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 This is a diamond in the Caribbean. Visited: September 2008 |
| Posted by jezebel |
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We have just returned from one of our best vacations. This is a charming resort with lush gardens, great accommodations, and is on the beach. It is very romantic for people of any age.
The staff is very helpful and pleasant. There is plenty to do - or you can just get away and relax. We will return to Siboney Beach Club again. |
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 A Wonderful Holiday for a Family Visited: November 2007 |
| Posted by maddog |
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I'm not sure that others reviewing here stayed at the same resort as us...it seems impossible to have such wildly differing views! We had inter-connecting ground floor rooms (palatial) no more than 20m from the ocean via a private deck/verandah and then, palm trees and beautiful white sand. We would wake and go straight out to swim in the sea before showering and dressing for a wonderfully varied buffet breakfast. Our 2 boys would frequently watch the cartoon channel and wonder why 2 adults would want to spring out of bed on holiday at 7am to swim, before joining us for breakfast. The staff were kind and friendly, albeit laidback, but that is the Antiguan way and if anything, it made the holiday more enjoyable. The meals were all of good quality although after 2 weeks, it was getting a bit 'samey'. There was a noisier extended family that appeared in the second week but the beauty of 2 beaches is that we frequented wherever they weren't to escape the 5-a-side rather loud games taking place with a distinct brummy 'twang'. Overall, this was a great holiday and we would do it again in a heartbeat. |
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Siboney Beach Club, Antigua and Barbuda traveler review
| It is paradise. Visited: July 2008 |
| Posted by swimmer |
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Siboney is a gem! The gardens are fabulously maintained, and the pool is set amongst plants and flowers....so romantic! One can relax in the hammock in the gardens or out on the beach and enjoy the sea breeze.
The staff is extremely friendly and helpful. It's a small hotel, and you are treated like family, not like a number.
The rooms are very comfortable - there's a bedroom, living room and kitchenette. One couldn't ask for more.
I can't wait to return to this paradise! |
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| This is a slice of Paradise on Dickenson Bay. Visited: July 2008 |
| Posted by islandtimema |
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We just returned from two weeks at Siboney Beach Club. We would definitely stay again, and recommend it to our best friends.
If you enjoy a vacation that gets you away from the zaniness of a typical fast-paced lifestyle, away from the herd-mentality of the large resorts, and offers you the feeling of being like a visiting relative, the Siboney Beach Club is for you.
You'll find the other guests, the staff, and the bar-flys at Coconut Grove to be extremely friendly and interesting. The people you meet will stay at Siboney for the same reason, to simply get away from the rat-race and find beauty and solitude.
The area offers convenience to St. John's and shopping. All the watersports are a short walk away, as is a small market for your needs, great restaurants and bars. But then you can put it all away and sit beneath the palms and sea-grape trees - and be swept away. |
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| The security at this hotel is questionable. Visited: July 2008 |
| Posted by meldah |
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Following this tragic murder of two British honeymooners - where was the security? This is a bad reflection on this hotel - for future tourists. I, for one, would not stay here on a free ticket. |
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A Antigua travel review
 It was horrible. |
| Posted by smileyface |
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We were at the GPBR Antigua ("we" as in 17 of us) from July 19-26, 2008 and it was horrible!
It was very dirty; the pool was dirty (one of us got an infection from the pool); and one of us got food poisoning. Also, the food was terrible; the front desk and other employees were very mean; there was not a lot of variety of drinks; and the rooms were rundown.
In addition, the resort atmosphere was disgusting. The staff was not helpful; the entertainment was terrible; the bathroom in the rooms and in the resort smelled bad.
It was a waste of money. Please do not waste your time and money by coming here. |
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Galley Bay, Antigua traveler review
| They have the nicest staff, and great food and ambiance. Visited: July 2008 |
| Posted by seemagupta |
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We have been all over the Carribbean, and Galley Bay is the best all over, resort to spend your vacation.
