
From
United StatesWe stayed in Studio 2, one of 2 units over the restaurant. It has a huge deck overlooking the bay, with a gorgeous view, comfortable outdoor furniture, and a grill. That deck was *everything*. You do get a bit of cooking aroma with the location, but we didn't find it to be intrusive. We were also never once bothered by noise from the restaurant, which closes at 10 anyway. The windows are well soundproofed. The bed was very comfortable. We like a fairly firm mattress. Air conditioning, which we didn't need much, worked well. Plenty of water pressure.
We stopped at Eldon's on the way from the airport and got food to cook a couple of meals a day, then went out for dinners. The Blue Bahia Grill had excellent, nonfussy food, and a very welcoming staff. Their mojitos were quite good, and lobster nights on Wednesday are a total win. The kitchenette in our room was smallish on counterspace but absolutely well equipped for our needs.
The area is quite different from the West End. It is peaceful and quiet. There's another hotel restaurant just about 150 feet down the beach. It's about a 8-10 minute cab to get to the West End if you get the itch for other restaurants.
The in-house scuba dive shop, Sandy Bay Divers, was great. We dove at least 2x/day every day. They have good new gear and great boats. We never had more than 6 divers, not counting the divemaster, on our boat, and boat rides weren't long to the dive sites.
Everything was very well maintained. The kind lady who cleaned our rooms was like a ray of sunshine. We even came back from one of our dives to find that she had peeled and cut up our whole pineapple for us!
We definitely expect to stay here again. It was the perfect balance of nice but not fussy, lovely and quiet and functional and sooo relaxing.