Sonesta Maho Beach: Great for those looking for all-inclusive, even for just a single night

Hotel rooms were clean, and it was easy to get around the resort. Several options for dining. When we checked into our room it overlooked the family pool and we thought it might be loud in the evening, but all was fine. Shower in the room was a bit odd. Glass only half way and water leaked on the bathroom floor. Otherwise, room was fine. There are NO beach chairs/umbrellas on the beach, only on upper level which was disappointing for us as we wanted to be at the beach rather than pool but a [... read more]lso required umbrella. If we had stayed for a full week, would have been very disappointed.

Sonesta Ocean Point Resort: Outstanding Service

This is a great well maintained, top notch resort. The staff are exceptional particularly Cheryl (at the Point Pool) who is like a warm hug, Diane (a staff manager who oversees service in the restaurants and pools) who really encourages excellence from her staff in such a pleasant and professional manner. Dining is great especially at Azul. Portofino and Blue Fin would benefit from a more varied menu. Having said that, the staff and kitchen were open to accommodating requests. The drawbac [... read more]k is the lack of a beach. Although picturesque, the shore does not lend itself to a beach. The daily casual entertainment poolside was great! Overall, this is a great resort if not do pricey.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Very nice

We received an excellent welcome upon arrival and were offered champagne and warm eucalyptus towels. We were promptly ushered to our wonderful room which happened to be dead centre on the pool and ocean views. Lovely. We enjoyed staff members who were engaging and helpful. Carmelita and the resident bartender at the Italian restaurant were very friendly and helpful. She was very sweet and made an excellent hostess. always enjoyed our dinners a little more because of her kindness.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Fun Resort!

This resort was right on the beach (just a few steps down but easy to navigate). Beach area was small but on a calm day the water was so clear you could see the fish without goggles/snorkel and the bottom was all nice white sand. The planes were cool and didn't interfere with the beauty of the place. Great food options and the buffet changed it up daily! Great location - easy and safe to walk across to the casino, restaurants, shops and to other close by beaches (10 minutes to Mullet Bay and 20  [... read more]minutes to Simpson Bay). Mullet Bay was a little bigger but busy - could rent chairs. Simpson Bay was quiet, not many amenities, but you could walk for miles along the beach. Local bus (van) stopped right in front of hotel and took you to the Dutch capital, Philipsburg for only $2 and it ran frequently. Pools were great and lots of different activities going on throughout the day. Evening events varied - some music/dancing, karaoke, illusionists. All were good but ended early most nights. Rooms were clean and balcony was great. Overall, a funtastic vacation!

Sonesta Maho Beach: Great Resort!

This was our first time in St. Maarten and at Sonesta Maho Beach beautiful hotel rooms were clean, food was great loved the Italian restaurant, cooking steaks on lava stone was pretty cool. The people were very friendly and helpful. The entertainment with Mike Price the juggler was amazing and Mack was funny and entertaining. Favorite bartenders were Eddy and Daniel both were so friendly and a great help when asking where to go in St. Maarten. I was worried about being so close to the airport a [... read more]nd having the planes fly over but I have to say it was entertaining and absolutely amazing walking over to that part of the beach to have them fly over you. I would definitely recommend this resort, just make sure to book room poolside or field side quieter. Thank you to Trip Central and Tammy Beamish for booking our vacation and being so helpful

Sonesta Maho Beach: Amazing vacation

Sonesta Maho Resort was the nicest place we have ever stayed. Friendly staff, clean rooms, excellent food and well maintained grounds. The Italian restaurant and Palms Grill were our favourites. So nice not having to make reservations. The buffet was your typical all inclusive buffet - I’ve had better and I’ve had worse. The bartenders and servers were friendly and efficient

Sonesta Maho Beach: Best staff anywhere

Pro The weather is the same almost everyday. 28°C during the day and 23° C at night. Stayed on the 7th floor in a signature oceanfront room. It was nice. The showers are kind of odd in that they do not have a door so water goes everywhere no matter how careful you are. In room safe, coffee, water, pop, beer and liquor. The staff are amazing. Everyone from the grounds staff to the servers, the front desk staff, the restaurant staff and especially the house keeping staff are always ha [... read more]ppy to help. Every single one of them is concerned about your experience and your happiness. It warms my heart to see that they take care of the many stray cats. Being right next to the airport you would think that would be a drawback but it’s not. It’s loud but nothing before 8AM and after 8PM. It’s actually very cool to see them land up close. Food is pretty good but unfortunately no wow moments. Never had much of an issue getting a pool chair. Some people abuse the reserving of chairs but that’s the same everywhere. Most of the guests were very friendly and pleasant. A handful of selfish people but again that’s the same everywhere. Cons Smoking at the pool, on the balconies and in public areas. Even an ashtray and smoking spot right outside the main doors heading to the pool. Cigar and cigarette smoke everywhere. It’s nauseating. Music blaring from an off site venue from 2AM-3AM one night. Bass booming and headache inducing. Live music in the pool area louder than necessary.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Awesome holiday!

