The location of Sandals Ochi is a slice of heaven all the way from the hotel room down to the beach! The sand is white and the water is a beautiful clear blue. The service is outstanding and every employee working there goes out of their way to make your visit perfect! The food is beyond spectacular and lots of options. Highly recommend this resort!
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Sandals Barbados: Overall, amazing experiance.
We booked very last minute with Tom @ Tripcentral. This was a very simple and pain free experience, which is what you always want. He recommended Sandals Barbados, and it was amazing. The food was perfect, not one bad meal. Ocean was so beautiful, bright light blue and very warm, oh and no sea weeds! I know that matters to some people. Our room was ...just ok, but it was one of the cheaper ones. I don't mean it wasn't nice, it was just ok. Room service was great, they left us bottle of sparklin[... read more]g wine with rose petals on our bed; and they always made sure the bar fridge was stocked. The pools are kind of small, but that's not really a big deal to me, who cares about a pool, If you are so close to the ocean. Plus the swim up bar helps! Try the Caribbean Blue if you go. The staff was amazing, so many nice and amazing people work there.
At the resort there was a great mix of young and mature people from all over the world. There was a good night life, but also quiet spots as well. We enjoyed both.
Also keep in mind there is construction being done next door to them. You can hear it in the room, well the room I/we were in. From 8am to 5pm. Now you cannot hear it from anywhere else, I just noticed it from our room.
If I can do anyone a service before you book, make sure you don't wear any camouflage clothing at all. The military are the only ones who can wear clothes like that. All they do is make you change in the airport bathroom, no big deal. Just a little warning.
We had a great time at Sandals Barbados, we'd like to thank Trip Central for setting this up, it was a trip of a life time, we will book through them in the future!
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Sandals South Coast: Amazing Resort
We had an amazing time. Everything was perfect from the room to the food and the staff. The beach was beautiful and the water was warm and calm. We are already planning our next stay at this resort. We have been all over the carribean and this was our best vacation.
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Sandals Royal Bahamian: Perfect Honeymoon
Everything at this resort is wonderful! We stayed at the Windsor with consierage. Cindy was AMAZING! She booked reservations for us and contacted all the chefs about my allergy. I have a severe allergy to gluten and I had multiple options to choose from at every single restaurant! Even the pizza place by the pool had gluten-free. All the staff were very knowledgable about gluten-free food and extremely helpful. Que at Spices went out of his way everyday to make sure I was taken care of. He made [... read more]me my own gluten-free pancakes, toast, etc. by request and he even brought me snacks to take back to our room. The food at all the restaurants was unreal. We were never disappointed. So many delicious options .... Especially the sea food.
We loved all the activities and music at the Windsor pool! The entertainment staff is amazing. We absolutely loved going over to the private island. Bring snorkel gear so you can swim with the sea turtles! It was my favourite part of the trip. Our hotel room was very clean and the bar refilled everyday. We had a photoshoot and absolutely loved the pictures (expensive but worth it). We had a perfect honeymoon and would recommend Sandles to anyone.
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Sandals Regency La Toc Golf Resort and Spa: most memorable holiday
we had a fantastic vacation at sandals La Toc Resort last week .the grounds great people wonderful staff second to none .Staff at all the eateries excellent Staff at the front desk and the Pub super .here are some of the names that I can remember chamain.Natachia wendy Domita Sharron .Chantal vie .Ozzy ESsey Jeremiah Alva great guy .Alton Terry Patrick Derrick Garfield Tracey George who can forget. him .Please forgive me if I have left out any one else.We met the GM Mr M James a great humble g[... read more]entleman who has eyes like an eagle .Can see from a far and runs a tight ship. I gather that he is loved by all from speaking to the many staff.It was a pleasure meeting him.
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Sandals Royal Bahamian: perfect
food fantastic as all sandals. offshore island was a panic great snorkelling with turtles on island. very friendly resort workers. too bad sandals are getting so expensive they are the best resorts we have been to many others that are good but just not as good as sandals
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Sandals Royal Bahamian: Love this Sandals Resort!
We loved this Sandals resort! The private Island is the best we have ever been to! Having been to 2 other Sandals property and Turks Beaches we absolutely loved every minute of it! Top notch food and drinks! Stayed in a walk out in the Windsor tower very nice room:) Definalty would go back and nice for a 5 day vacation!
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Sandals Emerald Bay: Wonderful experience
This is an excellent resort. The staff are very friendly and accommodating. The beach is magnificent. The best I've ever been so far! There's a little downside (but not really affecting my excellent overall rating) is the food. Although I know they have been trying to serve the best possible food choices, I believe it still can be improved. One more thing, make sure to spray mosquito repellent. They have a can of Off Mosquito Repellent in every room. There's a lot of mosquitos. Overall,[... read more] we had a wonderful stay at the this hotel.
