I booked a destination reception with this hotel. I was married on a cruise ship and then worked closely with this hotel for my reception. My wedding coordinator was not onsite but her assistant was. She worked very hard but did not have the experience, I feel was needed for a group of 35 people. I paid for an open bar where my guests were told a server would come to take orders/deliver drinks, my guests were not allowed at the bar and were given about 1 drink per person. I don't feel this is an "open bar." My cake was a total disaster. I paid extra money for the shells and appearance of my wedding cake and came to find it completely melted with shells sliding and falling off all over the base. When it came time to cut the cake, the inexperienced server, bare handedly took the top of the cake off to begin cutting it, where it then was fumbled with all over the table. The food was good but not replenished. All of my wonderful pictures of the cake cutting have the contractors that were taking measurements around my buffet, in the background.To top it off, they were fed plates of food from MY buffet. My maid of honor and best man gave speeches to the entire restaurant as the location was moved to the indoor (public restaurant). I arranged my transportation through the hotel, so there would be no wait time. There was not enough transportation for all my guests and we were left waiting for the bus open vehicles to loop around again. My guest was told by one of the servers that she could not store her beach bag at the table and that she should move it to a cab and leave.

During the reception we asked to speak with a manager who was unavailable/not there. I was confident that we would be able to resolve this matter but have not been able to sufficiently do so.

This resort although beautiful, I feel, caused a reception disaster

The rooms are clean, beautiful beach, amazing view. SUNSETS! We enjoyed the beach bar. Chairs and umbrellas on the beach. Close to airport and that was a big plus for us. Only down side was we had two days we had to call the front desk to turn the hot water back on. They did take care of it right away. We will go back on our next trip to St Thomas.

My girlfriend and I spent 5 nights here the week before Christmas. The trip was planned rather last minute. Got a pretty good rate since I think it is a slow week for them. The room was OK, pretty basic. Clean, no bugs, and no problems with the bathroom, TV or internet service. The best part was the view from the balcony of the beach, lagoon, and surrounding hillside. The sea water was beautiful. The temperature was around 85 - 90 with low humidity. We spent most of the time laying on the beach during the day. The hotel is just across the street from the airport runway, so you will hear the occasional roar during take-off and landing, but it only lasts a few seconds and wasn't that frequent. The beach itself was very nice and clean with no rocks. It is a public beach, but the hotel provides complimentary lounge chairs and built in thatched umbrellas for the guests. We always got out early and staked out a nice spot. People from the cruise ships did come by, but it never got overly crowded. The sea water was comfortably warm for swimming. Being in a lagoon there was very little surf.

Drinks at the bar were kind of pricey, but the food wasn't and was also good. There is another bar a hundred yards down the beach at a neighboring hotel that had less costly drinks. The bar there was more rustic. There is also a convenience store about a half mile walk up the road which is where we bought most of our alcohol and snacks. The first day we just walked up the road with an empty suitcase and shoulder bag and loaded up with water, juice, beer, rum, snacks, etc. After that I made one daily run for more beer. There was a mini fridge in the room to keep the beer cold, and we would ice them down four at a time and take them out to the beach. Luckily the room and ice maker were just off the beach, so running back for refills was not a problem. We only used the swimming pool a couple of times, but it was nice, also.

The only real negative is the distance from shopping and other restaurants. We went in twice. The first time we went in early. We caught the local open air bus by the convenience store and rode into town for $1 each. The next time we went in late in the afternoon and took a cab. It was $6 each. Shopping closes down early, around 5:00, so if you want to shop, go in the morning or early afternoon. A good restaurant in town is called Greengos. Its only been open for a few months. Its in an alley across from the main harbor where the cruise ships port. Had a great drink for two called a "beergarita" which is a Margarita with a beer bottle turned upside down that adds beer to the glass as you draw liquid through your straw. We sat outside so that drew a lot of attention from people passing by in the alley. We also found a great tapas bar in the same area (can't remember the name). We sat at their bar in the alley and had drinks and tapas, and had great conversation with their bartender named Spanky.

I was very pleased with the hotel and will definately return. Clean rooms, good food and drinks at the beachside bar, great service. The beach is clean and the water is crystal clear. Great views from the room. Within walking distance of the airport, but never heard a single airplane in the room - very quite. Only negative is that it is a short taxi ride to the city and tourist areas.