Grand Isle Resort And Residences

My friend and I stayed at Grand Isle Resort and Residences for 3 days August 8-11 and had such a wonderful time. The food and service was great. The pools are clean and nice and a beautiful beach area with plenty of chairs and shady umbrellas. 23 North residence was super nice and the food was excellent. I had a 50 minute massage with Shelley at the Sea Star Spa. Totally worth it. It was one of the best massages I’ve ever had. |We had a great Goombay Smash cocktail at Palapa and Denrick Burrows was a very pleasant and attentive bartender for our stay. |We also loved the grilled jerk ribs with Mac and cheese down at the Sandy Toes beach bar! The reception team were very responsive, polite and took care of arranging cabs and airport transfers. Very impressed! We stayed in a residence and it was easy to walk around the property and the restaurants. We even walked outside the property one night to a restaurant down the road called Salt which had a lively vibe and delicious food (grouper and prawns dishes were our favorite). Would love to come back here!!

Beautiful villas that are even better than the resort website pictures. Also exceptional service by everyone at the resort ! The staff is always willing to answer any questions and assist you with anything you need like excursions and anything else. You have the regular pool with the restaurant that provides drinks and food right behind it. The adult pool which has cabanas that provide shade are very nice and overlook the ocean. Everything is close together. You might need a golf cart to go around if your villa is a little far from those areas, but it’s very worth it and kind of fun to drive around anyway. The resort is definitely the best accommodation in the area. It is a gated community so it’s perfect for families and feels very safe. Getting food for the kitchen you have in the villa is a bit challenging so I would plan ahead for that. Renting a car to get around the island is a practical choice that I wish we had made but as far as the resort itself , it has the perfect blend of high end accommodations while still maintaining that island feel. They also provide kayaks, paddle boards and other beach items as part of your stay. Highly recommend this resort!

The resort is very nice and the staff are wonderful! On a girls trip and we all felt very safe. Loved being on the water with beautiful sands and water. The all adult pool was amazing! Our villa (1314) was nice, but could use some updating, We overlooked the water but the outside furniture was not nice and there was no table to sit and enjoy breakfast. So, disappointed about that. Toaster did not work. While the kitchen was stocked nicely, it could have used salt and pepper in the shakers, dishrags/ scrubber for washing dishes. We had a incident with housekeeping so please use the safe (which we did not realize was in the closet) for your valuables/ money. Other than that we enjoyed the resort. 23 degrees North and Palaya Restaurants on site were AMAZING! Delicious food! HIghly recommend!

There are many photos on the Internet of this location. This was our first trip to the Bahamas and finding this location was really a dream. They have a phenomenal reception desk, starting with them arranging a taxi from the airport and also our return taxi. The resort has 2 pools, with complementary towels and snorkeling gear. There is good snorkeling from the beach, you need to swim a little to the reefs, but you see all sorts of sea life there. I saw a turtle and lots of colorful fish. There are also lobsters as well. In season you can catch them for a tasty dinner. The rooms are luxurious with a 5 star feel. If you do your shopping right, you can avoid the restaurants which are pricey and the quality is below par. Our unit was looking out over Emerald Bay towards Sandals and was always good to see the weather before we headed out. Each unit comes with a small golf cart which gets you around the complex and also allows you to drive to a small market and Salt restaurant, which is a notch above the on-site restaurants.

Overall, my experience at this resort was quite good.||Pros:||||1. Great location. The resort is in a beautiful and peaceful area. We booked an oceanfront villa, and the view was absolutely amazing — we could see the ocean right from the living and dining rooms.||||2. Spacious and well-designed villa. The layout was very reasonable, the rooms were large, and everything was well-equipped, especially the kitchen. We stayed for a week, and since the resort has limited dining options, we bought groceries from a nearby market and cooked in the room. Cooking while enjoying the incredible ocean view right from the kitchen was such a great experience.||||3. Friendly and responsive staff. Overall, the service was warm and timely. Housekeeping in particular did a great job — they cleaned the room every day and were very attentive.||||4. Sandy Toes restaurant. Their jerk chicken and ribs were delicious — probably the most flavorful food we had at the resort. Highly recommended!||||Cons:||||1. Terrible mattress. The bed in our villa seriously needs to be replaced. It made loud creaking noises every time we moved, making it almost impossible to get a good night's sleep.||||2. Aging facilities. Some parts of the room felt outdated. The toilet got clogged easily, and we had to call maintenance during our stay.||||3. Limited dining options. The resort restaurant didn’t offer much variety, and compared to other island resorts, the menu lacked local flavors. Most of the dishes were standard American fare you could find anywhere. The food wasn’t bad, just nothing special. If you’re planning to stay at this resort for a week, I recommend picking up fresh ingredients from a nearby market and using the in-room kitchen — it’s a great way to enjoy better meals without relying on the limited restaurant menu.||||4. Unfriendly front desk staff. One lady at the front desk was especially cold and seemed to treat guests differently. She rarely smiled and lacked the welcoming attitude you'd expect from resort staff.

This place was beautiful. The people are so kind starting with Paul and Jay from once you get out of the taxi followed by the rest of the staff. If there is an event or an excursion you are interested in Sherry will pull the strings and have everything setup and ready to go....she makes it so easy to do anything you are interested in. Beach is super nice and they have toys, snorkel gear, kayaks, and paddle boards along with an assortment of other things. Food is great and makes it out pretty quick. They have breakfast, lunch, and dinner if you want to dine at their restaurant. Dinner requires reservations but we went during a slower time and there was plenty of open time slots for walk up last minute seating. Thank you Grand Isle for the memories and can't wait to make it back next summer.

Grand Isle is a lovely resort - however it is showing its age. Golf cart rental is nice. Be warned, they are gas powered so you will constantly smell of exhaust. Pools and beach are nice. Not many activities affected. Palapa restaurant- food is fine, flies were a pest at every meal. 23 North restaurant- food was awful and too expensive. Overall, our trip was fair. Water is beautiful. Service needs work.

My husband and I went here for our honeymoon and immediately was greeted by Paul, he was so warm and welcoming!! We stayed 5 days and every person that worked at the resort that we interacted with so genuinely sweet as well as Ceyon— it truly made our experience even better! Paul greeted us almost every time we were by the pool & he always had a smiled and was checking up on us. I got 2 massages while we were there and Shelly & Kay Kay were WONDERFUL! They were so kind but also such good masseuse! I couldn’t recommend this place more! I would advise to bring bug spray while you stay because we got eaten up by the little gnats. Food at 23° North was delicious but Palapa could definitely have better quality and more options. Other than that, we loved all the staff & highly highly recommend!