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Maged -
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Sandals Royal Bahamian: Outstanding Resort !
Our experience at Sandals Royal Bahamian resort has been very rewarding, great amenities , beautiful beach and above all an exceptional service by all staff working there who go above and beyond every time to satisfy our needs and asks.
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Sandals Royal Bahamian: Love this Resort
Beautiful resort, lovely people, great food. Only complaint would be that some of the guest are giving tips and of course the staff accept (why wouldn't they). My problem with this is that you do pay more for Sandals as EVERYTHING is included, including TIPS. I don't disagree that some staff deserve tips and some don't but as a guest when you see someone tipping and you don't, you feel guilty, and we shouldn't feel guilty because you are paying for the tipping up front. One pool staff (waiter) w[... read more]as paid by a couple and he made sure this couple was looked after - he got them a cabana, towels, drinks as soon as they ran out, nacho's, pizza. This fella did more than a butler would do, he was their PERSONAL butler.
I would definitely go back to this resort, and would recommend as I think this may be one of my favorite. Shelley Anne, you are doing a great job at this resort. And Kim Hartlen, thanks again for escorting this group every April, and everything extra you do to make sure we have a fantastic vacation, we wouldn't miss it.
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Sandals Royal Bahamian: Do not buy this vacation package.
My wife and I stayed in late April in the Royal Bahamian Hotel, which was well aged, both the buildings and the furniture. The hotel is situated in a very small land with many amenities and buildings on top of each other; there is almost no green area to breath. The beach is so small and almost always windy. Most important is that the staff are almost without exception very reluctant to serve and work. It is almost impossible to see any staff smiling. One staff of particular interest is Valeri ([... read more]the supervisor at the Cay restaurant) who is very nervous and rude, and seems almost ready to attack you physically.
My wife has been suffering from bedbug after our return from the vacation.
The vacation package was very expensive, and sold as a 5-star hotel but this hotel is most probably the equivalent of a 3-star European beach hotel. If you have not seen a 5-star vacation hotel in Greece, Spain or Turkey, you can accept this hotel as a 5-star; but having enjoyed staying in many 5-star vacation hotels in these Mediterranean countries, I would not accept this vacation package and the hotel as a 5-star vacation package and 5-star vacation hotel. We were misled by the advertisements that the British Royals stayed in this hotel; it turned out to be true but it was almost a century ago!
If you cannot enjoy your vacation in a better hotel and insist in buying this vacation package, lower your expectation.
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Sandals Royal Bahamian: Great vacation at an impressive resort
We recently arrived home from a great vacation at Sandals Royal Bahamian.
It’s just a short trip from the airport to the resort which is always a nice bonus.
The resort itself was beautiful, the gardens and grounds are amazing, food was good to very good, room (Windsor honeymoon grande lux club level) was a good size and We recently arrived home from a great vacation at Sandals Royal Bahamian.
It’s just a short trip from the airport to the resort which is always a nice bonus.
The resort itse[... read more]lf was beautiful, the gardens and grounds are amazing, food was good to very good, room (Windsor Honeymoon Grande Lux Club Level) was a good size and clean, bathroom was modern and great for us, the balcony was small but fine and view was overall good -- we could see part of the ocean and the swim up pool below us.
The pools were both good, we were by the quiet pool mostly but we were at the other pool a couple of times, and found the Playmakers fun and full of energy. Service at the pool bars was usually very good, slow once or twice the first day or two but after that it was great. We always wonder about the thoroughness of cleaning of the drink glasses at the pool bars, maybe more care could be taken there, but we have seen that at all the resorts -- possibly one of few weaker points of Sandals.
We found the staff very friendly and helpful. We seemed to run into Filius, the resort manager, a lot and he always spoke and was very personable.
The island was very nice as it was completely different from the rest of the resort. One of the highlights of the trip was swimming with the turtles off the back side of the island. Restaurant on the island was good for lunch, average for supper.
Restaurants -- for supper meals -- we enjoyed all meals at supper time, our favourite restaurant was Baccarat. Both meals there were great, however the sole the first night didn't look or taste the same as the second night, the first night was exceptional, The second night didn't have near as nice a presentation and was not as tasty. The signature beef dish was excellent. Kimonos was very good, we enjoyed the "show" put in by the chef at our table. The Crystal Room was very good. Casanova's was good, the anti pasta bar was great. Gordon's was good, but we were a little disappointed as we expected something exceptional as it had only been available to butler guests until recently. We had heard from other guests that the menu there had really changed and did not offer the high end meals that they used to, ex. King crab legs etc....We didn't eat supper at Cricketers or Spices.
Lunch -- we enjoyed the buffets at Spices -- thought the variety each day and the variety from day to day was great. One of the better buffets (lunch) of the resorts we have been at. Quality overall at the lunch buffets was very good.