The rooms are huge with soaring ceilings, and all ocean view. The all-inclusive food is pretty good, and the staff is the kindest, most courteous in the Caribbean. I can't find a single thing to complain about.
Our stay was worth every penny. Thanks Galley Bay! |
| 4 users found this review helpful. 0 found this review unhelpful. |
Inn La Galleria, Antigua and Barbuda traveler review
| This was a great accommodation. Visited: December 2007 |
| Posted by starrybee |
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Overall, my stay was very pleasurable. They had great room service. The rooms were very clean, and everything worked - the TV, AC, and bathroom. They also had hot water.
Overall, they provided very good rates, too. |
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 This hotel is not what you would imagine. Visited: May 2008 |
| Posted by bolgerval |
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I have just come back from my honeymoon here.
We were given a beachfront room, which was okay. The bed was very comfy, and it was cleaned every day. The beach was stepping stones away, which was great.
However, the food was not at all good. Most nights, I did not eat. The food was cooked to well overdone, and there was not a good selection at all. In the end, I was sick of hamburgers for lunch.
Also, the staff left a lot to be desired. They all looked so miserable. They didn't smile, and it was as if they didn't want to be there. I have stayed in a few hotels in Antigua, so I know that is not the norm.
One day, the trees where trimmed of their large leaves, and the mess was unbelievable. Everything fell on the adult swimming pool area, and it was just left! We could not use the pool -or if we did, we had to fight our way around the dead leaves. It was disgustingly filthy.
I will not go back. I would advise you to check the reviews so you don't waste your money! |
| 5 users found this review helpful. 2 found this review unhelpful. |
| We won't go back! Visited: April 2008 |
| Posted by laurelh |
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The beach and views at this hotel were great. However, everything else was not very good.
We stayed in a beachfront room, and the beach was steps away from our room. The beach was very clean and nice, but the hotel was outdated.
There were ugly gold curtains on the windows, the bed was very hard, and the boxsprings were held up by a piece of a 2 x 4.
The gardens around the hotel were very nice. The service was very, very slow, though.
There was not much to do here, either. The game room consisted of some slot machines and a cheap pool table that was uneven and falling apart.
The food was pretty good ,but there was not much of a selection. Also, there were birds flying all over the Topaz restaurant.
We will never go back. |
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| Don't knock Jolly Beach! Visited: May 2007 |
| Posted by sw |
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I stayed here almost a year ago, and have booked to go May 2008.
The rooms are not great, but so little time is spent in them anyway. The food is very good, as is service - that is if you treat the locals with a tad of respect.
This is a great place for a chill out holiday. Last year, our children, ages seven and 11, preferred to go back to the Jolly than going to Orlando (dolphin swim etc, theme park tickets work out cheaper), so we are back in May 2008.
Overall, the good reviews seem to outnumber the whiners. |
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| It was horrible. Visited: September 2007 |
| Posted by caymanbound |
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Keep your money and stay at a Motel 6! We went for our honeymoon. We stayed ten days, but wanted to leave after three.
I got food poisoning, we had bugs in our room, and rain leaked in window. The food was horrible. We could not get any seafood except fish (i.e. no conch or lobster).
The only redeeming quality was the dive staff and a few of the support staff.
Most of the guests we spent time with had similar or worse issues. |
| 7 users found this review helpful. 3 found this review unhelpful. |
| Long Bay is relaxing and romantic. Visited: November 2007 |
| Posted by susank |
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My husband and I spent nine days at the Long Bay Hotel, and we loved it.
The hotel is designed in traditional Caribbean style. It has been lovingly maintained, but has kept up with modern expectations - such as sparkling bathroom fixtures and plush towels. Our room was spacious and attractive. The four-poster king-sized bed was carved with banana leaves, and was very comfortable.
