Marigot Beach Club & Dive Resort

Just had a fantastic week in this terrific hotel and find myself agreeing with every word of the 11th Feb review by Mark S. Yes, so this hotel...whilst perfectly comfortable, clean and well-appointed...is not of the super deluxe standard of infrastructure of some more expensive and "exclusive" resorts. Having visited a couple of the latter during our holiday, I can genuinely stay I would not swap the homely, atmospheric and authentic comforts of this place for their sterile and over-priced luxuries. Having had a good look round the island our week there I genuinely think this hotel's location unbeatable on St Lucia in that Marigot Bay is beautiful in itself and the water-taxi separation from the "mainland" (in fact it's on the north side of the bay where there are no roads) gives the hotel/resort a private island feel with it's bayside setting amidst the palm trees and next to the white sand beach. Furthermore as Marigot Bay is situated midway up the west coast it's a great location, if you rent a car, to use as a base for visiting both the north and south of the island easily and there are many beautiful places within easy reach, with Soufriere and the Pitons for instance, being just over an hour away down the interesting and scenic road south. There is a free parking lot by the water taxi jetty on the other side of the bay where we could leave the car as long as we liked when not in use. Doolittles is open all day and whilst pretty expensive, as restaurants in St Lucia tend to be, is a great spot to relax. We split our evenings between there and the brilliant Chateau Mygo restaurant/bar just across the water. Doolittles cocktail deal of 2 cocktails-of-the-day for US$10also went down nicely. Breakfast is overly expensive but no problem as our grande studio had both cooker and kettle and a large and comfortable balcony overlooking the bay so self-catering was fun. Staff were always friendly and helpful. We had a problem with our fridge and it was immediately replaced. I would strongly recommend staying here on St Lucia and hiring a car as the whole island is then accessible from what is a beautiful and relaxed base to return to and to laze around in on days when you don't feel like going anywhere.

We stayed 14 nights Jan into Feb and were absolutely thrilled. We chose the Grande Studio room which was a small premium over the basic, but it was really worth it. The views over the bay were spectacular from our balcony and the four poster bed very comfy. Aircon worked well and was quiet. Marigot Bay has a great selection of restaurants and we tried them all. Doolitles is great and has a nightly special deal. Their evening 2 for 1 House cocktails were great too. Not a flashy hotel but carries a rustic charm in keeping with it's surroundings. Having a kitchen was great too enabling us to enjoy breakfast overlooking the bay every morning. The best sunbathing was in the totally private beach rather than the general public beach. We decided to hire a car for our whole time there, which was a good decision and gave us flexibility to visit places at our own timescale. We loved the ferry and got to know the friendly ferrymen. It makes it feel as though you're on a wee private island. We found all the staff really friendly and accommodating - made us feel quite at home. The only problem was having to leave at the end of our holiday! We're carrying lovely memories which we'll never forget. Thanks Marigot Bay Club Resort!

Went here for a Christmas vacation. Was greeted by a very drunk "chap"(wasn't sure if British, South African, Australian or whatev) who was condescending from the get go. The plane had a delay and he made it seem like our fault. What a drunk piece of trash; he hands us so called complimentary drinks, half spilling them because his hands were shaking(jerk). He then lets an employee carry up our bags for us; before the man even gets them all the luggage into the room he blurts out"how 'bout a tip, after all it's Christmas isn't it?" Can you believe that crap? But it gets much much worse. This island is full of hustling ripoff artists. Next day his friend shows up and asks if he can get anything for us. I asked him where I could get fresh fish and he asked for 20 bucks to get them with as he had a friend who goes fishing every day. Later that day from my room I can see him getting a bunch of nice sized fish from his friend. But as I'm watching him from the terrace, he runs into other people on the way and keeps taking money for the fish. By the time he gets to my place, he has -- and I'm not exaggerating an iota -- just four of the most measly looking fish I have ever seen. Each was smaller than my thumb. "I'll fillet them for you" he states and proceeds to attempt this with a butter knife( yes, butter knife) with the filthiest hands I've ever seen. So now it's becoming clear. As long as you have a patron's money in your hand, it's OK to try to sell to someone else what you promised him and give him the crumbs left over?. I ended up feeding the mangled pieces of flesh to the seagulls. Then the band playing on New Years was taking requests. What a joke; they played the same 3 chords all night long and didn't honor a single request. Then it was time for a "fireworks display" which was less exciting than setting off two firecrackers at once. Finally, Mr "man in charge" ie the drunk says something off color to my wife. He's lucky I felt uneasy about addressing this scumbag the way i would have liked to because I wasn't sure of the laws in a foreign land -- really lucky. In summary, there's a reason this dump charges so little compared to the other resorts on the island. Between the ripoff artists, obnoxious staff, and promises not kept, as far as I'm concerned, they should pay guests $1000/night just to put up with such crap. Never going back and wouldn't reccommend this dive to my worst enemy!!