We just returned from a 7 day vacation through New Years. Overall the resort is very beautiful. Decor is very attractive. Lovely outdoor seating too for a nice evening chat. Rooms are quite cute. Beds are comfortable. All the rooms are reached via a covered walkway so there is no fear of getting wet during the random rainstorms.

The beach is great. The resorts' section itself is fairly short, but, the overall beach, which contains many different restaurants, other hotels, is quite long. Unlike Cancun, the feel is very quaint and almost 'Key West' like. The snorkling (located to far left of resort) on the beach (easy walk), was amazing. Better than the Mayan. Great coral formations and lots of colourful fish. The water was surprisingly warm for December. The weather was also very warm. It was humid at times. Rain every so often but not for a long period of time. The boat traffic can be a bit busy, but, its manageable.

The resort service was excellent and it was clean. The biggest opportunity for the resort is to upgrade its quality of food and drinks. The food was OK... never really bad.. but I had one too many nights of chicken with boney pieces. Breakfast was fairly standard. The evening entertainment was OK. At least they had some live music each night, which livened things up. I would suggest that if the food is a concern, that you price the resort vs. the others in the area. If its sufficiently lower priced, I would recommend it just given the physical location/rooms etc. There are enough restaurants to choose for dinner if the buffet looks unintersting. We never used them but they all looked fun and well visited. Note; only 1 of 4 of us got any tummy problems. Net; overall I'd say food is safe- just eat smartly. Also.. its not well advertised, but, there is an option to one al la carte meal. You preorder so not true a la carte. Its arranged at front desk.

If you visit Roatan suggest bringing a bunch of US $'s. You can get away with this currency. Bring lots of $1 bills for tips. The service was always friendly and proactive. Much better than Mexico or Jamaica. We did not resent the tips. The island is very poor but proud- nice to help them out.

Also; if you come to Roatan- BRING FLASHLIGHTS- lots of random power outages & its DARK! at night.

Re trips-- we didnt do an organized one. We used the water taxi to WestEnd. Not a ton to see there but worth it. Don't take hotel shuttle. Too complicated. We used onsite dive shop (TGI) for a snorkle trip. You can negotiate pricing. Although.. you get what you pay for. They didnt warn us that the water was rough. Scarey ride to the snorkle locations & murky conditions.

We will be back- perhaps not to this resort, but, its an option pending what we decide re meals.

Henry Morgan is a nice and laid back resort... the pool and beach area beautiful and are under-represented in the online pictures I found before arrival. The food is better than any of the other island destinations I have travelled to. The staff are genuinely nice... with extra special mentions for the dining room manager, "animation team" and TGI Dive instructors.

However...

The power has gone out a few times since we got here yesterday... a routine occurance to do with island life we were told. Which is fine. Having grew up in outside a city I can deal with this with a candle or solar led light for our room because it's a safety hazzard trying to navigate a strange room at night... they have these in the dining area but there are none in the rooms. I am glad I'm not travelling with children.

And...

I can't sleep so figured I'd get a head start on everyone finally have a shower... but there is no water AGAIN. I realize when there is no power there is no water. But at the moment there is power and I was told they also have problems with their water pumps. Yesterday a lady come to the desk in a towel yelling in a foreign language at the poor desk clerk about it happening so many times. So I thought I'd go to the lobby and let them know to get it fixed in time for breakfast. It was the middle of the night right when I came down (3:30am) and there was no one at the desk to advise of the water issue. I tried using the the lobby phone to call the swithboardand let it ring for about 10 minutes and no one was here to answer. Very poor. I have been using the lobby internet and it's 5:00am now and just heard someone else calling the swithboard... no one is answering. Very poor. With no sleep, if I don't get a shower tomorrow I am afraid I'm going to be the next crazy tourist yelling at the desk staff.

They need to get 24 hour staff together and take care of their serious water supply issues. Definitely not happy right now. Hoping the staff make up for this by week's end.

Wow.. Roatan is fantastic destination. The snorkelling is amazing and off the beach. For divers I'm sure it's paradise. The Hotel is clean, the staff is excellent, the location is perfect, there was nightly entertainment. Drinks were average and meals were average, you are not going to starve.
Safe, clean and family friendly.
The beds are hard, take DEET. Go to the Island Doctor on the beach, speak to Umberto for $15.00 p/p for an amazing time at Blue Lagoon and a wonderful tour of the island coast. (Snorkelling x2 is included in this price 2 hr trip, we managed a sunset into ours) Hotel prices and some tours are way too pricey.
I would return in a heartbeat... Travelled Dec 20-27 2012
I want to keep this place a secret..... (Newer fancier hotels are being built on the same beach)
Cruise days are a bit of nuisance, but necessary I suppose. Prices on the beach are great, 3 beers for $5.00 US if you want to venture outside the AI (All Inclusives) Visit the Beachcomber it has been around for 10 yrs and Lennie is great.

Just returned from Henry Morgan with a group of 16 people, the hotel is very clean and well maintained, the lighting is supposed to come from the sun outside however it rained for 4 days so the lighting in my opinion in the lobby needs to be improved....

The staff, animation team and Nolitours agent were all fantastic and very very eager to please their guests, they even arranged an A la carte dinner for us one night!!

The rooms are bright, clean and come with a small fridge and a hair dryer very basic but really what else do you need in Roatan??

The beach is beautiful crystal blue water, though when we were there the water was rough and choppy but on the few calmer days it was fabulous!

The food, well it is an all inclusive buffet, it covers the basics and varies from day to day but it was acceptable and exactly what I expected as I read up on it prior to leaving.

Roatan - great little island that has not been over taken by huge big tourist resorts, people are friendly and nice and very accomodating.

All in all the place was exactly as I expected, some people may be a little disappointed with the food but a few nights we went out to one of the local restaurants served fresh seafood and prices are very resonable priced (there are quite a few right down the beach)

We will definitely return for another visit but will make sure it's a little later during the year so there is a slighter chance of rain.