Our vacation was to be from December 24, 2007 through January 3, 2008 and after 3 days we wanted out. The kitchen had ants, our bedroom had ants, and we had ants in our bed. The appliances did not work. The pool was plastic and it's surrond was coming apart. The resort outdoor lounge furniture consisted of two broken wooden chaise lounge chairs, and then some plastic lounge chairs. There were no pads for the outdoor furniture as one would expect at a "resort". The beach was dirty. Our place reeked of mold. The entire resort has not been kept up and has been terribly storm damaged. We saw no evidence of any intention to put this place back to any kind of "resort". Exotic Caye Resort boast of an on site Message Therapist, (there was none). The restaurant "Monkey Bites" is only open until about 3pm, it is dirty with fly's every where and the food is nothing to mention.

I am late in posting this review, but I remember the island and condo like it was yesterday. The island was everything we were looking for...no crowds, no all-inclusives, no traffic, beautiful and serene. The flight from Belize City was smooth and easy, finding a taxi there is no problem.

We stayed in a one bedroom (booked directly through the owner) and it was literally on the sand. The water was 20 yards from our front porch. The unit was clean, very comfortable, good AC. Front desk was friendly. We rented bikes in town for the week and explored the entire island. We felt completely safe, never took taxis. Only other mode of transportation was water taxis to some of the northern restaurants at night. There are definately much swankier hotels on the island, but this one felt like you really lived there, and was a great price.

Monkey Bites is a great little breakfast spot...my husband would bring back great coffee and breads in the morning and we'd eat them on our porch. We never used the pool, why when the ocean is steps away? We explored all the hotels and their beaches, you definately don't need to stay put each day. We took several AMAZING day trips from the boat dock at the hotel and they were the best of any we've ever done. One day it was my husband and me and two guides...they took us snorkeling, caught red snapper with spears, took us to a private area on the island where they cooked the snapper and served it with amazing vegetables and ice cold beer. Life does not get any better.

This was a perfect place to relax and get away from the crowds. Don't go if you want mall shopping and disco dancing. The front office people were very helpful, polite and happy. The Crazy Canuck's very entertaining and the bartenders the best! The dive dock would accommodate any request. The rooms and grounds are immaculate. The weather in April was beyond belief. Close to fine dining as well as George's Kitchen where they cooked our fresh caught wahoo as well as sent us back to Exotic Caye with vegetables and spices to cook the rest of the fish the night they were closed.

The island and the people were friendly and we felt very safe. We rented a golf cart with mud tires and took a drive as far south as we could go. We could walk from the hotel to downtown in less than 15 minutes. American groceries are only 5 minutes away, or go local 5 minutes the other way. The island is beautiful, sand, water, people, everything. The only downturn in our visit was we couldn't stay long enough.

We stayed at Exotic Caye from July 9th through July 16th. Check in was smooth and easy. Room was nice and spacious. It had a nice kitchen with a fridge, coffee maker, microwave, and everything you needed to cook there. The grounds of the resort were well kept and quiet. Never used the pool, but it was always being cleaned. The bar on site, Crazy Canucks, is great with live music. We ate at Monkey Bites, which is the restaurant on site, only once for breakfast and it was good food. The dive shop on site, Ocean Adventures, is great. Went snorkeling and diving with them. The beach area was nice. For some really great snorkeling go to the pier at Ramon's Village. The food in town was awesome everywhere we ate. We ate at Caliente, Blue Water Grill, Carumba's, Sunset Grill. My only complaint is the disctance from the resort to town. It's a little far. About a 20 minute walk, which gets tiring after a week. Overall, Ambergris Caye is a wonderful place to vacation and will definitely be going back!