We stayed at Oyster Bay Beach Resort for a week in May. The staff was very accomodating from the minute I arrived. We were able to rent a car right in the lobby. The rooms are very spacious and were cleaned perfectly each day. The hotel has a very nice pool and is located on Dawn Beach. There is a little beach bar on Dawn Beach called Busby's that sells breakfast and lunch and beers from 75 cents from 11am - 4pm. There is great snorkeling right off Dawn Beach. We checked out many other beaches on the island and found our beach to be one of the best. I highly recommend staying at OBBR. Our room faced the harbor and we spent a lot of time enjoying the view from our deck. I recommend bringing bug spray; there were some mosquitoes in May.

We LOVE SXM!! OBBR is a great value & a very nice resort. Oct 2008 will be our 8th stay... I agree with other reviews to avoid at all cost Infinity & Mr Busby's/Daniel by the Sea... Beau Beau's is OK for lunch but I would avoid it for dinner.... Way to many wonderful places to eat in Grand Case, Marigot & around the resort. Big Fish is great & Le Platuer is one of our favs!! What a view for dinner!! A Must is a trip into Grand Case at least once. The food is excellent & the views are memorable! Some of our favorites there have closed but there are still wonderful places such as Fish Pot & Le Testivin on the water & Spigot inland!! Expensive but great! Sad to see that Sabastiano's & Rainbow closed... Our first trip to OBBR was 2000.. It was like our own quiet anniversary getaway... Its grown alot since... Not as quiet & nice but we still like it.... Has anyone eaten at the Westin since that was built?? Enjoy SXM!! Our favotite vaca!! Bond-Daddy

We have been to this resort many times and love it time and time again...i will tell you, it has become very populated over the past two years due to more rooms being built. The pool is gorgeous, drinks wonderful, and people are nice. I have encountered a maid or two which I did not like, but that happens everywhere you go. The St. Barths day trip is fun, but expensive so bring some extra cash. Try Lees fishery for lunch in St. Maarten, and we are fans of Johnny B's Under the Tree for grilled lobster and ribs!
I would also be sure to call the hotel in advance and request a room with either a pool, beach, or marina view to enjoy both day and evening.

Confirmed our reservation (time-share trade) a few days in advance just to make sure there would be no problems on arrival. Arrived at 11 pm on Sat. due to weather delay. We were told there was no room for us. I told her we had a reservation and that I had even confirmed it just a few days prior. I was told, very unapologetically, that they had my reservation, but that there was simply no room for us. We were sent to the nearby Westin Dawn Beach Hotel (very nice...see my review on that) and told OBBR would contact us when they were "ready" for us. Tues. we got a note from the front desk of the Westin telling us to call OBBR. I did and was told they tried to call us the day before (Mon.) but we never called back (never got a message from them). I was also told that the person I needed to speak to was not in yet, but could I wait by the phone for their call, they'd be in in the next couple hours. I said I wasn't about to sit by the phone and wait when the sun was shining outside. I waited 1/2 and called back and got the mgr. Explained the situation and was told she'd see if there was a room for us now (?!?!). I said, I thought there was, and that was why you were calling us!!! She'd said she would get back to me, and could I wait by the phone a little longer. I said no. She put me on hold and then told me the room was being cleaned but would be ready later that AM.

The room (efficiency) was OK, small, a little run down. It smelled heavily of Lysol disinfecting spray when we walked in (enough to make me start coughing). After that smell wore away, it smelled a little like poop. Anyways, the view of the marina was great. Construction (blocking our view of the ocean) started at 7 am every morning. A maid came and brought new towels and made the bed each day. The pool was great, they had happy hour at 4 pm (2 for 1 drinks).

To compensate us for our troubles (unpacking, packing, unpacking, waiting...etc.) the mgmt said they would not charge us our exchange fee, so it saved us about $130.