!!!! Vacations are about getting away from the grind of daily life and just relaxing. It is what you make of it. For those of you that expected the Trump tower maybe you should have stayed in Miami. What do you expect to find on 40 square mile island in the middle of no where!! Now thats out of the way, allow me to fill you in on the hotel. You have litteraly a 2 minute drive from the airport which for me was very refreshing because usually when you go on vacay you've got another hour and a half in a bus to get to your resort. I felt the resort was very nice. It did smell a little musty to me but you've got to understand its right on the beach, its humid, there's a casino in it, and it's just gonna smell a little musty. I actually enjoyed the way it smelled. I knew I was on vacay. Everyone at the front desk was always very helpful, slow at times, but once again your not in the states anymore. The room was nice, once again not the trump, but nice for what it was. You have to understand thats its an older hotel, but I was perfecty satisfied with the room. It was cleaned every day for us and the sheets changed every day. Besides other than sleep, and do what you do with your significant other your not gonna spend much time in the room anyways. The restraunts were pretty good, more of like a quick fix though. Dont do the all inclusive!!!!! Save yourself the extra 100 bucks a night and just pay as you go. My girl friend and I did the all inclusive thinking it was the cheaper way to go but it was'nt. It only gets you meals at two restraunts, and does'nt get you top shelf drinks. It would only pay off if you never left the resort, but trust me you will! There is so much to do down there, that you just dont wanna hang out at the pool all day! Ramone is the pool bartender, He's really cool! All the restraunts we ate at outside of the hotel were incredible! The casino across the street was awesome and alot of fun!! Won money there every night! Blackjack and roulette. You can rent a jeep at the front desk for 65$ a day. Well worth it! You will deffinately wanna tour the island for yourself. We felt totaly safe and comfortable everywhere we went. This is not your tipical caribbean island, there is alot of culture here, primarily french and dutch. I have already recommended this hotel, and this island to my friends. We are already planning our next trip out there, and we will be staying at the Sonesta again. And to give you an idea of what kind of money you'll spend my girl friend and I took only 1000 cash with us, We ate wonderful meals every night, gambled every night, checked out the local bars every night, rented a jeep for the day, and what ever else we felt like doing! All this and still managed to come home with a little over 100 bucks! And one last thing, you can go to Phillipsburg beach, which is like a 30 minitue drive from the Sonesta, rent a car and drive yourself, Its beautiful. But when you get there 20$ will get you 2 beach chairs, an umbrella, and a six pack of beer on ice! So go make you own Corona commercial and hava an incredible vacation!!!

Well we just returned today from a 3 day stay at the Sonesta Maho, and I wish I was still there. I can't believe of all of those negative reviews, the place is really nice. The lobby is nice with an excellent bar. The pool is amazing with a waterfall, and a swimup bar. Our room was clean, and decor was modern. We had the island view room, only bad thing is you can't look down because all you see is the roof of parking garage. We didn't eat at any restaurants there so can't comment on the food. Service was good when needed some things in the room, i.e. extra towels. I would def. stay there again. Enjoy

We stayed at the Sonesta Maho on our way back from St Barts. We chose the hotel for it's prximity to the airport as we are huge airplane buffs. Other than the plane spotting, the rest was a joke. It's hard to find any other part of the place to say something nice.
When we arrived the whole place smelled moldy. We were pushed out of the way getting on the elevator by a worker with a smelly mop bucket.
The toilet wouldn't flush in our room and when I called down to ask for help the front desk told me it would work "in a few hours". We called three hours later when it still wasn't working.
When I asked the receptionist for internet connection information I was told I would have to wait until others "used up their time" because no access codes were available. This sounded fishy to me and I went to next receptionist to ask the same question. She rolled her eyes at her colleague and proceeded to give me a cable for my computer, instructions for logging on, and information that all the lobby was wireless and free!
The first afternoon we were starving and sat down at the
The following day when we went to the pool to get our towels, we were told "we are all out, come back in the afternoon." Uh, it was 10am, what do we do until then?
The poolside restaurant was no better. We waited in line to be seated, and when the line got too long for the host he opened up another section in the restaurant, proceeded to seat 5 tables, but there was NO server to help. The long long wait for food was rewarded with a terrible meal. The lone bright spot at the meal was the very friendly, funny, engaging bartender. We loved her.
Overall, the hotel stunk, and save for the breathtaking fun of the planes landing feet away from the beach, the Sonesta Maho was no better than a roadside motel in nowhere, USA.

I cannot believe the good reviews about this place. WHile the rooms are cleaned daily, the hotel itself is worn and dirty. The carpeting needs to be shampooed. In certain areas it smells. You can see the runway from this hotel. It is not fun to see the planes take off, it is annoying. I called my cousin from the room and she thought I was at the airport. The night club can be heard from the rooms and it goes on until 4am. I could tolerate that, but then this hotel keeps roosters, YES roosters in a planting area next to the rooms. So after hearing the club all night you get woken up by a rooster at the crack of dawn. The air conditioning does not remove the moisture from the room properly. SInce I was on the ground floor and did not have the option to leave the patio door open the choice was between damp and suffocating or cold and clammy. This part was unbearable and made me want to go home. The beach area near the hotel has huge signs that warn of bodily harm and death as a result of the low flying aircraft. I could go on and on about the hotel area,but I would like to tell you about the island itself. After seeing someone almost fall out of a bus, we made sure on the next bus ride to securely close the door. We were called back by the bus driver who accused us of slamming the door and threatened us with paying for damages. (there were none) He then left us to stand at the wrong area for the transfer bus. We later decided to take a taxi who drove too fast and caused us a bleeding injury, yet we were forced to pay for the ride, with a five dollar discount. rude, rude people. If you go here,stay in Marigot or Phillipsburg NOT Maho. Or better yet go to Aruba which is friendly.