KNK have recently wised up to "renting a place" Instead of going A-I. What a difference in privacy, ease & relaxing:) Hoping we will return to Bequia one day-(took 3 days to get there)-we would never stay any place else.
DE REEF:-Lovely setting, plenty of room. Birds out every morning, resident cats & lizards. Although we did not get around the property that much, too many other things to do--De reef has a very nice piece of paradise. A nice little spout to wash your feet off before returning to you room in the drive way. Some really neat trees on the property also.
ROOM QUALITY: We rented the A-Frame house for 1-week. Absolutely perfect for 2! Up stairs the bedroom w/ a small washroom & toilet. Bed was a little small, but we did not mind, mosquito net, which we did not use. Set of drawers, place to hang some items of clothing, fan, TV (we never turned on;) A couple of end tables. Sliding glass doors to small balcony on 2nd floor, where we spent many a late night enjoying our cocktails. Simply lovely!
DOWNSTAIRS: Fully equipped kitchen, w/ smaller fridge-enough room for 1-weeks worth of food & drinks;), table & 2-chairs, small love seat. Full bath w/ shower. We made breakfast every morning & had our lunch & supper on the fly most days. There was also another set of doors leading to another balcony w/ table & chairs. We ate our breakfast here every morning.
SERVICE QUALITY: Our gracious host (J) left fruit in the bowl & keys on the table. We did get in late. So this was great! I cannot really recall when someone came to clean up the A-Frame. Pretty sure it happened @ least once or twice-this review is a little late, we were there in NOV. 2010. If we got too much sand in the place we simply swept up ourselves. No Problem.
WHAT YOU GET BOTTLES OF IN THE BATHROOM: There were @ least 2-soaps in each of the bathrooms. We did not even think there would be that-as this is a self catering rental. TP was also included:) As were towels & wash cloths.
CLIENTELE: Seems the first couple of days we had the place to ourselves. Did not really see anyone. Towards the end of our stay, about 10 older 50+ folks arrived. We were never bothered by anyone staying @ De Reef.
THE OCEAN/BEACH: Must admit the ocean was closer to our little A-Frame than most A-I's we have stayed @. Literally 45 seconds from the door to the water. The water--Ohh sooo beautiful!! We really felt a sense of paradise here:) Calm blue water, we brought floaties & chairs & a cooler down with us every "beach day" we had. We also had The De Reef restaurant there (highly recommend!!) & later on in the week a small shop w/ ice cream & some pastries, cookies, drinks, & sandwiches. Luck y for us (J) let us run a tab @ De Reef restaurant the whole week! So if we got hungry or thirsty we could simply go up & "put it on our tab". Honestly KNK have never been on a beach so lovely with so little people on it. There was a guy to rent chairs from--but we never seen him, & if the beach had 8 or more people on it--it was "getting busy" it was never crowded, never ANY hawkers, never ANY one asking us to buy there wares. So nice & relaxing & again beautiful!
THE FOOD: Again our lovely hostess (J) brought us some (more) fruit to the De Reef Restaurant, Oranges -that were green but oh so sweet & Bananas yummy! We had each with our breakfast on the balcony every morning along w/ fruit bread, cheese(s), very strong coffee, & wonderful juices that come in cartons-that we also mixed w/ our cocktails.
THE DRINKS: LOVE LOVE LOVE HI-ROON BEER!!!! We bought a case @ Knights market a case of Carib & a case of Coke. We purchased our liquor @ duty free @ BGI. Some would not suggest this ie:-to purchase on Bequia. If you want a certain liquor as all cannot be found on Bequia (Crown Royal, Pear Absolute) Go duty free;)
THE ENTERTAINMENT:-You are in paradise-its not too hard to entertain yourself:)
WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO KNOW: Bequia is a beautiful & friendly island. We were never in harms way. Even walking @ night, the locals were quite surprised with our headlamps-we never go anywhere without them. The food is great here, try a Roti! Try the beer, try the Lobster Pizza @ Macs! Try to find the best Taxi guy on the Island (GUN;). Try Bequia, we did & we cannot wait to return someday:)
WOULD WE STAY @ DE REEF AGAIN?: In a heart beat!
KNK"S RATING OF DE REEF: The setting, the warm breezes, the ocean, the food, the quality of service from (J), the restaurant right on the beach, the clean coziness of our little A-frame, on a scale of ten De Reef gets an ELEVEN!! Please lets the vacation gods allow us to return someday:) Our best trip so far:)