Our stay at the Ku hotel from 11/27-12/1/2011 was pretty bad. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone. My husband and I do not get to vacation often, I really wish we could have spent our money elsewhere. When we booked the Ku hotel it was required we pay for it entirely up front, so unfortunately once we got there we pretty much couldn't leave. We had visited the Ku on a day trip to Anguilla in 2008 while staying in St. Martin--at that time we were so impressed with the lovely grounds and sweet staff that I thought it would be no problem to pay the entire amount up front. I was wrong and my advice to you is: Don't do it! Don't stay at the KU! I read some mixed reviews on travel zoo and still went ahead and did it, and how I wish I hadn't!

Spend the extra money on a nicer, newer hotel. The Ku stank, literally! The hotel accommodations were extremely run down, dirty bathrooms and smelly bedding, no screens on the windows, roof leaked and there was a bat living in the ceiling that woke us up every night, it was pretty awful. Read the other negative reviews and trust them! The food at the "restaurant" was less than mediocre, service was the same and ambiance was more like eating at a park bench--which honestly I would prefer that because it wouldn't cost as much and would taste better if I made it! I wrote a complaint to the general manager after my vacation disaster was finally over only to get a response telling me that all of my experiences were not true. We are not super wealthy and not fancy fancy...The Ku is less than shabby.

Anguilla however, is beautiful and has the most beautiful beaches! I would rather camp on them however than ever return to the Ku.

My wife and I have only stayed at Cuisinart and love that side of the island. We decided to give Ku a try and use it as a base for checking out many of the beaches on this side of the island-and of course take advantage of Shoal Bay East. With low expectations we were disappointed with the property. The one thing going for it was the proximity to good beach bars and restaurants but otherwise it is not a place we'd go back to. The beach bar at the hotel did have low prices for drinks and was conveniently located. For food the restaurant had terrible service and mediocre food. We were pleased that Madeariman was so close because they had good food and great service at both lunch and multiple dinner seatings. As you can tell the resort was a disappointment so we spent time looking elsewhere to spend our days.

It is worth noting that while we were at Ku the island experienced heavy rain fall over the course of three days and our room was leaking in a half dozen places and did not have any help sent to check on damage. My review does not take this into account though the response, or lack thereof, from management was something worth taking into consideration.

Stayed at KU November 12th -19th and had a wonderful time. Our second visit and will be returning again next year. Service was very good,very polite and accomodating and the view from the balcony surely one of the best in the world. Grocery store not open but no problem since Best Buy store is only a 10 minute drive from the Hotel.
Discovered a wonderful new restaurant called "On Da Rocks" give it a try !

my wife and i have stayed at ku for several years, and have always enjoyed the quirky nature of the property. the beach is the best we have ever seen. the hotel in the past always had issues of some sort, but it nonetheless was charming.

that has all changed.

we were at the hotel in november 2011. the convenience shop and the zaza boutique had closed. the fountain was turned off. the evening lanterns had been removed. it felt like the hotel had died.

when we went to the beautiful beach the first morning, we were immediately hustled by a local who wanted to sell us space on the beach chairs. he was hanging out with the ku bartender, who encouraged the scam.

the ku bartender then went to sleep ON TOP OF THE BAR for two hours. when i complained i was told the bartender was the son of Lorraine (who runs the restaurant) and therefore it is ok.

when we complained to the front desk, we were told that the hotel had recently reopened (after the annual october closing) and that service should improve soon. they didn't care in any way.

this wonderful boutique property from 5 years ago is now a dirty, non working, uncaring, dead property with an end clearly in sight.

STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS!