We recently spent two weeks at the Westin St. John Resort & Villas. We had a wonderful time! The hotel is beautiful. Very nice pool with childrens area and nice beach. We have two young children (3 and 20 months) and this hotel is extremely family friendly. Most visitors have time shares and return every year. Lots of kids for my children to play with. We rented our 3 bedroom pool villa through stjohncondos.com. They specialize is renting Westin time shares at a very competitive price. (almost half of what the Westin would rent for) Their website is also very informative which was nice because this was our first time to St. John.
We are looking forward to going again!

We vacationed here for New Years of 2012. St. Johns has always been one of our favorites and we were excited to take our children back to experience Islands. We rented a two bedroom condo at the Weston. The hotel grounds were beautiful. Our condo was recently renovated with access to a private pool and BBQ area. It was clean,the kitchen well stocked, and worked great for a family of 5. Rooms had a washer, dryer, dishwasher and pull out sofa.

The house keeping was fine. We spent very little time in our villa and were gone early and out for the entire day. Towels were refreshed and sheets changed at our request, although no site of a vaccum used and floors not cleaned form the previous days sand.

The beach was beautiful and the facilities were nice. The staff at the beach/water front facility was lacking in service. You had to get there early or no seats were available-many reserved by empty towels and a book. The staff at the beach did nothing to help with finding chairs or cleaning up unused towels. Basically, they sat behind the hut and watched hotel guests lift chairs from an unused pile and drag them across the beach, two at a time. The best part about the beach was the use of the floating island obstacle course. My children/teens spent hours on it while we enjoyed our quiet time on the beach. We enjoyed our lunches at the beach club and the service was fast and great with the kids.

We rented a large Jeep. It was almost as much money for a family of 5 to take the Weston fairy both ways from St. Thomas. Parking was no issue at the hotel or in town. We felt safe navigating the roads of St. John. There is also a large grocery store in St. Thomas by the car ferry so we "stocked up" before heading to the island. Prices were much cheaper.

I would recommend the resort condos for a family. Although, some say it is not Westin quality, we had a great time and will go back again. Just remember to stock up on bug spray before hitting the island.

Came here for a conference, found it to be a great way to do St John. You can check in right at the airport on St Thomas and they shuttle you and your bags right to the hotel dock on their own ferry. We upgraded to a beachfront room, which was wonderful, literally just steps to the water. They have everything you need for a tropical vacation, with onsite excursions desk and waterspouts. The little town of Cruz Bay is a short open-air taxi ride away, $5 a person each way. We rented a jeep to explore the island but probably didn't need to, the taxis seem to run all over the island. Overall, it was good enough that we are even considering the Westin time-share program, since they had larger villas on the property which would be great for a family vacation.

I will say that we have traveled to Caribbean resorts every winter for the past four years, and this Westin falls to the bottom of the list of our choice destinations. I would, unfortunately, agree with most of the reviews that say this hotel charges like a five star resort, but our experience was much more like a three star resort. First off, I am still struggling with the billing department to get our billing statement corrected. It has taken three plus attempts and they still cannot seem to straighten out that our package included breakfast (yet they charged for breakfast). They also had a charge on the bill from the last departing guests from our room for $100! I would also say the hotel just feels very much run down and in desperate need of a “face lift”. The breakfast buffet was a huge disappointment each and every day. It amazes me that this hotel can’t seem to figure out how to put together a “nice” and “eatable” buffet for $28 per person. The food in the hot plated area was stale and had obviously been sitting out for too long. The breakfast also lacked selection that we have seen at similar Caribbean hotels that offer buffet breakfast. We also found the staff to be very “hit or miss” in terms of their efforts to be friendly and helpful, or act as though they are doing us a favor. Unfortunately, I can’t recommend this hotel and we will not be returning.