Service was impeccable and friendly. The food was incredible. It was fresh, inventive, and world-class. They combined local specialties, such as black pineapple, grouper and conch, with treatments and ingredients familiar to US and European diners.
Daily dinner menus were posted, and we checked them hours in advance to contemplate our choices (there were two options for each of the four courses, and the decisions were seldom easy). The most surprising to us were the daily offerings of cold soups, which we found to be refreshing and creative.
Mosquitoes are the scourge of the tropics. The hotel provided mosquito coils and a good personal spray. Use them! Kill mosquitoes in your room before retiring. Consider this the price you must pay for enjoying paradise while friends and family back home are miserable.
In the mornings, I went SCUBA diving with Aquanauts out of English Harbor, which was delightful. In the afternoons, I rejoined my diving widower husband. We enjoyed using the library and game room, but in nine days never got around to using the free kayaks and sailboats.
Our favorite activity was to sit on our balcony, where we were thoroughly entertained by reading magazines and books from the library and letting ourselves be mesmerized by the waves crashing against the rocks where the bay meets the Atlantic.
The big event each afternoon was the arrival of a smiling lady with a bucket of ice to re-chill our Cokes and water, and we had to decide if we were thereby inspired to go for a stroll. Walking was very enjoyable after the mid-day sun was at a lower angle. Our favorite destination was Devil’s Bridge, an archway cut by waves into the rocks at the mouth of the bay, where sea foam flies and the water boils dramatically.
After dinner, we usually strolled the grounds and returned to our balcony to watch the moonlight sweep over the bay. As proof of the romantic charms of this lovely place, my dear husband was inspired to make a photograph in which he wrote my initial in moonlight.
Stay at Long Bay Hotel for a relaxing, romantic Caribbean adventure, and you will be very happy.
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| I was extremely disappointed in Sandals Antigua. Visited: November 2007 |
| Posted by dreamcrazy |
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I visited this resort on a work trip and was extremely disappointed. I had read several reviews, and many of them were true.
The one redeeming quality the resort had was the butler service in the Meditterranean Village. They were outstanding!
Other than that, the food was definitely lacking; and most of the employees were cordial, but did not have answers to any questions. A large handful of them were very rude and unhelpful. A small handful were above and beyond pleasant and helpful, though.
The resort and the rooms were also infested with mosquitoes - who seemed to love the tourists. Also, there were several power outages on the Friday night I was here. The power outages were to the entire resort, which left us in the dark for several minutes.
Since I didn't pay for this trip (was work related), I suppose it was acceptable (and beyond my control). However, had I paid upwards of $2,000 to travel across the nation for a wedding or honeymoon, I would have been seriously disappointed.
I can't speak for any of the other Sandals resorts. But if you are looking for top of the line treatment and great food - this resort is not the place to be.
And yes, the pictures shown of the resort are amazing. However, they are deceiving. |
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 I don't recommend this hotel. Visited: November 2007 |
| Posted by kcdh2002 |
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I just returned from Sandals Antigua.
I thought the service was slow and understaffed. Also, there was no top shelf alcohol. The main pool was closed for a private function, and the guests were never notified. My room never not cleaned before 4:00 pm.
In addition, the beach was dirty and not very big (maybe a 1/4 mile long). They advertised it as one of the best beaches, yet I could not even see through the water to the sand.
The beach rooms need to be renovated. Fortunately, I was on the Mediterranean side, where you pay to stay at the adult-only hotel. Then, I found out that the beach was public.
I feel this hotel is overpriced for what you get. |
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| I suggest you stay away. Visited: September 2007 |
| Posted by ruxl |
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I would highly recommend against anyone considering staying here.
During our stay, my wife and I were constantly lied to and given misinformation. Our room was robbed, with little effort to resolve by the hotel security manager. They provided a safe, which did not function, and they never showed up to fix it, after multiple complaints prior to the robbery.
Management, in general, was completely inept. We spent two to three hours per day complaining about a variety of issues - all of which have gone unresolved.
