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Stayed here for three nights before a charter. The hotel seemed pretty much empty, but the dock was full as it was 'full-moon party' time across in Trellis Bay. I had asked for a non-marina view room in advance as we did not want the noise from the docks, and we were allocated one overlooking Marina Cay, which was nice (N.B. despite the name, it's an island, not a marina!).||The room was rather 'corporate' with no real local touches, which felt like a missed opportunity, but was a good size with all expected amenities, and a nice balcony with a couple of chairs. Whilst that balcony space was at a premium, squeezing in a small table would be an improvement for coffee mugs, drink glasses, camera etc.||We had breakfast for the first two mornings. Both times we were the only guests. Service was good, and the food tasty, but the cappuccinos were very poor.||The pool area was lovely, with plenty of loungers and umbrellas. The spa pool/jacuzzi was rather on the warm side, but pleasant enough. As the boats mooring on the dock were able to buy 'resort passes' to access the pool facilities, the pool area became packed by lunchtime, which meant longer waits to be served at the swim-up bar, and a much less relaxed experience generally with boat crews of 8 or so people each filling up the pool area. The lower pool area was much quieter, but the bar there wasn't open. We had an unfortunate misunderstanding with our bill as it seemed to have been mixed up with another customer's with the same surname, meaning we were presented with a bill for hundreds of dollars for just a couple of drinks. Fortunately after some discussion this was resolved. The bar staff were trying their hardest but seemed very short-staffed for the volume of people they had to deal with.||We did the Wednesday evening 'North Beach' party, but probably wouldn't do so again. The (buffet) food was nice, albeit they ran out of most desserts before we got up to choose one, but the entertainment wasn't really our cup of tea, with conga and 'YMCA' dancing around the pool.||The ferry to and from Trellis Bay was timely and convenient, and the hotel organised our taxi to Roadtown after we had checked out. The ferry also takes people to and from Marina Cay, which has a great restaurant. We ate there whilst at Scrub, and then again once on charter, and both times it appeared full with queues for tables. We would have liked to try the watersports there (Hobie Cat) but it was closed on the day we were interested in.||The Scrub staff were generally friendly, but the majority were clearly on 'island time' most of the time, with no sense of urgency for anything, including our bags being collected from our room for check-out; with 15 mins to go before our ferry departure, the promised assistance had not arrived, so my husband carried all our bags down to the ferry by himself (lots of steps and no lift).||Overall we enjoyed our stay at Scrub, and would probably return, but I would hesitate to book in peak periods.