Great food!! Very, very clean. Staff are all friendly and very helpful, with the exception of the front desk staff. They were not helpful at all. We have already booked a return visit! I would highly recommend this resort!!

Sonesta Maho Beach: Beautiful resort

This resort was amazing! We thought we would tire of the planes. Further from the truth. Each and every day we were amazed with them. Took lots of pictures. We did the island tour and rum factory tasting. Wish it was a bit longer. The food was excellent. Gentlemen, no need for long pants, as long as you have nice shorts and a collared shirt. At La Fontana's ask for Meena as your server. She was so much fun. Only down fall was our room was on the casino side of the building and it is loud until a [... read more]bout 3am. Bring earplugs. Otherwise we had a fantastic time.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Amazing resort

Sonesta resort in St. Maarten is the best resort we have been to so far. First of all, the location is beautiful with acces to two beaches and Maho beach is right nearby. The pool area with a bar is seperated from kids’ pool, and their aquatic exercise program is very good. The food is amazing, there is a lot of selection for vegetarians as well as meat lovers. Their fish is really good. The resort took extra precautions to prevent covid spread in the buffet area so the guests are not allow [... read more]ed to touch food. All staff wore gloves and served you the food selected. The facilities and rooms are clean and washrooms in lobby or close to the eating areas are being constantly washed. The resort also has restaurants that one can use instead of buffet and there is no sign up and line ups for those. It is on first come first serve basis. We got where we wanted without waiting. The Italian restaurant was especially beautiful with outdoor view on the ocean, but many people loved the grill where you make the steaks on lava rock. The arrivals/departures and trips were well organized. The rooms are spacious and clean. We really enjoyed staying here.

Sonesta Ocean Point Resort: Great location is certainly a 5 star resort

This resort is certainly a 5 star resort. Great location and if you enjoy watching planes you will love this place. The good thing is the planes do not fly during the night. We had a room on the fourth floor and what a view. Food was excellent and so was the service. Lots of gluten free options. Nice that you do not require reservations and we never had to wait. Lots of bar options with the lobby one being our favourite. Good entertainment and the afternoon entertainment you can listen t [... read more]o from your room. Good size rooms and great housekeeping. Resort is well maintained and friendly staff. Resort is safe and you can wander out of the resort with no fear. We had daily walks out of the resort. Would certainly entertain coming back

Sonesta Maho Beach: We loved Everything About This Place

From the moment we arrived we were in love. The staff, bartenders and servers are all wonderful, funny and kind people. The food at all the restaurants is wonderful. The hotel is clean, the rooms are spacious and clean. The views are amazing (we had a city view room). Got to take lots of pictures, from our balcony, of planes landing. Lots of loungers around the pool. You’ll love this place.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Great time at Maho

My first time back since the hurricane in 2017 and it's better than ever. The buffet is so fresh and varied, you can't go wrong, after being there 2 weeks we never got tired of the options. The Italian restaurant, La Fontana, all decorated in white is so beautiful, sitting right beside the ocean with the sunset, priceless!!!! (I paid an upcharge for a whole lobster and highly recommend it). Lava rock cooking at The Palm is fun, one of my steaks was good, the next time it was fantastic!! We neve [... read more]r even got to Jing or Village tavern. Maho beach is always a blast for those steady on their legs, the pool bar is a real social hotspot if that is your thing. The dining staff are so much more accomodating than before covid, makes a nice difference. The hotel is super clean and the large rooms and service are top notch. Entertainment is sub par. Overall value far exceeds anywhere else I've been.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Good option