This was our wedding and honeymoon, and the happiest moment of the entire trip was when we finally arrived back home. |
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| We loved Long Bay Hotel. Visited: May 2006 |
| Posted by lauriema |
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My husband and I took a getaway to Long Bay Hotel and I will look forward to the day we return.
Long Bay was a wonderful, eclectic, beach-house type hotel. Nothing was too posh, yet it was pure relaxation from the moment we arrived.
The beach itself was incredible. The sand literally fell off of us when we were ready to head in. We never felt that "sandy/dirty" feeling.
Also, the snorkeling was great. Also, we would sneak bread from our meals and feed the small fish that lived in the shallow rocks right to the right of the beach. They were so beautiful! And it was fun to see them all race out from under the rocks to eat. Although our son wasn't with us he would have loved that.
And actually, Long Bay would be a great place to bring kids. There were games, table tennis, etc.
We enjoyed both of our outings through the hotel - the baracuda fishing and the snorkeling trip. We saw pelicans galore on the way to the snorkeling spot, which was a treat.
The food was incredible. It was absolute fine dining in a comfortable environment. I fell in love with one of my meal's sauces, and had our waiter report this to the chef. To my surprise, she came out of the kitchen and handed me the sauce recipe!
We had a wonderful experience at the Long Bay Hotel. The staff was wonderful. Our room was comfortable and cozy. We loved the bed more than our own at home! It was hard to leave! |
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| Beware of the lies! Visited: July 2007 |
| Posted by joegiggles |
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We booked through Sandals. We were called one week prior to our stay, and were informed of some "minor construction". We were told they were going to give us a free week to make up for this. I thought this was great.
I was told the stores were just being stocked, and they would open the second day we were there. One did, but it didn't even have bug spray...just some clothes!
There was also one resturant that would not be open. I asked, and was told that there was no major construction, no jackhammers, no cranes, no dump trucks...lies, lies, and more lies.
We pulled up to see the entire front was still being built. We had a great view of the villas being built, there were only about 15 rooms that were open in the entire hotel. One of the elevators dropped two floors, and the people were stuck for over an hour.
There were fire stairs by our room, but the door was locked since it wasn't done yet. There were also spots for fire exit, and hoses but none were there.
We lost power every day, and woke up to singing construction workers and the romantic hum of a jackhammer. We had to be careful not to trip over buckets of paint while we walked around.
When I complained to the front desk, all I was told was about how nice it was going to be. I agree it's going to be amazing - but for at least three months, please stay away!
The old side was very nice, but they didn't have enough staff. Every day we saw people gettng the tour, and no one had a clue what was going on! |
| 14 users found this review helpful. 3 found this review unhelpful. |
| Why open if it's not done? Visited: July 2007 |
| Posted by bvenable76 |
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I planned for eight months to stay at the new Med Village - and even called to make sure it was complete on July 10th.
After talking with with the resort, I was told it was at 99%, and by the time I got to the resort it would be at 100%.
The resort sould tell people the truth!
They only had six rooms opem when I checked in, and the pool was closed! |
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| I would go back. Visited: June 2007 |
| Posted by barryedwards |
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My partner and I had a 14-night stay here, and I also found it rather tired. But despite this, the staff was the business. They were polite, efficient, and courteous at all times. The cleanliness was at a high standard with no complaints at all.
We went room only after reading the comments, and ended up doing the American plan (three dinners and seven breakfasts). Yes, the food was repetetive, but enjoyable. If I were to nit pick, they did not fill the coffee pots enough times.
The Lobster Shack close by was a regular dining haunt, as well as The Bay House. Both were a short taxi ride away. Sandals next door is expanding big time, and this may affect the space on the beach.
Also, the local bars were very friendly and attentive.
I would go back again - especially if they gave it a massive face lift to bring it up to date (particularly the very dated bathrooms!). |
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