Breakfast -- ate mostly at Spices -- variety and quality very good, Daphne at one of the omelet stations was friendly and made great omelets. We ate at Baccarat twice for breakfast -- first time was a little slow (which we expected) but food was excellent. Second time was our only complaint -- we ordered fruit plates to start and then main breakfast entrees. Because of an allergy in our party they said they would make up the fruit plates special -- which we expected. However after 40 minutes of waiting and no food in sight we asked about our fruit plates. They said they would get them right away, then a couple of minutes later our waiter came over and said they would have to get the fruit at Spices since the fruit plates for Baccarat were all made up and contained kiwi that day. A couple of minutes later our main breakfast entrees came, however they were cold and somewhat soggy -- it looked like they were cooked when the order went in and then set aside till we got our fruit plates, and then someone forgot to get our fruit at Spices. A few minutes later we got our fruit plates, this was about 50 minutes after our order went in.
Other waitresses / waiters we found exceptionally good or friendly were: Carleton at Gordon's, and Tamika, and Carlos at Spices.
The staff handled our allergy well. We went to see the culinary desk the second day and she already knew about the allergy. It wasn't long before she knew us by name and wanted to make sure she knew where we were eating each night so she could inform the chef.
We safely went off the resort most days enjoying morning walks / runs. We walked into Nassau one day, however you could take public transit in as well for $1.25.
Evening entertainment was good, we especially enjoyed the one man band and sax player.
Overall we really enjoyed the resort, we would rate it in the top three of the Sandals resorts we have been to.
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Sandals South Coast: Wonderful resort,but....
The staff were outstanding, the meals were delicious and the service was also outstanding, the resort was very well maintained but rooms and some of the resort is in need of some tlc. The beach area up at the Dutch building I believe is reclaimed sand and is noticeable as it is hard packed and a lot of small stones in it, lots of seaweed and grass in the water and in these areas you have to be careful of the sea urchins, also as you waded out in the water the sand took on a muddy consistency. We[... read more] spent all our time on beach and I was eaten up pretty good by sand fleas ( but was at this same resort three years earlier with being bit at all ). The resort is large for the amount of guests there and never seems to be crowded or congested. the nightly shows were just okay, steel drum band was the highlight of the nightly entertainment. We would go back to this resort, but will probably wait several years as we heard they were going to be redoing the rooms over, adding restaurants, etc.
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Sandals Royal Bahamian: very nice resort
beautiful resort beach is not very big but they have a private island with a big beach on it that their boat goes back and forth to all day food was excellent rooms were excellent staff is very friendly and pools were excellent the resort is not very big but public bus runs right in front of resort and takes you right downtown Nassau for a dollar overall very good spot to vacation and only 10 minute bus ride from airport to resort
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Sandals Royal Bahamian: Amazing Property
Everything from food, service, employees were fantastic. We especially loved the swim up butler suite.
Kim Harlen is also amazing travel agent and so happy that we are always a part of her groups!!!!
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Sandals Ochi Beach Resort: The Best Vacation so far.
The Ochi resort provided the best experience we ever had, the staff on hand were courteous, accommodating and very friendly. The dinning was amazing, no matter what we tried is was excellent. The resort is in an excellent location which provided some amazing views.
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Sandals Grande Antigua: Paradise
Wonderful food, cleanliness, service & ambience. The Penthouse Romeo & Juliet Room was so luxurious and spacious. The weather was perfect: 28/29 during the day, 24/25 at night, with slight breeze and only one brief shower.....oh and no humidity. Only suggestion would be to have a couple of larger scale shows, per week.
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Sandals Grande Antigua: Paradise Found
Recently returned from 2 weeks at Sandals Grand Antigua. Our 5th 2 week Sandals trip and we now rate this one #1. Staff go beyond in every aspect. Not uncommon to see Mr. G., Kevin, Frank and many others picking up glasses, towels, etc around resort. Ate at all restaurants without any complaints. Resort grounds beautifully manicured. Ground crew take pride in their work as do the rest of the staff under Mr.G's expert leadership..Stayed on Mediterrean side. Rooms great. View beyond great. Service[... read more] impeccable.
Definitely a resort we would return to in a heart beat!!
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Sandals Negril: Amazing second honeymoon
Sandals Negril Jamaica was the absolute best! Best service, best food, beautiful beach and wonderful people We want to go back and stay longer next time It was romantic It was a party
It was relaxing Spectacular!!!
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Sandals South Coast: Great resort!
Great beach, amazing pools. Ultimate relaxation. Weather was fantastic. Service is excellent. A bit of a drive from the airport but worth it. Place to visit if you want a very relaxing and peaceful get away. Not a party place.