We have just returned for a week's stay at the Crane Resort. A week is not long enough. It is an amazing and enchanting place. The restaurants are some of the best on the island and the people who work at the Crane ARE the best (Kerrie, Errol, Shaquille, Anthony, jason and everyone). We loved every minute and everyone we met. We took tours that were arranged and rearranged by the staff. We also took our own excursions by foot and by bus off the resort. Barbados is very lovely and very safe to travel around. While we enjoyed all the restaurants at the Crane (L'Azure, Donofrios, Carriage House), we also enjoyed walking to two local restaurants, Crane Palms and Cudders. It was just an overall amazing experience that we hope to repeat!

FRances and George

The Crane resort was a wonderful place to relax and renew! The ocean views are breathtaking, the property is more beautiful than the pictures on their website, and my 2 spa treatments were unforgettable. Beach chairs & chairs by the pool are a plenty! The manager at the SPA was a ray of sunshine! I traveled with two girlfriends & we enjoyed our days of nothingness by the many pools & beach. Several restaurants on property offer many choices of cuisine that’s pretty tasty and the market has other food options if you would prefer to eat in your condo style room instead of a restaurant. Service can be slow at time by American standards, but being on ‘island time’ means slowing down and enjoying the wait! We were in building #8 & the ‘garden’ views not so great. The extra price for ocean views would have been worth it. It’s obvious that the property is under construction but the beautiful landscape made up for the ‘under construction’. Despite the lack of view, the room looked just like the pictures with a HUGE beautiful bathroom, spacious bedroom/living room & great kitchen area. Our major complaint: the air conditioning! The first night we arrived it wasn’t working & then after it was working it was unable to cool the room below 25 C (77 F). However; without complaining to staff, we received a $100 credit on our room for the lack of air conditioning. That’s customer service! Happy hour was also a treat with two for one drinks nightly! If you’re looking to party & for night life, this is not the place….but if you’re looking for a beautiful place to relax & escape the rush of daily life…THE CRANE is the answer.

We just returned from a one week stay at The Crane. It is a beautiful resort in a wonderful setting. We will definitely return.

We stayed in a two bedroom, two bath garden condo in the Residences in the Park section. The condo had a large garden in the back with a pool, jacuzzi, lounge chairs, and a gazebo with a dining set under it. The condo had a living room with a sofa bed, a dining room with six chairs, and a complete kitchen. A washer and dryer were also included. The only problems we had with the room were many mosquitos, the air conditioning did not always work well, and the jacuzzi did not work. We did not know until our next to the last day that you could ask for mosquito netting and mosquito repellant devices for the room. When we found out about this service we called and it was immediately addressed with apologies. The air conditioning issues were also always addressed immediately. The jacuzzi not working was the only issue not addressed. We were finally told that the jacuzzi came on with a timer at 4pm daily which was not true.

The service throughout the resort was friendly and efficient. We ate at Zen, L'Azure, and The Carriage House and received great service at all three. Dewayne, our waiter at L'Azure, and Jason, our waiter/host at the Carriage House, were especially friendly and went above and beyond with service. Service at the bar was also excellent and all bartenders were friendly and nice.

The pools and the beach were awesome. They are well-maintained and very relaxing. Our son used the gym and said it was fine.

We used Glory Tours while we were in Barbados as basically a private driving service. They picked us up and took us back to the airport; took us to St Nicholas Abbey , The Round House for lunch, and on a tour of the Eastern Coast,; took us to dinners at Champers, Scarlet, and Luna; and took us to Bridgetown shopping and to Mt Gay Rum Factory. Our drivers were Quamie and Calvin and both were very good and knowledgeable. They were very flexible with us when we would make changes to our plans.

Things we liked the best: the condo, the pools, the beach, the food

Things we liked the least: the many mosquito bites , which were not the fault of the resort but more information we acquired this time will help avoid the issue next time

First a caveat...I did not stay at The Crane over night. I had lunch at The Crane. I had dinner at the Crane's top restaurant called Zen. (Ranked the #1 restaurant in Barbados by the local magazine. Those who have dined at "The Cliff" or "Cafe Luna" might argue with that rating but few will dispute that it is in the top 5 in Barbados.) I walked around the village several times. (It is the cutest little village.) I spent an afternoon on the beach. I talked several times for many hours with the salespeople about purchasing a timeshare. The sales staff was charming. The restaurant service was excellent and restaurant views of the Caribbean were jaw droppingly spectacular…a true visual feast. And after two days of looking at the rooms, pools, grounds, buildings and interacting with various staff I came to the following conclusion: This is heaven on earth for an unfathomabIy reasonable price…A true dream come true for me. All dreamers know that there is nothing more rewarding than a dream being fulfilled. A dream coming to full fruition. I suppose there may be a more relaxing place somewhere but I don't plan on flying all over the globe to find it. The Crane exceeds all of my expectations...which I consider to be quite high. If I find another place that exceeds my expectations...great...I will visit it too. But will I stop going to the Crane just because another place is beautiful too??? I seriously doubt it! I can concieve of a place different than the Crane, I cannot conceive of a place superior to the Crane. It is literally heaven on earth and some buildings are still in construction. The Crane is visually fascinating while easy on the dollar. I cannot wait until all of the construction and the spa are finished. If it is awesome now, what will it be like by the summer of 2012 when construction is complete. Miraculous. Nothing on Earth that I have ever seen manifests God’s glory like The Crane….except for Beyonce’ in concert…maybe…probably not!