Lindsay
Google
I wish I had listened to the reviews. The hotel itself is very clean, the cleaning staff does a phenomenal job but there are quite a few things that negatively impact your time and stay here. Unfortunately the rooms are not well insulated and you can hear banging, noise, and chairs scraing on the floors at all hours. On the weekends they play music very loud at the pool. I know I sound like a Karen but it's not the calm, relaxing music you would want at your beach getaway. It is reggae hour at all hours. If that's your thing, you'll love it. The chairs would be an easy fix with some felt pads. The food is decent, especially the sushi and Julia's. The drinks are definitely cut and watered down. The location is good because the stores at the marina next door are convenient and provide additional food and bev options. It's also close to other resorts and excursions. It is a bit sad to see how much garbage is there and you cannot walk anywhere from the hotel besides the marina. All of those negatives can be overlooked for the fact that you're on vacation and can get what you need somewhere else.
However, I will say that the staff is incredibly rude. I have never ever EVER been treated so poorly at a hotel, destination, New York City, the DMV, ANYWHERE. It was genuinely uncomfortable to ask for anything or order food/drink. When you walked up to a counter, they would literally ignore you for minutes on end until you said something or they finished the task they were doing. If you ordered a drink it was like you spit in thier face. No response, just dirty looks and your order an hour later, if at all. No one smiled or greeted you. It was like they didn't want us there at all, which is confusing to me because people RAVE about St Lucia and their entire economy is tourism. It was such a damper on our whole trip because we were just dreading being at the hotel we paid to stay at. It was the only real vacation we went on all year and was so disappointing. If I could do it all over again, I would pay double just to stay somewhere else and make our trip enjoyable. It's unfortunate. Shoutout to McGarvey, the tall man and woman at the front desk for night shift, and the chef and waitress at the sushi place outside. Those were the only pleasant people. Everyone else deserves a timeout for their bad attitudes.