Stayed at the Sonesta Maho with my sister-in-law January 12-19. Even though the hotel is not “adults only”, having the kids section at one end of the pool helps with the feeling of an adults only hotel. Just enough activities, and they are not in your face wanting you to participate in activities. The live music by the pool was great!!! The evening live music was fantastic too. Amanda (recreation supervisor) was fantastic, she was energetic, enthusiastic and friendly and professional. Traits [... read more] of a great recreation supervisor. The options of restaurants was good too. And I was so happy to see reservations were not needed at the speciality dining. Finally. What I can say needs improvement is the upper “beach” area. The area is covered in sand and feels like a beach, but there are several rocks and pieces of concrete. In fact, I fell at an area that was soft, but caught the edge of concrete, and scraped my leg. It could have been worse. Guests at both the Maho and Ocean Point use the same area, but one of the guests felt that they could “reserve” the whole front row of lounge chairs. And several guests put towels down on chairs and then never show up. The hotel should not allow reserving chairs with “reserved” signs or towels. All in all, the food was good, staff were friendly and the location is good for singles and families. Being in Maho village gives a change from the hotel scene, with other stores, restaurants and bars. Walking distance to Mullet Bay and the famous airport beach.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Great Resort

Loved the hotel, our room was on the 4th floor and it faced the Disco. I was awake until 330 for the first 3 nights of our stay. Then they closed for 2 days. The sound was so loud that l could clearly hear the DJ and what he was saying and all the words to the songs. I did let the hotel staff know, but l do understand its not there problem, they looked for another room but the hotel was full. If l return l would ask for another room for sure. But then l was told the price will go up.  [... read more] Loved all the restaurant's, staff was amazing and so friendly and very hard workers. Wish you could of had more live music outside at night. Loved the Beach party band, DJ on the Friday was great. More of a DJ, Live band at night so people can dance all week long would be fun Also the saving of the beach chairs l think was completely out of hand. I would like to sit with an umbrella and chair. I was getting up at 730 to get a chair and umbrella and people had taken most of them. Maybe have a beach attendant to make sure people use the chairs and are only holding maybe 2 at a time. Overall l would come back and hope to see a few improvement's. The weather was amazing and that made the trip even better.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Great resort!

The hotel is very clean; staff are always cleaning the washrooms everywhere. The restaurants were OK, not fabulous. The Jings Restaurant was the worst one. Most of the food was cold and seemed like it was sitting there awhile before we got it. Good selection at the buffet. Not much in entertainment, but the Casino is across the street and there was many bars and restaurant all within walking distance. Taxis always available at the front to take you anywhere. Very friendly staff. Being ou [... read more]r first time travelling since the pandemic, we noticed that some staff were wearing masks, which was fine by us. The hotel was not full at capacity, which suited us also. The beach was busy only one day of our 7 days when the cruise ship arrived in port at Simpson Bay. I would highly recommend this hotel because of its location, cleanliness and beautiful beach.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Solid 4 star

The hotel looks very nice after its renovation but there are still some areas needing some TLC. While there are quite a few restaurants on site, most are not open every day, so you need to do a bit of planning or you end up at the buffet. There is not a lot of activities at the pool or on the grounds during the day, so if you are looking for pool games and rowdy times near the pool, this resort doesn't have that going on. The evening entertainment also left a bit to be desired and was not as the [... read more]atrical and to the same levels as other resorts we have been to which makes sense given the other entertainment off resort the Sonesta is competing against. The food was good and the bars were well stocked and usually pretty quick to get a drink. The beach started off poorly but improved once Henry from the Islander Club starting putting chairs out again. There are no actual Sonesta beach chairs on the beach, you are on a man-made beach area and then walk onto the public beach. We took a walking trip to Mullet Bay one day and it was lovely with a calmer beach (water wise). Watching the planes on Maho Beach was fantastic. The lobby bar was a bit disappointing too as it is within the mini-casino, so no children are allowed which makes it difficult at the end of the day to sit around after dinner chatting or listening to live music etc. Overall, its a solid 4 star resort. With some refinements to the exterior amenities, more to do during the day, better access to restaurants and Sonesta chairs on the beach, it could be a 4.5 star.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Home Away From Home

This was our 5th time returning to this resort. We love the staff, food, cleaniness of the rooms. Our only disappointment would be the entertainment. The other issue we had was the LaFontana will not let you wear any kind of hat. There was alot of guests very upset at this new rule. I can see not wearing shorts but a hat is really not that big a deal, you are on vacation after all. Also pool liner needs replaced real bad.

Sonesta Maho Beach: Amazing vacation

I travel a lot and have been to almost all the islands. this is my second time here. This resort is awesome. Staff was friendly and so hard working to keep everything spotless. All the restaurants were great with lots of choices. Our room was kept super clean with a stocked fridge and bar. The café offered what ever coffee you fancy and the staff were always friendly and efficient. We will definitely being going back..

Sonesta Maho Beach: Love IT!

Room was spacious, clean and comfortable. Room service is exceptional. Food was good in all al a carte restaurants as well in the buffet, loved the beach however it’s not for non swimmers for sure. Landing airplanes were a bonus.